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WordPress news: August 25 to August 31, 2013

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 04:14 PM PDT

WordPress has become a tool used by millions of designers for much more than creating blogs. Each week we take a look at what's new with WordPress.

For more regular news, tutorials and tricks, check out our blog about WordPress.

Plugins

Behance Project Feed

A very light-weight WordPress Plugin that will allow you to display a responsive image gallery of your Behance projects on any page or post using a simple shortcode.

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Notice Boxes with Shortcodes

This plugin allows you to make notice boxes (styled content boxes of different colors) to display different messages via shortcodes. This is a feature that many clients have asked me in the past.

Themes

Simplicity

Simplicity is an creative flat retina WordPress theme. It has customizable header, smoothly loading elements, masonry pages, portfolio layouts,…

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StartUp

A versatile multi-purpose responsive theme that comes with a visual builder.

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News

The WP Avengers dashboard

So far the WP Avengers dashboard did a lot of buzz, but didn’t show anything. Now we know what their dashboard should look like.

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Apply Filters: a new podcast for web developers

A podcast I’ll subscribe to, looking forward to learn more about web development. Via Poststat.us.

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Tips & Tutorials

The WPLift Guide to Prevent Content Scraping in WordPress

Content scrappers are annoying, here is how to fight them.

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Free vs Premium plugins for a multilingual site

A good overview of the plugins you can use to translate your WordPress site.

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Things from space by Mark Bryan

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 07:50 AM PDT

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Great series or artworks related to aliens and… Mona Lisa, Bambi, or Hello Kitty. All were created by Mark Bryan, a talented artist based in California.

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8 furnitures to add some hand-knitting to your interior design

Posted: 30 Aug 2013 07:44 AM PDT

For a few decades, hand-knitting was seen as an old-lady stuff only. While old ladies still create the occasional warm sweater or scarf using this technique, they are not alone anymore as it becomes trendy again.

Designers have taken an interest in knitting, and it doesn’t stop to fashion, interior designers also created some cool stuff inspired by the patterns of knitting.

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A beautiful, thick carpet that looks like hand-knitted, created by Dana Barnes.

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Strangely shaped seats with a nice wool texture and a fish-like form by Casalis Carpets.

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Don’t tell me you don’t feel warm and cozy when looking at this granny lamp by Austrian design studio Pudelskern.

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Another “Granny lamp”, also inspired by knitting, created by New York based artist Sebastian Errazuriz.

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A beanbag that looks insanely relaxing by Zilalila.

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Cool and colorful poufs by Christien Meindertsma.

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See step by step how this cool hand crocheted basket was created on All About Ami.

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Pleats Pleats is a modern take on knitting-inspired furniture by designer Daniel Hedner of Imaginary Office.

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