WordPress Weekly News and Tips: September 22th to 28th

Welcome to the seventeenth WordPress News Weekly post. In these weekly posts, we gather news articles from WordPress-related resources so that you can be up-to-date.

Meet John Blackbourn, WordPress 4.1 Release Lead

Author: Sarah Gooding

URL: http://wptavern.com/meet-john-blackbourn-wordpress-4-1-release-lead

Meet John Blackbourn, the new lead for the WordPress 4.1 release.You can learn about his work history and the plans in store for WordPress.

How to Add Infinite Scrolling to Your WordPress Site

Author: Raelene Wilson

URL: http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-add-infinite-scrolling-to-your-wordpress-site/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Wpmu-Wordpress-Mu-PluginsThemesAndNews+%28WPMU+DEV+Blog+-+Everything+WordPress%29

Raelene Wilson wrote a tutorial on how you can add infinite scrolling to your WordPress site with Jetpack; however, be aware that some themes are supported while others are not.

Creating Maintainable WordPress Meta Boxes: The Layout

Author: Raelene Wilson

URL: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/creating-maintainable-wordpress-meta-boxes-the-layout–cms-22208

Raelene Wilson writes the second part of her “Creating Maintainable WordPress Meta Boxes” tutorial series by going over Meta Box Tabs and the Meta Box Class.

25 Examples of WordPress Being Used as a CMS

Author: Editorial Staff

URL: http://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/25-examples-of-wordpress-being-used-as-a-cms/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wpbeginner+%28WordPress+for+Beginners%29

WP Beginner created a list of websites that use WordPress as a CMS instead of a blogging platform.

How to Add a Facebook Style Timeline in WordPress

Author: Editorial Staff

URL: http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-a-facebook-style-timeline-in-wordpress/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wpbeginner+%28WordPress+for+Beginners%29

You can add Timeline-like features to your WordPress site with the Timeline Ultimate plugin by following this tutorial by the WP Beginner Editorial Staff

WordPress Comments: A Comprehensive Guide to Styling and Moderating Disucssion

Author: Kevin Muldoon

URL: http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/guide-blog-commenting-wordpress/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Wpmu-Wordpress-Mu-PluginsThemesAndNews+%28WPMU+DEV+Blog+-+Everything+WordPress%29

Kevin Muldoon wrote a detailed guide on how you can work with comment templates and how to moderate  comments on your site/blog.

Configuring W3 Total Cache: General Settings I

Author: Ahmad Awais

URL: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/configuring-w3-total-cache-general-settings-i–cms-20920

W3 Total Cache may seem daunting at first, but Ahmad Awais from Tuts+ wrote a tutorial on some of the settings that you can use to speed up your site.

WordPress Heartbeat vs AJAX Polling

Author: Miguel Muscat

URL: http://www.wpmayor.com/wordpress-heartbeat-ajax-polling/

The Heartbeat API was introduced in WordPress 3.6 and you can use it in order to check who is logged in at the time. The tutorial will show you two different ways to access the data: using WordPress’s Heartbeat API and using jQuery’s .ajax() method.

Getting Started With Easy Digital Downloads

Author: Sam Berson

URL: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-easy-digital-downloads–cms-21057

Sam Berson wrote a guide on how you can use the Easy Digital Downloads plugin to sell your digital items for free.

How to Add a Beautiful Slide in Contact Form to WordPress

Author: Oli

URL: http://wplift.com/slide-in-contact-form-wordpress?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Wplift+%28WPLift%29

You can use the Ninja Kick Contact form plugin and follow this guide by Oli to create a nice contact form on your WordPress site.