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14 Jan 2019

Can You Create a Functional (and Effective) Website Without Spending a Dollar?

It’s said that nothing tastes as good as free, but is it really possible to get a website up and running without spending any money at all? This is a common question – for both beginners and experts to site development. In fact, there are plenty of tools, platforms, and services that offer completely free …

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11 Jan 2019

How to Quickly Improve the User Experience (UX) on WordPress?

There is a strong link between your website’s user experience and amount of traffic. User experience (UX) is how users behave and feel when they’re using your site. For 83 percent of consumers, a seamless experience across all devices is important. Considering the UX should be one of your main goals when developing your site. …

Beginners

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10 Jan 2019

5 Best Ways to Add Social Media Icons to Your WordPress Website or Blog

You work hard to create a professional website with educational content. You don’t want to get buried under all the other sites on the web. That’s where social media comes in handy. If you can create a customer base on Facebook or Twitter they’ll get your updates every day, and you’ll always be top of …

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10 Jan 2019

Torque Toons: Ineffective Lifehacks

Never forget to capitalize the “P” in “WordPress” again, with this simple lifehack. Doc Pop Doctor Popular is an artist and musician living in San Francisco. As a full disclaimer, he is neither a doctor nor popular. The post Torque Toons: Ineffective Lifehacks appeared first on Torque.

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9 Jan 2019

4 Things You Can Do With Gutenberg That You Can’t Do With The Classic Editor

With the release of Gutenberg in v5.0, millions of people have to decide whether to opt for Gutenberg or stay with the Classic Editor plugin, formerly known as Tiny MCE. Though Classic Editor may seem like the safe choice, you can do much more with Gutenberg. To be sure, while Gutenberg has been in development …

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8 Jan 2019

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP): A 2019 Primer

Mobile browsing has become the primary way most people use the internet. As such, any developer who’s not taking a mobile-first approach is likely going to let their clients down. Fortunately, if you’re new to mobile-first development, there are plenty of easy solutions you can put in place. One of the most important is Accelerated …

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7 Jan 2019

A Developer’s Guide to Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV)

When developing for WordPress, it’s important to have the best tools at your disposal. Arguably, the process starts with a solid local development environment. However, there are now plenty of additional solutions for getting your project up and running quickly. Whether you’re creating a theme, working on a plugin, or contributing to WordPress core, Varying …

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4 Jan 2019

6 Ways to Make Sure Your WordPress Site Reflects Your Brand

Whether you are a self-employed blogger or an enterprise business, having a great website with compelling content is a necessity. It’s important to maintain your brand throughout your site so your customers become familiar with you and can recognize your work anywhere. WordPress has remained the leading CMS platform for years among businesses, professionals, and individuals. …

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4 Jan 2019

The Best WordPress Plugins to Boost your Content Marketing Strategy

Establishing a strong content marketing strategy is one part of the game but all your efforts are a waste if you don’t spend time organizing your ideas, campaigns, and results. So, how do you ensure your content reaches the right audience in a timely manner and induces action? This is where WordPress can be of really …

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3 Jan 2019

Can WordPress make other ecommerce platforms obsolete?

According to W3Techs, WordPress now powers about 30 percent of the web with that number increasing every day. It is not only the most popular CMS on the web, but it is also the most versatile. With plugins such as WooCommerce, you can turn any website into a full-fledged ecommerce powerhouse able to stand up …

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2 Jan 2019

Can AI Help You Plan?

Technology has come a long way in recent years. One aspect of technology that has come to be rather impressive is artificial intelligence. It has come into our lives in every form from GPS apps to the spam filters in email inboxes and even to smart refrigerators that let you know when you need more …

Beginners

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2 Jan 2019

SEO Basics For Your New WordPress Website

WordPress is a powerful tool for connecting with customers and is SEO-friendly from the start, with its setup making it easy for Google and other search engines to quickly and easily index pages and posts. That said, there are numerous things your company can do to get even more SEO benefits out of your WordPress …

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