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29 Nov 2018

5 Essential Tools to Keep Your WordPress Content Marketing Strategy Organized

What’s the main purpose for owning a WordPress site? For some people, the goal is the website itself. They build it because they want to share something important with the audience. When it comes to business websites, however, the idea is clear: it’s all about marketing. In both situations, the website will need some promotion, …

Development

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27 Nov 2018

5 SEO Tactics That No Longer Work and That You Need to Retire

The field of search engine optimization has gone through so many changes and keeps evolving so fast that it’s hard to keep track. As a consequence, things that used to net you a good chance of landing on the first page of Google no longer do so. However, you might not even be aware that …

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27 Nov 2018

We Need Your Help- Fill Out the Torque Community Survey

Five years ago Torque was created as a way to teach and communicate with the community. Ever since then, our community has grown and evolved. We want to carry on the tradition of community interaction by inviting you to participate in a survey to help make Torque better. We want to hear what you like …

Community & Events

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26 Nov 2018

A Practical Guide to Developing a WordPress Plugin

Lots of articles online discuss the ‘sexy’ side of development, such as coding strategies, framework choices, and other ‘fun’ elements. The more practical side of planning and developing WordPress solutions is less on display, although it can be just as interesting (and is absolutely vital). For example, honing and refining an idea into a laser-focused …

Development

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23 Nov 2018

10 Most Common Mistakes Beginner Marketers are Always Doing

Mastering content marketing may not prove challenging, but mistakes can be costly. Beginners, in particular, have to keep an eye out and try not to take the wrong step. To help you better understand the challenges ahead, we’ve highlighted the ten most common mistakes and their corresponding solutions. Creating duplicate content Every beginner marketer feels …

Tutorials & Guides

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22 Nov 2018

Benefits of Migrating from SharePoint to WordPress

Majority of the users are still using SharePoint and Office 365 for their work processes. But the time has come to adopt an alternate approach. The main reason for this migration is that it wasn’t easy for users to work simultaneously since the SharePoint platform wasn’t easy to manage. Microsoft has been sending a clear …

Tutorials & Guides

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22 Nov 2018

Tips and Tools Your WordPress Site Needs

WordPress powers 30 percent of the web. The CMS is incredibly powerful and easy to customize which makes it the perfect choice for anyone looking to make a new website. Whether you are building a blog or an enterprise site, WordPress can make your dreams a reality. There are so hundreds of thousands of plugins …

Tutorials & Guides

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21 Nov 2018

Icon Fonts in WordPress – What They Are and How to Use Them (Manually/Plugin)

Icon fonts can be a very useful tool for WordPress sites. They allow you to add symbols and images to your website without slowing it down. That and other reasons are why icon fonts have become popular in recent years. If you are not sure about this topic, this blog post is here to help …

Development

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21 Nov 2018

Sharing React Components With Gutenberg

The new WordPress block-based editor Gutenberg is coming to the WordPress soon. While no one has yet defined where Gutenberg will next be used, its been well architected for reuse, which is great, because plugin developers can now use these components in other interfaces, in the WordPress admin and beyond. Because the Gutenberg team is …

Development

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20 Nov 2018

Using the Command Line for Automation – Part II

It is common practice for developers to work on several servers or tiers in order to test their work and make sure code is ready to deploy without introducing errors on a live production environment. WP Engine features multiple environments per WordPress installation and provides a multi-tiered workflow. It is possible for developers to work …

Development

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19 Nov 2018

The Developer’s Guide to Implementing a Client Intake Form

Deciding how your business will turn interested leads into paying customers can be tough, and the answer is almost always unique to your services and goals. As a self-employed developer, it can be even more challenging. However, you can’t ignore the importance of working on and perfecting your business’ sales funnel. Knowing how your sales …

Marketing & BusinessDevelopment

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16 Nov 2018

5 Ways to Make Your Blog More Attractive

With the mindset that content is king, many bloggers occupy themselves with creating and releasing new content almost every day while neglecting another important aspect of their blog, its attractiveness. Although it is possible for your blog to have good traffic and subscribers with a mundane look, this can’t be compared to how well it …

Tutorials & Guides

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