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16 Aug 2018

6 Common Problems When Logging into the WordPress Admin Area

WordPress is a powerful platform for everything from personal blogging to enterprise sites. It contains an excellent set of features to make it as easy as possible to create online publications, make it pleasant and convenient. Daily on the forums, there are many questions about the most common issues with WordPress, faced by beginners. WordPress …

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15 Aug 2018

Torque Toons: Try Gutenberg

Would you like to Try Gutenberg? Now that WordPress 4.9.8 is here, it’s a great time to start. Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons! 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: …

Community & EventsGutenberg

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13 Aug 2018

A Simple Introduction to CSS Grids

The advent of CSS grids has been described as “the internet finally getting its driver’s license“. In a nutshell, this is a web design technique that steps away from print-based design philosophies by using a responsive-style grid. It’s ultimately the most powerful layout system that’s currently available with CSS. Developers are often creatures of habit (and …

Design & UXDevelopment

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13 Aug 2018

Doc Pop News Drop: How To “Try Gutenberg” in WordPress 4.9.8

Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. You may have noticed that WordPress 4.9.8 includes a “Try Gutenberg” button. In this week’s video, which was shot at WordCamp for Publishers, we talk to …

GutenbergInterviews & FeaturesWordPress

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10 Aug 2018

How to Make Columns in WordPress without a Plugin

When you are setting up your WordPress site or creating content, you will have various different styles and formats to consider. Certain styles or formats will match particular types of content, and depending on what you’re writing you might want to adjust accordingly. A great option to make news content have the feel of a …

Tutorials & Guides

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10 Aug 2018

Interviews from WordCamp for Publishers 2018

WordCamp for Publishers is a two day conference for online publishers of any size. This year’s event was hosted in Chicago and was filled with talks about how agencies are helping publishers improve their workflow with Gutenberg, how to improve accessibility, and why paywalls may actually be good for the open web. I had a …

Community & EventsInterviews & Features

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9 Aug 2018

Best Practices To Revert Abandoning Visitors Via Popups

There are so many possible reasons why your website visitors leave your site without making a purchase. The products offered on your store may not seem interesting to them, or their expectations may be too high. This is why you must take care of the way you’re offering your product and the way you organize …

Community & Events

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9 Aug 2018

The 5 Mistakes You Should Never Make When Creating a WordPress Blog

Blogging is one of the most effective and influential ways to communicate with a large audience via the world wide web. Whether you are a self-proclaimed foodie who wants to share your culinary adventures with like-minded individuals, or you are the owner of a medium-sized business who is looking to connect with customers on a …

Tutorials & Guides

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8 Aug 2018

Advanced OOP For WordPress Part 8: Developing New Features For Extensible WordPress Plugins Using Test-Driven Development

In my last post in this series on advanced PHP object-oriented programming for WordPress development, I walked through refactoring the low-level API of a plugin, using tests to guide the process and make sure everything works correctly. I say “low-level API” because the focus was on the internal of how the system will work. I …

Development

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7 Aug 2018

The Down And Dirty Way To Migrate A WordPress Website

A very common task WordPress site owners ever have to do is to move their site from one server to another. Reasons to do this include: You hate your web host and need a new service. You’d like a copy of your site so you can work on it either locally or from a remote …

Tutorials & GuidesDevelopment

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6 Aug 2018

Getting Started With JavaScript (And How It Compares to PHP)

JavaScript has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason. There’s a growing need for WordPress developers to “learn JavaScript deeply.” However, making the switch from PHP can seem overwhelming at first glance. In our opinion, even if PHP is your only programming language, you should find the switch to JavaScript comfortable …

DevelopmentJavaScript & Frontend

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3 Aug 2018

How Voice Search Will Impact SEO in the Future

In the world of search, the voice is an emerging trend and of course, something that should we should keep an eye on. Google algorithms change once or twice in a day. But rarely do we experience major ranking fluctuations in it. Those are actually the updates marketers are concerned about. We’re going to get …

Tutorials & GuidesDevelopment

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