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12 Jul 2018

Torque Toons: The “Try Gutenberg” Release Schedule

But seriously, you should try the Gutenberg Beta plugin and share any bugs with the devs. 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: The “Try …

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10 Jul 2018

Doc Pop News Drop: WordPress 4.9.8 and the upcoming “Try Gutenberg” button

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. We now know the schedule for the next WordPress release, version 4.9.8, which features a big push for users to help beta-test Gutenberg. In this week’s …

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10 Jul 2018

Google RankBrain SEO – How to Use Google’s AI to Your Advantage

The exact way Google ranks websites has long been an enigma. Only two years ago did we get confirmation about the two most important ranking signals (hint: content and backlinks). However, you might not know that the third most important is relatively new: Google RankBrain. RankBrain is a machine learning algorithm that the search giant …

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9 Jul 2018

3 Ways to Learn and Experiment With JavaScript (Without a Local Install)

The future for WordPress and JavaScript is looking bright. This is in large part due to projects like Gutenberg, which are leading to JavaScript usage blossoming. Many existing WordPress developers will, therefore, need to learn the language to design modern websites. However, to do so you’ll require a WordPress install full of content to work with, and you’ll …

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5 Jul 2018

Most Common Novice Website Creator Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

When building a website, it can be easy to lose sight of what your customer wants. Your website needs to represent who you are and what you do, but it also needs to be a way for your customers to connect with your brand. Making a connection allows you to stand out from the crowd. …

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4 Jul 2018

How WordPress Can Lead the Web in Privacy-First Design

In May of 2018, WordPress 4.9.6 was released with new privacy-related features to aid in compliance with the new EU privacy regulations known as the GDPR. The GDPR grants EU citizens the right to request what data a website can collect, and request that it be erased. It also requires informed consent of how the …

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4 Jul 2018

Torque Toons: Anticipation

Happy 4th of July! 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: Anticipation appeared first on Torque.

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3 Jul 2018

Doc Pop News Drop: Automattic Acquires The Atavist

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. Are subscription based services the future for online publications? Automattic seems to think so, in fact they recently acquired Atavist, makers of a subscription based CMS …

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3 Jul 2018

What Does the WordPress Community Think of the Gutenberg Editor? – A Review Roundup

The Gutenberg editor is one of the biggest changes coming to WordPress. But how does the community feel about it? In this Gutenberg editor review roundup we will aim to find out. Since Matt Mullenweg revealed Gutenberg at WCEU 2017, a lot has been written about it. Here on Torque alone we have a number …

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2 Jul 2018

Could AWS Translate Open New Markets for Your Site?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) released their Amazon Polly plugin, a text to speech tool, back in February. In June, they announced a huge new update which provides real time translation functionality to the Polly plugin. We attended the AWS Translate launch event at the Amazon Loft in San Francisco and managed to learn more about …

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2 Jul 2018

How to Install WordPress on a Subdomain

The standard way of installing WordPress is to do so through your full domain – the regular address that leads to your home page. However, there are some situations where that isn’t the most optimal way of presenting your content or site. In those situations, you’ll want to turn to ‘subdomains’ instead. We’ll go into …

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29 Jun 2018

Top Things To Try With WordPress For The Adventurous Designer

WordPress has become so ubiquitous as a web hosting and designing platform, that it can be difficult to get your site to stand out from the masses. In such cases, spicing things up a bit by experimenting can lead to some great results, such as increased ad traffic. For now, it’s safe to say that as …

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