So you’ve built a beautiful WordPress website that fits your client’s needs, wants, and requirements to a t. There’s just one hurdle left: Your client doesn’t want the site going live until they’ve signed off on the finished product. Presenting a finished site–or, at least, a supposedly finished site–is one scenario in which you may need to come up with …
How to Install WordPress on a USB Flash Drive
Did you know you can install and run a WordPress site from a USB flash drive? Well, you can, and this little-known fact is more than just a neat trick. A portable WordPress installation can actually be quite useful. Why in the world would you ever need to run WordPress from a flash drive? Shouldn’t this be filed away under …
Finding WordPress in the Post-Print News Era
photo credit: Alexis Doyen For the first time in history, more Americans are working for online publications than for traditional print newspapers. In his report on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, NiemanLab’s Joseph Lichterman succinctly summarizes the slow death of the American newspaper: It’s safe to assume that newspaper jobs will continue to evaporate. Most small and …
What's in a Name? In Branding, Pretty Much Everything.
Entrepreneur Network partner Salma Jafri explains how naming your ideas can help them stand out in a crowded market. View original post at Entrepreneur…
The Ultimate Guide to A/B Split Testing with WordPress
Does the thought of your website keep you up at night? Do all the “what ifs” have you worrying about the design, the functionality, the calls to action, the wording and, ultimately, your conversions?? You could have your designer/developer make changes based on what you think might help with improving the number of site visitors, the time they spend on …
A Week of REST Developer Workshop to be Held in Matlock, Derbyshire in September
Matlock, Derbyshire, formerly known as a picturesque spa resort town, will be host to the next WordPress REST API conference organized by Human Made the week of September 5-9. A Week of REST is designed to be an immersive bootcamp experience for developers who want to learn how to build websites and applications using the WordPress REST API and JavaScript. …
How to Plan, Build and Launch a WordPress Website
A successful web design project involves plenty of work before you type a line of code. Before you can start designing or building a site, you need to know what it needs to achieve, who the stakeholders are, and what you need to do to make it a success. Today, I want to encourage you to take some time to get ready before you …
Freemius Checkout Aims to Take The Hassle Out of Selling and Managing WordPress Products
When it comes to selling commercial WordPress products, it’s common for developers to use a myriad of plugins to handle different aspects of the site. For example, Easy Digital Downloads handles commerce while the Software Licensing add-on addresses license keys. Depending on the complexity and the number of products involved, maintaining and configuring such a site can be a complicated …
The #1 Secret to Building Your Perfect Personal Brand
I’m going to let you in on an insider secret. Brand building is actually a misnomer. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WordPress Development for Intermediate Users: Theme Development in Detail
Interested in taking your WordPress game to a whole new level? Want to further develop your PHP skills and add more complex and exciting functionality to your themes and plugins? Welcome to our latest series, WordPress Development for Intermediate users. This series follows on from our popular WordPress Development for Beginners tutorials, which introduced you to the fundamentals of developing …