Augustin Prot and Rémy Berda, co-founders the Weglot multilingual plugin for WordPress, started their operation in a small apartment in September 2015. Weglot was originally a simple JavaScript project that offered a language switcher so that users could view websites in different languages. After testers started asking for a solution that could be used with WordPress without causing SEO problems, …
5 Ways to Turn Mere Followers Into Devoted Brand Ambassadors
You will never sell yourself more persuasively than your enthused customers can. View original post at Entrepreneur…
WordPress Careers Masterclass: Selling Your Code (Themes and Plugins)
Are you interested in a career selling your code? Specifically, coding themes and plugins that you can then sell for profit? Welcome to the second post in this series on how to build a successful career with WordPress. If you followed part one of this series, WordPress Careers Masterclass: How to Forge a Successful Career, you should have some ideas …
WordPress 4.7 to Introduce User-Specific Language Setting for the Admin
WordPress 4.7 will allow users to select a language to use in the admin. Prior to this change, using a different language for the admin required installing the necessary translations and editing the wp-config.php file or using a plugin. A user-specific language setting makes it possible to run a WordPress site in one language on the front end and administrate …
The Holiday Marketing Campaign Hall of Fame (Infographic)
See the fascinating history of holiday marketing campaigns and get inspired to craft your own memorable retail messaging this year. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Kinsta Managed Hosting Review: Blazingly Fast and Solid Features
Kinsta is a relative new-comer to the WordPress managed hosting scene, but since launching in 2013 has quickly become a force to be reckoned with. Marketed as “Better, faster, stronger managed WordPress hosting,” the web host uses Google’s Cloud Platform to provide fast speeds from the web giants secure and reliable data centers, paired with Kinsta’s simple and intuitive hosting panel. …
Peter Meth Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Produce 7″ Wapuu Plush Toys
Wapuu is the unofficial mascot of the WordPress project and is quite the traveler appearing at WordCamps all over the world. While there is a variety of swag featuring Wapuu, outside of handmade items, there isn’t a way to obtain a plush toy. Wapuu Plush Toy Prototype Peter Meth, a Senior PHP Consultant based in Toronto, Canada, is looking to …
WordPress Careers Masterclass: How to Forge a Successful Career
Welcome to this new series on WordPress careers! In this six-week series, you’ll learn about the wide range of options available to you if you want to forge a career with WordPress. This series will be useful for you if you can answer “yes” to any of the questions below: Are you starting out with WordPress and want to develop your career? …
New WordPress Default Theme Twenty Seventeen Merged into 4.7
WordPress 4.7 will ship with a new default theme in December. David Kennedy merged Twenty Seventeen into core yesterday as his first commit to WordPress. Any remaining development issues for the project will now be managed via Trac. In the merge proposal, Kennedy described Twenty Seventeen as “an ambitious theme that focuses on a creative home page and an easy …
EarthLink Helped Bring the Web to the Public. Now It Wants to Be Known for Something New.
We spoke with the company’s CEO, Joe Eazor, about the challenges he faces leading the legacy brand. View original post at Entrepreneur…