When Google first launched AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages), its open source initiative to speed up the mobile web, the project focused on getting publishers on board. AMP pages were featured in the “Top Stories” carousel and soon adoption of AMP grew beyond news publishers to other industries such as e-commerce, recipe sites, and local listings. Ebay has AMP’d up 15 …
10 Email Templates Every Web Developer Needs to Keep Handy
Let’s face it — writing emails is not fun. It’s time-consuming, requires rewrites, and needs proofreading. But as someone who runs a web development business, you send emails daily. You virtually run your business on emails. Which means you spend several hours each day crafting and revising them. Which also means that if you streamline all of this emailing you …
The Deadline to Apply for the Kim Parsell Scholarship Is October 16th
When Kim Parsell passed away in early 2015, the WordPress Foundation created a travel scholarship in her name not only to remember her, but to give a woman an opportunity to attend the largest WordCamp in the US who may not have the financial means to do so. WordCamp US is accepting applications for this year’s scholarship. The deadline to apply is …
How to Get Your Company to Transform and Become One With Your Brand Promise
If you’re attempting to create a new company culture that aligns with your brand, here’s how to do it right. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How to Build a Successful Website: The 5 Core Factors You Need
This isn’t one of those dime-a-dozen list posts that tells you which must-have plugins you need to have installed on your WordPress website if you want it to be successful. No, because building a successful website actually takes a lot more forethought than that. Thanks to Wix, Squarespace and all of the other site builders that are popping up all …
WordCamp Orlando Cancelled Due to Hurricane
Lisa Melegari, lead organizer of WordCamp Orlando, confirmed earlier today that the event is cancelled due to hurricane Matthew. Rosen UCF campus, the venue where the event was to be held announced that it is under a mandatory order to remain closed until Sunday, eliminating the possibility of having sessions this weekend. Those who purchased tickets are encouraged to fill …
How Your Business Can Start Using Instagram Stories
Here are 18 businesses using Instagram Stories to boost their branding. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How to Add Facebook Open Graph Meta Tags to WordPress Themes
When you’re doing social networking the right way for your website it can bring huge amounts of traffic. Social is all about the visuals so if you want to make your content work well you need to use all the right visual cues. But how do you make sure the right imagery – the imagery you want – is being used? …
WordPress 4.7 Will Allow Developers to Register Custom Bulk Actions in Admin List Tables
photo credit: -pdp- – cc WordPress 4.7 will allow for custom bulk actions in admin list tables, an exciting new feature for developers. List tables are found on various screens throughout the admin. Bulk actions are the dropdowns that let users perform actions such as activate or deactivate plugins in bulk, move multiple posts to the trash, and bulk delete …
Hustle Gets Awesome Triggers (Adblock, Leave Intent & More) and Integrations Galore
When we released our first version of our email opt-in plugin for WordPress Hustle last month we asked you what you wanted… and today, here’s a delivery of goodness to your ultimate email opt-in and soon-to-be all-in-one-marketing-machine. Specifically, we’ve added a whole BUNCH more integrations (based off of your requests, and we’re not done yet!) along with some triggers for your marketing that’ll, …