To celebrate National Dog Day, these pup-fluencers (and their humans) revealed their brand-building secrets.
An Introduction to Copyright Law for WordPress Businesses
You know that the content on your site is valuable. That’s why you do things like protect your images from theft. But for those of you who have additional content of value—like web designs, logos, copy, custom video content, etc.—you should know how to keep them safe as well. Rather than try to find one-off […]
Core Team Explores Idea to Automatically Upgrade Sites Running WordPress 3.7 to 3.8
WordPress 3.7 ‘Basie’ was released on October 24, 2013 and introduced automatic updates for minor releases to the masses. Although it’s not labeled as such, WordPress 3.7 has effectively acted as a LTS version or Long-term support. Security updates and crucial bug fixes have been ported back to previous branches up to 3.7. In this week’s WordPress developer chat, Aaron …
14 Awesome Website Headers For Your Inspiration
In the past, a “header” in web design typically referred to the ever-present strip at the top of websites that contained the logo, navigation bar, and maybe some contact details and search bar. Nowadays, a “header” refers more often to the entire space above the fold on the home page. Unless someone’s found your site […]
Playing the Role of Online Reputation Manager
Over the years, I’ve received requests from people wanting their comments removed from the site. I recently received a request from a reader that I remove a comment they made three years ago because it was showing up in Google search results for their name. Normally, I ignore these requests as it makes me feel like I’m their online reputation …
7 Tips for Entrepreneurs Looking to Build Their Brands on YouTube
Know your brand and be consistent, but don’t be afraid to experiment and take cues from others’ success.
Adding a Custom Widget to Any Page, Post or Template in WordPress
Widgets make WordPress really flexible. By adding widget areas to your themes, you let users insert their own custom content without having to write a line of code. They’re most common in sidebars and footers, where they’re often used to hold widgets such as the search widget, latest posts widget, or maybe a custom menu. […]
Reaching for a Bucket of KFC? A New Study Shows You Might Be Lonely.
A new study explores how social isolation might make individuals turn to brands with faces on them.
Ultimate Branding Just Made Customizing Login Screens Super Easy
Ultimate Branding just turned 5 and we’re celebrating with some epic new white label features! Our WordPress re-branding plugin is the all-in-one, everything you need toolkit for giving WordPress a completely new look WordPress. Personalize the dashboard, reconfigure the toolbar, add your very own hot links and tooltips, replace the WordPress logo absolutely everywhere including the […]
Morten Rand-Hendriksen on What Gutenberg Means For the Future of WordPress
As work continues on Gutenberg, members of the community are discussing its impacts on WordPress’ future. Morten Rand-Hendriksen considers Gutenberg to be a watershed moment, “This is a revolution,” he said. “This is a watershed moment for WordPress. This is entirely new and fundamentally different from how WordPress works and how we work with it today. I cannot overstate it …