Dubbed Netflix Sans, the font will reportedly replace the similar Gotham font the streaming giant currently uses, and possibly save it a few million per year. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Pricing Pages: Should You Add to Your Freelance Website?
There’s an ongoing debate amongst freelancers that revolves around whether or not to publicly display pricing on their portfolio website’s pricing page. For many, the worry stems from the possibility that publicly sharing their rates on a pricing page will deter potential clients—especially those just outside of their typical range. The major question then becomes: […] View original post at …
The Slowest WordPress Plugins (and Alternatives to Try Instead)
We all know that performance and speed are a critical part of how visitors perceive their experience on a website. That’s why we use optimized web hosting plans, install CDNs, and utilize caching plugins to keep WordPress sites running quickly and smoothly. For some of your clients, however, paying for VPS or managed WordPress hosting […] View original post at …
A Plea For Plugin Developers to Stop Supporting Legacy PHP Versions
Iain Poulson has published a thoughtful request on the Delicious Brains blog asking WordPress plugin developers to stop supporting legacy PHP versions. He covers some of the benefits of developing with newer versions of PHP, what Delicious Brains is doing with its plugins, and using the Requires Minimum PHP Version header in readme.txt. While we wait for the Trac discussion …
Use Your Expertise to Drive Your Brand
A simple and effective way to make your voice heard is to brand yourself as an expert. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How to Take Full Advantage of WordPress Automation
Automation can be a scary word for some, especially when a business relies on being able to make a personal connection with clients or customers. When it comes to working in WordPress, however, we understand that automation is a good thing (up to a certain point anyway). While we obviously don’t want a bot writing […] View original post at …
4 Proven Ways Successful Freelancers Achieve More Feast and Less Famine
The ebb and flow of paying jobs is the torment of working independently, until you learn the tricks of wooing and keeping clients. View original post at Entrepreneur…
GDPR: How it Affects WordPress Site Owners and Developers
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last few months, there’s a very good chance you’ve heard of GDPR, or the General Data Protection Regulation. This is new legislation relating to personal data and how it’s stored. It’s European legislation but it will affect website owners and developers outside Europe, as if […] View original post at …
Why Employer Branding Is So Important
Employer branding will help you hire new employees, create a strong company culture and even reduce marketing costs. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Without Context, Some Lyrics Inside the Hello Dolly Plugin Are Degrading to Women
There have been many discussions over the years on whether or not Hello Dolly should be unbundled with WordPress. Seven years ago, it was argued that the lyrics are copyrighted and could potentially violate the GPL license. The latest issue with Hello Dolly is that some lyrics that appear in users dashboards with the plugin activated can be degrading to …