GoDaddy Pro will kick off EXPAND 2021 – India on September 24, the second event of its kind this year. It is a one-day virtual conference that will feature sessions from industry leaders and experts in the field. Nikhil Arora, the Vice President and Managing Director for GoDaddy India, will present the keynote address. In total, there will be nine …
Fee Free Client Billing Now Available at WPMU DEV
It’s here! Our most hotly requested feature since the launch of WPMU DEV Hosting. A full-scale, automated, and free billing system for you and your clients. Invoicing clients is the best (getting paid) and the worst (nightmare) part of running a web development business. Managing overdue invoices, making sure monthly fees are paid, hassling customers, and manually managing and reconciling …
StellarWP Acquires Learning Management System LearnDash
StellarWP announced today that it acquired LearnDash, a learning management system (LMS) for WordPress. The product allows educators to create online courses, quizzes, and dynamic content. LearnDash will continue to operate autonomously, keeping its team intact. In May, Liquid Web launched its new umbrella brand, StellarWP, alongside its acquisition of Impress.org and its flagship product, GiveWP. iThemes, The Events Calendar, …
StellarWP Acquires Learning Management System LearnDash
StellarWP announced today that it acquired LearnDash, a learning management system (LMS) for WordPress. The product allows educators to create online courses, quizzes, and dynamic content. LearnDash will continue to operate autonomously, keeping its team intact. In May, Liquid Web launched its new umbrella brand, StellarWP, alongside its acquisition of Impress.org and its flagship product, GiveWP. iThemes, The Events Calendar, …
WordPress Contributor Teams Seek to Curb Spam Pledges in Five for the Future Program
The Five for the Future program, an initiative Matt Mullenweg proposed in 2014, may soon be addressing the problem of spam and outdated pledges that appear on the program’s dedicated website. The idea behind the program is that organizations and individuals will contribute five percent of their resources back to WordPress development, ensuring the future of the project. Five for …
Tove: A Block-Based WordPress Theme by Anders Norén
I have been secretly keeping tabs on Anders Norén over the past couple of weeks, awaiting the moment he pushed his first block theme to the WordPress directory. I first noticed it when he tweeted a screenshot two weeks ago. And, today was the day it happened. Tove landed in the review portal several hours ago, and I have been …
3 Tips for Mastering Storytelling as a Small Business Owner
If you’re a business owner who thinks they don’t have a personal story worth sharing, read this. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Gutenberg 11.5 Adds Widget Grouping, Iterates on the Block Gap Feature, and Updates Nav Menus
Gutenberg 11.5 landed earlier today. It is a hefty release that includes extensive changes to the Navigation block, a new way for grouping widgets, and more block gap feature integration. I have had mixed reactions to the features that made it into the latest release. At some points, I thought to myself, finally, this made it in. At other moments, …
Newsletter Glue Pro, My First Foray Into Journalism, and New Ideas
As a teen, I would visit my Uncle David’s house every other week or so. He was the only family member with a computer. It was an old, bulky monstrosity that ran whatever the latest version of Windows that existed at the time. It was one of my first introductions to dial-up, but my primary interest was not the internet. …
Everybody Has “Amazing Web Hosting Support”! Here’s How To Find Out The Truth…
There is plenty of humblebragging when it comes to WordPress hosting support. While self-promotion is important and expected, it’s also a chance to be transparent, honest, and realistic. So how do you tell the semper fi’s from the polished lies? A lot of criteria go into defining good web hosting, but one that tops most lists is support. To really …