Naming specialist Ragen Alexander says that companies often get stuck thinking they must have a few popular qualities in a brand name. But they’re missing big opportunities to capitalize on language in other ways. View original post at Entrepreneur…
CloudFest Hackathon 2023 Kickstarts Innovative WordPress Projects: VS Code Extension for In-Browser Development, WapuuGotchi Gamification Plugin, and More
More than 6,000 people are attending CloudFest in Europa-Park, Germany, this week. A strong contingent of WordPress developers and contributors are among them. During the Hackathon portion of the event, web professionals gather for a friendly competition, tackling problems for existing not-for-profit, OSS projects, creating solutions with a concentrated effort at a quicker pace than remote collaboration usually allows. WordPress …
The Ultimate Web Developer Toolkit
What constitutes the ultimate toolkit for web developers? To find out, we surveyed our members about what tools they use for their WordPress development business – and the results are in! To be clear, we’ve written previously about Must Have tools, but this list is based on what the members of our WPMU DEV community recommend. So, the results are …
WordPress Launches Wapuu Coloring Giveaway to Celebrate Upcoming 20th Anniversary
Wapuu lovers who are looking for a relaxing weekend activity will want to check out WordPress’ recently launched Wapuu Coloring Giveaway. The challenge is to style your own 20th anniversary party Wapuu using crayons, markers, colored pencils, pastels, or even digital drawing tools. Three random entries will be selected (which is why it’s called a giveaway and not a contest) …
Equalize Digital Raises Pre-Seed Funding for Expanding Accessibility Checker Plugin Development
Equalize Digital, a WordPress accessibility products and consulting company, has received an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from Emilia Capital, the investment company owned by Joost de Valk and Marieke van de Rakt. The investment will be used to accelerate the growth of Equalize Digital’s Accessibility Checker plugin, a tool for auditing websites for WCAG, ADA, and Section 508 accessibility …
Shaping The Narrative of Your (Personal) Brand is The Secret to Your Success. Here's Why.
The founder of Leave Your Mark and the author of On Brand: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception sits down with Jessica Abo. View original post at Entrepreneur…
How This Web Dev Went from 0 to 60 (Websites)
This is the first in a series, Member Success Stories, where we ask WPMU DEV-ers who are killing it in the WordPress web dev business to share key contributors of their success with us – and you. Today we welcome Phil, the owner of Capital Web Design, a Canadian web services agency based in Ottawa. WPMU DEV: Congrats on your …
Local 6.7.0 Adds Long-Requested Site Grouping Feature
WP Engine’s Local development app has released version 6.7.0 with Site Grouping, a highly requested feature that will greatly improve users’ workflows. It allows users to create custom groups in the sidebar of the Local dashboard page for better organization of their sites. Local users have been asking for this feature since 2017, as many are managing dozens of WordPress …
#67 – Talisha Lewallen on How CertifyWP Is Hoping To Offer WordPress Certification
Transcript [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, what a WordPress certification might look like. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do …
5 Reasons Why This Metric is the Future of Public Relations
The measure of a brand’s reputation has changed significantly. Here’s what you should look out for. View original post at Entrepreneur…