EditorsKit 1.9 was released this week with a new Block Styling feature for the image and cover blocks. It allows users to change these blocks to be displayed as circular, diagonal, inverted diagonal, rounded corners, or with a shadow. It also adds a “full screen height” display option to the Advanced block settings panel. This makes it easy to turn …
O’Reilly Partners with Netlify to Publish Free E-Book: Modern Web Development on the JAMstack
If you are following the JAMstack (JavaScript, APIs, and markup) craze and want to learn more about the history and best practices of the architecture, O’Reilly has published a short book called Modern Web Development on the JAMstack that is now available as a free download. Netlify CEO Mathias Biilmann, who coined the term “JAMstack” and pioneered hosting for it, …
All Vodka Is the Same. So Why Is Some More Expensive Than Others?
It’s about what people are really paying for.
Bootstrap Adopts New Long Term Support Plan, Moves Version 3 to End of Life
Bootstrap, the most widely used open source front-end component library on the web, has adopted a new Long Term Support plan that will make the development cycle a little more predictable. From now on, each major version will receive at least six months of support after it is retired, followed by six months of critical bug fixes and security updates …
Gatsby Theme Jam Contest Inspires Two WordPress Starter Themes
Gatsby, the open source app and website framework based on React, celebrated the stable release of Gatsby themes by launching a Theme Jam contest. Participants were invited to create their own Gatsby Themes and submit them for an opportunity to win swag or the grand prize: an all-expenses-paid trip to the Gatsby Days event of their choosing. Submissions closed yesterday …
WPWeekly Episode 362 – Fitness, Freelancing, and More With Michelle Schulp
In this episode, John James Jacoby and I are joined by Michelle Schulp, an independent freelancer and Director of Technology at AIGA Minnesota. We discussed the impacts speaking at multiple WordCamps had on her business early on, why she continues to be a freelance contractor as opposed to managing her own agency, and the role fitness has in her life. …
Advanced Lazy Loading, Automatic Resizing & 5MB Free Compression – The Queen of Image Optimization, Smush, Gets an Update
Smush is already the Coca-Cola of image optimization (even her competitors call image optimization Smushing). And now there’s even more to love; more compression (5MB!) for free with better 50-image-smushing alongside a CDN upgrade and expanded 3rd-party support for Smush Pro users. She’s the true standard for making all the images in your WordPress media library fast, clear, and stunning. It’s …
Meta Box Plugin Introduces MB Blocks, a PHP-based Extension for Creating Custom Blocks
Meta Box, one of the most popular WordPress custom fields frameworks, has released a new extension for creating custom Gutenberg blocks using only PHP. MB Blocks gives developers the ability to build blocks with various settings, using a similar syntax as creating a meta box, without having to know React, Webpack, or Babel. MB Blocks inherits many settings and field …
Entrepreneur Insider Video of the Week: 3 Surprising Ways to Build Your Brand
Watch this free Entrepreneur Insider session with renowned serial entrepreneur David Meltzer, who will help you build a brand that resonates with your audience.
How to Build Order Forms with Payments for Free in WordPress
You lose 100% of the sales you don’t ask for, and the same holds true for having a clunky checkout experience. Order forms help you to collect order information and process payments efficiently, thereby increasing your conversion rates significantly. Forminator makes it easier than ever to build an order form and accept payments on WordPress. Oh ya…and the best part …







