In this episode of WordPress Weekly, Marcus Couch and I are joined by Weston Ruter and Nick Halsey, lead developers of the Customize component in WordPress. I invited Ruter and Halsey on the show to give us some insight into its origin and why it was created. We also discuss its evolution since WordPress 3.6 and why it’s an important …
How to Get Your Branding Noticed
Your brand reflects your identity as a company. What are you doing to make yours stand out?
How to Back Up Your WordPress Backups for Bulletproof Protection
Of course you back up your websites! But what if something were to happen to your backups? Do you have a plan B in place to cover that possibility? You may think I’m being alarmist, but I think I’m only being realistic. Recent events have shown that the only way to really keep your data […]
The Value of Sponsoring a WordCamp from a Business’ Perspective
Tony Perez, CEO of Sucuri This is a guest post written by Tony Perez, co-founder and CEO of Sucuri. Sucuri is a website security platform that helps clean and protect websites. I would consider us a small mid-sized company. Our annual sponsorship budget is in the range of $300 – $400k per calendar year (CY). One of the industry events …
The 10 Biggest Mistakes in Personal Branding
Quit sabotaging your personal brand with these embarrassing blunders.
How to Customize the Free Twenty Seventeen WordPress Theme for Business
Twenty Seventeen ships as the new default theme with WordPress 4.7. This business-oriented theme marks a noteworthy departure from the blog-centric default themes of the past and reflects WordPress’ broader transition from a blogging platform into a platform well-suited to creating all sorts of websites. If you plan to try out Twenty Seventeen you’ll figure […]
Pantheon’s $100K WordCamp US Sponsorship Revoked the Night Before the Event
Nearly 2,000 people descended on Philadelphia, PA to attend WordCamp US last week. On the night before WordCamp US took place, Pantheon’s sponsorship was revoked and advertising materials, including the company’s booth, were hidden in a storage room inside the venue. The move generated a lot of controversy on social media and at the event. It cost Pantheon $100K to …
24 JavaScript Libraries and Resources for Becoming a Better Web Developer
In Stack Overflow’s Developer Survey Results of 2016, JavaScript took home top honors. Not only did it land at the top of the list for full-stack, front-end, and back-end technologies, but 55.4% of people now say they use it over other programming languages. JavaScript is an extremely powerful programming tool for any WordPress developer to have […]
State of the Word 2016: Mullenweg Pushes Calypso as Future of WordPress’ Interface, Proposes Major Changes to Release Cycle
photo credit: WordCamp US organizing team Philadelphia welcomed 1,923 attendees to WordCamp US this weekend with an additional 2,028 enthusiasts watching via live stream. Matt Mullenweg delivered his 11th annual State of the Word address to a rapt audience ready to celebrate WordPress’ progress over the past year and hear the project leader’s vision for 2017. He began by thanking …
Fixing the Pesky 403 Forbidden Error in WordPress
When your website throws up a 403 error with “Forbidden” plastered across the top in imposing bold letters, it’s just a bit rude, right? I mean, it’s your website and you can’t access it. The nerve! I mean, you’re the site administrator or even the owner and your site has locked you out. Fortunately, troubleshooting and fixing this error so …