You stand to benefit in terms of visibility, reputation and connections — not to mention the good karma. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Is Smart Slider 3 the Best WordPress Slider Plugin on the Market?
I rarely write plugin reviews, and I never write about sliders. But today I’m making an exception for Smart Slider 3. It’s not just the best slider plugin available, it’s also an example to all free and premium plugin makers of how a plugin should be made. So let’s take a look at why I think Smart Slider 3 is …
JetBlue Defends Decision to Ask Passenger to Replace Booty Shorts Before Boarding Flight. Will the Incident Affect Its Brand?
The airline stands by its old-fashioned stance on attire, but experts say it doesn’t have to. Here’s why. View original post at Entrepreneur…
Smush Solves Internet-Old Problem (By, Erm, Now Resizing Images!)
We’ve all been there, volunteered to put up a website for the parents or taken a look at the local footy club page and wondered to ourselves WHY DID YOU UPLOAD FOUR HUNDRED 2.8MB IMAGES???? Well, wonder no more! No more searching for bulk image resizing desktop utilities and no more fretting about your server space. Because now Smush, in …
WordCamp Europe to Offer Free Live Streaming for All Sessions
WordCamp Europe 2016 is sold out as of last week. With 2200 people expected to attend, it will be the largest WordPress event in history. Attendees representing 68 different countries will gather in Vienna for two days of sessions and networking on June 24-25th. Those unable to attend the event can now sign up for a free live streaming ticket …
Typography Tips for a More Comfortable Read on Your WordPress Site
Typography can make or break your WordPress site. The right typography makes your content more readable and keeps visitors around for longer. Bad typography is distracting, makes visitors work too hard, and pushes up your bounce rate. The web is massive. I don’t need to bore you with statistics about how much information is out there, but you can be …
How to Fix the 500 Internal Server Error in WordPress
The 500 Internal Server Error is one of the most common panic-inducing “I’ve broken everything!” catch-all errors in WordPress that can literally mean anything. The most common reasons for WordPress throwing up this error include having a corrupted .htaccess file, exceeding your PHP memory limit, or having improper file permissions, but there could also be other potential causes, such as …
How to Fix “Error Establishing Database Connection” for WordPress
If WordPress is throwing up a message telling you “Error establishing database connection” on an otherwise blank page, it means your database cannot be reached. And, obviously, your site it down. But you probably already figured that. In most cases, this error appears because the credentials you entered for your database aren’t correct, you made a mistake installing or migrating your …
Adding Free SSL Certificate and HTTPS to WordPress with Let’s Encrypt and Certbot
Installing an SSL certificate on your domain is an essential step you should take to secure your WordPress site and now with Let’s Encrypt you can get one for free. An SSL certificate encrypts the connection between your site and your visitors’ browser so hackers can’t intercept and steal personal information. Normally, SSL certificates can be cumbersome to install and …
Jetpack 4.0.3 Patches a Critical XSS Vulnerability
Jetpack 4.0.3 is a security release that contains an important fix for a critical vulnerability that has been present in the plugin since version 2.0, released in 2012. According to Jetpack team member Sam Hotchkiss, a stored XSS vulnerability was found in the way that some Jetpack shortcodes are processed, which allows an attacker to insert JavaScript into comments to …