photo credit: Night Moves – (license) There’s a lot of great WordPress content published in the community but not all of it is featured on the Tavern. This post is an assortment of items related to WordPress that caught my eye but didn’t make it into a full post. The REST API Democratizes Reading Mika Epstein explains how the WordPress REST …
How to Restore WordPress When It’s Down or Locked with Snapshot Pro
Losing your WordPress site to a hacker or a silly mistake on your part and then not having a backup to restore it is – say it with me – the worst. Luckily, Snapshot Pro can get you back up and running, even when your site’s down or locked up. Snapshot Pro is a backup plugin that also […] View original post at …
“Open Source in Brazil” eBook Now Available for Free
photo credit: Ccarelo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Open Source in Brazil is a new free eBook from O’Reilly Media that offers an inside look into the growth of Brazil’s free software community despite the country’s unique barriers. Brazil has a vibrant IT and startup culture and hosts the largest open source conference in Latin America, Fórum Internacional …
How to Land Your First Freelance Clients When Your Business is New
When you’re new to freelancing, there may be some clients who discover your services through organic web search. But if you’ve been in business for yourself for a little while now, then you know how hard it can be to drum up new business as a freelancer that way. Unless you’ve got a well-known name […] View original post at …
20 SEO Steps to Check Off Before Launching a New Website
You’re about to wrap up work on a new website, and it feels great… for the most part. Sure, the design looks great, the calls-to-action are bold and beautiful, and the copy is incredibly engaging. So, what could be missing? When you get to the end (or near the end) of your web design project, […] View original post at …
Massive New Smush Feature: Smush *ANYTHING*
How do you make the best image compression plugin for WordPress even better? Hmmm, how about making it able to SMUSH ALL THE THINGS and in turn introduce total compatibility with not just every single gallery, slider or theme available for WordPress, but even non-WordPress related images? Yep, that sounds pretty good 🙂 Which is why […] View original post at …
Losing Business to Bad Developers? Here’s How to Stop That – and Sell Yourself
As cloud-based software, mobile apps, and online chat platforms make it easier to work outside the traditional office, we’re seeing the amount of freelance talent grow. According to a study done by Freelancers Union in 2014, 34% of the American workforce is freelancing. That spells both good and bad news for web developers, and in particular […] View original post at …
12 Resources for Building an Illustration-Inspired WordPress Site
Online users, designers, marketers, and business managers – we all expect a lot from websites these days. They need to look great. They should load within a couple seconds. They have to be responsive. They must convert. And UX always needs to be a priority. With all this energy spent on meeting expectations, it’s easy […] View original post at …
The Top 5 Most Popular SSL Certificate Authorities Reviewed
As the internet moves towards a more secure and privacy-respecting web with HTTPS a standard feature of all websites, it’s more important than ever that site admins get a hold of an SSL certificate from a registered certificate authority. Let’s Encrypt is probably the most well-known certificate authority right now since it’s issuing certificates for free for […] View original post at …
How to Use Video on Your WordPress Site in 2017
Back in 2009, WordPress added video embedding capabilities into their 2.9 update. A lot has changed since then. Take the latest WordPress 4.7 release, for instance. The new Twenty Seventeen theme now automatically comes with a built-in video header option. It’s not surprising to see WordPress make this foray into video with their latest update. […] View original post at …