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As I was looking over the latest releases from the WordPress theme directory this week, I came across one that caught my eye. Onia was clean and minimal while reserving its flourishes to bring attention to just a few elements across the page. Could this be one of those diamonds in the rough I am…

Layout can both be one of the easiest and one of the trickiest facets of web design. Sometimes a designer can bust out an amazing layout in minutes and sometimes that same designer can struggle for the better part of day with the same task. Each project is unique and calls for a unique solution,…

WooCommerce 6.4 RC 1 Blocks and Admin Time to Retire ZeroClipboard ️ Clients in a Candy Store Sustainable Woo? 🪴 Zach Stepek, Carl Alexander, Till Krüss, and JJJ ️ What’s New in WooCommerce 6.4 RC1 + Blocks and Admin Feature Plugins This week saw some updates from core and the release of WooCommerce 6.4 RC…

The WooCommerce development team released the first RC for version 6.3 this week. The upcoming major release is expected on March 8, 2022, and is set to introduce an exciting, long-awaited feature: a new lookup table that will offer the ability the accurately filter products by attributes. Shop owners who sell variable items have been…

So you’re starting your own business, and one of the many steps in your exciting journey is putting together a business plan, which you’ll then be presenting to investors, clients, lenders, and other stakeholders. Sounds daunting, right? Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to worry about putting together an incredible presentation from scratch,…

The first-ever core preview walkthru with contribs for WP 6.0. Lots of Gutenberg news, big WordCamp comebacks, and other cool things! Core and Block Editor Updates Join contributors to WordPress core and other teams on April 5th for a first-of-it’s-kind video product walk-through of the major features coming in WordPress 6.0. The newly released Gutenberg…

photo credit: The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent, a new English-language media outlet powered by WordPress, is seeking donations to continue their reporting at this critical time in Ukraine’s struggle against Russian invasion. The fledgling publication is just three months running and its staff is already plunged into what may be some of the most important…

Creating a winning business proposal starts with choosing the right design for your document. It has to be designed in a way to represent your brand, your mission, as well as to clearly communicate your goals behind the proposal. This is why most big brands spend thousands of dollars to hire teams and agencies to…

On Wednesday, Anne McCarthy announced Round #12 of the FSE Outreach Program. As always, everyone is free to join by testing features and providing direct feedback on problem areas with the design tools in WordPress. Anyone interested should respond by March 16. For this round, volunteers are tasked with testing some oldies but goodies. Early…

Data visualization plays a big role in delivering more convincing and effective presentations. If you look at any of the slideshows on Slideshare, you’ll notice that they all have at least one or two infographic slides showing stats and data about the subject matter. That’s because presenting data is the best way to prove and…