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Block Management Features Proposed for WordPress 5.2

March 11, 2019design tips

WordPress 5.1 has been downloaded more than 3.6 million times since its release last week and work on 5.2 is now underway. The upcoming release will be led by Matt Mullenweg with Josepha Haden acting as Release Coordinator. Gary Pendergast posted a proposed scope and schedule that would have 5.2 (more…)

Ecwid E-Commerce Plugin Adds Gutenberg Support, Focuses on Small Businesses to Compete with WooCommerce

March 10, 2019design tips

Ecwid’s e-commerce plugin for WordPress is now fully integrated with the Gutenberg editor. The cloud-based store builder, pronounced “eck-wid,” is short for e-commerce widgets, but the service has fully embraced blocks in its latest releases. The new default Storefront block comes pre-installed and embeds the entire Ecwid store on a (more…)

WordPress 5.1 Improves Editor Performance, Encourages Users to Update Outdated PHP Versions

March 6, 2019design tips

WordPress 5.1 “Betty” was released today, honoring American jazz singer Betty Carter. This is the first major release since Gutenberg came into core. As part of WordPress’ 2019 “tighten up” theme, this release was focused on improving performance in the editor and helping users update outdated versions of PHP. WordPress (more…)

WPWeekly Episode 346 – Cancer Sucks

March 6, 2019design tips

In this episode, John James Jacoby and I reflect on Alex Mill’s latest blog post where he announced that he’s ending his battle with Leukemia. We highlight some of the impacts he’s had on people’s lives and the contributions he’s made to open-source software. Stories Discussed: Leukemia Has Won Alex’s (more…)

How To Create an App: The Complete Guide

March 4, 2019design tips

A complete guide about how to create an app.

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Working on your own website — Draft Podcast

February 26, 2019design tips

In this episode, the Brians discuss the challenges of working on your own business website, when your company offers services or makes products for websites.

Bootstrap Patches XSS Vulnerability in Versions 4.3.1 and 3.4.1

February 26, 2019design tips

Bootstrap has released versions 4.3.1 and 3.4.1 to patch an XSS vulnerability (CVE-2019-8331) that was reported to the Bootstrap Drupal project by a developer and then responsibly disclosed to the Bootstrap development team. The vulnerability specifically affects usage of the tooltip and popover features: Earlier this week a developer reported (more…)

Yoast CEO Responds to #YoastCon Twitter Controversy, Calls for Change in the SEO Industry

February 26, 2019design tips

Yoast CEO Marieke van de Rakt published a post yesterday, addressing the controversy that dominated the #YoastCon hashtag on Twitter in the days leading up the the event. Several parties from the SEO industry began circulating old tweets, along unsavory videos depicting Joost de Valk partying with promotional models. de (more…)

Alex Mills Ends His Battle With Leukemia

February 26, 2019design tips

Today, we are reminded that life is fleeting and that plugins, themes, and WordPress itself is built and maintained by humans. Alex (Viper007Bond) Mills announced that he is ending his fight with Leukemia. Due to liver inflammation and GvHD, the liver is too damaged to continue with treatment and there are (more…)

New Wapuu Dashboard Pet Plugin Displays WordPress Site Health

February 26, 2019design tips

Wapuu Dashboard Pet is a new plugin from Kayleigh Thorpe and the team at WordPress hosting company 34SP.com. It is essentially a WordPress Tamagotchi, or digital pet, that resides in your dashboard and monitors the health of the site. The plugin checks to make sure WordPress has been updated (plugins, (more…)

design tips

Block Management Features Proposed for WordPress 5.2

Ecwid E-Commerce Plugin Adds Gutenberg Support, Focuses on Small Businesses to Compete with WooCommerce

WordPress 5.1 Improves Editor Performance, Encourages Users to Update Outdated PHP Versions

WPWeekly Episode 346 – Cancer Sucks

How To Create an App: The Complete Guide

Working on your own website — Draft Podcast

Bootstrap Patches XSS Vulnerability in Versions 4.3.1 and 3.4.1

Yoast CEO Responds to #YoastCon Twitter Controversy, Calls for Change in the SEO Industry

Alex Mills Ends His Battle With Leukemia

New Wapuu Dashboard Pet Plugin Displays WordPress Site Health

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