At WordCamp Europe this year, Automattician John Maeda, shared his idea for the Automattic Design Awards. The crowd cheered and thus the idea was born. Maeda teamed up with Simon Cooke from Pragmatic shortly to create a way to recognize amazing designs made with WordPress. Maeda and Cooke gathered a jury of digital agency and design leaders in the community to find the best designs out there. The team is looking for developer-led design projects that highlight accessibility. Not only from the front-end UX side but also in the backgrounds of entrees. Deadline to enter is November 16, 2018 at 23:00 […]
Torque Toons: The Path To Gutenberg
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How to Care For Your Client After Delivering Their Project (In 3 Steps)
It’s tempting to think that once a project has been delivered, the relationship with your client is over. However, nothing could be further from the truth. If you don’t incorporate a post-project ‘customer aftercare‘ phase, you could end up facing ongoing and constant support requests for the smallest of queries. Fortunately, creating a solid process for weaning the client off your support is relatively straightforward. Of course, you don’t want to sever ties completely (especially if there is still a warranted need for your services). Still, helping the client become self-sufficient is good practice for both parties. In this post, […]
Using the Command Line for Automation – Part I Remote Control WordPress with WP-CLI Aliases
WP-CLI is a tool that allows commands to be run in WordPress from the command line or terminal. One of the reasons why developers love WP-CLI is that it provides a way to automate WordPress and common operations that otherwise require navigating through the WordPress Dashboard in order to execute. There can be many clicks to get through operations like updating all plugins on a WordPress Installation. WP-CLI makes it possible to automate repeatable commands with scripting in order to create a list of executable tasks. Instead of running many commands, they can be saved together in a script and executed […]
How to Evolve Your Blog with the Help of Artificial Intelligence
Out of all the buzzwords being used AI causes the most stir nowadays. Artificial Intelligence or AI is a separate branch of computer science, and it deals with the development of complex computer systems to aid humans. By taking over repetitive, dull or grueling tasks, humans have more time to focus on more important endeavors. In blogging, this is needed more than ever, due to an ever-increasing level of competition on the market. To take your blogging to the next level, AI is deemed an indispensable aid. Whether it’s writing or bending complex SEO algorithms to your will, AI is […]

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