Creating a successful, well-optimized website is something like throwing your own, custom-made, wide net into the ocean in the hope that you’ll catch as many fish as possible. You need to consider all the different devices that people use to browse the internet and cover all the options with a responsive web design that adjusts the content to different screen sizes. This is important because you want all of your visitors to have the ultimate user experience no matter what device they’re on. While all of this probably makes sense to you, it might still surprise you to hear that […]
Doc Pop News Drop: Michael Clayton Discusses Accessibility
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. While Doc is still traveling through Serbia after WordCamp Europe, we thought it would be great to show this short interview with Michael Clayton, who works as an L2 Support Technician at WP Engine. Michael talks about his experience with various accessibility features in browsers on and on his Mac and how developers can better create sites for visually impaired users. You can follow Michael here https://twitter.com/bassthumpa And follow us too! […]
With Acquisition of StudioPress, WP Engine Bolsters the WordPress Community
When Brian Gardner founded StudioPress nearly a decade ago, he wanted to provide developers with a quick and easy way to build stand-out themes for WordPress. To say he accomplished that goal is an understatement. Today, StudioPress’ Genesis Framework is the most popular theme framework for WordPress and its themes are among the most widely used within the WordPress community. Genesis alone has served as the foundation for more than 1 million WordPress sites, and both developers and designers have rallied around the suite of StudioPress products precisely because they’re fast, easy-to-use and consistently provide impressive digital experiences. With all […]
The Google Mobile First Index and What It Means for Your WordPress Site
The Google mobile first index is upon us and it will further change the way we optimize our sites. Since mobile devices have surpassed desktop computers as the dominant Internet devices in 2016, the search giant has increasingly put emphasis on mobile friendliness. These days, if you don’t know how to make your WordPress website mobile friendly, you are likely already missing out on traffic. This development will increase further with Google’s latest update, the mobile-first index. As you can glean from the name, it will prioritize mobile pages in the search index even more. If you are not prepared […]
A First-Time Developer’s Guide for Contributing to WordPress
WordPress is huge, and so is its community. What’s more, WordPress was built on collaboration and has always been welcome to new developers contributing to the project. However, while you may want to help the platform grow even further, it can be hard to know where you could apply your skills. Fortunately, getting started with WordPress development is easy, regardless of how you’d like to take your first steps. There’s almost certainly a task that will suit you perfectly, whether that’s contributing directly to the WordPress core, testing for bugs, or helping out in one of many other ways. This […]

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