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Interview With Open Camps Co-Organizer Forest Mars

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August 19, 2016

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WordCamp NYC this year took place as part of the Open Camps Initiative, which was held from July 8 through July 17 at the United Nations. The initiative brought together more than 25 open source conferences, boasting 7,500 attendees, and featuring more than 400 presentations. According to the Open Camps website, the mission-driven event is “focused on supporting open source innovation, adoption, and contribution.” “We are also committed ‘permissionless innovation, and ensuring there are no barriers between the best developers & presenters — regardless of age, race, gender or creed,” the site said. It was the perfect forum for the […]

10 Essential WordPress Plugins For Bloggers

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August 19, 2016

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Today, WordPress powers a wide range of websites. However, it began as a blogging platform, and it still remains the leading choice for running a blog. The CMS allows bloggers to extend their site’s functionality using plugins. There are so many plugins out there, so which are crucial for bloggers? You shouldn’t just download plugins to download them, but still, there are certain plugins that can make a blogger’s life easier. This article talks about some of the most essential WordPress plugins for blogs. The Necessary Ones Whether you are running a blog or some other kind of site, there […]

Product Launch UX Best Practices Part 4: Welcome Pages

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August 18, 2016

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To have a successful product launch, it’s important to help the user get started. A good user experience (UX) ensures users stick around. During the launch of my plugin, CF7 Customizer, I encountered a very serious issue: There is a huge disconnect between the developer and the end user.The very first page you see is the welcome screen, which introduces you to the product and gets you started. In the first part of this series, I mentioned that when I handed my plugin to 10 people for beta testing, 8 of them didn’t know where to go and what to do next. […]

WordPress 4.6 “Pepper” Takes The Stage And Gets A Standing Ovation

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August 17, 2016

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WordPress 4.6, nicknamed “Pepper” after baritone saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III, was yesterday released and is now available for download. You can download 4.6 directly or update from within your dashboard. This highly anticipated release comes with a slew of new features that improve your workflow in WordPress, including streamlined updates, improvements to the editor, and more.  Shiny Updates The new “Shiny Updates” in 4.6 completely streamlines your theme and plugin updates. Instead of taking you to a different page every time you enable, disable, or update your plugin, Shiny Updates changes the status right in front of your eyes. Native […]

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