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6 Reasons Why WordPress Makes Perfect Sense For Enterprise Companies

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Tom Ewer

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Community, Featured

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June 1, 2016

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Though WordPress has come an incredibly long way from its blogging roots, there’s still a certain degree of skepticism in some quarters about whether it’s a platform that’s ready for enterprise adoption. The concerns are not totally without reason — at least in principle. Whether in terms of security, scalability, reliability, or just general ease of use, enterprise environments bring unique challenges to the table, and any underlying weaknesses in software solutions will quickly be exposed. In this piece, we’ll step through some of the most common objections that have dogged WordPress’ route to this potentially crucial market so far, and […]

WordCamp Incubator Locations Announced

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Emily Schiola

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Community, News

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May 31, 2016

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After receiving 182 applications, WordPress.org last week announced the final three locations for the WordCamp Incubator program: Denpasar, Indonesia Harare, Zimbabwe Medellín, Colombia The WordCamp Incubator program was first announced back in February as a way to bring WordCamp support to areas that have never hosted a conference. Each city will be paired with a mentor and begin by hosting monthly meetings. “Once the local WordPress user group is meeting regularly, each team will work on finding a venue, setting a date, recruiting speakers, and spreading the word about the upcoming WordCamp,” the announcement said. Each location will have a deputy that […]

What’s New In WordPress: 5/31/2016

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Emily Schiola

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News

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May 31, 2016

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Have a news tip or an upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly ‘What’s New In WordPress’ roundup? Write us at [email protected]. Happy Birthday, WordPress: WordPress turned into a teenager last week and the community came together to celebrate. Website Hacked Trend Report: Sucuri released a report last week saying 25 percent of the websites that were hacked in the first quarter of 2016 happened because of three outdated plugins. New Theme Tags: Theme Tags got an update last week, with some being added and others deleted. The team is going to regroup every year and see if there are […]

How To Make Any WordPress Theme Responsive

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Featured

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May 31, 2016

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Having a responsive website is incredibly important. This tutorial is especially important if you are still running a static theme that you want to make responsive. Doing so can often be easier than taking an already responsive theme and customizing it to fit your design. However, even if you are merely interested in learning how to implement responsive design in practical terms, this is the article for you. How To Convert Your WordPress Theme To Responsive Design First, we need to go over the basics of responsive design: Fluid site grid with proportionate instead of fixed measures Flexible images Implementing design […]

Doc Pop’s News Drop: 05/31/2016

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Doc Pop

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News Drop

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May 31, 2016

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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. Learn more about the stories discussed in this week’s news drop: Sucuri Security Report WP Engine’s Page Performance WordCamp Europe Live Stream

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