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5 Takeaways From ManageWP’s AMA With Troy Dean

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May 16, 2016

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A new week, a new ManageWP AMA. This time with Troy Dean of WP Elevation. Dean began as a WordPress consultant, helping people grow their businesses. As the co-founder of Video and User Manuals as well as WP Elevation, Dean knows a thing or two about running a WordPress business. He now manages a membership community of over 350 business owners. Dean hails from Australia and works as a professional singer, guitar player, and voice-over artist in his spare time. People stopped by to ask about running an online business, public speaking, and how to get paid as a WordPresser. […]

WordPress.org Updates Hosting Recommendations

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May 13, 2016

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WordPress.org updated the hosting recommendations on their site, a revamp that has been in motion for nearly a year. DreamHost, SiteGround, and Flywheel have joined Bluehost as recommended hosting providers on WordPress.org/hosting. There are, however, some notable omissions from the lineup, like popular hosting providers WP Engine, Pagely, and more. The WordPress.org team last year announced that they were starting from scratch with the hosting page, and subsequently released a 40-question survey asking hosts various questions about their technology, customers, and more. On the hosting page, WordPress.org notes that the list is “completely arbitrary,” but hosts must meet a certain criteria to be listed. The […]

WordPress.com Announces ‘.blog’ Domain

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May 12, 2016

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WordPress.com today announced .blog, a new top-level domain extension that will give blog owners a way to better personalize and identify their blogs. The .blog extension also opens up a vast new pool of potential blog names and URLs that may already be in use by .com sites. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, quietly acquired the rights to .blog in 2015 for an estimated $20 million, according to a blog post by Matt Mullenweg. Automattic is the sole operator of the new .blog domains, and as such will have the right to sell the new top-level domain. The .blog domains, which will […]

Torque Toons: WPCampus

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May 12, 2016

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WPCampus, an event geared towards WordPress in higher education, will be held on July 15-16 in Sarasota, Florida! Don’t forget to check out our other editorial toons!   Have an idea for a Torque Toon? Leave your ideas in the comments below! 

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