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Is Modular Code the Future of WordPress?

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Community, Featured

Published

July 1, 2015

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This year at WordCamp Miami I had the pleasure of meeting John James Jacoby, or JJJ. Many of you may know him as the man behind BuddyPress, but I got to know him for another, older project, that he used to be involved with, BackPress. The more I learned about BackPress, the more I became intrigued. That’s when JJJ and I started talking about the revival of the BackPress project. The BackPress Back Story BackPress started its life as the foundational library of WordPress. It was more or less the wp-includes directory, which granted access to all of the php functions that […]

The Best WordPress SEO Plugins And Tools For 2015

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Development, Featured

Published

June 30, 2015

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“Just for once, I would like to rank first place in Google.” How many website owners have thought that to themselves? Probably most of them. If not all. No wonder. Search engines are a major source of traffic and ranking high in the search results means more visitors, more customers, and more revenue. Luckily, a number of tools out there can help your WordPress site rank better and get more love from Google. So, without further ado, here are the best WordPress SEO plugins and tools for 2015. All-in-One SEO Solutions Search engine optimization is not just one thing. It […]

This Week In WordPress 06/29/2015

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Doc Pop

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News

Published

June 29, 2015

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Have a news tip or upcoming event you’d like to see in our weekly WordPress roundup, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: Help name this column – Looking around the web we’ve noticed there are already a few “This Week In WordPress” columns. We thought it’d be fun to find a new name for our weekly WordPress column and would love your help! Share your ideas for a new column name in the comments and if we use your idea we’ll send you one of our hot new Torque mugs. WPezDeveloper – In an effort to keep WordPress tutorials current and open, Mark […]

Is Web Design Dying?

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Community

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June 29, 2015

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For a good period of time, web pages have served as the axis mundi of the Internet. As such, designing those pages has also had its periods of glory. However, as of lately, web design in itself is playing second fiddle to certain new trends that are on the rise. In fact, because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, web design is no longer the same. In this post, we discuss factors that have recently affected the world of web design. The Rise of Mobile It is no secret that mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have risen to […]

Elegant Themes is Evolving: What This Means for the Premium WordPress Marketplace

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Community

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June 26, 2015

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Elegant Themes, the brainchild of CEO Nick Roach, has been a popular name in premium WordPress development for years. It’s long been known for its innovative and relatively inexpensive pricing structure (pay $69, get access to all 87 themes), combined with the quality of the themes it releases. It was only recently, however, that Elegant Themes started making a name for itself in the premium plugins space. Their latest releases—Bloom, which creates beautiful email opt-in forms, and Monarch, which ET touts as “the best social sharing plugin for WordPress”—have been smash hits, especially Bloom. It’s safe to assume that in the […]

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