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Are you using the social force of WordPress?

Author

Brenda Barron

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Community, Featured

Published

March 26, 2015

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If you’re into Star Wars, one thing everyone can probably agree on is that The Force is pretty dang important. Not only does it serve as the means through which Luke saves the day, but it also acts as the underlying theme of the entire franchise. Which, yeah, is pretty important. Now, if WordPress were to have a force behind it, I’d have to say it’s the social element. Sure, the backend code is important, as is the easy-to-use dashboard. But when you get right down to it, the thing that serves to benefit WordPress users the most is ability […]

40+ resources to find free stock photos for your WordPress website

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Nick Schäferhoff

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Featured

Published

March 25, 2015

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Is there a way to start an article of this kind without the stereotypical “they say a picture is worth a thousand words” kind of thing? I guess not. Well, at least I snuck it in without going for it directly. Anyway, there’s no denying that visuals are pretty important when it comes to web content. Being confronted with a full page of uninterrupted text can turn away even the most promising prospect. And that is because humans are highly visual creatures. In fact according to this graphic, visual information is processed 60.000 times faster within the human brain than […]

Plugged in: Beautiful image sliders with Meta Slider

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Shaun Quarton

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Community

Published

March 24, 2015

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Image slider plugins are insanely popular. They make up three of CodeCanyon’s top 10 bestselling plugins of all time, and some of the free options have been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times. It’s not hard to see why, either. Image sliders are an important design element on many major websites. They allow you to add eye-catching images to your homepage, make your website feel more interactive, and improve navigation by linking to internal pages. In other words, they can really improve user experience. Today I want to take a closer look at the Meta Slider plugin. With more than 1.8 […]

This Week In WordPress: 03/23/2015

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Doc Pop

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Community

Published

March 23, 2015

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Just in case you missed it, here’s a roundup of the latest happenings from this past week. If you have a news tip you’d like to share, write us at [email protected]. News Highlights: Jetpack 3.4 update: The new Jetpack update provides protection from brute force attacks. Frito Lay’s custom project management app: Frito Lay’s custom built project management tool was built with WordPress Julie’s WordPress training: Julie Kuehl is on a mission to become a full-time WordPress developer. Cart abandonment and WooCommerce: Tips for reducing eCommerce “cart abandonment.” Remove Hello Dolly: A pull request was made to remove “Hello Dolly” from the […]

Are you a WordPress developer? You may be bringing service rates down

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Brandon Yanofsky

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Community, Featured

Published

March 23, 2015

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There’s an interesting debate developing in the WordPress community surrounding what a WordPress developer actually is and the dropping rates developers can charge. If you are a WordPress service provider, you’ve probably seen first hand both the explosion of WordPress developers (many of them under qualified), as well as a drop in the overall rates that are being charged. Let’s first discuss what is occurring with the explosion in developers, why rates are dropping, and some possible solutions you can implement. What exactly is a WordPress developer? Do a Google search for the term “WordPress developer,” and you’ll see developers […]

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