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How to build a portfolio website in WordPress

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February 2, 2015

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When we think of people who should build a portfolio website for themselves, we will often automatically think of creatives. Photographers, designers, web designers, and such folk are obvious choices to display their work online. However, the benefit of having an online portfolio is not merely limited to this group. In fact, maybe everyone should have one. Why? Well, think of portfolios like a resume, only better. They let you showcase the entirety of your professional life and work. Why are online portfolios better than resumes? Well, can your resume play videos, dynamically display photos, and be mobile optimized? No? […]

Torque Spotlight: Professional WordPress

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January 30, 2015

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See details at the bottom of this post for a chance to win a copy of Professional WordPress! At the 2014 State of the Word, Matt Mullenweg, founder of the WordPress project, pointed out that 7,539, or 25%, of 33k survey respondents indicated that they make their living off of WordPress. There’s an obvious need for educational resources within the WordPress ecosystem — there are currently blogs, books, videos, and entire business models focused solely on WordPress education.  This week we decided to spotlight the book Professional WordPress, along with an interview with one of the authors, Brad Williams. In 2010, Hal Stern, […]

DradCast Episode 072: Fall off the ledge

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January 29, 2015

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[y=DUOhnh1fgg4 height=400] Show notes: Jake Goldman is the President and Founder of 10up, a full service digital agency that has worked with TechCrunch, ESPN, and Consumer Reports. He is a core contributor to WordPress, and works on some of the most highly-rated WordPress plugins. Jake also co-organizes the Sacramento WordPress Meetup. You can find Jake on Twitter @jakegold! Sippin’ on Brad – Johnnie Walker Red Label Dre – Diet Ginger Ale Jake – Green Tea Latte Pressing topics How Important is Jetpack? Matt Mullenweg commenting that WordPress wouldn’t be as popular if Jetpack wasn’t around. Bar tricks Brad – Poststat.us Membership Club Dre – Weekly Blog Challenge, a […]

Using Grunt to automate redundant tasks in WordPress development

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January 29, 2015

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Grunt is a NodeJS-powered, automated JavaScript task runner that can be used to take a lot of the repetitive work out of web development. In this article, I will give an introduction to Grunt and the technologies it works with, as well as go over some of the ways it can be used to improve WordPress development. I will also recommend some tools to get you up and running with Grunt for plugin and theme development, and generating full WordPress sites. In a future article, I will cover how to automate the process of preparing a plugin for release on WordPress.org […]

5 free courses to learn web development

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January 28, 2015

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Want to learn web development? As one of the top careers in the US, web development is a very sought after career. But even if you don’t aspire to make it a career, learning web development can help you with your own business or even make you more employable. Luckily, you can learn everything you need just by going online. . . and for free. So, whether you want to become a professional developer, improve your skills, or just want a fun weekend project, you’ll find everything you need online. I’ve assembled the 5 best free online web development courses. They […]

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