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How Open Source Has Driven the WordPress Revolution

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September 23, 2014

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Open source. These two words are the driving force behind the evolution of the CMS that we all know and love, WordPress. Without open source, I highly doubt that WordPress would have gained even half the popularity it boasts of today. What Is Open Source? Open source software, if you want the Wikipedia definition, is software “for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed or modified.” In layman’s terms, this essentially means that WordPress is free for all and you can do anything with it, which includes alteration of the code and customization of […]

10 Skills All WordPress Developers Should Have

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September 22, 2014

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23% of the internet? That can’t be right. That’s gotta be millions of websites. How come I have never heard of it then? She must be lying. Nothing can be that important and slip me by completely. This WordPress thingy must be more like a hobby. That can’t be a real job. For those who have no idea what WordPress is, being a WordPress developer must sound like a made-up job. Web designer, yes. They can sort of understand that. After all, websites have to come from somewhere, right? But WordPress developer, on the other hand, most people have never […]

How to Make Money with WordPress

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September 22, 2014

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Most webmasters will start building websites with WordPress purely for fun; however, after a while they may want to take their hobby more seriously and look for a way to make money from their website. Now, most of you reading this will already have some basic knowledge of the WordPress platform, and we could all use a little extra cash, right? Today I want to introduce some of the best ways you can make money using WordPress. Developing Themes One of WordPress’ main strengths is that it allows just about anyone to throw together a great looking website using one […]

Love Art More Than Money: A Case Against Online Piracy

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September 19, 2014

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The Great Bubble Gum Caper When I was eight years old, I stole a pack of sour apple bubblegum from the grocery store, after my mom said she wouldn’t buy it for me. I, a budding Moriarty, took the gum out of the wrapper while she was turned around, and then slammed the sweet morsel into my mouth. I’ll never forget how the sharp flavor made my mouth water. Or how, in the final moments of parental prohibition, my mouth turned into a dastardly wrinkle of a smirk. My mother said “No,” and in response I fired the first shots […]

Installing Twitter Cards on Your WordPress site

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September 18, 2014

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In recent years, Twitter has turned from a strictly text based forum to a media rich platform. Tweets containing Vine or YouTube urls, for instance, will automatically display the video underneath the tweet. Along with these new changes, Twitter has added support for bloggers to automatically create customizable previews whenever someone shares one of their links. These previews, called Twitter Cards, can display an image from the post along with a snippet and an easy link to the author’s Twitter handle. Adding Twitter Cards to WordPress Adding Twitter Card support to any WordPress site is a pretty simple process and […]

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