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4 Ways to Turn WordPress into a Multilingual Website

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May 5, 2014

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There are plenty of good reasons to offer your website in more than one language. Having a multilingual site can create opportunities to reach different clients and markets on a global scale. Unfortunately, WordPress doesn’t offer out-of-the box support for running a bi- or multilingual website. However, there are a number of plugins available to bridge this language barrier. Generally speaking, you can choose between 4 different ways to offer multilingual content on your WordPress site: One post per language—Each language version of an article is set up as its own post. These are then linked together, indicating that one is the […]

Memory Bank: Blogging with Dementia

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May 2, 2014

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Imagine for a second not being able to recall the names of paintings, songs, or places you once loved. Try to picture yourself being confused about how to fry an egg, or in what order to shower and get dressed? Now think about what it would feel like to have others assume that you are no longer competent at anything. These are just some of the dilemmas faced by Kate Swaffer, an Australian blogger, who has been diagnosed with younger onset dementia. What Is Younger Onset Dementia? Dementia is a syndrome that causes serious loss of cognitive ability and affects memory, attention, language, and problem […]

Taking a Look at Ghost Buttons

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May 1, 2014

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There’s a new design trend in the house, it’s called Ghost buttons. And in terms of design trends, these near-translucent buttons are rising in popularity every day. In this post, I’ll take a look at some websites that have already started using Ghost buttons! Ghost Buttons It’s difficult to properly define a Ghost button. Simply put, they’re basic shapes with a transparent background that is (ideally) delineated with a solid border. As such, a Ghost button gives an empty or hollow appeal, and blends with the overall design composition. Thus, when coupled with delicate typography and/or contour-styled graphics or a solid […]

DradCast Episode 42: JJJITSU

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May 1, 2014

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkABMekbCos&feature=share Show Notes Host John James Jacoby is the project lead for BuddyPress and bbPress. He’s also a WordPress contributor and a BackPress supporter. He’s currently the director of web engineering at 10up.  You can contact him on twitter @JJJ, or on his website. Sippin’ On Dre-Aquafina Brad-Red Wine John-Red Wine Pressing Topics WorPress 4.0 WordPress 4.0 kicked off development yesterday. Andrew Nacin announced that Helen Hou-Sandí will be the release lead for WordPress 4.0! WordPress Code Reference On April 25, Siobhan McKeown announced that the first version of the WordPress Code Reference is now live! Google Summer of Code 2014 Earlier this year WordPress was […]

The Ultimate Guide to Speeding Up WordPress

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April 29, 2014

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Roughly 4 years ago, Google announced page load speed as a SEO ranking factor. Since then, webmasters around the world have been contriving new ways to keep their load times down. In this article, I’m going to provide a collection of these practices to help you speed up your WordPress site. Before you start implementing any of the tips I’m about to list, it’s important that you know the current speed of your WordPress site. This will allow you to accurately compare the before/after results when testing the new plugins and steps listed. My favorite tool for this is Pingdom, but […]

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