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Every single day we encounter more organizations from small to big who are asking the same questions over and over and over again. Many of us, who build other people’s sites for a living, probably have rote and canned responses to many of these questions, which isn’t bad as most of those canned messages will do just fine, but on occasion you have to add a bit more context and flavor to make it just right. But we don’t often hear from some of the larger sites and get an inside look into what they were thinking about as they […]

We’ve been covering flat-file CMS apps for a while and have been inspired by them to challenge WordPress from a design and development perspective. Especially the ones that really take a hard-right in terms of sheer simplicity of publishing without all the frills and bells and whistles that might not actually be necessary. For example, we covered a few other non-database CMS here (and here) that really pushed the envelope and that have been getting a lot of attention. Here’s another one for you:

I’ve been working with distributed teams ever since I was in the enterprise working at Dell, Inc. building their enterprise eCommerce system – I worked with a bunch of engineers from all over the country as well as in India where we had a number of teams from Bangalore. Although at the time I found a lot that didn’t work there was also a lot that did work really well, especially in terms of cost of talent. We saved a butt load of money via working with teams and individuals who could stay at home instead of making them come […]

The industry surrounding WordPress-centric web hosting has increased significantly in the last year alone as more and more players are being introduced to the market (and acquisitions already!) but this doesn’t mean that they are invincible or that they will necessarily escape some of the more common “issues” that surround web hosting in general. A recent infographic really lays out the land for poor web hosting and I’m sure much of this applies (or will apply) to WordPress Managed Hosting services and solutions at some point. Hopefully our group of providers will be able to avoid these things:

A small lunch-break update and a congratulations shoutout to The WP Butler, Dave Clements with the arrival of his new daughter, Ellie Grace Clements who clocked in at 8lbs, 4oz. Dave has been a part of this growing community here at WP Daily since the very beginning and has given us a lot to write about in over the past few months with great articles and tips every once in a while. But seriously, you’re in for a crazy-ride my friend! A new kid is one thing, having it be a girl is an entirely different thing (and even more insane). Having […]