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WordPress and the Enterprise

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July 28, 2013

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WP Engine co-founder Jason Cohen on the embrace of WordPress by the Enterprise.  It’s interesting to watch the Enterprise world grab ahold of WordPress. In some respects they’re rediscovering the things we’ve known for years.  For example, how anyone in the marketing department can make changes, create new landing pages, earn a loyal following, and so on. WordPress makes all this possible with less technical effort than before. But there are other factors unique to the Enterprise, and that’s where their adoption of WordPress gets even more interesting. Historically, the enterprise Marketing Department (with a capital ‘M’ and ‘D’!) has […]

Confessions of a WE/P

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July 28, 2013

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Web Editor/Producer C.J. Arabia created her own WordPress profession – and a customized description and title to go with it.  What is a WE/P? I’ve built a lot of websites. But I’m not a developer, nor am I a designer… I’m a Web Editor/Producer, or as I like to call it, a WE/P. The first thing I’m always asked by friends and acquaintances is: what exactly is a Web Editor/Producer? The short answer would be that I am an Internet Girl Friday. I have experience in everything website related along all stages of development—from concept, to launch, to creating content. […]

The Need for Speed

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July 27, 2013

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With the expectations set for high speed, it is more important than ever to deliver fast website speeds. By Lane Joplin | July 23, 2013  Technology allows us to work at lightning fast speeds. We have the ability to connect, in an instant, to almost anyone in the world. We are able to multitask through multiple tabs in an internet browser. We can make a purchase through Amazon, and it will arrive in two days. These advancements in technology have set the expectation for consumer experiences to be fast and easy. With the expectations set for high speed, it is […]

Edge Case Hosting

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July 25, 2013

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“Why are they edge cases? Because they’re likely to happen in only the rarest of circumstances.” Leveraging the Pareto Principle Several years ago I was invited to assemble a team that would create a new version of an existing platform. It was a platform for car sales and real-time auctions – all for off-lease vehicles that companies like Ford Credit wanted to offload to their franchise dealers. We did what any smart team of software engineers did. We focused on the core features (the 20% that made up 80% of the use cases) in a way that would make Vilfredo […]

How Do We Keep WordPress Going Another Ten Years?

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July 25, 2013

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Chris Lema on optimizing the next ten years of WordPress.  Donde está el baño? Tens of thousands of students in the United States walk into classrooms every Fall to learn a new language for the first time. It’s the first day of Spanish 101 or French 101 and all they know is if they practice enough, they may learn a new language. Unfortunately, the curriculum for those classes is always the same – as students learn some simple things first: like introducing themselves, or asking where the bathroom is. What happens next has been happening for decades. Armed with just […]

Keeping the Users, and Your Kitchen, in Mind

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July 25, 2013

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The way home decorators think about the style of houses is much the same way that software designers and developers should think about the software platform they are building. By Pippin Williamson | July 21, 2013 WordPress plugins extend the default behavior of WordPress. There are hundreds, or even thousands, of additional features that can be enabled by installing one or more plugins in your WordPress powered site. If you have installed a lot of different plugins, you’ve probably noticed that some add their features seamlessly into the WordPress interface, while others stray away from the standard interface, either a […]

Be the Unicorn

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July 25, 2013

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No one wants to be a code monkey or a pixel pusher. We want to solve problems, and do great work. What’s all this talk about Unicorns? Beautiful, sparkling, Golden Unicorns. This is a story about how to become the unicorn. My beginnings in Web Design and Development surfaced out of a love for technology an art. I was an artist and print designer with a thirst for something more. Because I wanted to be relevant and engaged, I ended up diving head first into the fast moving waters of web design and development. To get things done, I hunkered down, […]

WordCamps: The Importance of Meeting IRL

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July 24, 2013

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How WordCamps are helping fuel WordPress’s global community. By Michelle Oznowicz | July 24, 2013 It seems as if the business world is spinning faster and faster these days. Many companies have multiple locations in different parts of the world, and it’s not uncommon for colleagues to communicate across time zones, or even continents. Thanks to advancements in technology, the amount of time it takes to convey an idea to a faraway location – and get a response – has been minimized. This is a good thing, right? In some ways, yes. We are able to do things so much […]

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