Organizing a team of editors, developers, and designers is never a simple task. Trying to keep track of what each of them is doing on your WordPress site can seem all but impossible. What if someone makes a mistake and your entire website goes down? You won’t know what happened, who did it or likely have any way of rolling back without losing days or weeks of work. That is, unless you use version control. WordPress version control allows you to track everyone’s individual actions and changes on your site. It also allows you to store previous versions of each […]
How to Create a Strong Landing Page With WordPress (In 5 Steps)
When it comes to online marketing, landing pages are a great way to drive your campaign goals. However, creating a successful landing page is different than other types of pages and posts on your site. A powerful landing page is one that is carefully crafted with a few select (yet essential) elements. Whether you’re building one to generate leads, boost sales, or promote a product, there are certain features and techniques you can use to maximize their effectiveness. In this post, we’ll discuss some of the important elements of landing pages. Then we’ll walk you through the process of creating […]
4 Features Your WordPress Starter Theme Needs to Have
Creating WordPress products from scratch can be a rewarding and satisfying experience. Unfortunately, it can also be a stressful and time-consuming one, especially if you don’t have the right tools. However, using a WordPress starter theme can lessen the burden significantly. These ‘blank’ themes offer a functional foundation for you to work from. Of course, in order to get the most from a starter theme, it’s important to choose one with the right features. Doing this can make your development experience and final WordPress products more successful. In this post, we’ll explain what a starter theme is and explore the […]
4 Ways DXP Supercharges WordPress to Better Serve Your Clients
We’re long past the days when WordPress was seen as “just a blogging platform.” WordPress is now the Internet’s most popular Content Management System (CMS): the platform powering 35% of the world’s websites. But an even more momentous paradigm shift is underway, a leveling-up of WordPress’ capabilities of which few companies are aware. WordPress is becoming the dominant Digital Experience Platform, or DXP. And this is opening exciting new opportunities for WordPress developers and their clients to integrate data and services, consolidate content, analyze real-time results, automate all their digital sales and marketing tools, and enhance the customer experience. Most […]
3 Ways to Optimize Images to Increase Site Speed
For your WordPress site to drive traffic, retain visitors, and increase conversions, its content needs to be engaging. Visual media can help with that. Unfortunately, high-quality images often mean large file sizes that can slow your loading times down. Of course, eliminating visual content from your site simply isn’t an option. However, there are techniques you can use to format and optimize images to increase site speed. In this post, we’ll explain how images affect the speed and performance of your WordPress site. Then we’ll provide you with three ways you can optimize them to decrease page loading times. Let’s […]
How to Use Your Competitor’s Backlink Profile to Your Advantage
Increasing traffic as a means to generate more sales is a primary goal for most eCommerce retailers. As a result, considerable amounts of time, energy, and resources are invested in elevating search engine rankings. This pursuit is understandable, considering that Google search statistics show the engine processing over 3.5 billion queries daily. By employing an effective SEO strategy, sellers can attract a considerable number of those users and earn a significant amount of sales. Since search engine optimization is such a critical component to online success, ranking in the SERPs is also incredibly competitive. There are a wide variety of […]
A Quick Guide to Using WordPress Cron Tasks
There are a lot of tasks involved in properly maintaining your WordPress websites. Staying on top of them all can be time-consuming and tedious. This is particularly true when you’re tackling them manually. Fortunately, using the WP-Cron system, you can schedule tasks to occur at periodic fixed times, dates, or intervals. By automatically handling these responsibilities, you can free up your time to focus on other pertinent aspects of WordPress site maintenance. In this post, we’ll explain what WordPress cron tasks are and how they work. Then we’ll walk you through how to create and schedule events in four steps […]
A CSS Flexbox Tutorial for Beginners – What It is and How to Use It
As web design has progressed, there have been different standard ways to arrange elements on a website. CSS flexbox is a relatively new yet powerful way to create layouts and something every web developer and designer should be familiar with. If you don’t know how to use it yet, this in-depth flexbox tutorial aims to change that. The post below will talk about what flexbox is, why it matters, and its underlying concept. After that, we will go over the CSS properties and values associated with flexbox in detail and finish up with an example of a use case. Alright, […]
How (And Why) to Add Infinite Scrolling to Client Websites
When you’re designing WordPress sites for your clients, usability is an important factor to consider. However, some of the techniques used to improve User Experience (UX) on one site, may not be the best methods for another. Infinite scrolling is one tactic developers and designers use to keep site visitors engaged. While some posit it can actually hurt the usability of websites, there are many cases in which it can be beneficial. In this post, we’ll explain what infinite scrolling is and which types of sites can benefit from it. Then we’ll walk you through three methods you can use […]
6 of the Best Text Editors for WordPress Developers in 2020
Many people, especially new WordPress developers, tend to assume all text editors are the same – or, at the very least, similar enough. If this sounds like you, chances are you’re missing out on the opportunity to improve your workflow. The truth is that not all text editors are created equal, and the right one can make a significant difference in your coding experience. As with any job, WordPress development is going to be a lot easier when you’re using the optimal tools. In this post, we’ll briefly explain why choosing the appropriate program matters. Then we’ll take a look […]
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