The first ever WordCamp US is this weekend and we couldn’t be more excited. After a bidding process, Philly was selected as the site for the inaugural camp, so you can stop by the Liberty Bell between talks or maybe grab yourself a cheesesteak — with or without onions. Wappu already has his hands on one. Friday and Saturday will be chock-full of talks, while Sunday stands open for Contributor Day. Community Summit The Community Summit is a smaller, work-focused two-day session. The organizers have deemed the summit an “unconference.” This means instead of scheduled speakers and talks, the format […]
5 Takeaways From Rachel Carden’s AMA
ManageWP secured web designer and developer, Rachel Carden. Carden works in higher education, as a web developer for the Division of Student Affairs at the University of Alabama. She is also a self-proclaimed multisite lover and Netflix watcher. People sent in questions surrounding multisite, design, and what it’s like to work in higher education. Here are five takeaways. Multisite Can Be The Best And The Worst. Carden stated that she loves mulitisite, so naturally many people had questions. Multisite is great because you only have one code for everything you do however that means if one plugin starts having problems, […]
Beginner Tutorial: How To Use Git For WordPress Development
Does the following sound familiar? You want to make a change to your WordPress site. So you fire up the FTP connection, locate your desired file and download it, make the necessary changes and upload it back to the server. After that, you refresh your browser page to see the changes in effect. If that is your workflow, don’t worry. You are not alone. Everyone starts out like that. It’s only later that people professionalize with things like local development and trying out design changes via Firebug before committing changes to style.css. It’s a natural process and you shouldn’t be […]
Habits, Skills, And Tools Of 10 World-Class WordPress Developers
WordPress has revolutionized the way we think about websites. These days, with a little bit of effort, anyone can learn to build a WordPress site and extend it to fit their needs. The tools are readily available in the form of the WordPress platform itself as well as themes and plugin. Many of us have probably thought about “going pro” at some point. To leave the realm of the WordPress aficionado, site builder, and hobbyist behind to write plugins, build themes, contribute to the WordPress core, be one of those people behind all the software us mortals use on a daily […]

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