International WordPress consultant Noel Tuck created happytables, an optimized web solution for restaurants. Meet Noel Tock, international WordPress consultant. Noel is Swiss, currently living in Zurich, and is one of the more active European developers in the WordPress Community. He solves problems that SMBs and the non-profit sector have, and created happytables, a full restaurant solution that provides an optimized web solution for restaurants. Happytables has seen substantial growth in 2012, and Noel sees the platform growing very quickly in the next year. I’m not a developer or a designer, but I’m definitely a WordPress consultant. You might say that I’m a […]
State of the Word Address 2013
On Saturday, the second day of WordCamp San Francisco 2013, Matt Mullenweg delivered the annual State of The Word address to a standing-room-only crowd of eager WordPress devotees. New statistics, development updates, video teasers, and one last joke about Jay-Z crashing the after party pleased the excited audience. Matt also shared the results of the annual survey, completed by 30,000 WordPress users and developers, and spotlighted WordPress’s recent rockstars. Here are the main numerical takeaways: • 18.9% of the web is now running on WordPress, up 2.2% from last year • 1026 unique WordCamp speakers • 1.4 […]
Essential Plugins and Add-Ons for WordPress e-Commerce Sites
A helpful list of features that have become essential for running a successful eCommerce site.
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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 […]
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