The Best of WordPress.com in April
You’re off to a strong creative start in 2017! Here are a few recent updates and stories from the WordPress.com community in April that we wanted to share with you.…
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How to Keep Client Feedback in Check (and Protect Your WordPress Business)
Your clients are going to want a say in the work you do. You are creating for them, after all. The problem is, sometimes their feedback isn’t helpful.…
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eCommerce Marketing Manager Job Description & Tips For Getting Hired
Andrew Youderian • April 27, 2017
Brian Thron loves his job. It’s why he’s already been at the office for over an hour and it’s only 8 a.m.…
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eCommerce Manager Job Description | A Day in the Life of 3 Managers
Andrew Youderian • April 27, 2017
If you read through a typical eCommerce manager job description, you’ll quickly learn that it’s a robust role. An average day could start with a promotions meeting with the creative department in preparation for Black Friday.…
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Independent Publisher 2 Is Here
The popular Independent Publisher design is a WordPress theme that has long been beloved for its simplicity and legibility. So we are happy to announce that it has been improved, ever so slightly, with the design talents of Caroline Moore and Kjell Reigstad.…
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How Email Attention Span is Increasing
Email has been a staple of digital marketing for years. The return on the investment is measurable with even moderate effort for most brands. But every marketing professional today knows that one of the biggest challenges for email marketing has been competing with an ever-dwindling reader attention span.…
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Should You Keep Your Domains and WordPress Hosting Separate or Together?
There are several popular providers that offer both domains and hosting for WordPress. Since the beginning of the internet, a quiet storm has been raging under our noses between ‘one-stop’ shop providers and internet experts … domains and hosting together forever, or living apart but still friends?…
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VMware vCloud Director Cannot Import VM to vApp
I ran into an issue recently with vCloud Director 8.20.0.5070630 while trying to import a virtual machine from vCenter into a vApp. The Import VM into vApp window appeared, I filled out all the info and when I click on OK, vCloud produced a class java.lang.NullPointerException…
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New Theme: Twenty Seventeen
We’re excited to announce that this year’s WordPress default theme, Twenty Seventeen, is now available on WordPress.com.
Designed by Mel Choyce, Twenty Seventeen is a business-oriented theme that allows you to create a stunning front-page layout with multiple sections.…
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Crafting an eCommerce Resume Managers Will Drool Over
Andrew Youderian • April 12, 2017
Selling products online is one thing. But selling yourself is a whole other feat. It’s why writing a solid eCommerce resume has so many prospective new hires in a total tizzy.…
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The Female Entrepreneur: Lone Wolves Leading the Pack
2017 is a promising time for young, female entrepreneurs. Women overcome obstacles and defy accepted odds every single day. It’s vital for us to inspire younger generations of women to succeed in their endeavors.…
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Using GIFs in your knowledge base (and how to create them)
I’m going to let you in on a little secret:
GIFs are good for more than just humor. Sure, you might know them most from social media or Tumblr, but that doesn’t mean GIFs can’t be a valuable contributor to helping your customers get more from your knowledge base.…
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10+ Best Education WordPress Themes in 2019
Education WordPress themes have a rather important mission, even though it might not seem like so at first. Basically, in the world where so many institutions, schools, and other organizations look for new and effective ways to reach students, good education WordPress themes make that goal a possibility.…
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VMware vCloud Director Cannot Delete Additional Network Specifications
Within VMware vCloud Director you have the option of creating additional secondary subnets within an External Network. You may do this to introduce additional networks to your vCloud infrastructure while re-utilizing the same External Network vlan
In my lab, I have an example of an External Network called External-Net-2 which resides on vlan 5.…
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Troubleshooting WordPress Issues
When something goes wrong on your WordPress site, how do you react? Do you freak out, or have a mini panic attack? Don’t worry, that’s a fairly typical reaction from the normal WordPress user 😉 With this post I’d like to change the way you look at and react to WordPress problems 🙂
With WordPress, as with many things in life, we learn a lot when things aren’t going smoothly; learning to deal with technical problems pushes us out of our comfort zone and forces us to develop new skills and a deeper understanding.…
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4 Key Tips for Implementing an Internal Knowledge Base
Many businesses implement a knowledge base for their customers or clients – it can be a huge boon to customer service. What a lot of companies don’t realize is that a knowledge base can come in just as handy for improving their internal operations.…
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How to Remove Joomla Extensions
When working with Joomla, there may be a time when you don’t want a certain extension on your site. Perhaps you decided you didn’t need the tool, you found a better plugin or it hasn’t been updated in a long time.…
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How to Update Joomla Extensions
Keeping your files updated is a great addition to keeping your website safe. It keeps the holes plugged and ensures overall functionality. When you use platforms like Joomla web hosting, developers often produce these upgrades to fix any exploits or other issues within the code.…
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