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Sometimes it’s the extra touches that make all the difference; on your website, that’s the photos and video that give your content life. You asked for streamlined access to your media library and the camera and photos on your device, to make uploading and inserting photos and videos easier. We hear you loud and clear!…
Get Our Free Ultimate Guide to Coding for Beginners Make a plan for learning the tech skills you need to land a new job with this 60+ page FREE ebook! Everyone and their mother is talking about learning to code these days—and honestly, it’s for good reason. It’s no secret that here at Skillcrush, we…
Andrew Youderian • October 8, 2017 New York City is the concrete jungle where eCommerce dreams are made of. We searched hundreds of companies based in the Big Apple to find our favorite established brands that are based there, as well as ten eCommerce companies you may not know about yet. Here’s our top 20…
Get Our FREE Guide to the Perfect Resume Learn how to write resumes that get you HIRED with our FREE, 30+ page ebook. No matter how long you’ve been a designer, keeping your perspective fresh is crucial if you want to stay on top of your game and ensure that your work is impactful to…
I think we can both agree that it’s helpful to know what your customers think about you. Those insights are valuable – they can help you improve your existing business and find new avenues for growth. But in order to actually understand what your customers think – you need to actually ask them for feedback….
You’ve completed the design phase, you’re happy and your client’s quite pleased. Now, you’re ready to show your sparkling new design to the world. There’s only one obstacle remaining – development. You don’t have the coding expertise to do it yourself. Even if you did, you’d much rather spend your time doing what you do…
Get Our FREE Guide to Landing a Remote Job You Love Say goodbye to the 9-to-5. Learn the steps you can take TODAY to get a remote job. When we think of freelancing from abroad, images are immediately conjured up of warm weather, blue skies, and a poolside office with little more than a laptop…
People make purchasing decisions with their eyes first. For realtors, that means making every effort to impress long before an open house. Your online presence needs to shine to pull in serious prospective buyers and sell your brand to interested sellers. Certain design elements can give your site the extra oomph needed to begin valuable…
Feeling stuck? Take this 3-minute quiz to figure out your next—and best—career move. Figure out your career change personality, plus some easy ways you can take action starting today. Here’s to a better work life in 2019. This article is part of Making Moves Week where we’re exploring the ways you can change your career effective…
Whether you’re promoting or reviewing a product, service, website, course — or anything on WordPress, testimonials can be a key ingredient to help generate buzz. A firsthand account of something is a great selling point on why a person should use it. To really make them stand out, consider using creative testimonials that are memorable!…
Get Our FREE Guide to the Perfect Resume Learn how to write resumes that get you HIRED with our FREE, 30+ page ebook. Just like waiting in a crowded DMV, job hunting isn’t exactly a fun way to spend your time. But unlike at the DMV, you won’t have your in-person charm to win over…
There are a number of open-source companies joining together to provide useful web resources and tools for everyone to use for free. This is what makes the web community thrive, innovate, and produce more useful resources. In this installment of the Fresh Resources series, I have put together a number of new resources from various…
Today we’re happy to introduce Radcliffe 2, a refreshed version of a tried-and-true WordPress theme. We’ve optimized it for speed, and added new features specifically with small-business websites in mind. Radcliffe 2 was a collaborative effort by several members of WordPress.com’s Theme Team. We wanted to update the popular theme for a more mobile-centric landscape, and…
Google Photos is one of the most popular ways of storing and sharing photos online. WordPress.com is one of the most popular ways to blog. Wouldn’t it be great if they played well together — if you could use photos you’ve uploaded to Google on your site? We thought so, too: starting today, you can…
Get Our Free Ultimate Guide to Coding for Beginners Make a plan for learning the tech skills you need to land a new job with this 60+ page FREE ebook! We’ve all seen the stereotypes: that coders look exactly one way—and it’s not the most inclusive description. (In fact, there’s a pretty high chance that…
The Beginners Guide to Landing a Junior Developer Job Find out EXACTLY what you need to do to land your first full-time job as a web developer. Read moreWhat is the difference between shared & dedicated hosting? As you’ve started developing sites, have you come across the terms “local development environment” or “developing locally” and…
It’s no secret that tech careers offer flexible schedules, the chance to work on challenging, engaging projects, and actually allow you to use your creativity in the workplace, but—on top of all of that—they seriously pay well, too. But, making more money with a tech career isn’t a one stop solution to solving your financial…
Andrew Youderian • September 21, 2017 Customer service is rife with parodies in both movie and film and there’s good reason for it. Regardless of what receiving end you’re on, either as the customer or the support person, a lot can go wrong when somebody needs help. We went through some of our favorite films…
Einstein famously said, “Keep everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” In an effort to ensure all your processes are streamlined, your website might actually leave users in the lurch. While businesses want their website to feel clean and simple, too much simplicity can be confusing. Simplicity can be the key element in an…
So you’re serious about this whole web developer thing—you’re getting a handle on HTML and CSS, and languages like JavaScript and Ruby on Rails are right around the corner. Maybe you’ve even started building your own website. But there’s one lingering question—how do you get that site from your screen to the Internet? It might…