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It may go without saying that entrepreneurs are a creative bunch, but building a successful enterprise is one thing – representing it on the web through great and compelling design that attracts business is another. There are many easy and affordable web design tips and tools for entrepreneurs and small business owners that can help…
Awhile back, I asked some of Skillcrush’s webinar attendees to tell me what they wanted to do in the next year. Where did they want to go? What would they consider a success story? Did it involve a new career? Improving their design skills? Maybe learning to code as a total beginner? Here are just…
Choosing the right WordPress theme is one of the hardest parts of setting up your site. The plethora of choices makes it harder, not easier, as most people are paralyzed by the options.
Not only that, but it’s like the Wild West out there, with all kinds of cowboys claiming they’ve got the best theme to beat all themes. Who can you believe?!
Here is a selection of trusted theme shops to choose from.
Digital marketing is a constantly shifting landscape. Trends can change in the blink of an eye, and digital marketing professionals are constantly looking for new ways to leverage the power of the internet to make more connections with their audiences. For better or for worse, digital marketing is here to stay, and it should be…
Find Out in Three Minutes (or Less!) If a Career in Tech Is Right for You Our quick and easy quiz will help you pinpoint exactly how to get started in tech, in hardly any time at all. I taught myself the basics of coding from a bunch of online tutorials that have long-since become…
Though the initial rush to market for most firms is all about getting products and services out the door, long-term success ends up being all about nailing down every aspect of actual user experience. It’s not enough simply to ship, you also need to take care of business past the sale. The right type of onboarding…
Automattic’s Jetpack plugin has come a long way! It’s been much-maligned in the past for being bloated and slow and for that reason many developers wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot keyboard. These days it’s much better – it’s more truly modularized to give you more control over exactly what’s activated. From the code side of things, developers will be pleasantly surprised to discover that it has been sprinkled with lots of actions and filters. So, while Jetpack is still generally marketed to entry-level end users, there are actually some nice Easter eggs for developers who want to customize things a little bit for their clients.
This article provides some code snippets and examples of a few ways to customize Jetpack modules.
We know a lot of WordPress.com users loving sharing their photos, and we know a lot of you use Adobe’s Lightroom. Now we’ve made it even easier: with our new Lightroom plugin you can export direct from Lightroom to WordPress.com. Just select one or multiple photos from your Lightroom library, hit export, and save them…
We have come across a very bizarre issue whereby front-end data throughput to a Netapp Altavault appliance randomly reduces until the services have restarted. It took about a month of troubleshooting to pinpoint the issue with Netapp Support, which finally came down to disabling TOE (TCP Offload Engine) settings on the Altavault. The Netapp Altavault…
As providers of cutting edge knowledge base solutions, our focus here on the blog is naturally based around incoming customer activity. We go above and beyond to make sure you’re able to reduce support tickets, and elegantly handle the stream of requests that come your way every day. However, there’s also an enormous amount to be said for…
In this post I’ll share a few approaches you can take when you need to make some changes to your WordPress site, without people seeing them before you’re ready.
Perhaps it’s a new site you’re getting ready to launch, or maybe you’re giving a facelift to an existing site. How can you work on your WordPress site without publishing the changes for the world to see? You have a few options depending on your specific situation.
The Give plugin from WordImpress is an excellent plugin for accepting donations on a website. In fact, from what I understand, it was created in-part as an answer to the complicated mess that comes from trying to accept donations via WooCommerce. Since WooCommerce is an estore plugin, it doesn’t do donations very well. But what if you…
Technology is evolving so quickly that businesses need to know how to stay relevant with customers and competitors in their industries. With so many businesses going digital these days, it’s natural to want the most functional and attractive web design possible. Modern companies are pouring countless resources into finding the best ways to connect with…
Thanks to tools such as our own Heroic Knowledge Base plugin, putting together the perfect knowledge base is an increasingly straightforward affair on the technical side of things. That being said, you’ll still need to put in some serious mental effort planning your structure, and considering what types of content to present to your users….
Role models and mentors can have a huge impact on our success when making changes. And since the new year is almost here, I’m sure a lot of you are thinking about making some BIG changes in the next 12 months. (Like, maybe learning some fancy new tech skills? Skillcrush’s FREE 10-Day Coding Bootcamp is…
In this video tutorial, I dive into my lab and guide you through the steps involved to successfully migrate a Microsoft SQL cluster from a Netapp 7-Mode system to Clustered Data Ontap, utilizing the Netapp 7-Mode Transition Tool. I have 2 Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 servers configured with Microsoft SQL clustering. Each server is connected…
A few years ago, I got laid off from the magazine job I loved. Suddenly I was living on a weekly unemployment check, wondering what my next steps would be. I had been freelancing on the side for a few months, and decided focusing on that made the most sense! And at the time, I…
Virtual Reality is coming to WordPress.com! As of today, you can create and publish your own VR content on any WordPress.com site, starting with 360° photos and 360° videos (beta), and you can view regular photos and panoramas in VR. Our goal is to make publishing VR content as simple as publishing text or photos to…
Reader is WordPress.com’s town square, where you can follow your favorite sites and read them in a distraction-free environment. We’ve been working on a refresh for months, and we’re thrilled to share it with you today. For readers, we hope these changes will surprise and delight you, adding more diversity to your stream and exposing you to posts you’ll…
I was looking through a bunch of syslog messages for our c-mode systems the other day and came across a repeated message which was: csm.sessionFailed:warning It turns out this is Bug ID 987327 which has the following description and goes on to explain that this message can be ignored: Read moreDeleting that annoying Netapp Snapmirror SnapshotCluster Session…