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Successful user experiences (UX) develop thorough understanding of a target audience. Websites must account for users’ desires, abilities, and limitations in crafting effective user interactions. In some cases, companies are certain they have executed this process only to find that customer acquisition rates are still low. How should an organization proceed from here? Learn Why…
The other day I was working on a customer VMware vCenter server along with some Netapp storage. The storage being NFS mounted to each ESXi server. I noticed that the datastore appeared to be read only, i.e. when I browsed the datastore within either the web client or vsphere client, I could not create any…
If you want to become more proficient with WordPress, and develop confidence with, and understanding of, the more technical aspects, this tutorial is for you. It explains some of the skills and knowledge you need to move from a beginner’s understanding of WordPress, to an intermediate level. We’ll look behind the scenes of your WordPress site, explain the file structure and more.
Howdy all! Today I’m happy to present a new free theme in our collection: Ixion Designed by Mel Choyce, Ixion is a clean and professional theme for schools, non-profits, and organizations. Read moreHow To Create a Multilingual Online Store with WordPressPut your most exciting news front and center with a custom header image and a…
Internationalization is very important to us, and we’re striving to make sites across WordPress.com accessible to all, such as your international followers and multilingual readers. Today, we’re thrilled to introduce the Google Translate Widget, which allows you and your site visitors to instantly translate your content into 103 languages currently supported by Google Translate. Languages…
Thanksgiving weekend in the US means that there are lots of deals to be had on WordPress treats! If you need web hosting, domain names, plugins etc, now’s the time to get the best discount of the year. Keep reading for my own recommendations on some juicy holiday deals. Most will expire after the weekend, so act quickly!
Entrepreneurs have always held a special place in the business world. They’re the lone wolves of the industry—the creative, independent, driven stars of startups. When someone mentions the word “entrepreneur,” it inspires feelings of fear, risk, and excitement. Millions of people dream of owning their own successful businesses, but many don’t know what it is…
The second annual WordCamp US, the biggest WordCamp in North America, is next month! Join us in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 2-4 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. WCUS features three tracks. Sessions include “Five Newsroom Tips for Better Website Content,” “How to Overcome Your Fears and Start Sharing Your Knowledge,” “Open Source Creativity,” “Finding Your Voice by Blogging,” and…
Web and marketing designer Matt Sweeny builds websites on WordPress.com for a range of clients, including a landscape and design service, a cheese company at holiday markets, a public relations firm for toy manufacturers and retailers, and an indie folk band. Here, Matt shares a bit about how — and why — he uses WordPress.com,…
Anyone who’s spent a significant amount of time working in customer support knows that certain personality types tend to repeatedly pop up – and they’re not always pleasant ones to deal with! When you’re dealing with people at scale, you soon become attuned to particularly difficult customer archetypes that you’ll encounter time and time again. You…
Content marketing is a staple in every successful business’s campaign strategy. For years, content marketers have published blog posts, long-form articles, white papers, ebooks, and other valuable bits of content to attract new leads and engage with current clients, with significant returns on investment (ROI) across the board. However, there’s a new trick in the…
Starting a new business can be one of the most exciting times of your life, aside from the fact that you’re working from the ground up with typically most of your own money. Conjuring a startup out of thin air takes more than the right resources and strategies – it takes gumption. If you’re ready…
Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, we report back on the exciting things we do when not in front of a computer. I’d like to share some experiences from the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, where I was joined by my colleagues…
Confession: I’m a pretty traditional remote worker. That is, while you can find many of my Skillcrush teammates working remotely from exotic locales—ie. a cafe in Venice a la Cristy or from an RV while road tripping a la Randle, I’m sitting here writing this article on my patio in my pajamas, currently glugging down…
You can find Steve on LinkedIn or Twitter. This is our recent interview with him, as part of our Kinsta Kingpin series. Q1: What is your background, & how did you first get involved with WordPress? I started Zeek Interactive more than 20 years ago to create interactive games. Over those 20 years, Zeek worked in Shockwave,…
In the few short years since its arrival on the scene, Slack has grown from being a niche tool of the technorati into an increasingly omnipresent team communication solution. It’s also managed to rack up an impressive $3.8 billion valuation along the way, so its immediate future looks more than secure. Thanks largely to its…
The newest version of iOS for iPhone and iPad includes the ability to send stickers to your friends with the iMessage apps — and now you can share your love of WordPress with them, too! WordPress World is a free iMessage Sticker app for iOS 10, and it includes your favorite emotive Wapuus (the WordPress mascot), Drakes…
It has been over eight years since the last encryption protocol update, but the final version of TLS 1.3 has now been published as of August 2018. ? The exciting part for the WordPress community and customers here at Kinsta is that TLS 1.3 includes a lot of security and performance improvements. With the HTTP/2 protocol…
Crowdfunding has been a buzzword since President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act in 2012. This bill was a game-changer for startups, allowing them to turn to online investors to raise the coveted capital they needed to turn an idea into a reality. With crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Crowdfunder…
You can find Kim on LinkedIn or Twitter. This is our recent interview with her, as part of our Kinsta Kingpin series. Q1: What is your background, & how did you first get involved with WordPress? My background was retail management… pretty far from WordPress. I was widowed in 2003 and was working full time when I lost…