The WordPress Editor Controversy “I fear that we’re on the cusp of a disaster that will forever fragment the WordPress community and start the slow decline of WordPress as the content management system of choice.” –Scott Bowler Remember Gutenberg? It’s the new editor for WordPress, slated to be integrated into version 5.0 (currently 4.9.8). Gutenberg … Read more
At some point you will want to capture information from your audience if you have a WordPress site. This can be as simple as a contact form or as complex as a recurring donation form. Organizing them can be difficult as these various functions have often required a variety of plugins or custom coding to … Read more
Recent studies show that people are more likely to scan your WordPress site rather than going through each block of content one at a time. Thankfully, there are ways in which good design can use the eye’s natural scanning patterns to guide them to the most important elements. A 200 site study has found noticeable … Read more
There are a lot of scenarios where you might find yourself wanting to synchronize WordPress user data with an outside source. You might have a database of employees and any time a change is made to their contact information or position in your organization, you’d like those changes to be applied to your company’s website. Or perhaps … Read more
Website visits and WooCommerce customer engagement are without a doubt essential for your growing your business. But blanket email blasts and re-marketing campaigns are only part of the solution. You can’t be certain your email blast will be relatable to every member of your segmented email marketing list. Advertisement campaigns and user tracking help, but … Read more
By now everybody knows that their WordPress website needs maintenance. Like almost everything associated with tech, websites and their components are constantly changing, being modified and upgraded to fit the latest trends and technological advances. Having regular WordPress maintenance on your site is important for all the obvious reasons: core updates, plugin updates, error log … Read more
There’s no way around it, we are visual creatures. That means an image on your WordPress site can communicate a thousand times more effectively in a moment than a paragraph of text. And we’re assuming that the viewer even took the time to read that paragraph. Why do we love images so much? Why do … Read more
We were recently asked by a client to build an audio streaming player for their proprietary recordings. What a fun opportunity to use some of the built-in multimedia features of HTML5! The basic audio player for WordPress audio streaming is very simple to code, and even those not familiar with hypertext markup language can understand: … Read more
The pending release of WordPress 5.0 will formally introduce the Gutenberg editor and, along with it, a new paradigm for WordPress users and developers. The countdown to version 5 is getting short (the current version as of this writing is 4.9.6). And since WordPress is the most popular website platform on the internet, there are … Read more
In this day and age, quite literally everyone and their grandmother is on social media, including businesses like yours. Having an active social media presence is almost as important as having a website and a lot of consumers will question your legitimacy if that is not the case. Social media marketing can be a great … Read more