WordPress is synonymous with "No Coding Required"
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In Website Design getting visitors past the fold line is as vital as getting on the first page in SEO. There are a variety of
WordPress Gutenberg Looms Large
On St. Patricks Day in Toronto, The Toronto WordPress Meetup Group had a 2 1/2 hour session devoted to the implications of Gutenberg to the
Cornerstone & Divi PageBuilders
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WP Simple Booking Calendar
Calendar plugins are vital to a number of scheduling and booking applications. But the problem is that like in the case of Slider and PageBuilder
WordPress Slider Usage
Now that sliders for WordPress and general Web Development have become rich and varied in their features and reliable in their performance, it is worthwhile
WordPress Plugin Auto-Update Goes Awry
In a review in December of last year, this website reviewed 4 plugins that helped control the Nuisance Nags that plague many WordPress admin pages.
Using Google Fonts in WordPress
The previous post describes the many advantages of using Google Fonts on your website. This post will look at some of the ways of using Google Fonts in
RIP Akismet
One of the reasons WordPress became my favorite CMS nearly 10 years ago was Akismet. Back then Akismet eliminated spam like no other plugin. But
WIDDE – WordPress Interactive Design/Development Environs
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Nextgen Gallery 2 Beta
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JavaScript Arriving in WordPress Stealthily
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WordPress Migration Tools
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The Gutenberg Post
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Mobirise JavaScript Website Developer
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CSI Best Member’s Website: A Tour-de-force Design for a WordPress Newby.
Creating a brand new website is a challenge even if you are using the most popular website development tool, WordPress [29.3% of the world’s websites
WordPress Edit Annoyances
WordPress Editor has a number of annoyances. This is strange given that that a key strength of WordPress has been its Editor for ease of
WordPress JavaScript Reactions
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CSI Best Website: GreenMajority.ca
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MultiLayout Themes: WP-PageBuilder Framework
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NextGen Pro WordPress Gallery Plugin
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Now WordPress PageBuilders Become SiteBuilders
There is no doubt there is a lot of competition in the WebBuilders marketplace. There are at least 10 very good WordPress PageBuilders. WordPress is now
Bulking-up WordPress Security
WordPress hack attacks are becoming more prevalent – almost like a multi-headed gorgon, hackers have many more sinister attack vectors as seen in these reports
Best Free Image Gallery Plugin for WordPress
WordPress has left a tremendous gap in support of images and galleries. First, the Media Library is still woefully poor for creating and managing galleries
Meetup-WordPress Backend Bustout
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Online Website Speed Testing Tools
Speed of website load and operation has been recognized as a very desirable trait for your website. Numerous Studies show that the faster a website responds
How to Find News About WordPress
One of the most frequently asked questions about WordPress is what is the WordPress market share? The answer is easy – go to W3techs.com scroll
WordPress Inline JavaScript
Inline JavaScript is possible with WordPress. But users have to give up the WordPress Visual Editor inorder to insure that the onclick= or onmouseover= and
Is WordPress Losing its UI WYSIWYG Advantage to Webs and Weebly?
Over the past 3-5 years one of the key selling point for WordPress has been the ability to say to clients that editing Pages and
Why CSS Is So Busy
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Gutenberg Page Builder: A September UI Autopsy
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Measuring your Website
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CiviCRM: CMS Integration Example
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Discovered at WordCamp 2015 TO: WP-Optimize Plugin
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Discovered at WordCamp 2015 TO: Duplicator Plugin
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Oxygen and the WordPress ThemeBuilders
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An Introduction to Brizy
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Gutenberg will be THE WordPress Visual Editor
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WordCamp 2014 – WordPress Visual Designers
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SquareSpace vs WordPress : A Second Look
A review of SquareSpace vs WordPress in the WPMUDev blog raises the question of whether web development reviews are becoming as partisan as politics. Jenni
WordPress World of Change
Like the World in general, change is taking place at an accelerated pace in the World of WordPress. And WordPress Developers can see it in
WordPress WebPage Performance Tuning
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Web Design SaaS
Web Design tools are going SaaS-Software as a Service whether you are designing websites with HTML pages or using a CMS like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or
Thinking Styles and UI Widgets
There has been a revolution in thinking over the past 50 years. How rationalizations is colored. The dual nature of Decision making. And better processes
Gutenberg 1.9 Update: Two Big Promises
Despite WordCamp.US having only 4 of 52 sessions devoted to Gutenberg, the impact of the Gutenberg editor went well beyond Matt Mullenweg’s State of the
WordCamp Toronto 2018 Features Gutenberg
WordCamp Toronto 2018 is coming to the North York Civic Centre at roughly the same time as WordPress 5.0 and the new Gutenberg will be
WordPress Frustration: Plugins Suddenly Failing
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