As every newbie knows, when you’re starting out it’s much easier to download or purchase a theme or plugin than to make your own. However, as you grow into WordPress, you find these ‘commercial’ themes/plugins cumbersome to edit or extend. In this...
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Getting Small with Modular Design as QA
I’ve written about the QA process ’round these parts before, sure. A while back I penned a piece on how to streamline and focus your QA process to ensure that you didn’t miss any of those finer details which can sometimes fall...
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If you’ve been keeping your eyes on WebDevStudios news, you already know that Maintainn and WebDevStudios are family. They have a brand new site that looks absolutely gorgeous (thanks to the killer Maintainn team and to one of our teams headed by Jaimie,...
Read More Maintainn Gets a Refresh!Hey hey hey! Philly Tech Week 2015 Starts This Friday!
Many of you already know that Philly is close to our hearts; although our team is distributed, our headquarters is technically in Philly! In the spirit of supporting Philly, we are pleased to say that some of the WebDevStudios team will be...
Read More Hey hey hey! Philly Tech Week 2015 Starts This Friday!The Fundamentals of Writing Clean Code
Writing “clean” code is something we talk about a lot in software development. Developing for the web is no different in the pursuit of code that is “clean” than any other type of programming. It’s also something that you could write a book...
Read More The Fundamentals of Writing Clean CodeA Project Manager’s Guide to Being Productive
In the infamous words of Jessie Spano, “No Time? NO TIME? There’s never any time!” While you’ve hopefully avoided the pitfalls of caffeine pills, you might find yourself feeling a bit like this on even the calmest of days! For anyone dealing...
Read More A Project Manager’s Guide to Being ProductiveWordCamp Minneapolis 2015, WDS is Coming for Ya!
Yep, it’s that time again! WordCamp Minneapolis is coming up right quick, and as we’ve done with past events, we want to give you the scoop on what to see and where to be. WebDevStudios will be there; both Lisa and Parbs...
Read More WordCamp Minneapolis 2015, WDS is Coming for Ya!How to Submit a Plugin to the WordPress Repository
The WordPress.org Plugin Repository is the canonical location to find plugins for WordPress. There are many good reasons to add your plugin to this repository–the primary being that the built-in “Add New Plugin” search capabilities are linked directly to the WordPress.org repository....
Read More How to Submit a Plugin to the WordPress RepositoryWDS Github Releases for March 2015
Every month, WDS releases a bunch of goodies over on Github (and occasionally WordPress.org and elsewhere). While we typically share the links on our social media, we know that it’s easy for things to get lost in the noise, so we will...
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