At WebDevStudios (WDS), we love WordPress. We are also very passionate about open-source software in general. For over two years now, WDS has been participating in the Five for the Future (#5ftf) movement. The idea behind #5ftf is that organizations should dedicate 5% of their...
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A New Year and New Learning
If you can already believe it, we’re a month into 2017! The start of each new year is filled with new goals, things we’ll change, and things we’ll continue to improve upon from the previous year – be it personal or professional....
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Word in the WordPress community spreads fast. And when news that WebDevStudios (WDS) was hiring hit the streets, and by “streets” I mean Twitter; well, it didn’t take too long for us to find the perfect candidates to fill our open positions. In...
Read More Two Added to Our WordPress CrewBeing Productive at Onsite Client Meetings
As a remote worker, who primarily gets to interact with clients via email or Skype conference calls, going onsite to meet with a client is extremely exciting. The face-to-face interaction is one that cannot be underestimated. To have a professional, productive onsite...
Read More Being Productive at Onsite Client MeetingsWe Hosted a Charity Challenge and Everybody Won
Technically, there actually is one official winner of the WebDevStudios Charity Challenge, which took place over the recent holiday season. But when you consider that three teams competed and raised almost $3,000 for charity, well, really, everybody won. Add to that, WebDevStudios (WDS) is...
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What better way to begin a new year than with a new team member? Help us welcome our new Back-End Senior Developer, Casey Driscoll. Read his bio below to learn more about him, and follow him on Twitter at @caseydriscoll. He even...
Read More We Have a New Team Member!Mentoring and Sharing Knowledge
Author’s note: I know the term ‘mentor’ can be used in varying ways in different industries. In this post, I’m using it to describe supporting others in learning environments to gain (coding) skills. My first inklings towards web development were as a...
Read More Mentoring and Sharing KnowledgeHow to Migrate a Widget to a Custom Post Type
Recently, one of my favorite themes, Zerif Lite, was suspended from the WordPress repo. As I was reading about the issues involved, it got me thinking: Just how hard is it to migrate a widget to a Custom Post Type? According to ThemeIsle, this was...
Read More How to Migrate a Widget to a Custom Post TypeForm vs Function in WordPress
In the mid-20th Century, the concept Form Follows Function came out of the architecture industry. The basic idea is that the outside of the building should reflect the functional interior. This means designing the interior structure before designing the outward appearance of the...
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