As we all know, running an un-managed server can be a hassle. There’s always something you’re not prepared for–and that’s what my story is about! Sometime ago I was dealing with brute force attacks, and during that time, I thought it was fun to...
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5 Steps to Creating a Better Landing Page
If you’re a designer with some online experience, you have probably already created a landing page or two in your time. Obviously, without a proper strategy your lander won’t convert, but for the sake of this tutorial, we’re going to assume you already...
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Although contributing to the open source–and specifically, the WordPress–community has always been a central component of WebDevStudios’ philosophy, it wasn’t until October of 2014 that we figured out how to formally contribute as a full company. We started participating in Five for...
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As many of you know, our team is filled with folks who love going to events, both WordCamps and otherwise. In particular, our executive team is well-known for organizing and presenting at events across the world, and their eclectic backgrounds have given...
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WordPress makes up 25% of the internet, which is huge, and we need to make sure we can preserve WordPress sites for future generations. WordPress, by nature, is dynamic. The majority of content is produced by PHP and compiled at run time. Exporting and...
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We have brought another Project Manager on board! Please join us in welcoming Jim to the WebDevStudios team! We’re excited about this addition to our rockstar project management team; please expect to see much more of Jim around these parts, and find...
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As a developer, front-end or back-end, there is no lack of strong opinions on why or why not developers choose their text editor or IDE. It tends to be a very personal choice. A few popular editors in use these days are...
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Remember back in 2009/2010, when @font-face was introduced? Developers rejoiced, because they no longer were they forced to use a (small) handful of fonts! There were some caveats though…browser support was just okay. To make @font-face work across Chrome, Safari, Firefox, IE, and mobile, you had...
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Here at WDS, we’re expanding our usage of the WP API. We have had a number of API posts in the past, and now we want to cover custom API endpoints more thoroughly. When working with custom content in WordPress, it is likely...
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