Another spectacular Prestige Conference is coming up next week, May 24th-25th, and we are so jazzed to head to Minneapolis! Like PressNomics, Prestige is a tech conference that focuses on business and career development, rather than tech itself; most of the presentations...
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The Power of Failure
I’m a failure. You probably are, too. Admit it. Just say it out loud one time. Ping me on Twitter real quick and we can say it together: “I’m a failure.” Doesn’t that feel good? Feel a little bit less tension in...
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“Clever code” is a term that you may have heard before, accompanied by sighs and groans from other developers. Often, people seem to think of clever code as annoying, and perhaps even harmful. In this article, I’m going to give a brief overview...
Read More Is Clever Code OK?Say Hello to Our New WordPress Support Technician, Russell Aaron!
We’ve had another member join the WDS family! Join us in welcoming our new WordPress Support Technician, Russell Aaron. More about Russell: Russell is a WordPress user, first and foremost. In 2011, he attended his first Las Vegas WordPress Meetup. Since...
Read More Say Hello to Our New WordPress Support Technician, Russell Aaron!Simple Marketing Strategy Don’ts
While marketing may look like black magic to those who don’t have a knack for it, it’s not the mystery it may seem to be from the outside. Excellent marketing is merely the concentrated application of empathy to strategy. The accessibility of Internet marketing...
Read More Simple Marketing Strategy Don’tsEasily Turn a WordPress Site Into a Desktop App
Everyone is eager to turn their WordPress site into a mobile app, and we offer two services, Reactor and AppPresser, to help you to do that. However, as an alternative (or in tandem!), a desktop app may provide a good user experience, so I’m here to walk you through...
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We’re welcoming another member to the WDS team! Meet our newest dev, Benjamin Mueller! Here’s a little bit about Benjamin: Benjamin began using WordPress with version 2.7 and has been in love ever since. This romance has grown and taken him to...
Read More Join Us In Welcoming Our New Dev, Benjamin Mueller!What WDS Did During Five for the Future: April 2016
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...
Read More What WDS Did During Five for the Future: April 2016A Strategy for Styling Gravity Forms
Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of work done to the starter theme we use at WDS, known as wd_s. Everything from incorporating a pattern library, migrating our build system from Grunt to Gulp, and adding some really great...
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