“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” The poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning had it right. There are many ways to love. There are also many ways and reasons to love WordPress. It’s free. It’s an open-source platform to...
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Our First Event of the Year Is WordCamp Phoenix 2018
In 2017, WebDevStudios (WDS) was present at 16 WordCamps. Some we attended, while at others we conducted sessions or volunteered in some capacity. That’s just one of several ways WDS gives back to the WordPress community. As 2018 has just begun, our first WordCamp...
Read More Our First Event of the Year Is WordCamp Phoenix 2018Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Website
All websites face the same basic hurdles, but having a site that loads quickly seems to be at the top of the list. There are four easy ways to speed up your WordPress website: optimize images, minify static assets, use page caching, and integrate...
Read More Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress WebsiteWhat Five for the Future Means to Me
Five for the Future (5FTF)—an ideal that WordPress companies should give 5% of their time back to the WordPress community. When I joined WebDevStudios (WDS) in April of 2017, I considered the company’s ongoing participation in 5FTF a fringe benefit. I was even...
Read More What Five for the Future Means to Me5 Tips for Creating Landing Pages That Work
Website landing pages are important. They are a sales opportunity. Think of them as windows for conversion—your chance to influence a website visitor to become a customer. That’s why landing pages should not be taken lightly or treated as an afterthought. There...
Read More 5 Tips for Creating Landing Pages That WorkA Jenkins Pipeline for WordPress Projects
If you’ve wanted to dive into Jenkins, chances are that the first thing on your mind is deployments. And if you’re like me and have absolutely no idea what you’re doing, it’s even more likely that you will be completely confused on...
Read More A Jenkins Pipeline for WordPress ProjectsHow Existing Content Will Be Affected by Gutenberg WordPress Editor
By now, you’ve likely heard about something different coming to your WordPress website called Gutenberg—a new way in which you will edit your website using a concept of data blocks. I think it’s safe to say that the Gutenberg WordPress editor is the single...
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Recently, I advised a client on the best practices for designing a form on their company’s website. Originally, they were considering using a lightbox form, a JavaScript technique that allows for a window to pop up when a website visitor clicks on the...
Read More 3 Tips for Proper Web Form DesignExpert Tips for Handling Holiday eCommerce Traffic
The holiday season is already upon us, but it’s never too late to check your eCommerce website to make sure that it is ready for the crowds of online shoppers. We turned to our in-house experts for some quick and easy tips....
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