This year’s WordCamp Raleigh was the most attended #WCRaleigh in the event’s history, with over 300 in attendance! I was representing WebDevStudios at this year’s event, along with my awesome coworker, Jay Wood. Here’s my recap. As with any WordCamp, the highlight...
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Catch Us at WordCamp Chicago, April 29-30
Featuring a gamut of topics about the power of WordPress, WordCamp Chicago takes place this weekend. Our own Frontend Developer, Allison Tarr, will be there presenting “Be the Loop You Want to See in the World,” where she will demystify the boundaries of The...
Read More Catch Us at WordCamp Chicago, April 29-30WordPress Plus Career Day Equals a Winning Combination
As a WordPress Support Technician for WebDevStudios, I am no stranger when it comes to speaking about WordPress in front of an audience, but speaking to a classroom of kids is a different story. On April 5th, I participated in Career Day at Marshall C....
Read More WordPress Plus Career Day Equals a Winning CombinationPost-Event Report: PressNomics 5
“I do WordPress.” A new mantra… A voice for the ages… Perhaps a cadence for the many creative folks within the WordPress community? Although it’s a simple sentiment stated by our CEO, Brad Williams, “I do WordPress” also encompasses the beauty of a...
Read More Post-Event Report: PressNomics 5Our Redesign for The Sports Geek Is a Sure Bet
WebDevStudios is thrilled to announce the launch of the new and improved TheSportsGeek.com! Working with Kevin McClelland, editor of The Sports Geek, was exciting. The challenge that he presented included the requests for a fresh redesign, a logo refresh, and a full-site-rebuild on WordPress. The original website...
Read More Our Redesign for The Sports Geek Is a Sure BetWe Contributed 1,500 Hours to the WordPress Community in 2016
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...
Read More We Contributed 1,500 Hours to the WordPress Community in 2016How 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 TypeFive for the Future: December Contributions
Every month, WebDevStudios (WDS) participates in Five for the Future by contributing our team’s skills to enhance and strengthen WordPress. WDS team members are given carte blanche to work on whatever project they like, as a team or individually, so long as it aids...
Read More Five for the Future: December ContributionsHow to Download FTP Files in WordPress
Recently, I was given the opportunity to work on a really cool importing project that involved us pulling data from an FTP server and importing that into WordPress. It led me to look deeper into the Filesystem API; WordPress does this already, and I...
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