Category: business
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Disabling WordPress Theme and Plugin Editor Options
As far back as I can remember with the use of WordPress, every admin user has the capability to make changes to the theme or plugins through the Theme File Editor and Plugin File Editor. This is a dangerous access point if a client decides to venture into this section. Historically, and through experience, it…
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WordPress WordCamp Rochester Experience
It started with a rainy Friday afternoon in Massachusetts, literally. It was the same storm surge that hammered New York City that same weekend, causing massive floods in the city. It took me nearly an hour to drive out of Massachusetts due to the slow traffic. But once I hit the open roads of Upstate…
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Nonprofit Website Story And Setups
Let me just put it out there, volunteering your time for someone or an organization is a good thing. Yes, sometimes the work may come with no incentives (money). This might be a dealbreaker, but as I have highlighted in a previous article, volunteering as a web developer is no different than building code and…
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Attending WordCamp Rochester, New York 2023!
As you may already know, I have been a huge fan of WordPress since college. I’ve used the platform since 2008 and have fond memories over the past decade-plus, working on my own WordPress client work or tinkering with projects at an agency.
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Understanding What Point Release Means Within A Development Cycle
The first time I’ve ever heard of this terminology was during a WordPress Meetup event. Developers were discussing the upcoming changes with WordPress 6.3, five days before the initial release. New tools, new user interfaces, and security enhancements that may or may not make it into the production release. I, however, was Googling “point release.”…
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The Constant Gardener
The last known statistic about WordPress is that it runs 44% of the web. That’s a lot of websites out there! Even with the growth of SAAS platforms like Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, etc. WordPress takes the cake. One major proponent to this is that it has a large open source community who keeps the core…
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Comparing Simple Theme Builder Options With CMS Platforms
Let’s start by comparing the biggest divisions in website development. The advent of this division started as early back as I can remember around 2008 which was my first experience with anything related to software as a service (SAAS). At the time, open-source platforms such as WordPress and Drupal dominated the field of website development.…
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Monthly Site Audits
After a successful launch of a website, what do you suppose is the first thing you need to set up on your calendar? Reminders, and lots of them! Billing is one of them. Content creation is another. Written blog articles, social media posts, and downloadable content such as pictures, videos, and other various files. All…
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The Rise of AI Assistance
During an all-hands-on-deck meeting at a former company, the execs shared with us their latest strategy and vision for the upcoming year. One of the major highlights revolved around the usage of artificial intelligence. AI-generated artwork and believable articles that covered current events from the news were presented as samples. After the presentation, a discussion…
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Why I Switched Back to WordPress for Blogging
For the past 10 plus years, I’ve blogged from various platforms in order to experiment with their scalability, and usability. I initially started with WordPress, but as I quickly discovered other content management systems or web publishing platforms, I of course gave them a shot.