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Bruce Lawson shows why you should choose HTML5 article over section elements in this nifty article at Smashing Magazine. Article elements aren’t just for blog posts — they’re for any self-contained item. Bruce also explains the HTML tags that are most helpful to screen reader users and entirely transparent to everyone else. 🏷️
In this episode, Kimberly Lipari and Cory Miller discuss the ups and downs of building and selling WordPress companies. They share their experiences, including the challenges they faced and lessons learned. They also give advice to entrepreneurs and business owners looking to grow and sell their own WordPress companies.
Collins Agbonghama is the Founder of ProfilePress. He spoke with David about his recent success acquiring a plugin and breaking even in just four months.
Native iframe lazy-loading is now an HTML standard and is currently supported in Chrome. As the name implies, this technology defers loading offscreen iframes until a user scrolls near them. 💤 For example, by default, the Facebook Like plugin (using their JavaScript SDK) pulls in ~215KB of resources to embed their “like” button in a…
Corey Maass and Cory Miller go live to discuss the creation and launch of a WordPress product they have partnered to build. Crop.Express originated as a solution to a common problem Maass experienced. Miller loved the idea and wondered how to build this into a plugin to solve problems within the WordPress workflow. This is a candid conversation about the evolution of partnering to develop a WordPress product.
Manuel Matuzović shares what looks like a solid HTML boilerplate, and he explains every line of it. Even if you build HTML from scratch, you will learn something you’ve forgotten.
Interesting test data from HubSpot: HTML emails reduce open rates and clickthrough rates. “Ultimately, in email, less is more.” Of course, your results may vary depending on your content and audience, but if you send out email newsletters on a regular basis this is something to think about.
