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The case against static site generators

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Dan Knauss
This is old but thorough — Florens Verschedle's case against Static Site Generators like Jekyll and Hugo and in favor of CMSes because the latter actually manage content. Hat tip: Kev Quirk.

Post Status Picks for the Week of August 15

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Dan Knauss
Post Status Podcast Picks 🎙️ Shop Talk Show: Andrew Walpole and Alex Riviere from Traina talk about their WordPress experience but also how they want to go further with more tools.Matt Report: A nice chat with Yaw Owusu-Ansah with a…

Tech Roundup for the Week of August 15, 2022

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Daniel Schutzsmith
This week Daniel shares some resources for creating React Apps using Gutenberg Data, static WordPress sites with Eleventy, and a Figma to FSE workflow. Also a reminder to test and give feedback on fluid typography — and one cool tool: Programming Fonts.

SaaS, Plugin, or Both?

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Dan Knauss
The perennial question — to SaaS or not to SaaS? Both? WordPress-centric product and marketing, or not so much? Danielle Di-Tommaso and Josh Barling from Acsell join Vito Peleg from Atarim to talk about their experiences in these scenarios with…

Who is Winning in the Woo Marketplace?

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Dan Knauss
Ellipsis has published some new data and analysis that addresses the question, "Who is winning in the WooCommerce marketplace?" Their conclusions: In comparison to WordPress, WooCommerce has been a lot stronger this year.70% commission on sales makes the WooCommerce Marketplace…

Make It Go Viral

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Michelle Frechette
It's the ultimate marketing goal: something you create "goes viral." As marketers, we watch things gain popularity quickly- seemingly overnight - and dream of anything we do having that same level of success.

WordPress at a Massive Scale

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Olivia Bisset
Cory Miller talks with Lead Solutions Engineer at WordPress VIP, Sean O'Shaughnessy. Learn about WordPress hosting at a massive scale with some blind case study examples.

Space, Assertiveness, Little Bets, and Love

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Cory Miller
# The Importance of Space Michelle Frechette is on a much deserved vacation this week, but before she left she wrote this great reflection on the various aspects of getting appropriate space for yourself: “It's altogether easy to understand, and…

Rethinking WordPress Products Pricing Models

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Cory Miller
Jon Christopher wrote about how he’s rethinking the pricing model for his OrganizeWP product, and he got some good conversation going in Slack about it. Here's what he's doing: "licenses for updates and support will be sold for each major…

New Voices

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Dan Knauss
WordPress needs more and better conversations. Respect, cooperation, and appreciation for each others’ roles even across differences and real disagreements — is it possible?

Post Status Picks for the Week of August 8

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Dan Knauss
Should you build or capture an audience? JR Farr notes the pros and cons for each. On the Matt Report, Marc Benzakein shares a retrospective on ServerPress. Allie Nimmons and Teron Bullock discuss how to deal with negative criticism online in Press The Issue. Do we need a WordPress debate club? Bob Dunn has tips for first-time WordCampers, and Working Code looks at reducing the complexity of shipping code.
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