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😷 Eric Karkovack believes the state…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

😷 Eric Karkovack believes the state of COVID-19 vaccine scheduling holds lessons for designers: "A coherent strategy is vital to the success of a project... when this is lacking, we make it harder for users to get what they need."

🇮🇳 I had the chance to…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

🇮🇳 I had the chance to watch

Michelle Gienow writes on the Gatsby…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Michelle Gienow writes on the Gatsby blog about Diem.com, "a Facebook-led global payment system website" choosing Gatsby and WordPress for building the site. Dfuzr Technologies CEO Jason Williams described inheriting this setup when tasked with building a new site for…

Bob Dunn is about to celebrate…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Bob Dunn is about to celebrate the 100th episode of the "Do The Woo" podcast! He is asking for anyone who has a question or a shoutout to record something brief to be played back during the recording of the…

If you ever wondered what “long-term…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

If you ever wondered what "long-term support" really means for the Ubuntu LTS distros — and when to choose it over alternatives — then this post at SpinupWP will tell you exactly that. 💿

Here’s a fascinating look at how…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Here's a fascinating look at how Yoast employees have been working through the pandemic. Everyone moved from offices to homes and used daily vlogs "to keep their spirits up." ☀️ On a similar note, Andy Budd shared two articles outlining…

📈 Based on search volume data…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

📈 Based on search volume data from 2020, Alex Denning found some significant growth indicators in the WordPress space: WordPress keywords increased by 14.0% Plugin keywords increased 17.8% WooCommerce keywords increased 44.3% Theme keywords increased 8.7% While it was a…

The WordPress Community Team has new…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

HostingWordPress Community

The WordPress Community Team has new handbook pages that give guidance to meetup organizers who want to host in-person meetups in 2021. In the announcement about this update, Angela Jin writes: "As more people get vaccinated and regions are able…

Leonardo Losoviz says GraphQL can “rejuvenate”…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Leonardo Losoviz says GraphQL can "rejuvenate" the WordPress data model. ⚡

Josh Comeau wrote a tutorial about…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Josh Comeau wrote a tutorial about CSS transitions — and how to use them to create polished animations.

If your host supports SSH, it…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

If your host supports SSH, it supports rsync. Justin Foell explains why it might be better than (S)FTP — and how it works: "Only transferring what has changed makes rsync deploys an order of magnitude faster than traditional SFTP deploys."…

Let’s Green The Web was a…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Let’s Green The Web was a five-day Twitter campaign starting this week (Monday the 15th) to encourage and support the measurement of the carbon costs of websites. 🏭

Jason Bahl documents how to set…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Jason Bahl documents how to set up a new development environment to contribute to WPGraphQL. If you develop on a Mac, you might be interested in this. 👨‍💻

Asko Nõmm shares frustrations with front-end…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Asko Nõmm shares frustrations with front-end development and is calling it quits. I do agree the field has gotten complicated and some developers are beginning to feel the stress. 😫

Justin Ferriman asks the question (and…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

Business

Justin Ferriman asks the question (and answers with his opinion) — should you use "WP" in your business brand? "There is no hard-set rule. It comes down to your primary industry and customer — which requires that you do ample…

A quick heads up if you…

Dan Knauss

February 17, 2021

A quick heads up if you use LastPass. It appears they are locking down the free version to one type of device (smartphone or computer) starting March 16th. 🔒