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Piotr Gaczkowski has offered a crash…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Piotr Gaczkowski has offered a crash course on the bare essentials in command line developer tools for developers who want to get more comfortable in them. He also recommends checking the Awesome Shell curated list of some of the best…

Several WordPress companies continue to offer…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Several WordPress companies continue to offer paid positions for those wanting to work on WordPress core fulltime. Recently Syed Balkhi and WPBeginner announced their search for a qualified developer to take on this role. 👍

Collis Ta’eed has announced he is…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Collis Ta'eed has announced he is stepping down as CEO of Envato after 14 years. A replacement hasn't been announced yet, but Collis notes, "I think we’ve found someone really great, with just the right mix of global outlook, community…

FooEvents recently hit a milestone of…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

FooEvents recently hit a milestone of 1 million attendee check-ins. ✔️ It seems the pandemic this year played a big part: "Check-ins that were performed using our apps have increased by more than 50% this year and account for close…

Joe Casabona is working on a…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Joe Casabona is working on a fantastic content project called WordPress: Year in Review "to help put out more WordPress content in lieu of WordCamp talks."🏕️ The whole Year in Review package will include "an eBook that goes over how…

I learned a lot from this…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

I learned a lot from this post by Chris Weigman on how he went back to WordPress after a year with Hugo. Other technologies may be attractive, but WordPress still pays the bills. Chris also mentions that "the block editor…

Marius Jensen offers an introduction to…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Marius Jensen offers an introduction to updating jQuery code in an unmaintained WordPress plugin or theme. 🔌 Marius covers jQuery functions that are deprecated and the most common problems that have emerged after the upgrade to WordPress 5.5, which dropped…

🎂 Congrats to Linux which turns…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

🎂 Congrats to Linux which turns 29 this month, or in October, depending on how you look at it: "Not everyone in the Linux community is celebrating Linux’s birthday on August 25th, as some believe we should celebrate it on…

Here’s an interesting read about a…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Here's an interesting read about a Google Chrome feature that is nice to have, but it's creating enormous load on global root DNS servers. 🏋️‍♀️

Tom MacWright makes a case for…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Tom MacWright makes a case for a "clean start for the web," spurred at least in part by the monoculture in browser engines and Mozilla's recent layoffs. 🧼 What made me think and look more deeply into his proposals (which…

Justin Sainton explains in this case…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Justin Sainton explains in this case study how to power BuddyPress with WebDevStudios' Algolia search-as-a-service engine. He shares a bootstrap file, walks through several code snippets, and offers a video at the end. In addition to BuddyPress and the Algolia,…

Alain Schlesser documents the best ways…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

Alain Schlesser documents the best ways of setting up exceptions and using them in PHP — and "how to avoid creating a mess while doing so." 👌

🆕 Commerce Journey 🛒 Learn how…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

🆕 Commerce Journey 🛒 Learn how to choose the right domain name and get your WooCommerce store set up by listening to Cory and GoDaddy Pro’s Justin Neely at Commerce Journey! 🛒 Join the discussion in our Facebook group 👥 Follow…

📅 Conference and Event Updates Google…

Dan Knauss

September 3, 2020

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📅 Conference and Event Updates Google Open Source Live is a new monthly recurring event “focused on different open source technologies." The kickoff event theme is "The new open source: Leadership, contributions and sustainability." WordSesh is happening on September 2nd.…

WordPress 5.5 was released last week…

Dan Knauss

September 2, 2020

WordPress 5.5 was released last week and quickly followed by 5.5.1 on September 1st. 💨 In 5.5 several global JavaScript objects were removed without being deprecated. WordPress 5.5.1 adds a backfill for these globals so they no longer cause errors.…

It appears that Yoast founder Joost…

Dan Knauss

September 2, 2020

It appears that Yoast founder Joost de Valk and Yoast’s current CEO Marieke van de Rakt have a stake in WordProof, which is building a Timestamp Ecosystem that will support multiple blockchains to verify online content. Wordproof explains the SEO…