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Back in June Let’s Encrypt passed…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Back in June Let's Encrypt passed 2.8 million unexpired certificates. Recently they passed 10 million and according to their stats page experienced a massive spike recently. Also interesting to note that cPanel now has an AutoSSL feature that triggers the…

Search ads generated 50% of all…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Search ads generated 50% of all digital revenue for the first half of 2016, as Greg Sterling reports over at SearchEngineLand.com. No surprise that mobile is still driving the growth and that it's numbers are quickly approaching desktop levels. Combined,…

Not shocking, but a statistic worth…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Not shocking, but a statistic worth noting nevertheless: Mobile and tablet internet usage exceeds desktop for first time worldwide.

Coen Jacobs shares his thoughts on…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Coen Jacobs shares his thoughts on his personal blog about leaving the Listings project. If you recall, Listings was born out of some frustrations with WP Job Manager being seemingly abandoned after the Automattic acquisition (although it's getting some attention…

Here’s a nice peak into how…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Here's a nice peak into how a massive blog like The Verge makes money. If you had to sum it up in one word? Diversification.

I’m always amazed what can be…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

I'm always amazed what can be done with CSS and when I think i've seen everything, I see something that I think is cool. This time it's this one that shows filtering content using only CSS. There are drawbacks, but…

Matt Cromwell shows us how to…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

Matt Cromwell shows us how to enqueue scripts only when a widget or shortcode is present. Useful if you don't want something like a stylesheet to be enqueued EVERYWHERE regardless of whether it's being used on the page or not.

“Don’t Use Carousels” is a mantra…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

DesignNotes

"Don't Use Carousels" is a mantra that's been going around the design community for years, but i found Chris Coyier's article at MediaTemple's blog to take a sensible approach in explaining why that absolute is a bit overboard. If you…

Denis Sinegubko from Sucuri demonstrates what…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

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Denis Sinegubko from Sucuri demonstrates what lessons we can learn from WordPress WP-Login malware in a recent post. If your site is ever hacked, always remember that hackers can take over existing legit admin accounts - so Denis recommends not…

A small team from Mozilla has…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

A small team from Mozilla has created FlyWheel which - as this post explains - is "an API for web pages to host local web servers for exposing content and services to nearby browsers". This is interesting because these browser…

Matt Medeiros does some testing to…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

Matt Medeiros does some testing to determine if Jetpack slows down a WordPress site. The short answer according to him? Not really. But his methods and opinions in his post are worth the read. While you are checking that out,…

I enjoyed Nash Vail explanation of…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

I enjoyed Nash Vail explanation of how CSS pseduo-classes work - especially the diagrams and charts used. If you are pressing forward with CSS and haven't mastered this yet, bookmark this article.

WPEngine has announced “One-Tap Payments” for…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

WPEngine has announced "One-Tap Payments" for WordPress ecommerce sites. Their WooCommerce extension leverages the Payment Request API — which is already available in the mobile versions of Chrome for Android. There is not a huge amount of in-depth information in…

Alex Denning writes about Jetpack modules…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

Alex Denning writes about Jetpack modules that you might have missed. As Alex points out in the post and in this comment on Twitter that the "role Jetpack plays in reducing abandonment rates from new installs" is notable.

Per Søderlind, who calls Oslo his…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

Per Søderlind, who calls Oslo his home, has developed an SVG logo Custom Control for the WordPress Customizer. It's a proof of concept, but seems to be worth the time to review his walkthrough if you find yourself needing to…

I thought Russell Aaron writing of…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

Notes

I thought Russell Aaron writing of a "beginners guide" for "better" WordPress support was very relatable to some of those less technical WordPress site owners I know. Russell touches on how to ask the questions, not just where to ask…