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đŸ“±Google’s AMP — Accelerate Mobile Pages…

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Dan Knauss

đŸ“±Google's AMP — Accelerate Mobile Pages — has preoccupied web developers and their discussions for years. This controversial technology might be fading away now, ever so slightly. Search Engine Land noted that AMP won’t be required for articles to show


Kyle Van Deusen measures how much…

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Dan Knauss

Kyle Van Deusen measures how much faster Gutenberg and the WordPress editor (and also Oxygen) are than the Elementor page builder. However, performance might not matter as much as you might expect: "While I do have the ability to preview


Appropos of Nothing Matt Mullenweg posted…

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Dan Knauss

Appropos of Nothing Matt Mullenweg posted on Twitter on August 21st that updates to the WordPress mobile app have "been absent" because "we were locked by App Store." The reason: Apple wanted in-app purchases to be available, although the app


Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The…

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Dan Knauss

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The New York Times on the subject of remote work and the story of how Automattic started down that path. There's nothing very new in this interview if you've heard Matt speak on this subject


Cody Landefeld shares some tips to…

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Dan Knauss

Cody Landefeld shares some tips to help increase your mobile conversion rate for eCommerce. Cody dives into the details of speeding up your mobile site — including your product videos — building trust, and having a clear call to action.


🛒 Two big developments in the eCommerce…

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Dan Knauss

🛒 Two big developments in the eCommerce space are worth your attention: FedEx and BigCommerce have formed a partnership that (among other things) will give BigCommerce merchants enhanced shipping capabilities. Shopify released a new mobile shopping app that allows users to


Many companies and individuals — both…

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Dan Knauss
Many companies and individuals — both inside and outside the WordPress space — recently offered reduced or free versions of their products. 🎁 Igor Benić made his WordPress developer course for free using this link for a limited time. The


Sam Greenspan shares all the things…

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Dan Knauss

Sam Greenspan shares all the things Jilt learned by sending 4.1 million emails on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year they saw an average order value of $168, up 5.9% from last year. Mobile orders accounted for $2.9 billion


If you are a Github user,…

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Dan Knauss

If you are a Github user, you may have seen these announcements recently. The most applicable to many developers is likely to be the GitHub mobile apps currently in beta. The company also released it's State of the Octoverse. 10


I was reminded recently of this…

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Dan Knauss

I was reminded recently of this WebPageTest tool that helps compare two mobile sites in a frame-by-frame manner to determine what is being loaded and how quickly (or slowly). The cool part is that you can create a video from


WCEU 2019 in Review

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David Bisset
WordCamp Europe 2019 hosted a record 3,200+ people, according to ticket sales. WCEU started with a contributor day on Thursday, June 20, followed by the two main conference days on Friday and Saturday.

W3C has approved WebAuthn as the…

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Dan Knauss
W3C has approved WebAuthn as the web standard for "password-free logins", letting "users log into online accounts using biometrics, mobile devices, and/or FIDO security keys." 🔐 It will be interesting to see how this develops and impacts WordPress. Nearly all browsers


Aaron Jorbin shares his thoughts about the…

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Aaron Jorbin shares his thoughts about the beta version of the WordPress iOS mobile app that integrates with Gutenberg now: "The responsiveness of the editor is amazing, and the ability to move blocks up and down makes editing inside the mobile

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