As a MVP-Minimum Viable Product the Gutenberg Editor is in continual beta to keep up with tough competition and changing requirements of “No Coding Required”, WordPress Visual Design and Editing . But this is a common condition for the top tools such as Elementor [over a year of beta versions with move to Flexbox layout, […]
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The Mobile Presence Meetup was filled with as many questions as facts and answers. However, important facts evident in the presented Hootsuite slides – Mobile device usage, at 92% of all internet connections. simply demands attention. And the the second HootSuite slide puts “mobile devices” into perspective – it shows the multiple flavors for mobiles
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Mobile WordPress Development often gets the short emd of the analytics stick. Fortunately, Hootsuite publishes annual reports on the state of the Web World which clearly shows the pivotal role mobile devices play on the Web. Mobile in their many forms play everywhere in contemporary computing. For the past 5 years these reports have marked
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From the April 6th Meetup on Elementor Changes there were some interesting observations about Elementor and the WordPress PageBuilder/ThemeBuilder market. First, attendees were split equally between using Elementor, Beaver Builder and the Classic Editor as their goto post and page editor. Second, choices of Gutenberg Block Editor, SiteOrigin Pageuilder and Thrive architect indicated diverse commitments
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Wouldn’t you know it, you set a free Meetup for Tuesday March 15th all about WordPress CSS Tips and Tricks – and then two major WordPress software developers, Elementor and Brainstorm Force, annouce that theyare shifting to flexbox framework for all of their basic layout routines. So much a commitment that Elementor has decided to
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I have been a TotalAV PC Internet security user since late October 2017 and have been reasonably happy with the service. But in mid-February that all changed with the following notices from TotalAV: This was the first notification that arrived unannounced mid-screen, mid-day. Surprise! but it was not the last – as suddenly, out of
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With more Business Meeting being done online, there is a need for convenient display with a Flipbook view that reads like a magazine. Fortunately Google Docs, Microsoft Office and Open Office plus many art and content creators provide PDF, mage, and HTML output for flipbook use. And WordPress Flipbook developers have provided a wealth of
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First of 20 landing pages for Family Art Website There is lots more work to be done for each landing page . Expect the website prototype to appear in late March or early April.
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This morning I discovered a message on my cellphone: (1)TD account blocked click on https://td.1account-web.com/TD,7 to resolve. Now I was immediately suspicious of the message so I went to WHOIS.com to check the link and here is what WHOIS reported: So the same day the phishing attack message arrived, the hackers behind it had setup
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Within the last two years there has been a whole new batch of better WordPress Performance Optimization plugins. What sets these plugins apart from the many caching and image compression plugins is that many of the new Gun Performance plugins incorporate not just caching tools but also image compression, database optimization, app assets cleanup, and
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WordPress Optimization used to be an arcane art similar to scurrying around in an Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole of misdirections. But not any more. Now the range of tuning tools and optimizing methods outlined above can be quickly tracked and corrected. The net result is that sub 2 second response time for most WordPress
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All the WordPress UI Development Community is buzzing about FSE-Full Site Editing plus a whole crop of excellent PageBuilders evolving into Theme Builders lead by Beaver Themer, Divi, Elementor Theme Builder, Thrive Theme Builder which are delivering right now capabilities that Gutenberg promises hopefully some time in the Fall. Add to this array of FSE Theme
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WordPress over 20 years has a stellar record for using open source code and open processes. The WordPress core code is available for free along with many free or low cost themes and plugins that set the layout and performance of WordPress sites. As a result WordPress has a commanding usage of 42.5% by the top
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Cybersecurity resources are constantly changing with the onslaught of cyberattacks . Here are some valuable and up to date reports. The IBM Cost of a Data Breach repot underlines the costs and recovery time for a Data Breach. Next is the Cisco CyberThreat Review of 2021. Look for basic cybersecurity threat trends and at the
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WordPress users are finding it more important than ever to be able to quickly view their WordPress files, media and database directly within the WordPress admin area. Yes, file managers with your hosting serviceor FTP access or PhpMyAdmin provide access but often not on a convenient and/or timely basis. This WP Developer has found a
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For each Web trend we have a critical chart that summarizes the trend’s keydriver. 1 – eCommerce usage explodes during the Pandemic changing Retail Business Practices forever 2 – Mobile continues to outpace Desktop search usage. But desktop has a longer viewtime and lower bounce rate [see Perficient]. 3 – Mobile usage continues to show hockey
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With the arrival of Gutenberg and rapid change in drag and drop PageBuilder capabilities, the humble WordPress Visual Editor is getting lots of attention and frankly welcome innovations from plugin developers. This starts with the TinyMCE Advanced with its improved Table and top menu bar commands. But Editor innovation extends to Joom United’s WP Smart
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Our technical blog, TheOpenSourcery.com recently did a major review of Google’s New Sites and App Maker programs to support G Suite. Both Google programs are clearly committed to the Drag and Drop, “no programming required” coding model used by a wide range of Website Builders. These including the leading edge WordPress PageBuilders. So wouldn’t you
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Gutenberg Editor has just landed and brings the mandate for WYSIWYG editing to WordPress as it looks to replace the more basic Classic Editor. But if the recent WordPress readings are fair reflections [see coverage at CodeinWP, Themeum, GeoDirectory, and WPCrafters] Matt Mullenweg and his Gutenberg team are now taking on not just the Classic
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WordPress 5 and the Gutenberg Editor have been tantalizing WordPress developers for the last half year. There have been at least a half dozen “tentative’ delivery dates from May through November. And the Gutenberg team certainly came down to the wire in delivering a “working” version of Gutenberg. Now of course “working” is relative but
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