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06/09/2017

Did you hear the news? WordPress 4.8 is here! The new widgets & features look super handy. And "link boundaries"? AWESOME.

An Update with You in Mind Gear up for a more intuitive WordPress! Version 4.8 of WordPress, named “Evans” in honor of jazz pianist and composer William John “Bill” Evans, i…

04/28/2017

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Get a free month of Flywheel! We'll knock a whole month off your bill with the purchase of any annual plan. No code needed!

04/20/2017

Do you use ? It's been invaluable for keeping a high level view of current and upcoming client projects, in-house work, ideas, marketing, and organizing the approach to the general project lifecycle. Each board has custom lists with items that can be rearranged as needed. It's been an awesome setup thus far. What do you use for high-level planning?

03/30/2017

Wise words from Todd Henry at Accidental Creative. Is this word holding you back?

One three letter word might be killing your creative output. Worse, it's the reason your team doesn't want to collaborate with you, and it's the thing that's preventing you from doing the best work of your life. On today's episode, I share what this three letter word is and some ways you can spot it...

03/23/2017

Ever wondered what goes into software pricing? Excellent write-up here by Pippin Williamson of Pippin's Plugins on the thought process and results on recent platform-wide price increases.

There is incredibly valuable insight in this article that could be applied to just about any product, not just software.

On December 14, 2016, my team and I pushed a significant change to our Easy Digital Downloads products: we increased the price on all extensions by 50-250%. Yes, you read that right: up to a 250% price increase on certain plugins. This change was done for a number of reasons, which I will get into s...

03/21/2017

If you're using the latest release of the Yoast SEO plugin like us, you might see a notification to upgrade your PHP version. Here's what that means.

Yoast SEO 4.5 checks your PHP version and urges you to update if it's too old. In this post, you'll find out why and how to upgrade.

03/20/2017

Is your website responsive? How well does it display in the infinite different screen sizes out there? Here's a good site to check a few: http://www.responsinator.com/

The Responsinator is designed to test responsive websites on different device resolutions

02/27/2017

We often get asked which online solution we recommend for accepting credit card payments on a website. Our advice: Ditch PayPal and sign up for Stripe.

Stripe is a suite of APIs that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes.

02/17/2017

Basecamp, the popular project management app, has been a key piece of our development and collaboration process for a long time. It's awesome and makes life easier. But the latest version hasn't been our favorite. So what did we do?

While Basecamp 3 is full of great features, it still wasn't the ideal project management app for our clients. So we searched out the alternatives.

02/13/2017

The Resources page on our website is constantly evolving. Check back regularly for our recommended WordPress hosts, plugins, apps, software, and more!

WordPress hosting, services, apps, software, and other products that we recommend. Browse our ever-growing list of WordPress resources.

02/02/2017

"Mobile is definitively more important than desktop" - no doubt!

It’s that time again: a new year has begun. Let’s leave the retrospectives to others and instead look ahead to the important digital marketing trends of 2017.

01/25/2017

Just pushed this new responsive WordPress website live for Soma Capital, a San Francisco-based real estate investment firm.

http://soma-capital.com