On 6 December 2018 Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 5.0. This was a significant milestone in the history of WordPress as it replaced the traditional WordPress editor with a new block editor called Gutenberg. Gutenberg is a minimal editor that allows you to create beautiful content using a drag and drop block editor. … Read more
Eight days I arrived in Berlin in order to attend WordCamp Europe 2019 in Berlin. This annual event is one of the biggest events in the WordPress calendar and is attended by many important people in the industry. It was my fourth WordCamp Europe event after Paris in 2017, Vienna in 2016, and Seville in … Read more
Google Analytics remains the most popular analytical service for website owners. It is a powerful service and is 100% free to use. By inserting a small piece of code into your website, you can get a complete understanding of your website visitors. In addition to traffic stats, you can also track events, conversions, sales, and … Read more
75 million websites in the world use WordPress, which makes it the most popular content management system online. A WordPress blog is as functional as it is beautiful. It is free to users and the best part of it is that it can be modified to suit your personal needs. This is a website tool … Read more
Founded in 2003, the Utah based hosting company Bluehost is one of the largest hosting companies in the world. It was bought by the hosting behemoth Endurance International Group in 2010 and continues to host over one million websites every day. The company offers shared hosting, VPS hosting, managed WordPress hosting, eCommerce hosting, and dedicated … Read more
Form plugins are an essential part of every WordPress website. They can be used to create contact forms, order forms, registration forms, login forms, surveys, quizzes, and more. One of the latest contact form solutions on the market is WS Form Pro. It is a premium form solution that boasts many advanced features such as … Read more
Multi-vendor marketplaces such as Etsy and eBay allow multiple sellers to sell through one centralised marketplace. It can be hugely profitable. By allowing others to sell through your marketplace, you can offer offer a huge number of products and expand your business quickly. These marketplaces are attractive to vendors (the sellers) as they do not … Read more
If you are looking for a WordPress related job as a designer, coder or blogger, you should find this list of job boards and freelancing websites very useful. Those of you are looking to contract out certain tasks for your site will find the list handy too :) Job Boards With job boards you should … Read more
Throughout December I addressed multiple hosting and website related issues. This includes migrating many websites from a dedicated server on OVH to Vultr, moving this website to Wetopi, and cancelling my VaultPress subscription. I had used VaultPress for several years to handle external website backups, however their service has went downhill over the last few … Read more
Digital marketplaces have made it simple for anyone to create stylish content and professional looking promotional material. I have been buying digital content such as logos, themes, backgrounds, and website designs, since I started working online in 2000. In most digital stores, what you see is what you get. Therefore, if you download a logo … Read more