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03/18/2022

Our favorite project management tool, Basecamp, has released new updates to the platform. In January, they shipped several updates to the Home Screen. For the most part, the changes were well received, but they also heard from several customers who wanted to go a bit further (me included). So over the past few weeks, they've been working on some additional changes based on that feedback. And today, they're live. https://rdar.li/1egpBla

03/17/2022

WordPress News:

The team over at WPExperts has acquired another plugin in the span of 10 days. Password Protected has 300,000+ active installs as it allows an administrator to set a password to protect their WordPress site. It includes just a handful of options, such as toggling access to feeds, allowing REST API access, and disabling password requirements for administrators.

WPExperts has acquired the Password Protected plugin. It helps admins to secure and protect their WordPress sites with a single password option.

03/16/2022

New WordPress Plugin Spotlight: Float FAQ

Create pages with questions and answers. A floating button will appear on the site. When clicked, a window pops up with questions and answers. A great alternative to live chat bubbles.

05/19/2021

This is a pretty thorough guide when it comes to dealing with the difference speed test platforms out there. Especially if you use Flywheel.

Flywheel offers expert WordPress support at no charge. We also have a lot of answers to common questions. Dive into our help section for easy answers.

05/16/2021

I recommend making your Blog post featured images 1200×630 pixels. Not only does this allow for consistency in the look of the site, it also works well for sharing on social media.

In this tutorial, I want to show you how easy it is to create 1200x630px featured images using your existing photos using the free Canva.com platform.

https://quiroz.co/using-canva-com-for-your-blog-featured-images/

In this tutorial, I want to show you how easy it is to create 1200x630px featured images using your existing photos using the free Canva.com platform.

04/25/2021

As many of you know, I was a big fan of Caldera Forms. I will be sorry to see it go. Time to start looking for a good alternative. Any suggestions?

Caldera Forms & add-ons will be sunset/retired on 31 Dec 2021. We’ve reached this decision after listening to the feedback provided, needs expressed, and use cases described by quite literally thousands of you, Caldera Forms customers and free users, through the course of our Customer Discovery pr...

04/19/2021

This looks promising...

"I’m Dan, one of the engineers at Automattic who worked on Boost. One aspect this article doesn’t mention is how much XWP.co and WordPress VIP were involved in product development. We relied heavily on their expertise with high-end sites to distill the most effective, bulletproof optimizations for free for regular folks. It’s very hard to make performance optimization simple, but I really think we got the formula right. And much more to come!" - Dan Walmsley, Automattic

https://wptavern.com/automattic-launches-jetpack-boost-a-new-performance-plugin

The Jetpack team has been quietly testing a new plugin called Jetpack Boost, which addresses website owners’ performance and SEO concerns. Version 1.0 was released today, one month after the …

04/09/2021

Owner and Founder of Elegant Themes, Nick Roach has brought up the fact that they have been working on Divi performance improvements for a while now but still had provided no ETA and details on exactly what they are doing to make Divi perform better. Recently, on April 8, 2021, Nick Roach decided to address this in one of the Divi Facebook Groups. Here is what he had to say:

Owner and Founder of Elegant Themes, Nick Roach has brought up the fact that they have been working on these items for a while now but still had provided no ETA and details on exactly what they are doing to improve Divi performance. Recently, on April 8, 2021, Nick Roach decided to address this in o...

12/31/2020

In this tutorial, I will show you how to reveal hidden rows when hovering over blurb modules using a little CSS and jQuery. We did this using hidden text modules on a recent project but then it occurred to me that if we use hidden rows, we can use multiple modules and have more layout options. :-)

In this tutorial, I will show you how to use a little custom CSS and jQuery to reveal hidden rows when hovering over blurb modules using a little CSS and jQuery.

12/29/2020

Divi columns align content at the top by default. In this tutorial, I will show you how to use a little custom CSS to vertically align content within a row.

Divi columns align content at the top by default. In this tutorial, I will show you how to use a little custom CSS to vertically align content within a row.

11/26/2020

Just updated this post to accommodate the new Divi settings for the standard menu. Can you believe this post originated in 2015 and has over 362 comments?

I will eventually come up with a post for the Theme Builder menu, but for those of us who still use the default menu, this is a quick solution to turning one of your menu items into a CTA button.

A simple tutorial on how to transform a Divi menu item into a Call To Action button both on the main menu and in the mobile menu.