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#1 - Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019 https://poststatus.com/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2019/ #2 - SoftBank’s chairman admits he blew it with WeWork after disastrous earnings https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/6/20951946/softbank-masayoshi-son-admits-wework-was-bad-judgement-q2-2019 #3 - Salesforce announces new content management system https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/07/salesforce-announces-new-content-management-system/ #4 - Debunking 3 Project Management Myths https://webdevstudios.com/2019/11/05/project-management-myths/ #5 - The Power of Stories: Chris Lema and the Bridge Framework https://wptavern.com/the-power-of-stories-chris-lema-and-the-bridge-framework #6 - SEO Obituaries: How many times has SEO died? (2019) https://brendanhufford.com/seo-obituaries/ Zoom General Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GSikKTGbSIe-YW93zVArEg Our Regular Panel Members Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan Denwood wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1 - Matt Mullenweg’s State of the Word, 2019 https://poststatus.com/matt-mullenweg-state-of-the-word-2019/ #2 - SoftBank’s chairman admits he blew it with WeWork after disastrous earnings https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/6/20951946/softbank-masayoshi-son-admits-wework-was-bad-judgement-q2-2019 #3 - Salesforce announces new content management system https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/07/salesforce-announces-new-content-management-system/ #4 - Debunking 3 Project Management Myths https://webdevstudios.com/2019/11/05/project-management-myths/ #5 - The Power of Stories: Chris Lema and the Bridge Framework https://wptavern.com/the-power-of-stories-chris-lema-and-the-bridge-framework #6 - SEO Obituaries: How many times has SEO died? (2019) https://brendanhufford.com/seo-obituaries/ Zoom General Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GSikKTGbSIe-YW93zVArEg Our Regular Panel Members Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan Denwood wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1- Curated List of Featured Themes Coming to the Theme Directory https://wptavern.com/curated-list-of-featured-themes-coming-to-the-theme-directory #2 - The curse of SoftBank https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/10/23/softbank/content.html #3 - Marketing channels, and how to think about marketing your WordPress business https://getellipsis.com/blog/marketing-channels-for-wordpress/ #4 - A $5 Million Dollar Fund for Acquiring WordPress Businesses https://corymiller.com/a-5-million-dollar-fund-for-acquiring-wordpress-businesses/ #5 - Hello, Ghost 3.0 https://ghost.org/3/ The Regular Panel Members Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan Denwood wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1- Curated List of Featured Themes Coming to the Theme Directory https://wptavern.com/curated-list-of-featured-themes-coming-to-the-theme-directory #2 - The curse of SoftBank https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/10/23/softbank/content.html #3 - Marketing channels, and how to think about marketing your WordPress business https://getellipsis.com/blog/marketing-channels-for-wordpress/ #4 - A $5 Million Dollar Fund for Acquiring WordPress Businesses https://corymiller.com/a-5-million-dollar-fund-for-acquiring-wordpress-businesses/ #5 - Hello, Ghost 3.0 https://ghost.org/3/ The Regular Panel Members Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan Denwood wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1 - Open Source is Broken https://dev.to/degoodmanwilson/open-source-is-broken-g60 #2 - The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship https://www.inc.com/magazine/201309/jessica-bruder/psychological-price-of-entrepreneurship.html #3 - Where We Go From Here: 10 Thoughts on the Immediate Future of the Web https://mor10.com/where-we-go-from-here-2019/ #4 - The Gutenberg WordPress Block Editor: The First Year https://speckyboy.com/gutenberg-wordpress-block-editor-first-year/ #5 - U.S. Supreme Court Denies Domino’s Appeal to Determine Whether Websites Must Be Accessible https://wptavern.com/u-s-supreme-court-denies-dominos-appeal-to-determine-whether-websites-must-be-accessible The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen morten@pinkandyellow.com John Locke john@lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch sallie@wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett chris@lifterlms.com Spencer Forman help@wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros mattmedeiros@gmail.com Adrian adrian.methoss@gmail.com jonathan jdenwood@gmail.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1 - Open Source is Broken https://dev.to/degoodmanwilson/open-source-is-broken-g60 #2 - The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship https://www.inc.com/magazine/201309/jessica-bruder/psychological-price-of-entrepreneurship.html #3 - Where We Go From Here: 10 Thoughts on the Immediate Future of the Web https://mor10.com/where-we-go-from-here-2019/ #4 - The Gutenberg WordPress Block Editor: The First Year https://speckyboy.com/gutenberg-wordpress-block-editor-first-year/ #5 - U.S. Supreme Court Denies Domino’s Appeal to Determine Whether Websites Must Be Accessible https://wptavern.com/u-s-supreme-court-denies-dominos-appeal-to-determine-whether-websites-must-be-accessible The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen morten@pinkandyellow.com John Locke john@lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch sallie@wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett chris@lifterlms.com Spencer Forman help@wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros mattmedeiros@gmail.com Adrian adrian.methoss@gmail.com jonathan jdenwood@gmail.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
With Special Guest Panelist Kim Shivler #1 - The REWORK podcast Discussion Between Matt Mullenweg and David Hansson one of the founders BaseCamp and Ruby on Rails https://rework.fm/open-source-and-power-with-matt-mullenweg/ Matt Medeiros is interviewed by Brian Krogsgard of the Post Status Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros https://poststatus.com/fear-and-uncertainty-for-wordpress-with-matt-medeiros/ #2 - All Hands On Desk https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20756701/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-leak-audio-ftc-antitrust-elizabeth-warren-tiktok-comments #3 - Brian Gardner Steps Down From StudioPress https://wptavern.com/brian-gardner-steps-down-from-studiopress #4 -Inside Uber’s plan to take over city life with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
With Special Guest Panelist Kim Shivler #1 - The REWORK podcast Discussion Between Matt Mullenweg and David Hansson one of the founders BaseCamp and Ruby on Rails https://rework.fm/open-source-and-power-with-matt-mullenweg/ Matt Medeiros is interviewed by Brian Krogsgard of the Post Status Fear and uncertainty for WordPress, with Matt Medeiros https://poststatus.com/fear-and-uncertainty-for-wordpress-with-matt-medeiros/ #2 - All Hands On Desk https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20756701/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-leak-audio-ftc-antitrust-elizabeth-warren-tiktok-comments #3 - Brian Gardner Steps Down From StudioPress https://wptavern.com/brian-gardner-steps-down-from-studiopress #4 -Inside Uber’s plan to take over city life with CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1 - Gatsby Raises $15M, Plans to Invest More Heavily in WordPress and CMS Integrations https://wptavern.com/gatsby-raises-15m-plans-to-invest-more-heavily-in-wordpress-and-cms-integrations https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/25/duda-nabs-25m-to-take-on-wordpress-with-a-web-development-platform-aimed-at-agencies/ #2 - WeWork Gave Founder Loans as It Paid Him Rent, IPO Filing Shows https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-14/wework-gave-founder-loans-as-it-paid-him-rent-ipo-filing-shows #3 - The End of Jigoshop? What Happened to The Once-Popular Ecommerce WordPress Plugin https://deliciousbrains.com/end-of-jigoshop/ #4 - Diversity, inequality, and prejudice; a sociological exploration https://yoast.com/diversity-inequality-and-prejudice/ #5 - Boston Dynamics’ Spot is leaving the laboratory https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/24/20880511/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-mini-hands-on-lease-buy #6 - How Much Money do Podcasters Make? https://lime.link/blog/how-much-money-do-podcasters-make/ The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1 - Gatsby Raises $15M, Plans to Invest More Heavily in WordPress and CMS Integrations https://wptavern.com/gatsby-raises-15m-plans-to-invest-more-heavily-in-wordpress-and-cms-integrations https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/25/duda-nabs-25m-to-take-on-wordpress-with-a-web-development-platform-aimed-at-agencies/ #2 - WeWork Gave Founder Loans as It Paid Him Rent, IPO Filing Shows https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-14/wework-gave-founder-loans-as-it-paid-him-rent-ipo-filing-shows #3 - The End of Jigoshop? What Happened to The Once-Popular Ecommerce WordPress Plugin https://deliciousbrains.com/end-of-jigoshop/ #4 - Diversity, inequality, and prejudice; a sociological exploration https://yoast.com/diversity-inequality-and-prejudice/ #5 - Boston Dynamics’ Spot is leaving the laboratory https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/24/20880511/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-mini-hands-on-lease-buy #6 - How Much Money do Podcasters Make? https://lime.link/blog/how-much-money-do-podcasters-make/ The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1 - Automattic’s Series D https://ma.tt/2019/09/series-d/ #2 - The Internet Relies on People Working for Free https://onezero.medium.com/the-internet-relies-on-people-working-for-free-a79104a68bcc #3 - Justin Tadlock Joins WP Tavern https://wptavern.com/justin-tadlock-joins-wp-tavern #4 - Marking the end of pixel trackers in Basecamp emails https://m.signalvnoise.com/marking-the-end-of-pixel-trackers-in-basecamp-emails/ #5 - Let’s Make it Official… Introducing WPMU DEV Hosting! https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/introducing-wpmu-dev-hosting/ #6 - Traditional hosting is hurting WordPress https://convesio.com/traditional-hosting-is-hurting-wordpress/ The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1 - Automattic’s Series D https://ma.tt/2019/09/series-d/ #2 - The Internet Relies on People Working for Free https://onezero.medium.com/the-internet-relies-on-people-working-for-free-a79104a68bcc #3 - Justin Tadlock Joins WP Tavern https://wptavern.com/justin-tadlock-joins-wp-tavern #4 - Marking the end of pixel trackers in Basecamp emails https://m.signalvnoise.com/marking-the-end-of-pixel-trackers-in-basecamp-emails/ #5 - Let’s Make it Official… Introducing WPMU DEV Hosting! https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/introducing-wpmu-dev-hosting/ #6 - Traditional hosting is hurting WordPress https://convesio.com/traditional-hosting-is-hurting-wordpress/ The Panel Morten Rand-Hendriksen pinkandyellow.com John Locke lockedowndesign.com Sallie Goetsch wpfangirl.com Chris Badgett lifterlms.com Spencer Forman wplaunchify.com Matt Medeiros matt-report.com Adrian Tobey groundhogg.co jonathan wp-tonic.com Joe Casabona casabona.org
#1 - WPCampus 2019 to Livestream Sessions Thursday, July 25 – Saturday, July 27 https://wptavern.com/wpcampus-2019-to-livestream-sessions-thursday-july-25-saturday-july-27 #2 - Should Tech Companies Be Worried About DOJ’s Antitrust Review? https://medium.com/the-guardian/should-tech-companies-be-worried-about-dojs-antitrust-review-8bd0e29ec097 #3 - WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields Now Available for Free https://wptavern.com/wpgraphql-for-advanced-custom-fields-now-available-for-free #4 - The CMS war between Vox Media and The Washington Post is heating up https://digiday.com/media/cms-war-vox-media-washington-post-heating/ #5 - A Tale Of Two WordPress Hosts https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tale-two-wordpress-hosts/ #6 - Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies at 75, but his monologue will live forever https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20708804/blade-runner-rutger-hauer-dead-tears-in-rain-replicant-roy-batty "I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." #WordPress #WordPressNews #WordPressDrama Panel's Recommendations Jonathan Denwood: WPCore - https://wpcore.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://visualsitemaps.com/ John Locke: Google Natual Language - https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/ Chris Badgett: Resources for LMS Websites - https://lifterlms.com/recommended-resources/ Adrian Tobey: Trello https://trello.com
#1 - WPCampus 2019 to Livestream Sessions Thursday, July 25 – Saturday, July 27 https://wptavern.com/wpcampus-2019-to-livestream-sessions-thursday-july-25-saturday-july-27 #2 - Should Tech Companies Be Worried About DOJ’s Antitrust Review? https://medium.com/the-guardian/should-tech-companies-be-worried-about-dojs-antitrust-review-8bd0e29ec097 #3 - WPGraphQL for Advanced Custom Fields Now Available for Free https://wptavern.com/wpgraphql-for-advanced-custom-fields-now-available-for-free #4 - The CMS war between Vox Media and The Washington Post is heating up https://digiday.com/media/cms-war-vox-media-washington-post-heating/ #5 - A Tale Of Two WordPress Hosts https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tale-two-wordpress-hosts/ #6 - Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies at 75, but his monologue will live forever https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20708804/blade-runner-rutger-hauer-dead-tears-in-rain-replicant-roy-batty "I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die." #WordPress #WordPressNews #WordPressDrama Panel's Recommendations Jonathan Denwood: WPCore - https://wpcore.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://visualsitemaps.com/ John Locke: Google Natual Language - https://cloud.google.com/natural-language/ Chris Badgett: Resources for LMS Websites - https://lifterlms.com/recommended-resources/ Adrian Tobey: Trello https://trello.com
We start our discussion talking about Justin Tadlock's recent post #1 - Justin Tadlock Proposes Idea to Solve Common Theme Issues "Proposes Idea to Solve Common Theme Issues" connected to having a library of commonly used theme block elements, that theme developer could freely use to develop their themes with. This would really speed up the development time and help developer with the additional benefits to the users of knowing that the themes they are buying have been built on a well-documented support theme library. https://wptavern.com/justin-tadlock-proposes-idea-to-solve-common-theme-issues #2 - Mary Meeker’s most important trends on the internet https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/6/11/18651010/mary-meeker-internet-trends-report-slides-2019 #3 - Wordpress VIP Go sites are experience outages (yes, us included) https://techcrunch.tumblr.com/post/185522867574/wordpress-vip-go-sites-are-experience-outages #4 - Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/08/technology/youtube-radical.html #5 - This Picture Featuring 15 Tech Men And 2 Women Looked Doctored. The Women Were Photoshopped In. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/tech-titans-women-fake-photoshop-cucinelli-gq #6 - Google will stop syncing files between Drive and Photos https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/12/google-drive-google-photos-sync-changes/ Panel's Recommendations of The Week Jonathan Denwood: Bolt and Lead Generation system - https://continual.ly/ Chris Badget: Drift Video: https://www.drift.com/video/ John Locke: https://www.youtube.com/user/lpflyer88 Sallie Goetsch: https://hookturn.io/2019/06/acf-theme-code-pro-v2-4-with-support-for-acf-blocks/
We start our discussion talking about Justin Tadlock's recent post #1 - Justin Tadlock Proposes Idea to Solve Common Theme Issues "Proposes Idea to Solve Common Theme Issues" connected to having a library of commonly used theme block elements, that theme developer could freely use to develop their themes with. This would really speed up the development time and help developer with the additional benefits to the users of knowing that the themes they are buying have been built on a well-documented support theme library. https://wptavern.com/justin-tadlock-proposes-idea-to-solve-common-theme-issues #2 - Mary Meeker’s most important trends on the internet https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/6/11/18651010/mary-meeker-internet-trends-report-slides-2019 #3 - Wordpress VIP Go sites are experience outages (yes, us included) https://techcrunch.tumblr.com/post/185522867574/wordpress-vip-go-sites-are-experience-outages #4 - Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/08/technology/youtube-radical.html #5 - This Picture Featuring 15 Tech Men And 2 Women Looked Doctored. The Women Were Photoshopped In. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/tech-titans-women-fake-photoshop-cucinelli-gq #6 - Google will stop syncing files between Drive and Photos https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/12/google-drive-google-photos-sync-changes/ Panel's Recommendations of The Week Jonathan Denwood: Bolt and Lead Generation system - https://continual.ly/ Chris Badget: Drift Video: https://www.drift.com/video/ John Locke: https://www.youtube.com/user/lpflyer88 Sallie Goetsch: https://hookturn.io/2019/06/acf-theme-code-pro-v2-4-with-support-for-acf-blocks/
This weeks episodes will be my 400 WP-Tonic show it been a bit of ride with loads of ups and downs! However, I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank all the regular panelists for their on going support, especially John Locke and Sallie Goetsch who agreed to come on my first round-table show! With Special Guest Panelist John James Jacoby of WordPress Weekly Podcast #1 - Happy Sweet 16, WordPress https://wptavern.com/happy-sweet-16-wordpress #2 - North Face tried to scam Wikipedia to get its products to the top of Google search https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18644158/north-face-wikipedia-hack-leo-burnett-top-imagens #3 - After $40M Series D, Pantheon Acquires A WebOps Company For Automated Updates https://news.crunchbase.com/news/after-40m-series-d-pantheon-acquires-a-webops-company-for-automated-updates/ #4 - How Much Money Do WordPress Developers Make? That and More Insights on the Life of a WordPress Developer in Our First-Ever Industry Report https://deliciousbrains.com/wordpress-developer-statistics/ #5 - A Model for WordPress Accessibility http://adrianroselli.com/2019/05/a-model-for-wordpress-accessibility.html #WordPress #Pantheon #WordPressDevelopers
This weeks episodes will be my 400 WP-Tonic show it been a bit of ride with loads of ups and downs! However, I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank all the regular panelists for their on going support, especially John Locke and Sallie Goetsch who agreed to come on my first round-table show! With Special Guest Panelist John James Jacoby of WordPress Weekly Podcast #1 - Happy Sweet 16, WordPress https://wptavern.com/happy-sweet-16-wordpress #2 - North Face tried to scam Wikipedia to get its products to the top of Google search https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18644158/north-face-wikipedia-hack-leo-burnett-top-imagens #3 - After $40M Series D, Pantheon Acquires A WebOps Company For Automated Updates https://news.crunchbase.com/news/after-40m-series-d-pantheon-acquires-a-webops-company-for-automated-updates/ #4 - How Much Money Do WordPress Developers Make? That and More Insights on the Life of a WordPress Developer in Our First-Ever Industry Report https://deliciousbrains.com/wordpress-developer-statistics/ #5 - A Model for WordPress Accessibility http://adrianroselli.com/2019/05/a-model-for-wordpress-accessibility.html #WordPress #Pantheon #WordPressDevelopers
We dive into online course website design, event management, and questioning client decisions with WordPress consultant Sallie Goetsch in this episode of LMScast with Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Sallie shares tips and strategies for designing online course sites and acting as a consultant in the web development space. Course building is not easy, so you need to be very clear about what you are trying to achieve for your students, how you are going to make it happen, and how you are going to measure it. Sallie talks about how everything you create in your course needs to relate to … Online Course Website Design, Event Management, and Questioning Client Decisions with WordPress Consultant Sallie Goetsch Read More » The post Online Course Website Design, Event Management, and Questioning Client Decisions with WordPress Consultant Sallie Goetsch appeared first on LMScast - LifterLMS Podcast.
Sallie Goetsch, John Locke, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Chris Badgett, Mendel Kurland, John Locke, Adam Preiser and Tom McKraken joined host Jonathan Denwood for episode 278 of the WP-Tonic roundtable March 23, 2018 This show is brought to you by our sponsor IntelligenceWP. IntelligenceWP is a plugin that helps you make actionable sense from the information Google analytics provides. 1st: Story Is “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” (John Locke) a fair statement? Should your data be collected and used without your knowledge or approval? Should privacy be a given or should the user expect their data to be used elsewhere? Listen in to the discussion for pointed discussion on both sides of the argument. 2nd: Story Google analytics getting data to help your business – conversion tracking Ninja forms. Is this necessary? Is this useful? Does A.I. really know what you need/want before you do? 3rd: Story Does your site look good on all devices? According to Adam Preiser your site should be updated every 2 years. Listen in for the latest on mobile responsive websites and discussion regarding algorithms. This Weeks Discussion Stories 1 - A Plea For Plugin Developers to Stop Supporting Legacy PHP Versions https://wptavern.com/a-plea-for-plugin-developers-to-stop-supporting-legacy-php-versions 2- Facebook Fallout Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business, discusses what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should be doing as a leader in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. Mark Zuckerberg Sheryl Sandberg Cambridge Analytica https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/20/nyu-professor-facebook-scandal-is-a-textbook-case-study-of-how-not-to-handle-a-crisis.html 3 - Preparing Your WordPress Site for the Upcoming Google Mobile-First Index https://kinsta.com/blog/google-mobile-first-index/ 4 - Let’s Encrypt Wildcard Certificates Are Now Available https://wptavern.com/lets-encrypt-wildcard-certificates-are-now-available 5 - How BBC Interactive Content Works Across AMP, Apps, And The Web https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/03/bbc-interactive-content-amp-apps-web/
Sallie Goetsch, Chris Badgett, and John Locke joined host Jonathan Denwood for Episode 264 of WP-Tonic. This episode is brought to you by IntelligenceWP, a WordPress plugin that integrates with Google Analytics to give you more insight into your site’s traffic and user engagement. https://intelligencewp.com/ This week’s roundtable covered several hot stories for the WordPress community.
This week on Episode 262 of the WP-Tonic Podcast, the roundtable discussed Virtual Reality in WordPress and WordPress use in higher education. Sallie Goetsch, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Chris Badgett, John Locke, and Adam Preiser joined co-host Kim Shivler in a lively discussion of the future of virtual reality with one member believing it has no future. We launched with WPTavern’s covering of Tuesday’s Higher Ed Conference. https://wptavern.com/free-conference-dedicated-to-wordpress-in-higher-ed-takes-place-january-30th-at-9am-cst
This week, Chris Badgett, Sallie Goetsch, John Locke, and Adam Preiser joined host Jonathan Denwood to discuss two news stories concerning the WordPress ecosystem. This episode is brought to you by IntelligenceWP (https://intelligencewp.com/) a plugin that provides detailed information into your site’s traffic and content value based on Google Analytics. Grab the free version and start gathering more information about your website, today. Story 1 - Introducing Elementor v1.9: Never Lose Momentum With Autosave
We discuss the latest WordPress and online news stories of the week. News & Discussion Stories For This Week Friday January 5th, 2018 1 - WPWeekly Episode 300 – Interview with Matt ‘Gutenbeard’ Mullenweg https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-300-interview-with-matt-gutenbeard-mullenweg 2 -If I were talking about Gutenberg & WordPress… http://chrislema.com/talking-gutenberg-wordpress/ 3 - How To Choose The Right Professional For Your Website Project https://calderaforms.com/2017/12/choose-right-professional-website-project/ Here A link to Sallie Goetsch article link to story 3 https://www.wpfangirl.com/2017/what-you-need-to-know-before-you-can-hire-a-web-developer/
This week Adan Fout, Sallie Goetsch, Chris Badgett, Adam Preiser, and Morten Rand-Hendriksen joined host Jonathan Denwood to discuss Tips and Tricks for Creating Successful Information Products. The biggest key is to create quality content that provides value for your customer. The group mentioned sometimes you give your email to someone and find that the giveaway is fluff. One question arose on whether there are specific types of content that are better suited for information products and if a specific length is recommended. The clear answer was that different audiences may prefer different types and length of content, and that the situation for content may change this interest. Some people like to read content, and the current “long reads” trend gives people an easy way to consume written content in a distraction free environment. Many times when people want to learn something fast, they may be looking for a quick video. On a long run or car trip, an hour+ podcast or even audiobook may be preferred.
On today’s roundtable, Sallie Goetsch and John Locke joined the show’s co-host Kim Shivler to share tips for making your websites mobile friendly along with recent news stories. While mobile responsive design has been around for many years, and you would think everyone was designing this way by now, we find that many people still ignore it. From large background videos that don’t load well on phones to content that is designed for a print layout not online layout, we still see major issues trying to access websites from a mobile device. John Locke’s top tips included: Pay attention to the typography. He finds many sites with small fonts that are not legible on mobile. He recommends font sizes of at least 16 pixels. Tap targets, those buttons you must tap with your finger on a mobile device, need to be big enough to tap on.
This week’s roundtable gathered to discuss Design Elements for your WordPress website including selecting a color scheme, and fonts. Sallie Goetsch, Adam Preiser, Kim Shivler, and special guest Amanda McCoy joined host Jonathan Denwood for a lively discussion with plenty of links to resources to help you with your own site. Amanda McCoy spoke at WordCamp Sacramento 2017 on color palette selection, so we invited her along to share some insights. She works in both web and print design, and likes to select colors that fit the project. If you take a look at her website, you’ll see what she means. Her portfolio shows plenty of examples where the colors set the tone of her message. She also says to keep it simple for your website. You only need a few colors. Adam has several tutorials on fonts and colors. One of his pet peeves is when he can tell, at a glance, what WordPress theme people are using because they haven’t taken the time to change default fonts and colors.
This week’s, WP-Tonic Roundtable (Lee Jackson, Sallie Goetsch, Adam Preiser, Jason Marlowe, Kim Shivler and leader Jonathan Denwood) discussed the different things people mean when they talk about Membership Websites. We covered meanings from content restricted areas to business directories and social networking platforms. With so many different meanings of the term, we delved into the importance of discovery calls with clients when they ask for a membership website. When the requirement is content restriction, the group covered plugins including RestrictContent Pro and MemberPress, and Lee Jackson explained how in many circumstances, restricting content may be better handled with simple coding than the complexity of a membership plugin.
We look at useful and interesting WordPress plugins that you might not know about. Our WordPress panel looks at some lesser-known plugins that we find useful. Here's who was on the panel this week: Adam Preiser https://www.wpcrafter.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com/ Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com/ Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Table of Contents for Episode 194 0:00 Podcast intros. 1:58 WordPress Story #1: What to Expect in WordPress 4.8 11:05 WordPress Story #2: WordPress.com Experiments With Allowing Business Plan Customers to Install Third-Party Plugins and Themes 25:54 Main Topic: Lesser-Known WordPress Plugins that are Insanely Useful 58:40 Podcast outros. Links Mentioned During the Episode Real-Time Find and Replace HTML Widget Text (Easily add HTML to widget titles) Image Widget (add images to widget areas) Widget CSS Classes WP Featherlight WP Subtitle SVG Support (Use SVGs in WordPress) Kint PHP Debugger Force Regenerate Thumbnails Wa11y The Web Accessibility Toolbox Super Side Me WP Migrate DB Pro Mergebot Better Search and Replace WP Advanced Database Cleaner Simple Alert for Old Post Image Regenerate & Select Crop Related Posts for WordPress Rich Text Excerpts Anti-Spam Term Management Tools Custom Field Bulk Editor MashShare Widget Options CometCache WP Rollback WP Security Audit Log Yoast Premium ACF
An in-depth look at the Beaver Builder ecosystem, and the new Beaver Themer. After almost one year of development, Beaver Builder's announce its first official addon. Beaver Themer is a theme builder plugin for WordPress. What makes Beaver Builder so special? What makes their community unique? Will Beaver Themer change how people develop WordPress websites? Our WordPress panel this week: Kim Shivler: https://whiteglovewebtraining.com/ Lee Jackson: https://angledcrown.com/ Mendel Kurland https://ifyouwillit.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com/ Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com/ Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ================== Table of Contents for Episode 192 0:00 Podcast intros. 3:07 WordPress News Story #1: New WordPress Plugin Blocks Spam User Registrations Using Stop Forum Spam Database 8:43 WordPress News Story #2: Weglot Multilingual Plugin Closes $450K in Seed Funding 19:11 Main Topic: The Beaver Builder Ecosystem 19:20 What makes the Beaver Builder community so special? Why do people like this plugin so much compared to other page builders? 25:26 What has Beaver Builder done right that other page builders have not? 27:25 What's a good way to handle licensing for clients with Beaver Builder? The importance of a cute mascot in a WordPress product. 29:17 Balancing being user-friendly and developer-friendly. 30:27 Lee describes how they integrate Beaver Builder and Beaver Themer into the workflow at Angled Crown. 33:51 How will Beaver Themer change the development landscape? Particularly in regards to frameworks like Genesis? What are the pros and cons of using Beaver Builder vs frameworks? 45:45 How does Beaver Builder output CSS? What happens when you deactivate the plugin? 47:40 Do Kim or Lee use any third-party add-ons for Beaver Builder? Will Beaver Themer change the WordPress themes landscape? The many ways in which people interact with WordPress. 58:05 A rant about people who complain about tools that cost money (that they then use to make money). 1:05:06 Podcast outros. ================== Links mentioned during the show: Stop Signup Spam >Stop Spammers Beaver Themer PowerPack Beaver Builder Add On Genesis Extender Plugin Ultimate AddOns for Beaver Builder ================== Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/beaver-builder-ecosystem/ =================== Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpres
This week, we look at learning management systems and building an online course in WordPress. Our WordPress panel this week: Chris Badgett: https://lifterlms.com Kim Shivler: https://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ================== Table of Contents for Episode 190 0:00 Podcast intros. 2:21 WordPress News Story #1: 10up Releases WP Docker, an Open Source Docker Configuration for Local WordPress Development 5:30 WordPress News Story #2: Shopify Discontinues Its Official Plugin for WordPress 13:35 Main Topic: Learning Management Systems in WordPress 13:40 What is an LMS? How does it differ from an online course or a membership plugin? 18:36 How much goes into planning the material for an online course? 23:16 Technology is hard because planning the content for students is hard. 26:35 What part(s) of your course should you write first? The answer might surprise you! 32:02 Building in motivation to finish a course. Why gamification is not as important as creating meaning. The importance of community during a course. Mapping fluency to reality in a course. 37:56 Making sure that different learning styles are in the lessons. Following up with a sense of community - why this is the X Factor in the success of an online course. 39:27 How long should each course segment be? How do you determine what each student should be able to do at the end of a learning module? What is the sweet spot for learning modules? 42:50 Estimating what students will be able to do in a certain time frame. 45:11 IS it more difficult to move beginners or intermediate learners forward? Knowing who you are building the class for. Scaling engagement. 55:19 Podcast outros. ================== Links mentioned during the show: Docker Safe Redirect Manager Self-Determination Theory Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs The Dip (Seth Godin) LMSCast ================== Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/learning-management-systems-wordpress/ =================== Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2 =================== WP-Tonic is both a WordPress maintenance and support service, and the publisher of a weekly WordPress business podcast.
In this episode, we look at local development, and how that can help your workflow. What options are there for local development, and what do you do with a local site when it's time to deploy. We examine why you need a local environment in your workflow, and some choices for getting started. Our WordPress panel this week: Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com / Morten Rand-Hendriksen: https://www.lynda.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================== Table of Contents for Episode 188 0:00 Podcast intros. 4:08 WordPress News Story #1: Scaling WordPress Image Serving with Tachyon 14:57 WordPress News Story #2: Is The Design Firm an Endangered Species? 28:20 Main Topic: Local Development Environments in WordPress 28:28 Why should you develop locally? What advantages are there by incorporating it into your workflow? 30:50 Use the simplest possible setup for local development when you're getting started. 35:02 The panel has lots of thoughts on different local development setups. 50:28 You should always backup your database when working locally. 57:25 Podcast outros. ================== Links mentioned during the show: Amazon Web Services by Delicious Brains Design Thinking (IDEO) Teehan+Lax Partners Join Facebook Design (2015) Discussion: The Future of the Digital Design Agency (2015) "Anyone who influences what the design becomes is the designer." DesktopServer Installing and Running WordPress: DesktopServer Migrate DB Pro Moving WordPress with WP Migrate DB and DB Pro Local by Flywheel Bitnami Mergebot MAMP & MAMP Pro XAMPP Vagrant Source Tree Rethink.fm Schedule WordPress: REST API
We look at event management plugins, what they do, and when you will need specific ones. What if you run recurring events? Say you run a once a year event, and need to sell tickets? What if you're a musician or band posting gigs? We give our recommendations for these scenarios and more. Our WordPress panel this week: Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Kim Shivler: https://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com/ Lee Jackson: https://angledcrown.com/ Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================== Table of Contents for Episode 184 0:00 Podcast intros. 3:08 WordPress News Story #1: Advanced WordPress Facebook Group Moves to Curb Low Quality Content with Admin-Approved Posts 11:16 WordPress News Story #2: WordPress Editor Experience Survey Shows 75% of Respondents Don’t Use Distraction-Free Writing Mode WordPress News Story #3: Recommended Reading: Resilient Web Design, a Free e-Book from Jeremy Keith 25:56 Main Topic: Event Management Plugins 26:12 The Events Calendar 31:05 Lee has a clever tip for creating event listings without a plugin. 35:20 Google Calendar Events Event Organiser Event List Events Manager 39:10 Why you might need an events management plugin in the first place. Your blog is not the proper place for upcoming events! 41:09 Lee's thoughts on Event Espresso and Tickera 44:22 Plugins for bands and musicians: GigPress (recommended) and Gigs Calendar (Not actively maintained) 48:01 The competition isn't other plugins, but online services like Eventbrite. 50:18 Tips about buying tickets or registering with WooCommerce. 56:38 Podcast outros. ================== Links mentioned during the show: Grammarly WP-Tonic Episode 162: Jeremy Keith on Resilient Web Design Resilient Web Design The Web is responsive by default
I'll be honest, we intended to talk the most useful e-commerce plugins for WordPress, but ended up talking mostly about WooCommerce. That said, there's a ton of information in here about WooCommerce plugins and extensions, including what plugins you'll need for specific functionality in WooCommerce. Our WordPress panel this week: Sallie Goetsch: from WP Fangirl Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design John Locke: from Lockedown Design Jonathan Denwood: from WP-Tonic.com ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting. Head over to https://liquidweb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================== Table of Contents for Episode 178 0:00 Podcast intros. 3:17 WordPres News Story #1: GoDaddy Accquires Sucuri http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/godaddy-acquires-sucuri-to-advance-digital-security-for-customers-300427537.html 13:16 WordPress News Story #2: Pippin's Plugins: Reflection on a Price Increase https://pippinsplugins.com/reflection-on-a-price-increase/ 28:52 Main Topic: Best WooComerce plugins and other e-commerce plugins for WordPress) 29:55 The importance of discovery in an e-commerce project. Things you have to consider before writing requirements on an e-commerce project. 39:50 What if you need to create a WooCommerce store in multiple languages? 44:37 Payment gateways for WooCommerce. 46:07 Some shipping plugins for WooCommerce. Some misc plugins for various functionality. 52:00 Product modification. Cart rules. Discounts for buying certain amounts. Minimum and maximum purchase rules. 56:25 Integration with WooCommerce and QuickBooks. Is it possible? Yes. Is it elegant or easy? Hmmm... =================== Links mentioned during the show: WPML WooCommerce Multilingual Polylang Say what? Min/Max Quantities for WooCommerce Stripe for WooCommerce UPS Shipping Method for WooCommerce Shipping Tracking for WooCommerce WooCommerce PDF Invoices WooCommerce USPS Shipping Plugin with Print Label WooCommerce Products Designer
The WP-Tonic panel looks at how to tackle large scale web projects. What sort of preparation and research goes into more complex projects? We analyze project management, organization, communication, and delegation in this can't miss episode. ================== This Weeks WordPress Panel Sallie Goetsch: from WP Fangirl Christopher Hawkins: from Cogeian Systems Kim Shivler: from White Glove Web Training John Locke: from Lockedown Design Jonathan Denwood: from WP-Tonic.com ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================== Table of Contents for Episode 174 0:00 Podcast intros. 2:11 WordPress Story #1: Clef is Shutting Down June 6th https://wptavern.com/clef-is-shutting-down-june-6th 5:56 WordPress Story #2: WordPress Collaborative Editing https://ma.tt/2017/03/wordpress-collaborative-editing/ 13:47 WordPress Story #3: Getting The Most Out of a Freemium WordPress Business Model https://torquemag.io/2017/03/getting-freemium-wordpress-business-model/ 23:52 Main Topic: Planning Large Scale Web Projects 24:47 How do you know when you have a large project on your hands? 27: 28 What factors do you have to address in large website project? What happens in discovery? 33:45 The reason you will want to do a paid discovery session instead of a free consultation on large web projects. Also, how many stakeholders should be in the room on a discovery sessions for a large project? 41:19 Breaking large projects into phases - what gets prioritized? 42:58 Handling communication between clients and web team members on a large ongoing website project. 46:09 Project management software, assignments, and timelines - making sure things get done by the right people on time. 53:05 How many meetings are the right amount? Anticipating the amount of communication that the organization will need. 55:11 What are things you need to watch out for on a large membership site? 57:27 Managing timelines and budget when it looks like you are behind schedule or over budget. 1:05:38 Rapid fire: Best advice for managing large scale web development projects. 1:10:29 Podcast outros. =================== Links mentioned during the show: Google Authenticator https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-authenticator/installation/ Authy https://www.authy.com/integrations/wordpress/ Two-Factor https://wordpress.org/plugins/two-factor/ Gather Content: How to run a website discovery session https://gathercontent.com/blog/run-website-discovery-session Pareto Principle
In this episode, we look at the value of participating in the WordPress community, both offline and online. Is there anything substantial to be gained from befriending people who do the same thing that you do? Join us every Saturday at 9 am PST for our live show where you can ask WordPress tech questions and be part of the discussion. To see a list upcoming Saturday shows go to the WP-Tonic website. https://www.wp-tonic.com/blab/ ================== WordPress panel for Episode 170: Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================ Table of Contents for Episode 170: 0:00 Podcast intros. 2:25 WordPress News Story #1: Cloudflare Memory Leak Exposes Private Data https://wptavern.com/cloudflare-memory-leak-exposes-private-data Incident report on memory leak caused by Cloudflare parser bug https://blog.cloudflare.com/incident-report-on-memory-leak-caused-by-cloudflare-parser-bug/ Cloudflare Data Leak: How to Secure Your Site https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/02/cloudflare-data-leak/ 7:31 WordPress Story #2: WordPress Core Editor Team Publishes UI Prototype for “Gutenberg,” an Experimental Block Based Editor https://wptavern.com/wordpress-core-editor-team-publishes-ui-prototype-for-gutenberg-an-experimental-block-based-editor 13:31 WordPress News Story #3: Should I use the WordPress Jetpack plugin on my site? http://chrislema.com/wordpress-jetpack-plugin/ 19:47 Main Topic: What's the Value of participating in the WordPress Community? 20:16 What is the big value of being a part of the WordPress Meetups and WordCamps? 26:15 Do people refer work to you when they get to know you at the local WordPress Meetup? Does participating in the Meetup lead to more work? 29:47 Why is there resistance from general web agencies in each city to participating in the WordPress community? 34:56 A strong Meetup group is the prerequisite to hosting an annual WordCamp. 38:11 How do you prevent burnout when you are a Meetup organizer? 42:25 How do get involved in the WordPress community online? (For the introverts in the crowd). 46:55 Is there a competitive advantage to participating in the WordPress community if you use WordPress as a tool to build websites? 52:05 Podcast outros. =================== Links mentioned during the show: Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack https://wordpress.org/plugins/slimpack/ Tech Liminal
In this episode, we look at the value of participating in the WordPress community, both offline and online. Is there anything substantial to be gained from befriending people who do the same thing that you do? Join us every Saturday at 9 am PST for our live show where you can ask WordPress tech questions and be part of the discussion. To see a list upcoming Saturday shows go to the WP-Tonic website. https://www.wp-tonic.com/blab/ ================== WordPress panel for Episode 170: Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke Lockedown SEO ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================ Table of Contents for Episode 170: 0:00 Podcast intros. 2:25 WordPress News Story #1: Cloudflare Memory Leak Exposes Private Data https://wptavern.com/cloudflare-memory-leak-exposes-private-data Incident report on memory leak caused by Cloudflare parser bug https://blog.cloudflare.com/incident-report-on-memory-leak-caused-by-cloudflare-parser-bug/ Cloudflare Data Leak: How to Secure Your Site https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/02/cloudflare-data-leak/ 7:31 WordPress Story #2: WordPress Core Editor Team Publishes UI Prototype for “Gutenberg,” an Experimental Block Based Editor https://wptavern.com/wordpress-core-editor-team-publishes-ui-prototype-for-gutenberg-an-experimental-block-based-editor 13:31 WordPress News Story #3: Should I use the WordPress Jetpack plugin on my site? http://chrislema.com/wordpress-jetpack-plugin/ 19:47 Main Topic: What's the Value of participating in the WordPress Community? 20:16 What is the big value of being a part of the WordPress Meetups and WordCamps? 26:15 Do people refer work to you when they get to know you at the local WordPress Meetup? Does participating in the Meetup lead to more work? 29:47 Why is there resistance from general web agencies in each city to participating in the WordPress community? 34:56 A strong Meetup group is the prerequisite to hosting an annual WordCamp. 38:11 How do you prevent burnout when you are a Meetup organizer? 42:25 How do get involved in the WordPress community online? (For the introverts in the crowd). 46:55 Is there a competitive advantage to participating in the WordPress community if you use WordPress as a tool to build websites? 52:05 Podcast outros. =================== Links mentioned during the show: Slimpack - Lightweight Jetpack
Chris Lema and AJ Morris of Liquid Web stop by to talk product innovation, hosting, and the WordPress community. We're also joined by our WordPress panel for this special episode. Cast for Episode 169: AJ Morris: https://ajmorris.me/ Chris Lema: http://chrislema.com/ Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Lee Jackson http://leejacksondev.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of managed WordPress hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================== Table of Contents for Episode 169: 0:00 Podcast intros. 4:03 Why did Chris choose LiquidWeb as his next company to join? What criteria did he evaluate? 7:48 How do you differentiate yourself in a market where you are not first to market? 10:45 Why LiquidWeb can still cover a lot of space in the WordPress hosting space, and areas that many managed WordPress hosts fail to cover. 17:35 Building a new product for customers that will be useful for updates. 19:45 Evaluating the competition in the WordPress hosting space and working with restraints. 24:38 Picking a strategic target for your hosting product so you can deliver maximum value. 28:28 Looking for the gaps in the existing market, and does that gap constitute a market? 31:04 Why GoDaddy may have bought WP Curve and how they are trying to consolidate their market segments. 35:37 Layers of security in the stack below the application, the network levels and infrastructure levels. 40:59 Timeline for continued support for Multisite on LiquidWeb. 42:32 Accepting the rules of the WordPress ecosystem, and working within those constraints. Predicting the decisions about the future of WordPress. 49:38 Insider baseball posts don't talk to customers - they talk to the 5000 people who are the super-inside WordPress Community. 54:03 In software development cycles, what's old is new again. 57:52 How important is it to be involved in the WordPress community to market to the WordPress community and their customers? The hidden benefit of community on your marketing message. 1:03:18 Podcast outros. =================== Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/169-aj-morris-chris-lema-liquidweb/ =================== Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2 =================== WP-Tonic is both a WordPress maintenance and development service, and the publisher of a weekly WordPress business podcast where we talk to some of the brightest minds in web development, online marketing, and business.
We look at the role of user experience design in web design. How does UX differ from other disciplines in web design and development? Our panel this week: Krissie VandeNoord: http://krissievandenoord.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com/ Kim Shivler: https://whiteglovewebtraining.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================== Table of Contents for Episode 168 0:00 Podcast intros. 3:16 WordPress News Story #1: #StopMullware — On the Security of 27% of the Websites on the Internet http://web.archive.org/web/20170214062414/https://medium.com/@CiPHPerCoder/stopmullware-on-the-security-of-27-of-the-websites-on-the-internet-298a7e5b6871 Matt Mullenweg Responds to Security Rant: Digital Signatures for WordPress Updates Are Important but Not a Priority https://wptavern.com/matt-mullenweg-responds-to-security-rant-digital-signatures-for-wordpress-updates-are-important-but-not-a-priority 14:32 WordPress News Story #2: WordPress REST API Vulnerability Exploits Continue https://wptavern.com/wordpress-rest-api-vulnerability-exploits-continue RCE Attempts Against the Latest WordPress REST API Vulnerability https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/rce-attempts-against-the-latest-wordpress-rest-api-vulnerability.html A Feeding Frenzy to Deface WordPress Sites https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/02/rest-api-exploit-feeding-frenzy-deface-wordpress-sites/ 25:38 WordPress News Story #3: How Many WordPress Plugins is Too Many? The Answer Might Surprise You https://wplift.com/how-many-wordpress-plugins Main Topic: What is UX Design? 32:22 What is UX? How does it differ from other web design disciplines? 36:01 What are the impacts of bad user experience or not considering UX? 39:40 What impact does UX have on something like an online course? 44:59 Why are UX and UI confused so often? What are the real differences between user experience design and user interface design? 46:25 Where does UX design fit into the larger design plan? When does user research get presented to visual designers and back-end engineers? 49:35 Balancing usability and functionality. 56:38 Some recommendations for UX resources to learn from. 1:07:55 Podcast outros. =================== Links mentioned during the s
In this week's WordPress panel, we looked at social media tools and services. What tools do we use to share, track, and accelerate social media engagement? We also talk social media strategies, and what platforms are giving us the best returns. We do a live show every Saturday at 9am PST. You can find details about each Saturday show here: https://www.wp-tonic.com/blab/ ======= Our panel this week: Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Lee Jackson http://leejacksondev.com/podcast/ and http://angledcrown.com/ Morten Rand-Hendriksen https://mor10.com/ Jackie D'Elia https://jackiedelia.com/ and http://rethink.fm/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ================== Our episode this week is sponsored by LiquidWeb. Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for your first 6 months of hosting. Head over to https://LiquidWeb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your discount. ================== Table of Contents for Episode 166 0:00 Podcast intros. 6:00 WordPress News Story #1: WPWeekly Episode 262 – Interview With Morten Rand-Hendriksen https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-262-interview-with-morten-rand-hendriksen The Case for WordPress Telemetry https://mor10.com/the-case-for-wordpress-telemetry/ 24:19 WordPress News Story #2: WordPress.org Releases Plans For Customization In 2017 https://torquemag.io/2017/01/wordpress-org-releases-plans-customization-2017/ 34:19 Main Topic: Social Media Tools 34:21 What tools are you using for social media? What platforms are you focusing on? 48:45 Some tools that we have used, and social tools that we are experimenting with. 1:03:40 YouTube as a social network. 1:06:34 We mourn the loss of Blab, and what could have been for that network. 1:10:39 Podcast Outros. =================== Links mentioned during the show: Gutenberg https://wordpress.github.io/gutenberg/ EA Share Count http://www.billerickson.net/share-count-plugin/ Social Warfare https://warfareplugins.com/ Buffer https://buffer.com/app 165 WP-Tonic: Mojca Marš – All About Facebook Ads https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/165-mojca-mars-facebook-ads/ Edgar https://meetedgar.com/ Social Networks Auto Poster {SNAP} http://www.nextscripts.com/social-networks-aut
Following up our previous episode with a discussion on different types of pricing for web design and development services. How do we price our projects? Hourly? Fixed fee? Project rate? Blended rate? Value based? We also talk about some of the mistakes we've made in pricing projects, and the #1 step we recommend to estimating web development projects more accurately. Our WordPress panel this week: Kim Shivler: http://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com/ Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com/ Lee Jackson: http://leejacksondev.com/ Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ Sallie Goetsch: https://www.wpfangirl.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Episode 161 Table of Contents 0:00 Podcast intros 3:24 WordPress News Story #1: Wix Removes GPL-Licensed WordPress Code from Mobile App, Forks Original MIT Library https://wptavern.com/wix-removes-gpl-licensed-wordpress-code-from-mobile-app-forks-original-mit-library 10:59 WordPress New Story #2: How News Corp Australia made WordPress scale http://www.itnews.com.au/news/how-news-corp-australia-made-wordpress-scale-448150 18:29 WordPress New Story #3: What is the Discovery Phase and Why Do I Need It? http://zao.is/blog/2017/01/25/what-is-the-discovery-phase-and-why-do-i-need-it/ 30:20 Main Topic: Pricing Models for Web Design and Development Services 30:29 What is your current pricing model and how did you come to this pricing model? 48:19 What needs to be in place to be able to sell value pricing. 53:18 For the panel, were there any points where the light bulb went on for you regarding pricing? 1:00:50 Was there ever a time where you didn't get a job because your price was too low (or high)? 1:09:34 Podcast outros ====================== Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/161-pricing-models-web-design-development/ ====================== Be sure to leave a detailed review for WP-Tonic on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2 =================== WP-Tonic is the publisher of a WordPress business podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.
We take a look at the growing ecosystem of contact forms for WordPress. Which ones should you check out? Which are best for your project? What types of functionality exist in contact forms in 2017? =================== Liquid Web is offering a 33% discount for 6 months on managed WordPress hosting for our viewers. Head over to https://www.liquidweb.com/wordpress and use the code WPTONIC33 at checkout for your 33% discount. =================== Our panel this week: Kim Shivler https://howtobuildanonlinecourse.com/ Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Table of Contents for Episode 159: WordPress Contact Forms 0:00 Podcast Intros 3:23 WordPress New Story #1: Jetpack 4.5 Expands Monetization with WordAds Integration https://wptavern.com/jetpack-4-5-expands-monetization-with-wordads-integration 12:51 WordPress Story #2: Is business growth the best metric to focus on? CozmosLabs 2016 year in review. https://www.cozmoslabs.com/76202-business-growth-best-metric-focus-2016-year-review/ 23:46 WordPress Story #3: Postmatic Basic Rebrands as Replyable, Moves Two-Way Email Commenting to SaaS Product https://wptavern.com/postmatic-basic-rebrands-as-replyable-moves-two-way-email-commenting-to-saas-product 32:24 Main Topic: Contact Forms for WordPress 32:26 How are people using contact forms in 2017? 36:29 Choice for contact form plugins has increased. And the types of sites that still have room for improvements with contact forms. 39:50 Pros and cons of Contact Form 7. 43:40 Thoughts on Ninja Forms. A few words on the Jetpack contact form. 46:39 Sallie breaks down how pricing models make a difference with choosing a contact form plugin. 50:06 John's thoughts on Caldera Forms. 53:11 A description of WPForms. 55:31 Lots of discussion on Gravity Forms. 1:03:05 Kim talks about her experience with Formidable Forms. 1:06:23 Not a plugin, but a service to check out, called Typeform. 1:10:09 Podcast outros. =================== Links mentioned during the show: Gravity Forms http://www.gravityforms.com/ Contact Form 7 https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/ Ninja Forms https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/ https://ninjaforms.com/extensions/ Jetpack Contact Form https://jetpack.com/support/contact-form/ Contact Forms for Marketo https://developers.marketo.com/javascript-api/forms/ Caldera Forms https://calderaforms.com/ WPForms https://wpforms.com/ Zapier https://z
Our WordPress panel discusses the planning, coordination, and execution of a complex site migration from one hosting environment to another. We'll also cover what type of content planning you'll need to put together when moving from one platform to another (like from an external CMS to WordPress.) Our panel this week: Sallie Goetsch: https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com/ Robert Abela: https://www.wpwhitesecurity.com/ Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Table of Contents for Episode 157 0:00 Podcast Intros 3:15 WordPress Story #1: Tom McFarlin to Launch Marketplace for Blogging Plugins, Finds New Maintainer for WordPress.org Plugins https://wptavern.com/tom-mcfarlin-to-launch-marketplace-for-blogging-plugins-finds-new-maintainer-for-wordpress-org-plugins 10:42 WordPress Story #2: What makes a great editor? https://make.wordpress.org/design/2017/01/11/what-makes-a-great-editor/ 27:39 WordPress Story #3: WordPress Hosting Review 2017: The Results https://wpshout.com/wordpress-hosting-review-2017-results/ 39:32 Main Topic: Coordinating Complex Site Migrations 39:42 Why would someone want to migrate their site to a new host or platform? 41:41 Some things that should be on your migration checklist. Some things to look out for when setting up your website. 47:16 Separation of DNS concerns, and a debate on A Records vs CNAME Records for DNS. 49:20 Moving email from CPanel or Plesk requires some planning. How do you move email archives from your hosting server to another service? 53:50 A great definition of site migration. 55:00 Sallie describes a complex migration, and how to migrate comments, and moving categories into different custom posts types (starting from just Posts). 58:43 Why you should plan 301 redirects and site mapping far in advance of the site migration.< /p> 1:00:53 Making a strong case for doing a content audit before the site migration. 1:03:20 Be sure to change the TTL (Time to Live) in your DNS days before the migration. 1:07:38 Is migrating a website on a Friday a bad idea? 1:15:07 Our recommendations for tools to make tricky site migrations a bit easier. 1:24:13 Closing thoughts and podcast outros. =================== LInks mentioned during the show: CMS 2 CMS https://cms2cms.com/ Zoho Email https://www.zoho.com/mail/ GSuite https://gsuite.google.com/ Migrate Email Between Servers Using IMAP https://mediatemple.net/community/products/dv/204405444/how-do-i-migrate-email-between-servers-using-imap Moving Email http://www.how2lab.com/internet/email/moving-emails.php Migratng Comments in WordPress with Disqus http://rockt.tech/migrating-comments-wordpress-disqus/ Post Type Switcher
For our 150th episode, we discuss a busy week in WordPress news and our main topic, the best starter themes and theme frameworks for WordPress development. Our panel this week: Carrie Forde https://carrieforde.com/ Kim Shivler https://whiteglovewebtraining.com/ Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ============ Episode 150 Table of Contents 0:00 Podcast Intros 2:06 WordPress News Story #1: State of the Word 2016: Mullenweg Pushes Calypso as Future of WordPress’ Interface, Proposes Major Changes to Release Cycle https://wptavern.com/state-of-the-word-2016-mullenweg-pushes-calypso-as-future-of-wordpress-interface-proposes-major-changes-to-release-cycle 11:21 WordPress News Story #2: Pantheon’s $100K WordCamp US Sponsorship Revoked the Night Before the Event https://wptavern.com/pantheons-100k-wordcamp-us-sponsorship-revoked-the-night-before-the-event 25:53 WordPress News Story #3: GoDaddy Acquires WP Curve: What This Means For Customers Of The WordPress Services Provider http://www.techtimes.com/articles/187902/20161206/godaddy-acquires-wp-curve-what-this-means-for-customers-of-the-wordpress-services-provider.htm 38:45 What are the pros and cons of developing with a theme framework? 46:39 What are the learning curves of working with a theme framework? 52:32 Some of the other theme frameworks that aren't named Genesis. 1:03:58 Why do many agencies lean so heavily on ThemeForest themes instead of building custom themes using a theme framework? What are the considerations that go into this business model? 1:09:38 How long does it actually take to develop a basic theme framework? 1:11:39 More theme frameworks we've seen people using for building WordPress themes. 1:13:18 The trouble with "Swiss army knife" themes. 1:17:33 A quick discussion about ecommerce sites. 1:23:20 Thanks to the rest of the panel members not here today. 1:24:40 Podcast outros. ============ Links mentioned during the show: Siteground: PHP 7 available on all servers https://www.siteground.com/blog/php7-available-on-all-siteground-servers/ CNN: Google will soon call out websites for not being secure http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/08/technology/google-chrome-flag-non-secure-sites/ The Value of Sponsoring a WordCamp from a Business’ Perspective https://wptavern.com/the-value-of-sponsoring-a-wordcamp-from-a-business-perspective WP Curve joins GoDaddy https://wpcurve.com/wp-curve-joins-godaddy/ What is a WordPress theme anyway? — Draft podcast https://poststatus.com/wordpress-theme-anyway-draft-pod
Our weekly Saturday round-table focuses on the processes we use to intake clients, design and develop websites, test and launch, and have ongoing relationships. What are the tools they use? And what are the internal processes that the panel have developed to help them manage projects? The panel this week: Lee Jackson http://leejacksondev.com/ Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ Episode 148 Table of Contents: 0:00 Podcast Intros 1:13 WordPress News Story #1: Flywheel Acquires WordPress Local Development Tool Pressmatic https://wptavern.com/flywheel-acquires-wordpress-local-development-tool-pressmatic 9:42 WordPress Story #3: PDF Image Previews Among the Improvements to Media in WordPress 4.7 https://wptavern.com/pdf-image-previews-among-the-improvements-to-media-in-wordpress-4-7 19:55 WordCamp 2016 2 to 4th of December 2016 https://2016.us.wordcamp.org/ 23:10 The processes for the various stages of web projects. 23:58 Our processes for getting clients to sign on the line that is dotted. 38:35 What does your client onboarding process look like? 51:49 What does the creative phase of the project look like? What comes first, middle, and last? Content first or design first? 1:10:02 Podcast outros =================== Links mentioned during the show: Announcement: Leadpages Has Acquired Drip https://www.leadpages.net/blog/drip-acquisition/ WP Media Folder - Media manager with folders https://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-products/wp-media-folder Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U WPBuilds Episode 3: Clients from heaven (not) https://wpbuilds.com/2016/12/02/episode-3-clients-from-heaven-not/ WP Innovator: Our WordPress Website Build Process http://leejacksondev.com/wpinnovator/51-our-wordpress-website-build-process/ How to Write a Book: The Secret to a Super Fast First Draft http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/tv/how-to-write-a-book-fast-first-draft/ Seanwes Episode 13: You Design the Content http://seanwes.com/podcast/013-you-design-the-content/ Freedcamp https://freedcamp.com Pocketcasts https://www.shiftyjelly.com/pocketcasts/ Browserstack https://www.browserstack.com/ Heering - The Original Cherry Liqueur http://www.heering.com/ =================== Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: h
We have a great round table show with special guest Lee Jackson of the WP Innovator podcast. We talk all about the tools that we use daily to help us run our businesses. We look at a number of different categories from invoicing to project management tools. The panel this week: Lee Jackson http://leejacksondev.com/ Jackie D'Elia https://jackiedelia.com/ Jonathan Denwood https://www.wp-tonic.com/ Sallie Goetsch https://www.wpfangirl.com/ John Locke https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ ====================== Episode 146 Table of contents: 0:00 Podcast intros 1:43 WordPress News Story #1: Elementor Pro – Things Have Changed http://snifflevalve.com/elementor-pro-things-have-changed/ 15:11 Our picks for accounting and invoicing. 24:51 What do we use for writing proposals? 34:49 What are our choices for CRMs? 40:42 What are we using for project management software? 59:00 What do we use for time tracking? What tasks do we actually track time for? ====================== Links Mentioned in WP-Tonic: Episode 146 Visual Builders Elementor https://elementor.com/ Beaver Builder https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/ Invoicing and Accounting Free Agent https://www.freeagent.com/ ClearBooks https://www.clearbooks.co.uk/ Harvest https://www.getharvest.com/ WP-Invoice https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-invoice/ FreshBooks https://www.freshbooks.com/ Zoho https://www.zoho.com/invoice/ QuickBooks Online https://quickbooks.intuit.com/online/ https://www.quicken.com/personal-finance/quicken-home-business-2017 Wave Accounting https://www.waveapps.com/ Sprout Invoices https://sproutapps.co/sprout-invoices/ Contracts and Proposals Contract Killer https://gist.github.com/malarkey/4031110 WP Elevation http://www.wpelevation.com/ UK contracts http://simply-docs.co.uk/Home Forming a LLC http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/form-llc-how-to-organize-llc-30287.html CRMs Active Campaign http://www.activecampaign.com/ Agile CRM https://www.agilecrm.com/ Contactually http://www.contactually.com/ Project Manageme
On this week's WP-Tonic round table, we give some insight on how to work with non-profit organizations. How is working with non-profits different than working with clients in the private sector? Our round table of WordPress experts also discusses the best marketing practices for non-profits. Our panel this week: Morten Rand-Hendriksen of Lynda.com Sallie Goetsch of WP Fangirl Jonathan Denwood of WP-Tonic John Lockeof Lockedown Design Show Table of Contents: 0:00 Show Intros 2:02 WordPress Story #1: Does Jetpack slow down a WordPress website? https://mattreport.com/jetpack-speed/ 20:04 WordPress Story #2: How I Built It, Episode 12: Chris Lema and Beyond Good https://howibuilt.it/episode-12-chris-lema-and-beyond-good/ 31:54 Main Topic: Working With Non-Profits 32:02 What is different about working with non-profits vs working with regular businesses? 34:14 How does the non-profit managerial structure affect timelines and the decision making process? 36:44 Jonathan shares a link: How Nonprofits Get really Big from the Stanford Social Innovation Review https://ssir.org/articles/entry/how_nonprofits_get_really_big 40:29 What unique challenges do non-profits have in establishing and achieving their marketing goals? 44:50 How do non-profits find their target segments? How do you define personas and develop a content strategy to reach those target personas? 48:38 What are some examples of non-profits that are doing a great job with marketing? 51:55 What are some things that non-profits need to focus on when it comes to their website and digital marketing? 56:20 Podcast outros 58:49 YouTube bonus content 58:55 More thoughts on marketing for non-profits 1:05:00 John's experience with non-profits 1:09:20 Quick advice on discounting and pro bono 1:09:50 Some non-profits may be in a better position to pay you than regular businesses. 1:11:27 Building up good will in the community by working with non-profits in your community. ========================== LInks mentioned during the show: If You Want Results, Think About How You Post and Share Content http://tacticalsocialmedia.org/post-share-content-matters/ Ladies Learning To Code http://ladieslearningcode.com/ Black Girls Code http://www.blackgirlscode.com/ WEAVE, Inc. http://www.weaveinc.org/ ========================== Find bonus content for this episode on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/142-working-with-non-profits-wordpress/ ========================== Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes and leave us a review! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2
In this WP-Tonic round-table we look at WordPress and security with an excellent panel of WordPress community experts. Our panel this week: Brian Jackson from https://woorkup.com/ and https://kinsta.com/ Sallie Goetsch from https://wpfangirl.com/ Jackie D'Elia from https://jackiedelia.com/ Jonathan Denwood from https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke from https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Episode 140 Table of Contents 0:00 Podcast intros 1:50 WordPress Security – 18+ Steps to Lock Down Your Site https://kinsta.com/blog/wordpress-security 3:12 Learning From Buggy WordPress Wp-login Malware https://blog.sucuri.net/2016/10/learning-buggy-wordpress-wp-login-malware.html 6:49 Updating your WordPress plugins is one of the most important things you can do 10:22 Test all plugin and theme updates on a staging server 12:25 Surviving Electmageddon: Protecting against a wave of DNS outages https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2016/11/surviving-electmageddon-protecting-wave-dns-outages/ (DDoS attacks and advantages of having a secondary DNS server) 17:34 Securing WordPress from the Start https://ithemes.com/2016/11/02/securing-wordpress/ 21:29 It's a good idea to have redundant backups for your website. You can't have enough of these. 24:35 What is one WordPress security tip that you should use right from the start? 25:48 Brian has a story about what sort of long-lasting damage to your SEO a single hack can produce. 27:20 Cleaning Up a Massive Negative SEO Attack with Web CEO https://woorkup.com/cleaning-negative-seo-attack-web-ceo/ 29:52 Changing the default login URL can prevent automated attacks. Also, always use strong passwords. 31:11 Always check your code for hidden backlinks to spam sites. 32: 35 We discuss Negative SEO. 33:12 Linkpocalypse Now – The Horror of Negative SEO http://www.jacobking.com/negative-seo-truth 35:05 Limit the login attempts people can make to prevent a brute force attack. Consider two-factor authentication for logins. 36:16 Deactivate and delete any themes and plugins you're not using. Don't use the automatic WordPress install scripts that your hosting company provides. 38:24 Many people use weak passwords, and that's why they get hacked. 40:37 Install an audit log so you can see what activity is happening on your site. Clients will often be freaked out by how often the site is scanned. 42:25 Don't use themes where plugins are bundled into the theme (like on ThemeForest) https://www.lockedowndesign.com/why-we-shouldnt-bundle-wordpress-plugins-in-themes/ 43:37 Do not allow everyone on your site to have Administrator access 46:15 XML-RPC: What is it? Why should you limit it's use? HOw do hackers use it? 49:03 Be careful about using public Wi-Fi to FTP or login to your site. Always use HTTPS on your site to encrypt your password when logging in p
We talk about CSS, Flexbox, CS Grids, CSS frameworks like Bootstrap and Foundation, Sass and other CSS pre-processors. Our panel this week: Alex Denning from https://alexdenning.com/ and https://masterwp.co/ Jackie D'Elia from https://jackiedelia.com/ Sallie Goetsch from https://wpfangirl.com/ Jonathan Denwood from https://www.wp-tonic.com/ John Locke from https://www.lockedowndesign.com Episode 138 Table of Contents 0:00 Podcast Intros. 1:49 WordPress New Story #1: The Wix Mobile App, A WordPress Joint https://ma.tt/2016/10/wix-and-the-gpl/ 8:07 WordPress Story #2: Lessons from failing to sell WordPress themes at the start of the gold rush https://alexdenning.com/lessons-sell-wordpress-themes/ 25:08 Main Topic: All About CSS 25:26 What things do you find frustrating about CSS? 27:18 How has CSS changed over the years? 30:16 Flexbox, and the CSS problems it has solved 34:44 The browsers that tend to have browser quirks in 2016/2017 37:02 Do CSS Frameworks make front-end development easier or harder? 42:31 Jackie's workflow with Sass and PostCSS. 50:47 John is still old-school with CSS. 51:48 Sallie's workflow and where she wants to go. 53:40 Email is the final frontier for relatively easy CSS support. 58:47 When will CSS Grid be supported in the majority of browsers? 1:02:39 What are some innovative uses of CSS you have seen this year? 1:07:40 Podcast outros =================== Links Mentioned During Episode 138: A Complete Guide to Flexbox https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/ Using CSS Flexible Boxes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Flexible_Box_Layout/Using_CSS_flexible_boxes Flexibility: A JavaScript polyfill for Flexbox https://github.com/jonathantneal/flexibility Sass: Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets http://sass-lang.com/ Grunt: The JavaScript Task Runner http://gruntjs.com/ Gulp: The streaming build system http://gulpjs.com/ Animate.css https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/ A Complete Guide to (CSS) Grid https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/complete-guide-grid/ CSS Grid Layout Module Level 1 https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/CR-css-grid-1-20160929/ Target Safari 7.1 and 8.0 CSS Styles (OSX Yosemite) https://www.lockedowndesign.com/target-safari-7-1-and-8-0-css-styles-osx-yosemite/ Bootstrap http://getbootstrap.com/ Foundation by Zurb http://foundation.zurb.com/ High Performance Responsive Desig
We put the spotlight on our panelist Sallie Goetsch. Sallie has been involved with the web since it's beginnings in the early 1990s, as well as a career in academia. She talks about these subjects, the WordPress community, living in the UK, and Greek philosophy in this very special episode of WP-Tonic. Sallie is also the organizer of the East Bay WordPress Meetup and a valued member of the WordPress community. http://www.meetup.com/Eastbay-WordPress-Meetup/ https://www.wpfangirl.com/ Episode 137 Table of Contents 0:00 Intros 1:42 How did Sallie first get into web development? 4:01 Sallie's early experiences with WordPress 5:07 How Sallie got involved with the East Bay WordPress Meetup 6:52 What are the biggest changes Sallie has seen in the web since the early 1990s? 9:27 What Sallie remembers about the Web Standards Movement. 10:05 Are we still addressing the same concerns on the web as we were ten and twenty years ago? 11:18 How is the web community progressing on making accessibility a priority? 12:43 What advice would Sallie give to people just starting out in web development today? 17:16 Some quick pricing advice. 17:35 Is there anything different about WordPress in comparison to other web communities? 20:46 Are there problems in the larger overall web community when it comes to discrimination? 24:25 Why Sallie left academia. 25:51 Differences with living in the UK and the US. 30:51 Sallie's advice on prequalifying clients. 34:18 Does your physical location make a difference in being able to do business? 37:17 Will the San Francisco WordCamp be brought back anytime soon? 38:47 Jonathan and Sallie have stories about travelling in the winter. 40:20 What does Sallie see happening with WordPress? 45:18 Podcast outros =================== Subscribe to WP-Tonic on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wp-tonic-wordpress-podcast/id893083124?mt=2 =================== WP-Tonic is a both a WordPress maintenance service, and publisher of a twice weekly WordPress business podcast where we talk with some of the most successful people in WordPress development, business, and online marketing.
In this episode, I'm chatting with Sallie Goetsch about Content Audits and how they can save you development time. If you've every had a project with a lot of existing content, performing an audit of that content BEFORE you begin any design or development work, will save you time. We'll talk about what it is and how to go about performing one. It is a valuable service to offer that benefits both you and your client. Meet Sallie Goetsch Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with ‘sketch’) first got online in 1985, via the mainframe at Brown University. She founded an online journal in 1993 and built her first HTML website in 1994. Since discovering WordPress in 2005, she hasn’t looked back. Sallie became the organizer of the East Bay WordPress Meetup in Oakland, California, in 2009. Sallie has produced WordPress videos for Peachpit Press, taught introductory WordPress classes for Mediabistro, and acted as Technical Reviewer for O’Reilly’s WordPress: The Missing Manual. She runs her WP Fangirl consulting and development business from her home in Oakley, which she shares with her husband and two cats. Show Notes A few resources suggested on this topic: Plugins: Content Audit Plugin Export WordPress data to XML/CSV Plugin Books: Content Strategy for the Web (Voices That Matter) Content Strategy for WordPress: Structured content and sustainable workflows for a future-proof site
Our main WordPress topic is going to be "Email Plugins and Strategies for Email Marketing" We've also got three great stories from the WordPress community. Our Panel Sallie Goetsch: from Wpfangirl.com Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design Kim Shivler: from Whiteglovewebtraining.com John Locke: from Lockedown Design Our weekly WordPress news stories: Headway Theme's Future Uncertain Amidst Financial Troubles https://wptavern.com/headway-themes-future-is-uncertain-amidst-financial-troubles Competition, Crisis Management, and the Community https://serverpress.com/competition-crisis-management-community/ How To Create Accessible WordPress Websites https://pagely.com/blog/2016/08/create-accessible-wordpress-websites/ Show Table of Contents: 0:00 Intro 2:26 WP News Story: Headway Themes in Financial Trouble? 13:27 WP News Story: How To Create Accessible WordPress Websites 18:21 Main Topic: Email Marketing Strategies, Plugins, and Services for WordPress 18:43 Why Do We Still Care About Email Marketing? 19:58 Does Email Marketing Make a Difference in Your Revenue? 20:40 Three Categories of Email Subscriptions 23:58 E-Blasts Get Deleted 25:44 Consistency and Schedule 29:30 Segmenting Your List and Reader Expectations 32:00 Long Form Emails and Drip Campaigns 35:40 What Kind of Email Services Should You Use? 36:25 Using Obscure or Niche Email Services 40:00 The Problem With Email Templates 43:17 Drip Campaigns in MailChimp 43:50 Using GetResponse 44:50 SendGrid and other SMTP servers for Transactional Emails 46:07 MailGun and Google SMTP for Transactional Emails 46:48 WordPress Plugins that use the Host Provided Email System 47:46 What is the Difference SMTP and wp_mail 49:05 What Do You Use For Email Signups? 50:40 Exit Intent Email Signup Boxes and Pop-ups 53:15 Compelling Lead Magnets 54:17 You have to have enough signup boxes to get subscribers 56:18 "You know how to take the reservation, but you don't know how to HOLD the reservation." 57:04 Different Lead Magnets for Different Content Read the article: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/117-round-table-email-plugins-strategies-email-marketing/ ===================== WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.
We have a great panel discussion connected to the latest WordPress news stories of the week then we go on to the main topic connected to what are the main WordPress page building solutions out there at the present moment. We really look at a number of different solutions. Sallie Goetsch: from WPFangirl.com Kim Shivler: from Whiteglovewebtraining.com John Locke: from Lockedown Design Bridget Willard Social Media Manager at: WordImpress Jonathan Denwood: from WP-Tonic.com Find WP-Tonic on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wordpress-wp-tonic-jonathan/id893083124?mt=2 1 - Users of the Posts 2 Posts Plugin Left Searching for an Alternative https://wptavern.com/users-of-the-posts-2-posts-plugin-left-searching-for-an-alternative 2 - How ‘Pootle Pagebuilder’ Sold Licenses for $9K on Its 1st Month http://freemius.com/blog/success-story-of-pootle-pagebuilder-with-freemius/ 3 - Selling the Shovel vs. Mining the Gold https://syedbalkhi.com/selling-the-shovel-vs-mining-the-gold/ Plugins Page Builders https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/ https://codecanyon.net/item/visual-composer-page-builder-for-wordpress/ https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/ http://www.getmotopress.com/plugins/content-editor/ http://www.pootlepress.com/pootle-pagebuilder-pro/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Themes http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/ http://headwaythemes.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Themes/Plugins Hybrids http://themify.me/builder http://velocitypage.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Read the full article on the WP-Tonic website: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/115-wp-tonic-visual-builders-good-bad-ugly/ ===================== WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.
WP-Tonic #113: How do You Write Winning WordPress Project Proposals? Our panel: Morten Rand-Hendriksen: from Lynda.com Sallie Goetsch: from Wpfangirl.com Jackie D’Elia: from Jackie D’Elia Design John Locke: from Lockedown Design Today the WP-Tonic panel discusses how to write a winning WordPress proposal. What things go into a great proposal? How do you handle the payment schedule? Who is responsible for content creation? How should you price? Should you use value-based pricing, hourly pricing, fixed pricing, or another means of pricing? What are some common mistakes to avoid? What items do you stress in your proposals? All these questions and more are answered on episode #113 of WP-Tonic. https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/113-how-do-you-write-winning-wordpress-project-proposals/ ------------------------------------------------ Spotlight WordPress news story (top of the hour): https://helen.wordpress.com/2016/07/13/theme-disconnect-and-discontent/ --------------------------------------------- WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.
This week, we look at What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful? The lessons we learned are not what you might expect them to be. Our panel this week: Sallie Goetsch: https://wpfangirl.com Morten Rand-Hendriksen: http://pinkandyellow.com/ Scott Buscemi: https://luminary.ws/ John Locke: https://www.lockedowndesign.com/ Show Table of Contents: 0:00 We introduce the episode and our panel. 3:34 WordPress News Story: John James Jacoby Publishes 35 Part Tweetstorm on WordPress Leadership, Community, and Economics https://wptavern.com/john-james-jacoby-publishes-35-part-tweetstorm-on-wordpress-leadership-community-and-economics 27:26 Our Main WordPress Topic: What Makes a WooCommerce Website Successful? 27:49 What are the characteristics that make any ecommerce website successful? 28:45 Show off what makes you different. 29:15 You have to drive traffic to your website. 31:34 Running an e-commerce site is the same as running a bricks-and-mortar store. 34:12 If you don't have traffic, you aren't going to make sales. 35:58 Rising to the top of Google takes more than one day. 38:19 People think that WooCommerce extensions will help them make sales, when they are really for sites already making sales. 39:56 Not every issue is a technical issue. 40:30 Many companies think they know their audience, but they don't. 43:29 If you really know your market, you will succeed. 45:25 Are there any challenges that are unique to WooCommerce as opposed to other e-commerce platforms? 48:04 WooCommerce is a powerful platform, but requires a lot of technical knowledge from the consultant setting it up. 50:27 There's a user story behind every WooCommerce setting. 51:57 Every ecommerce platform has certain trade-offs. 52:59 Some more thoughts on what can make a WooCommerce site build challenging. 57:26 Running an e-commerce website has many layers of complexity and legal obligation beyond those of a regular marketing website. 1:02:01 We do outros for the podcast listeners. ================ Leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe to our WordPress podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wordpress-wp-tonic-jonathan/id893083124?mt=2 ================ Read the article on the WP-Tonic website for bonus content: https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/what-makes-a-woocommerce-website-successful/ ================ WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.
In this episode, we look back at a busy year for WP-Tonic and WordPress! What were key stories and personality in the WordPress community during 2016? We have a great panel from our usual end of month roundtable shows that help makes some sense of this very incredible year for WordPress. Sallie Goetsch: www.wpfangirl.com Kim Shivler: www.whiteglovewebtraining.com John Locke: www. lockedowndesign.com I personally like to thank all our fantastic guests and our regular monthly panel and especially to my co-host Bill Conrad, who has really helped me keep the show growing and improving. Lastly, we like to thank you for the listeners and viewers of the podcast and the WP-Tonic’s YouTube channel for you support during the year! =================== WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress support and maintenance service, but we publish a twice weekly, top-rated WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development, web design, business, and online marketing.
In this episode, we look back at a busy year for WP-Tonic and WordPress! What were key stories and personality in the WordPress community during 2016? We have a great panel from our usual end of month roundtable shows that help makes some sense of this very incredible year for WordPress. Sallie Goetsch: www.wpfangirl.comKim Shivler: www.whiteglovewebtraining.comJohn Lock: www. lockedowndesign.com I personally like to thank all our fantastic guests and our regular monthly panel and especially to my co-host Bill Conrad, who has really helped me keep the show growing and improving. Lastly, we like to thank you for the listeners and viewers of the podcast and the WP-Tonic's YouTube channel for you support during the year!
Welcome to episode #28 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Each week, I am getting more and more excited about creating independent content via this Podcast. I love the challenge of thinking up the content and flow for each show and I really dig knowing that you're listening. There are some juicy bits and insights in this episode, so I hope it's to your liking. Please keep the audio comments coming. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #28 - Host: Mitch Joel. - Running time: 35:59. - Audio comment line - please take note: +1 206-666-6056. - Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. - Audio comment from Ireland - EduCast. - Audio comment from Kevin Behringer. - Audio comment from Bryan Person - Bryper and New Comm Road. - Should I Podcast about stuff I already Blogged about? Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with "sketch") chimes in. - CMA - Canadian Marketing Association - Blogs - A Marketers' Secret Weapon seminar. - New Media For Communications - Harnessing Web-based Pathways to Increase Stakeholder Contact conference. - My presentation is: No Control or Know Control: What Communicators Need To Know About A World of User-Generated Content, Blogs, Social Networks and Mobility. - Speaking on the panel: It's in their Hands: The Impact of Changing Consumer Trends and User Generated Media on the Communicator's Role. - Other great sessions include: - The Blog is in the M.A.I.L: How to Enter and Stay in the New Media Hemisphere - David Jones - Inside PR, PR Works and Fleishman-Hillard Canada. - If You Build It, Will They Come? - Sustaining a Successful Blog - Joseph Thornley - Thornley Fallis and PR Pro. - Greatest Hits: Search Engine Optimization Tips and Tools - Andrew Goodman - Page Zero Media and Traffick. - Social Media - Buzzword or Future Wave? - Michael O'Connor Clarke - Thornley Fallis and Uninstalled. - Look Who's Talking, Too: Podcasting as a Medium for the Message and How to Know if it's Right for You - Terry Fallis - Thornley Fallis and Inside PR. - Geek Dinner Toronto II.1. - Six Points Of Separation - Six Ways To Keep Up To Date With The Many Social Media Conversations - in homage to Bryan Person. - Music from the Podsafe Music Network. - The Living End - 'Long Live The Weekend'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #28 - Host: Mitch Joel.
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