Podcasts about visual composer

Get all the links here.With the beta of WordPress 6.6 releasing, and seeing the advancements being made with site building features like Overrides for Synced Patterns — I can't help but be excited for where WordPress is headed. And I know you might have your druthers with it all, but I'm hoping you invest now because the future is bright for our favorite platform. Building websites with AI isn't convincing me all that much, even if our Pillar sponsor Bluehost promises me a robot friend to help me build whatever I want with WordPress. Seriously, check it out. I like to be in control of the process, tune the things I need, craft a layout that hits the right marks for my brand. Give me a bunch of patterns, blocks, and some ready-made templates and I'll adjust the 10% that's leftover. The Rockbase theme does a great job at this. I recently used it on a new project, Our Beloved Medium, a 6-part audio documentary highlighting the impact of radio throughout history. Coming soon.Blocks, patterns, templates, all jiving together in your new web development canvas — the browser. It's the no code process users have been longing for since Visual Composer left your site with a bunch of unhinged shortcodes. This is an exciting time, and it's something we should be sharing with others. We need to keep WordPress thriving, even if you're using some other tool to build your pages — WordPress remains your foundation. Rocio Valdivia highlighted that even with the number of in-person events on the rise, new attendees to WordPress events have declined. In the post, she prompts us with these 4 questions:1. What motivated you to attend your first WordPress event? What were you hoping to gain or experience?2. If you've organized an event in the past couple of years, what relevant feedback have you heard from new to WordPress attendees?3. What unique value or benefit do you find at other non-WordPress events that you think could bring value to our WordPress events? (for attendees, organizers, and sponsors)4. What type of new event or content do you think would be great for attracting and keeping new WordPress users (of any level) to WordPress events?If you look at the graph, which starts to decline in 2017 (and putting aside COVID; though a massive contributor) I feel this follows the same dip of WordPress burnout — exhaustion? — that we felt when Gutenberg was first announced. I've talked about this in the past, but the roll-out of Gutenberg came with a perfect storm: In tech years WordPress was already ancient. There was a rise in proprietary tools like Shopify and Wix that satisfied the lizard brain a lot of us early adopters in tech are looking for. The communication of it all was highly criticized (including yours truly), but looking back, I couldn't use the classic editor to build pages or write blog posts ever again. Then you thrust the whole industry into warp speed with COVID and lockdowns — yeah, I'm still trying to gather my braincells too. Take a step back and ask yourself: Are you NOT excited for this software? Or are you just fighting the current because you don't like change? I'm not talking about the politics of it all, I think it's something you can abstract from WordPress the software, but to deeply evaluate the enjoyment of building a site with WordPress.When Wordpress events were at their height, WordPress was fresh & exciting. But most importantly, we needed a place to learn more about it. The advancements of the site editing experience can be that revival moment for WordPress events. Get people excited about building & publishing with WordPress again. A place to incorporate the real essence of the open source project, where we can stake our claim at the table to provide the necessary feedback to improve the tool. Maybe loosen up the stuffiness of local meetups, encouraging (and promoting) education & awareness at a local level. Linux opened my eyes to open source. Drupal showed me how to feel powerful as a non-developer. WordPress gave me all of that + an amazing community on top. For years the “builder audience” in WordPress was passed over for the advanced developers — but that's all catching up to us, now. It's time we revisit sharing with others what they can achieve with WordPress. Keep WordPress thriving!  ★ Support this podcast ★

Today, I'm chatting with with Raitis Sevelis on several topics in the WordPress landscape. Sevelis has an extensive background in UI/UX design and product management for prominent WordPress tools like WPBakery and Visual Composer, and he shares his insights into the inner workings of the platform and the community. We discuss the founding principles and unique features of IndieStack, Raitis' latest venture, which bridges the gap between developer needs and client usability in managed WordPress hosting. IndieStack introduces the capability for developers to work on a site for free and transfer ownership to their clients while maintaining developer access, a novel concept that I find quite intriguing for some agency workflows. Raitis also takes us behind the scenes of WP Racoon, his side project, which serves as a forum for discussing plugins, themes, and the business of WordPress, away from the constraints of corporate affiliations. The role of communities, the use of Facebook for engaging with users, and the strategic benefits and downsides of such platforms are also discussed. We round off the episode getting into the need for core developers and the community to collaborate in refreshing WordPress's ecosystem through improved onboarding, user interface, and by fostering educational content to power the platform's next phase of growth.

Síguenos en: A medida que WordPress y otras herramientas evolucionan aparecen necesidades concretas de los clientes que podemos aprovechar para especializarnos o para ampliar nuestro catálogo de servicios. Migrar el contenido de una web desde un maquetador como Divi, Visual Composer o Elementor al editor de bloques puede ser un servicio muy solicitado los próximos meses y para el que no se necesitan conocimientos avanzados de código. ¿Qué tal la semana? Semana esther Variación bloque lista contenidos para listado cronológico, ordenado por campo personalizado y filtrando por taxonomía. (Ojo, QueryId no es único) Aplicación chat que bloquea scripts durante la carga OML - modificando para que trate los campos vacíos como fallo y no redireccione Errores random por Allinone SEO + Yoast Semana Nahuai Dando forma al donut Estudiando una propuesta de colaboración Investigando variaciones de bloques. Por ahora no se puede quitar el enlace del bloque de categorías porque no tiene el atributo is_Link. Primer suscriptor de OsomCode. Volviéndome loco para refactorizar el código de un tutorial (gracias Easy Digital Downloads 3.0! ) Ya es oficial: https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/introducing-our-green-web-fellows-2023-/ Reunión de la iniciativa de sostenibilidad de WordPress en Slack, donde seguimos puliendo el primer borrador de un handbook sobre sostenibilidad para WordCamps. Enviadas charlas a la WordCamp Barcelona 2023. Contenido Nahuai 2 nuevos tutoriales en Código Genesis de los cuales destaca: Tema de la semana: Migrar contenido de un constructor visual Profesionales que se especialicen en pasar de los distintos page builders (Elementos, Divi...) al editor de bloques Implementadores Diseñadores Asistentes virtuales (Celi lo ofrece como servicio) Preguntar si algún oyente se está especializando en eso Novedades https://wptavern.com/wordpress-6-2-openverse-integration-updated-to-upload-inserted-images https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-15-2-introduces-revisions-for-template-editing Tip de la semana Mostrar el html en el front pero en el editor mediante CSS: clase-bloque es la clase CSS de este tipo de bloque. Menciones Gracias a Miguel Ángel por inspirarnos el tema de la semana.

Síguenos en: A medida que WordPress y otras herramientas evolucionan aparecen necesidades concretas de los clientes que podemos aprovechar para especializarnos o para ampliar nuestro catálogo de servicios. Migrar el contenido de una web desde un maquetador como Divi, Visual Composer o Elementor al editor de bloques puede ser un servicio muy solicitado los próximos meses y para el que no se necesitan conocimientos avanzados de código. ¿Qué tal la semana? Semana esther Variación bloque lista contenidos para listado cronológico, ordenado por campo personalizado y filtrando por taxonomía. (Ojo, QueryId no es único) Aplicación chat que bloquea scripts durante la carga OML - modificando para que trate los campos vacíos como fallo y no redireccione Errores random por Allinone SEO + Yoast Semana Nahuai Dando forma al donut Estudiando una propuesta de colaboración Investigando variaciones de bloques. Por ahora no se puede quitar el enlace del bloque de categorías porque no tiene el atributo is_Link. Primer suscriptor de OsomCode. Volviéndome loco para refactorizar el código de un tutorial (gracias Easy Digital Downloads 3.0! ) Ya es oficial: https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/news/introducing-our-green-web-fellows-2023-/ Reunión de la iniciativa de sostenibilidad de WordPress en Slack, donde seguimos puliendo el primer borrador de un handbook sobre sostenibilidad para WordCamps. Enviadas charlas a la WordCamp Barcelona 2023. Contenido Nahuai 2 nuevos tutoriales en Código Genesis de los cuales destaca: Tema de la semana: Migrar contenido de un constructor visual Profesionales que se especialicen en pasar de los distintos page builders (Elementos, Divi...) al editor de bloques Implementadores Diseñadores Asistentes virtuales (Celi lo ofrece como servicio) Preguntar si algún oyente se está especializando en eso Novedades https://wptavern.com/wordpress-6-2-openverse-integration-updated-to-upload-inserted-images https://wptavern.com/gutenberg-15-2-introduces-revisions-for-template-editing Tip de la semana Mostrar el html en el front pero en el editor mediante CSS: clase-bloque es la clase CSS de este tipo de bloque. Menciones Gracias a Miguel Ángel por inspirarnos el tema de la semana.

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 19th September 2022.

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 19th September 2022.

Nowadays, every business needs a website to stand out, be competitive and support our prospective customers. However, not everyone is an expert web builder or has the budget to execute it well. Visual Composer is a free website builder for WordPress that allows you to create professional-looking sites in minutes. The Head of Marketing, Filip Galetic joins us to dive into what it takes to drive growth in this competitive vertical. Having established themselves through their own quality content and website, Filip and the team looks to tackle more strategic growth strategies with persona-led marketing and website conversions.

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 15th August 2022.

The WordPress news from the last week which commenced Monday 15th August 2022.

On the podcast today we have Raitis Sevelis from Visual Composer, and he's here today to talk about the how you should use your WordPress page builder with pride and explain to your clients the many benefits that it brings to your workflow. There was a time when page builders first came around that they were somewhat spurned in the community. Not by all, and not for long. They were doing things in a new way, and sometimes new hurts. Gone were many of the technical barriers to creating sites. No more need to be wrangling template files and inserting shortcodes here there and everywhere. Page builders allowed a whole new audience to come to WordPress and build site for themselves as well as for their clients. Raitis thinks that sometimes we hide our page builder skills a little; assume that clients will think that less of us for using them. He has the opinion that we ought to be talking about how we use them more with our clients, and explaining how their use us making websites faster, cheaper and more easy for non-technical users to maintain and amend.

On the podcast today we have Raitis Sevelis from Visual Composer, and he's here today to talk about the how you should use your WordPress page builder with pride and explain to your clients the many benefits that it brings to your workflow. There was a time when page builders first came around that they were somewhat spurned in the community. Not by all, and not for long. They were doing things in a new way, and sometimes new hurts. Gone were many of the technical barriers to creating sites. No more need to be wrangling template files and inserting shortcodes here there and everywhere. Page builders allowed a whole new audience to come to WordPress and build site for themselves as well as for their clients. Raitis thinks that sometimes we hide our page builder skills a little; assume that clients will think that less of us for using them. He has the opinion that we ought to be talking about how we use them more with our clients, and explaining how their use us making websites faster, cheaper and more easy for non-technical users to maintain and amend.

On the podcast today we have Raitis Sevelis from Visual Composer, and he's here today to talk about the how you should use your WordPress page builder with pride and explain to your clients the many benefits that it brings to your workflow. There was a time when page builders first came around that they were somewhat spurned in the community. Not by all, and not for long. They were doing things in a new way, and sometimes new hurts. Gone were many of the technical barriers to creating sites. No more need to be wrangling template files and inserting shortcodes here there and everywhere. Page builders allowed a whole new audience to come to WordPress and build site for themselves as well as for their clients. Raitis thinks that sometimes we hide our page builder skills a little; assume that clients will think that less of us for using them. He has the opinion that we ought to be talking about how we use them more with our clients, and explaining how their use us making websites faster, cheaper and more easy for non-technical users to maintain and amend.

Nelio Unlocker es un migrador de contenidos al editor de bloques de WordPress desde páginas creadas con constructores visuales. El episodio Episodio 97: Dile adios a Divi, elementor o Visual composer con nelio unlocker es un podcast de Un billete a Chattanooga.

Lauren We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ #1 - Should WordPress Notify Users of Plugin Ownership Changes? https://wptavern.com/should-wordpress-notify-users-of-plugin-ownership-changes #2 - Apple MacBook Air with M1 review: new chip, no problem https://www.theverge.com/21569603/apple-macbook-air-m1-review-price-specs-features-arm-silicon #3 - Well-known, established and highly-respected WordPress Plugin for sale - probably Visual Composer: https://flippa.com/10716779-saas-internet Vulnerability Exposes Over 4 Million Sites Using WPBakery https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/10/vulnerability-exposes-over-4-million-sites-using-wpbakery/ #4 - WordPress.com Gives Conservative Treehouse the Boot, Citing TOS Violations https://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-gives-conservative-treehouse-the-boot-citing-tos-violations #5 - Best eCommerce Website Builder: 6 Top Tools Tested in This Ultimate Comparison https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/best-ecommerce-website-builder/ #6 Transform the way your business communicates (again) https://unslack.co/

Síguenos en: ¡Buenos días! ¿Preparados para la maravillosa semana del Black Friday? Pues si no tenías suficiente con el tsunami de ofertas por email que te van a ir llegando, también nosotros hemos decidido hablar de ofertas y promociones, por una parte desde el punto de vista de creadores y lo que implica hacer descuentos, y por otra como consumidores, compartiendo unas cuantas ofertas de herramientas y servicios que nosotros utilizamos y que os pueden ir bien. ¡Vamos allá! ¿Qué tal la semana? Semana esther Tranquila y corta, por temas personales. Reunión con Toni Colom para la nueva imagen de marca de TranquilidadWP ???????? Meetup Granollers y Terrassa - llamamiento voluntaria/o para demostración con Visual Composer en la próxima meetup de diciembre. Contenido esther Preparando cambios internos web y Zona DPW Semana Nahuai Meetup conjunta de Terrassa y Granollers en que hablamos de la API REST de WordPress. Para celebrar que Código Genesis ha llegado a los 600 tutoriales, he lanzado una oferta temporal de la modalidad anual sin soporte a 100€. Avances importantes en la web de OsomPress. Contenido Nahuai Tema de la semana: Sentimientos encontrados respecto al Black Friday: Por un lado como creadores no ofrecemos descuentos porque está muy saturado. En general las ofertas y promociones son un arma de doble filo. Van bien para conseguir ventas y llegar a aquellos que están interesados pero les frena el precio, pero: Reduces el valor de tus productosPerjudicas a los que han pagado más por lo mismoAunque sean productos digitales pueden incluir soporte y dar más trabajo. Pospones la compra si saben que va a haber alguna oferta. Por otro como consumidores estamos pendientes por si herramientas que necesitamos se rebajan. La recomendación es hacerse una lista de cosas que puedes necesitar y ver si se rebajan, no al revés. Ofertas interesantes: Vimeo: 25% en todos los planesWP Rocket 30% de descuentoRestored 316 25% (Cupón: R316CM20)Hostings: Webempresa 40% de descuento.Siteground (hasta un 75% de descuento en todos los nuevos planes de hosting compartido)Raiola Networks  (Hasta 40% descuento)Gravity Forms 50%Sandhills (EDD - Affiliate WP, WP Simple Pay, Sugar Calendar) 20%Learndash 50%Restrict Content Pro 40% WP Complete 40%Ithemes bundle (Cupón: DEAL40)Shortpixel (Appsumo)Mailpoet (Appsumo) Novedades La versión 3.5 de Restrict Content Pro trae bastantes mejoras relacionadas con la integración con Stripe. https://restrictcontentpro.com/blog/new-in-restrict-content-pro-3-5/ Tip de la semana Screenity otra alternativa a Loom, gratuita y de código abierta. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screenity-screen-recorder/kbbdabhdfibnancpjfhlkhafgdilcnji Menciones Mención WPLevel en Twitter. Xavi nos deja un comentario y varias dudas en la web: Aclaramos que Antispam Bee está pensado para los comentarios de WordPress. Si quieres evitar que te ocurra en los formularios de contacto tienes que poner una medida en el plugin que los gestiona. Solemos usar el honey-pot de Gravity Forms y funciona bastante bien. Sino puedes optar por añadir una pregunta sencilla o un recaptcha (aunque yo odio esta última opción y no la suelo usar). Nos pregunta por la colección de UAG y por Matomo frente a Koko Analytics o Statify. Y es un usuario feliz de Osom Blocks. ???????????????? Juan Jacinto y Xiskiu nos dejan una valoración 5 estrellas en Osom Login Page Customizer. ???? Juan María encantado con la actualización de Osom Blocks. Gracias a: Este episodio está patrocinado por StudioPress, los creadores de Genesis Framework, el entorno de trabajo de temas más popular de WordPress. Ya está disponible Genesis Pro para todo el mundo, 360$ anuales que dan acceso a: Genesis FrameworkChild themes de Genesis de StudioPress1 año de hosting en WP EnginePlugin Genesis Pro (Diseños y secciones, restricción de bloques por usuarios…) y Genesis Custom Blocks Pro.

Lauren We discuss this week’s best WordPress & internet news stories. We also have a great panel of WordPress community and marketing internet junkies. This Week Show's Sponsors Kinsta: https://kinsta.com/ LaunchFlow: https://launchflows.com/ #1 - Should WordPress Notify Users of Plugin Ownership Changes? https://wptavern.com/should-wordpress-notify-users-of-plugin-ownership-changes #2 - Apple MacBook Air with M1 review: new chip, no problem https://www.theverge.com/21569603/apple-macbook-air-m1-review-price-specs-features-arm-silicon #3 - Well-known, established and highly-respected WordPress Plugin for sale - probably Visual Composer: https://flippa.com/10716779-saas-internet Vulnerability Exposes Over 4 Million Sites Using WPBakery https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/10/vulnerability-exposes-over-4-million-sites-using-wpbakery/ #4 - WordPress.com Gives Conservative Treehouse the Boot, Citing TOS Violations https://wptavern.com/wordpress-com-gives-conservative-treehouse-the-boot-citing-tos-violations #5 - Best eCommerce Website Builder: 6 Top Tools Tested in This Ultimate Comparison https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/best-ecommerce-website-builder/ #6 Transform the way your business communicates (again) https://unslack.co/

今天想跟大家分享網上的一宗合理懷疑交易，特別的地方是賣的產品不是一般網站或者domain，而是一個知名的WordPress plugin – Visual composer，以前稱為VC。https://www.hdcourse.com/wordpress/visual-composer-wpbakery/

A première vue, Gutenberg, le nouvel éditeur de WordPress arrivé en 2018, paraît proposer une solution similaire à un constructeur de pages traditionnel. Mais alors quelles sont les différences entre Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, ou Visual Composer... et Gutenberg ? C'est la question à laquelle je m'attèle dans cet épisode 68 de #DisVoirAlex, la série où je réponds à vos questions WordPress. L'objectif : vous permettre de tirer le meilleur à la fois de l'éditeur de WordPress, et de votre constructeur de pages si vous en utilisez un ! ## Je vous en parle dans la vidéo : ⏩ La sélection WPMarmite des blocs Gutenberg à tester: https://wpmarmite.com/plugins-gutenberg-wordpress/ ⏩ Ma vidéo sur l'avenir de l'éditeur Gutenberg : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYoxKHKv7M4 ## Besoin de vous former à Elementor, le célèbre constructeur de page ? Laissez tomber le bricolage, et créez des sites à la hauteur de vos attentes, sans coder, grâce à la formation "Maîtrisez Elementor" de WPMarmite ! Pour en savoir plus, et vous inscrire, c'est par ici : ⏩ https://wpmarmite.com/formation-elementor/ ## Et bien sûr, abonnez-vous à la chaîne de la Marmite pour recevoir les prochains #DisVoirAlex et tous mes tutos WordPress : ⏩ https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WPMarmite N'hésitez pas non plus à me poser toutes vos questions autour de l'univers de WordPress dans les commentaires, ou sur les réseaux sociaux !

Recuerda que tienes todas las notas de este episodio en https://wpnovatos.com/podcast/episodio121 Este episodio está patrocinado por HostFusion, el proveedor de hosting optimizado para WordPress que te brinda soporte técnico con corazón. Consigue tu cupón descuento en https://wpnovatos.com/hostfusion En este episodio, entre otras cosas, hacemos un repaso por la actualidad de la última semana, haciendo alguna recomendación a la hora de contratar dominios a bajo coste en algún proveedor. Resolvemos las dudas que siguen existiendo sobre WPBackery, que aún a día de hoy se sigue pensando que es lo mismo que Visual Composer. También aprovechamos para responder algunas preguntas de los lectores del blog y hacemos algunas recomendaciones, como el evento sobre Genesis Framework que se va a celebrar próximamente en barcelona: https://genesisbcn.com y el repositorio en español de snippets y tutoriales para Genesis Framework: https://codigogenesis.com

►Marketinghope: https://marketinghope.net/►SEO Content, Foren Links & Outreach Links: https://marketinghope.net/seolab/►Die Marketinghope SEO Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/marketinghope/—Show Notes:[00:08] Intro[01:58] Projekt Struktur Identifikation und Umsetzung[08:38] Seiten Architektur[11:42] Keyword Analyse, Suchintention und Artikel Struktur[15:27] "USP", Unique Selling Proposition[17:35] Texte & Affiliate Produkte[21:00] Technische Struktur, CMS, Plugins & Themes[23:15] Offpage Struktur[24:25] Fazit[28:28] Outro—Erwähnte Tools & Ressourcen:AMP: https://amp.dev/Webflow: https://webflow.com/Kaufberater: https://www.kaufberater.io/Podcast 7 (Jannik Lindner): https://youtu.be/Q1-Dz0NoSNcSEO Audits 1: https://youtu.be/nlJjPFWmGFkOneNote: https://www.onenote.comWordpress: https://wordpress.com/Divi: https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/Elementor: https://elementor.com/WP Bakery: https://wpbakery.com/Visual Composer: https://visualcomposer.com/—Weitere Playlists:Marketinghope SEO Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_v5LFkdKNPuVsuWSIWypZZ06ctBqxJsBMarketinghope Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_v5LFkdKNPtst_tn-nNCJ78nZ0K6lR5fMarketinghope Community Projekt: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_v5LFkdKNPt9CFKAASpokjPeUiGd_Tx3Marketinghope SEO Audits: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_v5LFkdKNPsdqD6M0k-foy3Z3nZZV4as—►Hier kannst du mich abonnieren: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLiYL3I6ZQThiWqSQjZOyKw?sub_confirmation=1

So many WordPress Page Builders, so little time...and so many strong opinions about them all! How do you go about choosing the right one for your business or your projects? We obviously love Divi around here, but just because it's the most popular WordPress theme in the world (!!) doesn't make it right for every situation (or does it??). On today's episode we are going to have some very special guests discussing their experience with several page builders — primarily Divi (as an all-in-one framework), Elementor, and Beaver Builder — but we will touch on WP Bakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) a bit and break down how to choose the best one(s) for your needs.   Hosts Present: Stephanie Hudson – Sweet Tea Media / FB / @EnjoySweetTea Tim Strifler - Divi Life / FB / @timstrifler Jennifer Weed - Caffeinated Web Studio / FB / @caffeinated_web Bobbie Wilson - @BobbieWilsonTX Leslie Bernal - A Girl and Her Mac / FB / @agirlandhermac Resources Mentioned: Divi Elementor Beaver Builder Oxygen Brizy WP Bakery (formerly Visual Composer)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ada_NzhSDzo

Have you considered building your own WordPress plugin or theme as a driver for your business? In this episode of PressThis, we interview the super-smart Raitis Sevelis of the uber-popular Visual Composer about strategies for selling your WordPress product on your own site vs. leveraging marketplaces.Raitis does a deep dive into the factors you should consider including marketplace fees, support, distribution, building a brand and more as it relates to your marketplace vs. direct sell strategy.Don't miss this chance to learn valuable information you can use on a product you're about to launch or if you've ever considered launching a WP focused product in the future. Listen now!

Have you considered building your own WordPress plugin or theme as a driver for your business? In this episode of PressThis, we interview the super-smart Raitis Sevelis of the uber-popular Visual Composer about strategies for selling your WordPress product on your own site vs. leveraging marketplaces.Raitis does a deep dive into the factors you should consider including marketplace fees, support, distribution, building a brand and more as it relates to your marketplace vs. direct sell strategy.Don't miss this chance to learn valuable information you can use on a product you're about to launch or if you've ever considered launching a WP focused product in the future. Listen now!

Can you imagine a world where you set out to create a product that becomes so popular, that — according to today's guest — it powers 4% of the internet? Me either. You might have come across a plugin formerly known as Visual Composer now known as WPBakery Page Builder, but has a new (old?) sister product called Visual Composer Website Builder. Phew. Who you might not have come across is the product's creator, Michael Makijenko. Of course, I always knew of the product and the love/hate relationship the WordPress community has had with it's “finicky” doings for some time. I stumbled upon his AMA on Reddit and was quite surprised how he fielded the entire conversation, a mix of love and hate. I invited him on to the show to talk about that AMA, how he fields user and community feedback, and what's next for page building in a Gutenberg-era. I hope you enjoy today's episode, and as always, don't forget to subscribe! Matt Report - A WordPress podcast for digital business owners What's next for the largest page builder on the planet Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 00:28:52 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:28:52 ★ Support this podcast ★

Can you imagine a world where you set out to create a product that becomes so popular, that — according to today’s guest — it powers 4% of the internet? Me either. You might have come across a plugin formerly known as Visual Composer now known as WPBakery Page Builder, but has a new (old?)…

Can you imagine a world where you set out to create a product that becomes so popular, that — according to today’s guest — it powers 4% of the internet? Me either. You might have come across a plugin formerly known as Visual Composer now known as WPBakery Page Builder, but has a new (old?)…

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Pocos temas generan tanta controversia como los maquetadores visuales. Cuando se habla de Divi, Visual Composer o Elementor para diseñar sitios web con WordPress las voces de los defensores y detractores de estos sistemas se hacen oír. ¿Es correcto utilizarlos? Hoy te doy mi opinión al respecto.

Hey strangers! Sorry it's been a while, but we are back with a new podcast. In this episode, we discuss the pros and cons regarding WordPress page builders. Does that sound like a foreign language to you? Don't worry, we break down what WordPress and page builders actually are, a few best practices, and our personal favorites such as Beaver Builder, Visual Composer and more. Thanks again for listening and supporting this podcast! We love to hear your feedback, so please leave us a review and subscribe to keep up with us! To see what else the Wyred Insights team is up to, check us out on these platforms: YouTube Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Twitter

I det her afsnit introducerer vi noget nyt, nemlig vores “interviewafsnit”. Vi synes det kunne være mega fedt om du fik nogle af alle de spændende historier fra de seje mennesker, som er med til at lave plugins, temaer og selve WordPress. I dette interview taler vi med Raitis Sevelis som er Product Manager og en af grundlæggerne af pluginnet Visual Composer. Visual Composer er grundlagt af Ratis og Mihail Makijenko og er et af de mest anvendte Page Builder plugins med over 400.000 solgte licen

Visual editing in WordPress isn't trivial - the more your platform grows, the more performance issues you'll end up facing. There are different ways to craft and manage content in WordPress - and they don't necessarily involve builders like Visual Composer. Also, we touch on the future of Gutenberg and what will change in WordPress.

Segunda edición de preguntas de la semana: Google My Business, contenido de relleno, DIVI, Visual Composer, nichos y redes sociales.

This week on WPwatercooler we’ll be discussing the various plugins that you can use to help speed up your WordPress website.Show airs September 5 at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7PM UTCImages* Imagify-Online and CMS Image Compression 00:04* WP Smush-Image Optimization 00:04* Kraken.io Image Optimizer 00:04* EWWW Image Optimizer 00:05* Simple Image Sizes 00:07* imsanity – WordPress Plugins 00:08* Photon — Jetpack for WordPress 00:09Caching* WP Rocket 00:11* WP Fastest Cache 00:12* W3 Total Cache 00:12Advanced Caching* Apache module for rewriting web pages to reduce latency and bandwidth.* WP Redis* Memcached Object CacheCloud Firewalls* CloudFlare-The web performance & security company* Sucuri Website FirewallThings to watch out for* Avada – WP Theme 00:18* Visual Composer 00:19Tools for finding slowness and to help optimize further* P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)* Plugin Organizer 00:24* WP Asset Clean Up 00:25[LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep203-plugins-to-speed-up-your-wordpress-site-5-57cd183fa348d” show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I was emailing back and forth with Marcus Couch who is on the WP Plugins A to Z show. I heard him mention Divi, and Visual Composer. I was going to spotlight Visual Composer, and sent a message over to Marcus who then said he liked a plugin call Cornerstone even better than those two. I checked it out and it is super cool. Check out this video at weeklywebtools.com/325 You edit everything from the front end, and much like most builders it is HIGHLY customizable. This also means that there are tons of little nooks and crannys that you need to check out so you can get the most out of the software. The video above is kind of long, but it does give you a complete guide to the software. I live the Divi theme, but this one has my attention. At $35 it is quite the bargain. Visual Composer  $34 Cornerstone is $35 Elegant Themes $69 but you get a whole slot of tools and plugins Plugins that Make My Life Easier This plugin does what the name says it does. No more going into each link to make sure the box is checked.   The other plugin I love is the Advanced Image Styles  why? Becuase it allows me to put in some white space around my images. Special thanks to everyone who has been supporting the show. Show some love at www.weeklywebtools.com/support

The fascinating story of a cop, turned author, turned full time web designer! Meet Adam Davis from Enlivify Total Solutions. He runs a web agency in sunny Alabama. I loved listening to Adam's story and outside of the podcast, I've grown to really enjoy the content he shares, his personality and his wonderful family pictures he regularly shares. A true gentleman! Come join us at the WP Innovator Facebook Group on: http://leejacksondev.com/group Biggest challenge: Over committing and on-boarding queue. (Been there, wore that t-shirt... am I right?) Unique Selling Point: Monitors to ensure an agreed percentage revenue increase as a result of the web solutions provided. Action You Can Apply Today: Bookend your day Sit down at the end of the day and ask the following: _ What did I accomplish today _ What did I not accomplish today _ Why did I not accomplish it _ What could I have accomplished Then write out 6 things you want to accomplish the next day. Take the time to slow down mentally and get organised! Booom! WordPress Plugins: Sucuri: https://sucuri.net/ Yoast: https://yoast.com/ (The old favourite) OptimizePress: https://www.optimizepress.com/ Visual Composer: https://vc.wpbakery.com/ He said there were 100 or so he could pick from!!! I think 4 is enough for today ;) Resources: Adams Book - http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Truth-Encouraging-Messages-Enforcement/dp/1507819463 Entrepreneur: http://www.entrepreneur.com/ Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ Adam on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/Adam-Davis WP Elevation Podcast: http://www.wpelevation.com/ Andy Stanley: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/andy-stanley-leadership-podcast/id290055666?mt=2 Connect With Adam: Company: http://www.enlivify.com/ Personal Site: http://www.adamdavis.co/ Email: adam@enlivify.com --- OUR EVENT: Do you want to make real change in your business? Join us at our in-person event Agency Transformation Live Meet Troy Dean; Lee Jackson, Chris Ducker, Kelly Baader, Amy Woods, Paul Lacey, Dave Foy and other legends in this fantastic conference focused on actionable steps that you can use to transform your agency. --- See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Símbolo WordPrecious     Neste episódio, falamos sobre: Eventos e Acontecimentos 1 - Versão 4.4.2 do Wordpress, correção de XSS ( Cross Site Scripting) 2 - Aniversário de 15 anos CMS do Drupal e comparação com o Wordpress que tem 12. 3 - Conferência sobre a REST API 28/1 em Londres 4 - REST API com 61 Bugs reportados 5 - Analisando a performance do seu site com Google Pagespeed Insights 6 - Plugins de Construção de Páginas Plugins de Page Builders Uma das tendências do mundo wordpress é a crescente demanda por produtos que façam de tudo. Estou falando de temas multi-uso e plugins de page builder. Plugins de page builder dão a usuários Wordpress um jeito fácil de criarem leiautes customizados para seus sites, e uma porção de características e funcionalidades em um só lugar. Eles facilitam nossa vida e a comunidade não se cansa deles, plugins page builders dominam as vendas. Agora, existem alguns plugins page builders muito utilizados como Visual Composer, Beaver Builder, Divi Builder, Motopress, Velocity Page e Themify Builder. Links Notas da versão 4.4.2 do Wordpress Notas do Update de Segurança do DRUPAL Sites que famosos usam DRUPAL Sites famosos que usam DRUPAL 2 HackerOne Página de Bugs do REST API (WP-API) Videos de 0 day Exploits para wordpress: 1, 2, 3, 4   Pagespeed Insights TORQUEMAG.IO Prós e Contras de Plugins de Construção de Páginas Comparativo Beaver Builder x Divi Builder (Visual Composer está fora da disputa??) Visual Composer x Beaver Builder Divi Plugin Overview Chris Lema Comparando temas Drag-n-Drop WP Beginner Comparando Plugins Drag-n-Drop Plugins Visual Composer Beaver Builder Beaver Builder Lite Divi Builder Motopress  

On this episode of WPwatercooler we'll be discussing what other WordPress related skills you should learn outside of learning Javascript deeply.Show airs Jan 4 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC* Matt Mullenweg: State of the Word 2015 | WordPress.tv* ActionScript (just kidding) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia* Nginx Guide: Introduction – Envato Tuts+ Code Article 00:07* WP REST API Documentation 00:09* Introduction to the JSON REST AP* An Introduction To LESS, And Comparison To Sass – Smashing Magazine 00:11* Bootstrap WordPress Tutorials – BootstrapWP 00:11* RegExr: Learn, Build, & Test RegEx 00:11* #1 WordPress Page Builder Plugin – Visual Composer 00:13* WordPress Page Builder Plugin | Beaver Builder 00:14* Hello World – GitHub Guides 00:16* Learn to Code and Help Nonprofits | Free Code Camp* Join the largest learning event in history – Hour of Code 00:18* Sketch – Professional Digital Design for Mac* Swift – Overview – Apple Developer* Ultimate Guide to Learning Swift in One Day 00:21* 15 Free Sources To Learn Swift Programming Language – Hongkiat 00:21* WordPress & Drupal Hosting and Website Platform 00:24* Command line interface for WordPress | WP-CLI 00:25* Built-in Commands | WP-CLI* Desktop Server 00:26More Info✩ Twitter✩ Blog/Website✩ Facebook✩ Podcast RSS Feed✩ iTunes✩ Stitcher✩ Soundcloud✩ Google+ [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”ep169-beyond-learning-javascript-deeply-jan-4-2015-5-56899356a26e8″ show_gravatar=”true”] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Beaver Builder is a page builder solution developed by the three guys (Robby McCullough, Billy Young and Justin Boozer). The boys discovered the internet as a career early on in life and came together five years ago to form their first company FastLine Media, from which followed Beaver Builder. This is a fun interview with the 3 guys, discussing the ups and downs of creating a successfull business – that came about simply from a need to “scratch their own itch”!Win Prizes The boys are giving away 2 x Pro Memberships at Beaver Builder valued at $199 each! Juat comment below telling us the number one thing you would fix about WordPress if you could wave a magic wand. Robby will come by in a couple of weeks and award the prizes. This episode of the WP Elevation Podcast is sponsored by Video User Manuals The only way to teach your clients how to use WordPress. Get it for just $1 for the first month!Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Show Notes FASTLINE MEDIA STORY Robby says he found Justin and Billy through Craigslist while looking for a job to leave his customer service job. “I was their first interviewee, and they were my first company.” FastLine Media was a client-based web development service. Since Robby worked with FastLine, the two worked with Joomla, Drupal and other platforms. Later, they redeveloped their corporate website on WordPress and then stuck with the platform. The three say they don’t think clients care what platform they’re using, and find that most of them listen to them for advice on platform recommendations. All three have strengths in development, and typically serve clients from start to finish, and, at times, will pass work on to their partners. Each partner have specializations, Billy serves as operations manager, Justin will work on development-heavy tasks and Robby focuses on design. Robby says the differentiator for FastLine Media has been Beaver Builder — their page builder solution that allows customers an easy way to build webpages and websites using their online system without a great deal of technical experience. He says their great customer service is also a great differentiator. The fact that the team is a partnership also differentiates them from other contract-based designers. Because they treat their work as a partnership, they are able to serve clients with a steady customer service platform which has gained them a lot of sub-contract work for other larger developers as well. MANAGING SCHEDULE Troy Dean, host of WP Elevation, asks how they handle the schedule management for all of their tasks. The three say while they don’t use any type of software to manageme their workload, “we kind of play it by ear,” says Robby. “If one of our plates are particularly full, or there’s some kind of emergency, there’s someone else in to jump in to help.” However, with the development of Beaver Builder, job requirements keep growing, but, he says, they’re still getting things done. Billy jokes the thing that is keeping him up at night, is “maybe drinking too much coffee during the day?” Then, he responds, “We’re always trying to think of ways to enhance Beaver Builder. Because it’s new and it’s our baby, and I’m really excited about it too.” GETTING AWAY FROM WORK The three enjoy mountain biking. Robby says they will sometimes head out to a nearby joint for a beer and some good food, while Billy has twin boys that keep him balanced and focused. Robby plays guitar as well. Robby and Troy mention how they’d like to play guitar in an online jam session, but they’d need to figure out how to deal with the latency issue. Troy jokes they just need to move to South Korea for the internet speed. He also talks about the things that keep him up at night include some of the business issues, such as health insurance and other financial stressors, while Justin says he still enjoys the benefit of not having a set time to clock in as long as he gets the work done. Billy agrees with the lack of time constraints, but he also loves having his own office to work in all his own. We’re selling tools to developers that are building websites for other people… there’s a lot less competition in that space. - @beaverbuilder THE BEAVER BUILDER STORY Troy mentions Kim Doyal (WPChick) who introduced Beaver Builder to him. He asks the guys why weren’t they using the visual composer like everyone else. Recognizing the “stigma surrounding page builders” among developers, Robby says a few of their clients were requesting a website they could edit — one specifically requesting Visual Composer. “They wanted us to build it, then they wanted to be able to take it and make it theirs and not have to come back to us to make changes.” says Robby. The projects opened the team’s eyes to the benefits of using a page builder tool. “On the agency side of our work a lot of time is spent in email back and forth with past clients about small changes and edits. We went on a really exhaustive search and didn’t find [a solution] that fit all of our needs.” Justin then started developing their own tool to solve the problems they were having. “It started off as a backend page builder, then we decided we wanted it on the front end… it was one of those ‘scratch your own itch’ cases.” The three then decided they would try to sell the product, so they launched it as the FastLine Media Page Builder. WP Elevation host Troy Dean asks how they knew there was room for their solution and that people would buy it. Billy says he was confident that they had found problems with existing page builders and their ability to solve the problems. “We’re definitely seeing results,” says BIlly. Their tool has been able to overcome some of the stigma held by developers because of the care the three put into the development of the software. Troy notes that Beaver Builder is a great product. “This took me a while to realize.. .the biggest distinction is that it doesn’t dump a crap-load of shortcodes into the content editor, so if you switch themes, your content is preserved.” This is different from most page builders, Troy points out,because the use of shortcodes forces the user to basically re-write the content from scratch. “Is that the main point of difference between Beaver Builder and the other solutions on the market?” he asks. A few of the distinctions raised by the team include the User Interface, as well as some features they’ve intentionally not included, such as columns in columns. “From a user interface experience perspective the interface for that is a nightmare,” Billy mentioned. REBRANDING BEAVER BUILDER Orignailly released as the FastLine Media Page Builder, one of their clients was a marketing genius who was helping with software development, and making the suggestion to change the name. “He didn’t think it was memorable and stuck well.” The team spent multiple weeks writing down names, trying to get a name that was also available as a .com. The name was suggested as a joke, “but then it just stuck in our heads… it took a good week of us not being able to forget it” before they decided to give it a go. FINDING FIRST CUSTOMERS The three joke that the way they found their first customers was through “commenting on blogs.” Robby noted that they never really kept their finger on the pulse of the community, but with Beaver Builder, they’ve started reaching out to the community, providing evaluation copies for writers to review. The growth has been slower then they envisioned. But, they’re learning more about how to market their product. “Marketing a product, we were all clueless,” says Billy. He notes that Robby is learning about how best to market their product. Robby says he’s been reading a lot, reaching out to others, asking for help. RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIS LEMA “We got lucky,” says Robby about their relationship with Chris Lema who is featured on the Beaver Builder website. “He wrote an article about the best page builders out there. We were one of his clear favorites.” Robby says he had reached out to see if Chris would write about their product, but, never heard from them. Then, Chris bought the product and wrote an amazing article about the software. Robby then emailed Lema asking for permission to use a quote on the site as a testimonial for their product. Other testimonials on the site were obtained organically through twitter, email and support forums. A GoogleDoc helped document the praise given by clients and customers to keep track of the praise given by such influencers in the WordPress development market. KEEPING UP WITH METRICS One of the things the guys from BeaverBuilder want to improve is their ability to keep up with analytics and metric tracking. Currently the team has only been tracking traffic numbers and orders. Robby says he’s learning from KISSMetrics about how to follow the metrics to see how they’re converting traffic topurchase. Growing in their ability to track conversions, the team is using Google Analytics to track sources of traffic to conversions. FUTURE PLANS FOR FASTLINE MEDIA Future plans for the three include cutting back on client work they are taking in to continue growth of Beaver Builder, Robby notes that they still like serving their clients. “It’s almost like a dream that we could be able to do software sales, but I don’t think that’s going to be a reality. We want to keep [our client business] viable,” he says. Troy now asks if they are nervous building on a platform that belongs to someone else. Justin says he’s not too worried about losing the ability to sell their product using WordPress. But, he says, “we’ve built things on other stacks, and then had that become obsolete. We just learned our lessons and, like Robby said, not put all our eggs in one basket.” ELEVATION ROUND Q: What’s the number one thing any freelancer or consultant needs to know? A: Be very organized and have the right tools in their tool belt (Billy) Q: What’s the number one thing any freelancer or consultant needs to know? A: Do good work, good support. I can’t tell you how many referrals we’ve had over the years. Some of them have been our biggest clients.(Justin) Q:How do you stop competing on price? A: Make sure your pricing provides value to your customers and is also sustainable, then you don’t’ have to compete (Robby) Q: Any tips on writing better proposals? A: Make them detailed. Make sure they contain everything the customer would want to be notified of in a proposal. (Justin) Q: Favorite tool for CRM? A:We recently started using Harvest. We had been using Sugar, then we split it up between Sugar anda couple of other tools. We switched over to Harvest and kind of hacked it to be our go-to solution for time tracking, customer management and project management as well to some degree. (Robby) Q: What’s the best way to keep a project and a client on track? A: Some times you just can’t, says Justin. But, to afford scope-creep, he suggests a well written proposal and good conversations with the client. (Justin)Reach Out You can reach out and thank Beaver Builder Team on their twitter @beaverbuilder or at their website at www.wpbeaverbuilder.comSuggested Guest Beaver Builder Team suggested I interview Matt Mullenweg of WordPress. Matt, keep your eyes on your inbox.Competition Hint Hint: to enter the competition, leave a comment below and tell us the number one thing you would fix about WordPress if you could wave a wand.Links VideoUserManuals.com BeaverBuilder Demo wpelevation.com/subscribe

Hoy respondemos a preguntas acerca de enlaces, migraciones, Stripe, Github, chats para WordPress, Visual Composer, Page builder, redes sociales y mails.1

Hoy respondemos a preguntas sobre Visual Composer, un plugin para maquetar páginas, y el framework Genesis. Y yo estoy acatarrado.

Today we have a plugin that adds a ton of functionality to your wordpress paosts. Check it out at weeklywebtools.com/209

SAP development is changing rapidly, and this technical evolution is impacting both technical and functional SAP professionals. To get an inside look at the future of SAP development, Jon interviewed Thomas Jung, NetWeaver Product Manager with SAP Labs and an influential blogger on the SAP Developer Network. Jon asked Thomas about a number of "hot button" topics in the SAP development space, including the innovations of the CE environment and the modeling tools needed for eSOA-driven development, the impact of outsourcing and how to make your skills "outsourcing proof," why ABAP development is alive and well, and how's SAP's SDN and BPX communities are affecting how SAP professionals interact with SAP and enhance their skill sets. In this thirty-three minute interview, hosted by Jon Franke of SearchSAP.com, "the two Jons" and Thomas cover the following topics: - Thomas' role at SAP Labs and how his NetWeaver Product Management team is involved with the rollout of the NetWeaver product line and the interaction with SAP users at events and seminars. - Why the online communities have had such an effect on SAP development and how knowledge about SAP products and skills trends is disseminated. - Jon asks Thomas to explain why his presentation on "Updating Your ABAP Skills to NetWeaver 7.0" has been so well received at SAP conferences, and what the key adjustments a 4.6 SAP developer has to make to be effective in NetWeaver 7.x and eSOA environments. Thomas points out that one key aspect of the "SAP developer of the future" is simply mastering object-oriented programming and ABAP Objects - something you can get started on even while working on 4.x projects. - Frequently, Jon his from readers who ask him "is ABAP dead?" Thomas puts these fears to rest once and for all by explaining that ABAP is still very much a part of the NetWeaver development environment. He describes some of the situations where ABAP is more useful and some where Java-based tools are more relevant. ABAP works best for powering high-volume, core transactions and Java is ideal for "edge programming" where SAP is extending its functionality via Enterprise Services. But ABAP can be "opened up" as well, and many new SAP components are built partially or fully in ABAP. - The impact of offshoring - Thomas gives his take on which SAP projects are better suited for outsourcing and which development projects are more effective to have in-house. Thomas doesn't believe that it makes sense to outsource all SAP development projects, and he goes on to describe some of the ways that SAP programmers can make their skills "outsourcing proof": don't build a "wall" between you and the rest of the team, keep up on your knowledge, stay visible, and become known as the person who learns the latest SAP technical tools and shares them with others. - Thomas shares the highlights of the SAP Composition Environment (CE), including the integration between CE and the Enterprise Services Repository (ESR), Visual Composer, Guided Procedures, and the other bells and whistles of this EE 5 environment. - What is the makeup of the ideal SAP project team? Thomas puts on his CIO hat and talks about the kinds of people he would put on his SAP technical project team. More than anything, he'd be looking for self-starters who aggressively educate themselves through their involvement with SDN and other learning communities. He'd want to see a mixture of Internet, Java, and ABAP skills on the team, but more important than specific tools is an SAP technical team that can adapt to the pace of innovation. - In terms of "soft" business skills, Thomas places a high value on those who get outside their cubicles and interact with the project team, making an effort to transfer knowledge to other team members. Thomas believes that you can't get away with being a "cubicle coder," anymore. If you aren't needed on site, then you run the risk of being outsourced. One way to differentiate yourself is to know enough about the business to be able to help business users define their requirements and what they want to accomplish technically. - Thomas explains why the latest batch of modeling tools are catching on and why modeling is having such an impact on SAP development. There are two types of modeling tools: those that help business users model processes on a higher level without needing to program (Visual Programmers), and those that help programmers reduce repetitive programming tasks (Web Dynpro for Java being one example, and other modeling tools added to the NetWeaver Developer Studio and the ABAP Workbench being other examples). - Jon asks Thomas about SAP's eSOA strategy and how it is impacting development. Thomas agrees that eSOA will allow companies to build Enterprise Services using the language and platform of their choice, but he also notes that SAP is building some of the best SOA development and consumption tools on the market. - Jon Franke of SearchSAP asks Thomas about how business users can get more involved in these trends, and Thomas points out the BPX community, and how business users can get involved in a variety of ways, including through BPX's industry vertical communities. - Jon points out that Thomas' "Update Your ABAP Skills to NetWeaver 7.0" seminar is available on the Virtual TechEd '07 track on SDN (for a fee), and Thomas shares the forward schedule for when this workshop will be held next. - Thomas wraps the podcast with a compelling argument to avoid career panic in the face of new SAP technologies. He makes the point that SAP developers should follow their passions, and when you are the best at what you do, that's an excellent way "outsource-proof" your skills.

In this podcast, Jon talks with Peter Scott of Traxion Consulting and gets his take on why the NetWeaver BI marketplace has picked up so much momentum. Jon asks Peter to explain how NetWeaver BI got so hot and the skills SAP BI professionals need to succeed in the BI field. Peter also shares the keys to staffing SAP BI projects and how SAP end users should approach their BI installs and upgrades. In this twenty-seven minute podcast, Jon and Peter cover a range of NetWeaver BI topics, including: - The role of Traxion consulting in the BI market and their focus on BI knowledge transfer. - The changing terminology of BW and BI and the transition from BW 3.5 to BI 7.0. - Jon asks Peter why the NetWeaver BI market is so hot right now. Peter explains that in a recent survey, 40 percent of all CIOs cited BI projects as their number one priority. Part of the issue is the explosion of data for all SAP customers, and they want to stay on top of this data to improve decision making based on facts. Also, because of Sarbanes-Oxley, companies installed BW and now they are looking for more ways of leveraging the data. - Part of the growth of BI is about the transition between ERP as a transaction-based system and the new role of ERP has a decision-making platform to extend reporting and business intelligence to users and executives. How to pull the ERP data out and use it has become a top corporate priority. - Peter explains the keys to BI training and bringing an internal team up to speed, to leave them in a better position after external consultants have left. Peter talks about the importance of custom SAP training with heavy hands-on involvement, and why it can be so much more effective than a standard "out of the box" training. - Jon asks Peter how SAP teams can overcome user resistance to job changes brought on by BI and how to get them excited about the new technology. Peter talks about the importance of getting management on board to improve buy-in of the system, and to recognize that there will be user resistance if SAP users are not brought into the loop with the changes that are pending. - Jon's theory is that BI is not just for specialists anymore. BI is a skill that all consultants can and should incorporate into their SAP skill set. Peter agrees, and talks about the how all R/3 and ECC consultants can add value to their clients by understanding the NetWeaver stack, and BI specifically, and how the ECC environment connects to the OLAP environment, in SAP Financials and many other areas. And you can also get a great niche in BI by including a functional focus with those skills. - Peter gives his take on the kinds of skills you want to have on a well-rounded BI team. A solid understanding of data modeling and data warehousing is key. ABAP is still important, and ABAP for BI is valuable also for writing user exits and function modules for BI. Even in the age of Web Reporting and the Java stack, ABAP is still relevant. HTML and Javascript are also useful for advanced programming and inserting code into the Web Application Designer. Peter also recommends Visual Composer skills, and Web Dynpro skills, as well as Object-Oriented programming skills. - Peter comments about some of the tools that are emerging in the BI space, including Visual Composer and Web Dynpro, as well as other tools that are extending the out-of-the-box functionality, including customized reports and better presentation options that also increase user buy-in through a better interface. Peter says that with the latest WebDynpro and Visual Composer presentation options, you can almost trick users into not realizing they are using SAP because it's so intuitive. - Jon asks Peter about BI implementation scenarios and common mistakes to avoid. Peter talks about companies spending insufficient time on design, planning, and user buy-in during the initial project stages. Understanding the company's user requirements is important to be able to identify the limitations of the system and plan accordingly. - Peter talks about the real ROI takeaways from a successful NetWeaver BI project. Peter shares the example of a project where they were able to identify 7 million dollars in unbilled revenue as a result of the BI tools. Peter also finds that a good BI project helps an SAP customer develop much clearer benchmarks and metrics for everyone understanding the keys to business success in their industry. - In terms of a real-life example of a KPI, Peter describes previous clients who did not know who their most profitable customers were, and how the BI implementation helped them to identify who those customers were. Or, alternately, a company that figured out that some of their products were too expensive based on the analysis of the raw materials through BI reports. - Jon asks Peter to talk about upgrade lessons to NetWeaver BI 7.0. Peter talks about the importance, once again, of pre-project planning, and what bugs you might run into during the conversion. Internal knowledge, training, and change management all play a role.

Continuing his ongoing podcast series with SearchSAP, Jon Reed interviews Marco ten Vaanholt, Global Director of the SAP BPX Community, for a compelling look at the changing SAP skill set and what it takes to become a "Business Process Expert." During the podcast, Marco describes his work with the SAP BPX community, and how BPX is working collectively to help define the skill set that SAP professionals will need to stay relevant on both the functional and technical side. Jon asked Marco to be on this podcast because during TechEd 2007, Marco's presentation on becoming an SAP Business Process Expert (BPE) provided the most practical "next steps" for how an SAP consultant can evolve their skills that Jon had yet seen. Marco came through on this podcast with an excellent overview of how the SAP market is changing, how BPX is supporting the SAP skills transition, and what consultants can do to keep their skills in line with the market. By the time the podcast is over, there is a clearer sense of how the SAP professional of today can involve themselves in the BPX community, honing their own skills while also contributing to SAP's product evolution. In this thirty-one minute interview, hosted by Jon Franke of SearchSAP, Jon and Marco talk about the following points: - How Marco got involved with SAP and how he wound up in his current role as the Global Director of the BPX community. - The origins of the SAP BPX community in 2006, and how it has achieved phenomenal growth (200,000 + members) through a grassroots approach to community building. Marco also shares the vision of BPX, the emergence of the industry forums, and the "horizontal and vertical" areas of BPX built around SAP's Business Suite, core ERP, and GRC products. - Marco explains why the BPX community has been so compelling to SAP professionals, by tapping into their desire to evolve into BPE (Business Process Expert) consultants and be better prepared for the eSOA era. - Marco also describes how the collaborative BPX community has also helped SAP partners reduce the "cost of ownership" around educating their consultants about eSOA. SAP customers have also turned to SAP BPX to help support their employees working on the SAP "Business Process Platform." - The SAP BPX community also influences SAP through its product management cycle. Marco explains how the SAP BPX world can serve as a feedback channel to SAP and also support the launch of new product initiatives going forward. - Jon asks Marco about the importance of the Business Process Expert (BPE), and why this person is going to be so important to the SAP implementations of the future. Marco shares the BPX community definition of the BPE: "This business process expert has both the business knowledge and IT savvy to make business process innovation happen in real time, by adapting, composing and executing business processes, using best practices, composition software, and enterprise services." - Marco explains that while there are many different definitions of BPEs, they most commonly describe themselves as having "one foot in IT, and one foot in business." Marco highlights the range of job roles that fit in under the Business Process Expert "umbrella role." - Jon brings up one of the most riveting aspects of Marco's TechEd presentation on becoming a BPE: the argument that both ABAP jobs and core functional configuration jobs are going to go away. Marco clarifies this point, and reframes the discussion to step back from the "shock value" of Jon's statement. Marco explains that ABAP and configuration jobs are not going to go away, but that it's important for all SAP professionals to acquire composition skills, especially technical consultants. - Marco talks about the evolving SAP Composition Environment (CE) and why both technical and functional SAP professionals will want to get experience with the CE going forward. He also hones in on the importance of "soft skills" and provides concrete examples of the types of "soft skills" that will be crucial, including industry expertise. - Marco emphasizes the importance of process modeling skills, and he mentions some of the modeling tools of today (Visio, Visual Composer, ARIS for NetWeaver) and tomorrow that both technical and functional SAP folks will want to get a handle on. - Jon and Marco agree that the "alarmist" view that the current SAP job roles are going away is not the right mindset. The right attitude is to make a commitment to transforming your skill set along with SAP. - Marco talks about other key skills of the "BPXer," including Business Process Management (BPM) methodology know-how and BPM tools like Six Sigma. He tells us why Web 2.0 and community-building skills are so important for the BPE, using blogging, wikis, and collaborative forums to "evangelize" your solutions throughout a global project. - Jon and Marco talk about how SAP professionals now have access to free resources to self-education. Since cost for training is not a barrier, it's more of a mindset shift: (1) getting access to new SAP technical information, and (2) joining communities like BPX to share "best practices" and lessons learned. - Marco makes some distinctions between sharing processes at "process level zero" versus "process level three," and why there is a difference between collaborating on "commoditized processes" versus working on more "disruptive" or strategic (level three) areas. This latter type of collaboration would likely take place in a closed area and shared with the broader community as appropriate. - Jon asks Marco about how today's "SAP functional configuration expert" and "SAP application consultant" of the present needs to evolve to become a BPE. Marco explains how the CE and other Business Process Platform modeling tools will change the relationship between functional and technical teams. He also talks about eSOA, and how, alongside the Enterprise Architect, the functional specialist will be working with SAP eSOA resources like the Enterprise Services Repository.   - Jon Franke asks Marco about how to improve your soft skills, and Marco gives a "big picture" response that starts with how you carry yourself on client sites and work with executives and project teams, and goes on to include various areas of formal and informal education such as organizational change management, process modeling tools, Web 2.0 technologies, and Enterprise SOA. - Jon tries to put Marco on the spot by asking him to explain how the "disruptive innovation" he is advocating can exist alongside of SAP's customer message of "innovation without disruption." Marco explains that there is not a contradiction because the kind of innovation he is advocating takes place in a closed environment that does not involve disrupting the transactional system. - Marco also explains that the distinction between commodity processes and strategic processes comes into play when understanding the cycle of disruptive innovation. He uses the example of Nike's product rollouts and the cycle of innovation in the mobile technology space to describe the difference. - Marco issues a formal invitation for all listeners to get involved with the SAP BPX community. There is a robust "getting started" area to get new members involved quickly with the issues and projects that the BPX community is tackling. Marco also highlights the SAP upgrades area within SAP BPX as a great resource for project teams. - Jon wraps the podcast by talking about the shifting trends in SAP employment, and how it's easy to end this podcast because the next step is to sign up with SAP BPX and get further involved in your SAP skills transformation.

This is Jon Reed's "roaming podcast" from SAP TechEd '07, Day 4. Get Jon's unscripted reactions to the last full day of TechEd '07, including key info on SAP skills trends, becoming a Business Process Expert, and Jon's conference wrap. In this podcast, Jon ties together the themes he covered throughout SAP TechEd '07. Recorded right on the spot in conference rooms and hotel lobbies, Jon's TechEd podcast series puts the technology trends of TechEd '07 in the context of the skills SAP professionals will need to succeed. For the Day 4 podcast, Jon breaks down his "instant reactions" to technical themes such as eSOA, mashups, Web 2.0, BI, and becoming a Business Process Expert, and he comments on the SAP skills gap in these areas and how they will be filled. Topics in this part of the podcast include: - Which SAP skills sets are becoming commoditized and what the skills growth areas are. - A view of the "SAP skills of the future" but also a consideration of the skills needs of the present, and how SAP consultants should balance the two. - Why Jon is changing his stance from consultants needing to have an 80/20 technical-functional mix (one way or the other) to a 50/50 skills mix, which Jon thinks might be the ideal in the future. - Jon's reflections on the workshop on "Becoming a Business Process Expert" (BPE) and the tools that technical and functional consultants can pursue to becoming a BPE. - Jon explains why he divides SAP customers into three distinct groups and what he sees as the project priorities of each group - The different versions of NetWeaver that are coming out, and the conflicting information that SAP representatives gave Jon at TechEd about when certain releases and features were becoming available. Jon talks about the pending release of NetWeaver 7.1, and the questions about when SAP PI (Process Integration), Enterprise Services Repository (ESR), and NetWeaver CE (Composition Environment). - Jon covers why ABAP is not dead, and talks about the different conversations he had with folks from SAP Labs about how ABAP fits into SAP's NetWeaver plans. Jon gives his take on why ABAP is still part of SAP's plans, based on facts such as: the ABAP Workbench is still part of NetWeaver, that the PI component is partially built on ABAP, and that while the CE does not have ABAP, there are many ABAP-related tools still supported in NetWeaver, such as WebDynpro for ABAP and MDM for ABAP. - Jon talks about the different SAP modeling tools that are going to change the nature of SAP development and give business users a greater opportunity to get involved in development using visual modeling tools like Visual Composer, Aris for NetWeaver, and the upcoming SAP Eclipse Development tool. Jon talks about why he thinks this new generation of modeling tools is a big deal, and finally gives some teeth to the "extend the enterprise" ERP movement which actually began in the late '90s, but did not have the technical capabilities to really support it. - Jon wraps his four part podcast series on TechEd with a review of the conference as a whole and the bottom line implications for SAP professionals.

This is Jon Reed's "roaming podcast" from SAP TechEd '07, Day 3. Follow Jon as he tries to get some straight answers on the upcoming NetWeaver releases and looks more closely at the Business Process Expert skill set of the future. As always, Jon tries to not only identify the key technical trends, but to move the conversation into the question of skills - who will fill these new SAP roles, and what types of backgrounds will they need? Jon asked SAP executives these questions. Listen to the podcast series to find out the answers he was given and what he thought of those answers. Day 3 of the podcast series is Jon's review of his attempts to get SAP product reps on the same page with the exact release dates of NetWeaver 7.1 and what functionality will be included in each incarnation. Jon found more mixed messages than agreement, but he was able to learn some information about the upcoming NetWeaver 7.1 components (PI, ESR, CE) and what their release dates are likely to be. He also asked a lot of questions about the future of ABAP, and found out the ABAP is indeed included in a number of NetWeaver components, and so is far from dead. Jon talks about the innovations he encountered on Day 3 in the NetWeaver BI space, including the integration of Web 2.0 mashups using SAP BI and best-of-breed content providers. Jon shares some of the tools needed to do this work that might be worth adding to the skill set including MDX and the BI XMLA connector. He also talks about the power of Visual Composer as proven in the hands-on demonstrations he attended in this area. Fresh off an evening at a hosted bar event where the best conversations always happen, Jon shares what he learned from the SAP customers at the event about where they were at with their implementations and whether they viewed eSOA as real or hype. Jon talked about the kinds of skills these companies are hiring, how much they train internally and the challenges they face hiring consultants on the open market. Towards the end of the Day 3 wrap, Jon explains his new belief that there are really three types of SAP customers right now: eSOA leaders, eSOA followers, and those who could care less. Jon talks about the challenges a market faces when customers have such different needs.

This is Jon Reed's "roaming podcast" from SAP TechEd '07, Day 2. Follow John through his frank reactions to the keynotes and press conferences, and get his quick reactions to the closed interview sessions Jon conducted, such as his group interview with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka. As always, Jon tries to not only identify the key technical trends, but to move the conversation into the question of skills - who will fill these new SAP roles, and what types of backgrounds will they need? Jon asked SAP executives these questions. Listen to the podcast series to find out the answers he was given and what he thought of those answers. For the Day 2 podcast, the longest day of TechEd and the longest podcast in the series, Jon reacts to the executive keynotes and closed interview sessions he attended. Editor's note: In the Day 2 podcast, Jon expresses some confusion that some attendees had about SAP Business By Design (BBD) and whether it was replacing A1S or was a separate product. It was later confirmed that BBD is in fact the same product as A1S, which is known as BBD going forward. Reactions to Day 2 include: - Responses to the keynote by Peter Zencke and friends, including the surprising emphasis on BBD as a big news item of the day. - Jon talks about how this whole idea of "business network transformation" is really the same "extending the enterprise" talk SAP vendors have been pushing since the '90s, but that eSOA may finally give some technical teeth to the vision. - Jon covers the latest SAP product innovations pushed during the keynote, including the SAP switch framework, the ES Workplace on SDN, and the ESR (Enterprise Services Repository). He also talks about the modeling tools that were demonstrated and the potential impact of the new Visual Composer, the new CE (Composition Environment), and the Eclipse development environment. Jon also notes the surprising lack of BI talk during the keynote, except for the BI Accelerator. - Jon shares his reaction to the press conference after the keynote, where he posed the question of how the skills gap acknowledged by Peter Zencke was going to be filled. The executives on the panel noted an immediate demand for SAP Enterprise Architects and Business Process Experts. Jon gives his take on what he thought of these answers. - Peter Zencke talked about how SAP customers are using SDN for training, and Jon notes the emphasis SAP is giving on training that goes beyond the classroom. - Fresh back from his interview session with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka, Jon shares Vishal's take on SAP as a development platform, and whether he thinks ABAP is dead. Jon explains why Vishal thinks core functional and technical SAP skills will become commoditized. He shares Vishal's memorable quote on eSOA: "eSOA is a way to explain to management what APIs are." (Vishal was basically noting the eSOA simplifies the integration discussion in a way that management can understand and appreciate as a business case. -Jon also talks about Vishal's point that "service-enabling" the entire SAP product line is a complex undertaking. For example, the Financials area of SAP is a high-stakes area that can get an executive in a jail cell if the right regulatory and compliance procedures (SAP GRC) are not followed. Jon explains why Vishal still believes in the power of eSOA despite these security challenges. - Jon wraps the Day 2 podcast with reflections on a presentation from Cardinal Health on hands-on SAP eSOA lessons. Jon notes that the speaker, Brent Stutz of Cardinal Health, makes a good summary of "lessons learned" from eSOA, including doing the work of defining who owns the data. Jon also notes the point made during the session that SAP developed its Enterprise Services roadmap by taking the TOGAF industry standard SOA roadmap and adding some business processes to it.