WordPress

WordPress is a content management system (CMS) powered by PHP, MySQL and JavaScript. WordPress is the world’s leading system to create websites and blogs. Currently, approximately 38% of all the content on the web was built with WordPress.

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Threads: ActivityPub and WordPress

Threads: ActivityPub and WordPress

Meta has released a new microblogging app: Threads. It leverages the user base of Instagram and the users’ followers to pre-build an audience for new members. This may be an excellent antidote to the death spiral of Twitter. How does it work with WordPress?

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Why We Like Combining Divi and ACF

Why We Like Combining Divi and ACF

I want to show you how we can use ACF and Toolset to insert dynamic content into our text editor. With ACF, we can easily find available fields and insert them into our content. We can also enable raw HTML to display content verbatim. Toolset works similarly, but it drops in shortcodes instead. However, the Divi builder can sometimes have trouble with inserting shortcodes, so I approach this cautiously. Overall, using ACF and Toolset can help us easily populate ACF elements and add styling to...

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What’s the difference between posts and pages in WordPress?

What’s the difference between posts and pages in WordPress?

In WordPress, posts and pages are two of the most common content types. Posts are typically used for blog entries, news updates, and other types of content that are time-sensitive and frequently updated. Pages, on the other hand, are used for more static content, such as an About Us page or a Contact page.

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Linking Gravity Forms to BuddyPress Forums

I was posed with problem: make BuddyPress forum topics from a Gravity Forms form submission. Turning Gravity Form submissions into posts isn't a big party trick-- that is built in. What doesn't work, is the linkage to a particular forum as a new topic. So: I did some hacking (see the code below). I made a gravity form I have it posting to the post_type for topics I put in a hidden value with the label of "forum_id" and the number for that forum id as the default value for the hidden value I...

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Hiring a Webmaster vs. Retaining a Web Management Company

Hiring a Webmaster vs. Retaining a Web Management Company

According to data from the Canada's Job Bank, the median hourly wage for web developers in Canada is $30.50. That works out to an annual salary of around $63,000 based on a full-time work week. It's important to consider other costs associated with hiring an employee: benefits, training, and employment insurance. These costs can add significantly to the overall cost of putting a full-time webmaster on staff. It's important to carefully consider the costs and benefits of hiring a webmaster on...

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Turning the Clock, One More Time (Daylight Savings Time) 

On November 1, many provinces and territories across Canada may be turning the clock back an hour for the last time. Before automation in technology, we were required to remember two special dates that required the hard labour of changing our clocks by an hour. This quirked its way into two sayings we’ve engraved into our brains “Spring Forward” and “Fall Back” - a way to depict which direction to move the hour based on the season.  However, even with technology advancements that meant...

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It’s 2021: These Are Seven “Features” That Shouldn’t Cost Extra

  When it comes to web design, there are many designers and packages available. Various players in the web industry have tried to differentiate themselves with new features and buzzwords - but how many of these “premium features” are actually standard? In many cases, your provider may be artificially throttling a feature they get for free, or in unlimited supply, just to turn around and sell it to you as something special. When looking for your next website design, make sure that you are...

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