Recently, Khuram Malik, a marketing strategist, wrote a blistering takedown of WordPress. He basically called it a relic, an unwieldy clunker, vulnerable to competition once people realized it sucked. Chris Lema, an authority in the WordPress community and someone whose blog I read each week, … [Read more...] about Is WordPress Over the Hill?
The other day, a friend learned that I worked in WordPress, the technology that powers Evermore. They said they loved WordPress except for that one time their site got hacked. She and her husband started a WordPress blog together shortly after they were married to share their lives with family … [Read more...] about Bears and WordPress Security
When was the last time you were deeply motivated to do something positive because you felt ashamed? Ashamed that you did something naive or downright silly because you didn't know any better? Embarrassed because more experienced people mocked you instead of quietly … [Read more...] about Your Work is Bad and You Should Feel Bad
Last week, we added some great features to Evermore that every customer automatically received in addition to updating WordPress to the brand new 4.0 version, which powers every site. Check out what’s new! Native Lead Tracking, Opt-ins, and CRM Activity Tracking Now, you can see the activity of … [Read more...] about Native CRM, Form Entry Improvements, and WordPress 4.0
There is no perfect content management system. In fact, forget being perfect for everyone—there's no perfect CMS for you, either. That's just not the way it works. There's a best solution for you, but it may not be the best overall. There may be a best solution in certain categories, but it may … [Read more...] about CMS Management Systems
Sometimes, sites can get overloaded with spam comments—thousands per day. Whether this is the case, or you've just never emptied out your spam comments on a big site, you can end up with too many to trash. This is due to some restrictions to the amount of data that can be sent along with a … [Read more...] about Bulk Remove Spam Comments in WordPress
Creating websites visually—without coding—is a reality today. Tools have advanced significantly. The concerns over code quality are, at least, diminishing. You can now work with WordPress themes and plugins that will let you "drag and drop" elements of the layout. Building and customizing design … [Read more...] about The Inherent Issue with Visual Website Builders
Here's a quick tip for WordPress theme developers that seems to be a bit buried in the Codex. If you wanted to add a class to the
element based on the page template being used, you can't just go straight for the (usually helpful) is_page_template() function. It can't be used inside The … [Read more...] about Add a Class Conditionally for WordPress Page Templates