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May 22, 2018
Adobe Are the New Owners of Magento
Adobe has just purchased Magento for $1.68 billion.
This deal is not a big surprise. People were predicting it a couple years ago, when Magento started partnering with Adobe. Karen Baker, a figurehead in the Magneto Community, wrote that the community had been expecting something like this.
This also isn't the first time Magento has been sold. Back in 2011, Magento was sold to eBay. That deal is generally considered to be a failure, and eBay sold Magento in 2015. Hopefully, Adobe will turn out to be better owners of Magento than eBay.
Let's look at this deal from several angles ...
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This deal is not a big surprise. People were predicting it a couple years ago, when Magento started partnering with Adobe. Karen Baker, a figurehead in the Magneto Community, wrote that the community had been expecting something like this.
This also isn't the first time Magento has been sold. Back in 2011, Magento was sold to eBay. That deal is generally considered to be a failure, and eBay sold Magento in 2015. Hopefully, Adobe will turn out to be better owners of Magento than eBay.
Let's look at this deal from several angles ...
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May 21, 2018
What are Website Internationalization and Localization?
In we look at some of the fundamental technologies that allow multilingual websites to exist.
One of the most important is internationalization, which is is often abbreviated as i18n. If that sounds like a strange abbreviation it was chosen because "internationalization" is such a difficult word to spell. Look carefully at "internationalization" and you'll see there are 18 letters between the I and the N.
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One of the most important is internationalization, which is is often abbreviated as i18n. If that sounds like a strange abbreviation it was chosen because "internationalization" is such a difficult word to spell. Look carefully at "internationalization" and you'll see there are 18 letters between the I and the N.
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May 15, 2018
How to Add WordPress Guest Authors to Your Posts
Do you accept guest blog posts on your WordPress site?
It's a great way to drive traffic to your site, improve your SEO, and create connections with other bloggers.
However, by default, everyone who writes on your WordPress site has to have a user account. So to accept a guest author post, you need to create a user account that the author may never use.
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It's a great way to drive traffic to your site, improve your SEO, and create connections with other bloggers.
However, by default, everyone who writes on your WordPress site has to have a user account. So to accept a guest author post, you need to create a user account that the author may never use.
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How to Add Guest Authors to WordPress Posts
Do you accept guest blog posts on your WordPress site?
It's a great way to drive traffic to your site, improve your SEO, and create connections with other bloggers.
However, by default, everyone who writes on your WordPress site has to have a user account. So to accept a guest author post, you need to create a user account that the author may never use.
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It's a great way to drive traffic to your site, improve your SEO, and create connections with other bloggers.
However, by default, everyone who writes on your WordPress site has to have a user account. So to accept a guest author post, you need to create a user account that the author may never use.
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May 14, 2018
Top 8 Alternatives to Google PageSpeed Insights Tool
PageSpeed Insights is a great website speed testing tool from Google.
Millions of webmasters across the globe use it on a daily basis to measure performance and loading speed of their sites.
When it comes to testing, you may want to diversify your toolset though.
In this blog post, you will look at the top eight alternatives to Google's PageSpeed Insights.
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Millions of webmasters across the globe use it on a daily basis to measure performance and loading speed of their sites.
When it comes to testing, you may want to diversify your toolset though.
In this blog post, you will look at the top eight alternatives to Google's PageSpeed Insights.
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How to Find and Translate WordPress Plugins
If you're building a multilingual WordPress site, there are four things you need to find translations for:
The WordPress core
Your content
Your theme
Your plugins
In a previous tutorial, we took a look at how to find a multilingual theme. In this guide, we're going to take a look at how to find multilingual plugins. Not every plugin has been translated or is capable of being translated.
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The WordPress core
Your content
Your theme
Your plugins
In a previous tutorial, we took a look at how to find a multilingual theme. In this guide, we're going to take a look at how to find multilingual plugins. Not every plugin has been translated or is capable of being translated.
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How to Find a Translatable WordPress Plugin
If you're building a multilingual WordPress site, there are four things you need to find translations for:
The WordPress core
Your content
Your theme
Your plugins
In a previous tutorial, we took a look at how to find a multilingual theme. In this guide, we're going to take a look at how to find multilingual plugins. Not every plugin has been translated or is capable of being translated.
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The WordPress core
Your content
Your theme
Your plugins
In a previous tutorial, we took a look at how to find a multilingual theme. In this guide, we're going to take a look at how to find multilingual plugins. Not every plugin has been translated or is capable of being translated.
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May 10, 2018
Easy Updates Should be Drupal's Top Priority
Drupal is having another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad time.
Two new security issues, named "Drupalgeddon 2" and "Drupalgeddon 3", have resulted in widespread problems. These latest issues resulted in cryptocurrency mining hacks to a number of high-profile sites, including several run by US federal agencies.
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Two new security issues, named "Drupalgeddon 2" and "Drupalgeddon 3", have resulted in widespread problems. These latest issues resulted in cryptocurrency mining hacks to a number of high-profile sites, including several run by US federal agencies.
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Drupal: Auto-Update or Die
Drupal is having another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad time.
The tech news is full of talk about "Drupalgeddon 2" and "Drupalgeddon 3". The latest issues resulted in cryptocurrency mining hacks to a number of high-profile sites, including several run by US federal agencies.
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The tech news is full of talk about "Drupalgeddon 2" and "Drupalgeddon 3". The latest issues resulted in cryptocurrency mining hacks to a number of high-profile sites, including several run by US federal agencies.
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Updated Class: How to Use WooCommerce
WooCommerce is probably your best choice for eCommerce in WordPress.
WooCommerce is hugely popular and now powers over 40% of all online stores. It is so commonly used that WooCommerce was purchased by Automattic and Matt Mullenweg back in 2015. This might be controversial to say, but it is close to being the "official" WordPress eCommerce plugin.
In this week's video release, Rod Martin updates our WooCommerce class. This class is now over 30 videos long and covers every aspect of getting started with WooCommerce.
The lessons are based on the WooCommerce Explained book. Join OSTraining today and you'll get access to both the books and videos.
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WooCommerce is hugely popular and now powers over 40% of all online stores. It is so commonly used that WooCommerce was purchased by Automattic and Matt Mullenweg back in 2015. This might be controversial to say, but it is close to being the "official" WordPress eCommerce plugin.
In this week's video release, Rod Martin updates our WooCommerce class. This class is now over 30 videos long and covers every aspect of getting started with WooCommerce.
The lessons are based on the WooCommerce Explained book. Join OSTraining today and you'll get access to both the books and videos.
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