Even though people are refraining from gathering in groups right now, there are still lots of ways you can continue your WordPress education and get your WordPress community fix. Mr. Rogers is often quoted during hard times: When I was a boy and I would see scary things…
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WebDevStudios Company News – March
There is always a lot happening in the world of WordPress and at WebDevStudios (WDS). We thought it would be great to share what’ s been going on at WDS lately. wd_s Theme Generator New Look Take a look at the makeover our design team gave our wd_s theme…
Continuing Your WordPress Education from Home
Out of respect to the current health crisis, WordCamps across the globe are being canceled or postponed. However, your passion to continue your WordPress education doesn’ t have to come to a grinding halt. There are still ways to beef up your knowledge while isolated at home. From…
5 Ways to Make Your WordPress Site More Accessible
Why You Should Care About Accessibility An accessible website means serving everyone equally. Those with some form of vision impairment are just as capable of doing business with you as any other user. An accessible website means it is properly designed and coded in such a way that…
Look for WDS at WordCamp Lancaster!
UPDATE (March 11, 2020): WordCamp Lancaster has now been cancelled. WebDevStudios has chosen to keep this blog post up in order to share the passion for WordCamps that our team has. WordCamp events are already pretty special. Each one is an opportunity to expand one’ s knowledge, connect with…
Speed Up Your Development with Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio (VS) Code was released on April 29, 2015 by Microsoft. In a very short time, it has taken the coding world by storm. As of 2020, nearly 51% of developers claim to use it as their primary development environment. This, in itself, is shocking. When…
Five for the Future Fever
At WebDevStudios (WDS), our passion for giving back to WordPress is at fever pitch. Whether we’ re working on a plugin, developing a WordCamp talk, tackling support tickets, or mentoring others, our team members are on a constant mission to pay it forward and do something selfless for WordPress….
Heading to WordCamp Miami? So Is WDS!
Welcome to Miami— WordCamp Miami, that is! This annual WordPress conference is happening this weekend, February 28-March 1, 2020, and we have two WebDevStudios (WDS) team members who will there to experience all that this popular WordPress conference has to offer. They are Brad Williams, WDS…
How to Build Design Systems for WordPress
What is a design system? If you’ ve never heard of a design system before, you’ re not alone. For those of us not dabbling in graphic design or pursuing it as a career, you can think of it essentially as a design template for websites. A design system sets…
How to Fix These 5 Common WordPress Errors
Do these sound familiar? White screen of death. Locked out of the admin. 404 not found. 500 internal server error. I could go on and on, but these are some of the most common errors and issues you will encounter when dealing with a WordPress website. So, if…
Product Transparency: Displaying Ingredients on Your Consumer Goods Website
Product transparency simply means being open and honest about the ingredients in your consumer packaged goods (CPG). Growing up, I was never concerned with the ingredients in products. I consumed a lot of food and used a lot of skin and hair products that weren’t good for my…
5 Steps to Migrating Your WordPress Site
Is your website running slower than a puppy pulling a freight train? For first steps to remedy the situation, check out our blog post on Diagnosing a Slow WordPress Site. If your site is still running slow, it might be time to consider migrating your website to…
Going to WordCamp Phoenix? Let’s Play
So hot that it’ s sold out, WordCamp Phoenix 2020 takes place tomorrow and Saturday (February 7-9). If you are among the lucky attendees who nabbed a ticket prior to the event selling out, keep on the lookout for Senior Backend Engineer, Aubrey Portwood, who will be in…
Look Who Joined Our Team!
After working with some of the top WordPress companies in the community, such as Pagely, Pantheon, Valet, cPanel, and SkyVerge, Alex Juchniewicz has joined WebDevStudios (WDS) as the Technical Project Manager at our WordPress maintenance and support division, Maintainn. “ I feel that I’ve had an extremely amazing career…
Diagnosing a Slow WordPress Site
Sluggish Website So, your WordPress website is running slow? Back in 2014, the average user would wait up to five seconds for a website to load before abandoning your website. Just a few short years later, that number is now under three seconds. Failure to provide a fast…
3 Design Tips for Call-to-Action Buttons
Let’s start by briefly defining what a call to action is. A call to action, commonly referred to as CTA, can describe any piece of content on your website that you want users to take action on. This could be a simple “Read More” link on a blog…
Project Leadership: What’s In a Name?
At WebDevStudios (WDS) we take pride in the team we put together to help our clients achieve success. Putting together a successful web development team is similar to putting together a winning sports team. There are the players, team coaches, head coach, and team owner. Although…
Successfully Leading a Remote Work Team
Here at WebDevStudios (WDS), we are passionate about WordPress, the success of our clients, and remote work. Being a completely distributed company, we have the opportunity to hire the best of the best regardless of location because we work from home. While distributed employees are the future, a…
Using Technology for Crisis Management
What Is a Crisis? A crisis is a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger. By this definition, a crisis one faces can be as simple as being short-staffed one night to an extreme of requiring emergency response to a tragic event. When presented with a crisis, how…
Staying Organized Professionally
Have you ever woken up from a dead sleep thinking, “Did I send out that status report?” or “What was I supposed to do from last Friday’s team meeting?” There’ s nothing like the fear of being unorganized to disrupt your rest. In this article, I will give some…
