Atarim to Host 4th Annual Virtual Web Agency Summit April 25-28

Atarim is hosting its 4th annual Web Agency Summit from April 25-28. The virtual event is geared towards web agencies and WordPress professionals, with topics focused on web trends, scaling an agency or freelance business, attracting high-paying clients, and building recurring revenue. Web Agency Summit was born out of the organizers’ frustration with the first WordCamp Asia getting canceled at the beginning of the pandemic. “When WordCamp Asia was first canceled, I had a lot of thoughts, of course,” ScaleMath founder Alex Panagis s . . . [More]

Atarim to Host 4th Annual Virtual Web Agency Summit April 25-28

Atarim is hosting its 4th annual Web Agency Summit from April 25-28. The virtual event is geared towards web agencies and WordPress professionals, with topics focused on web trends, scaling an agency or freelance business, attracting high-paying clients, and building recurring revenue. Web Agency Summit was born out of the organizers’ frustration with the first WordCamp Asia getting canceled at the beginning of the pandemic. “When WordCamp Asia was first canceled, I had a lot of thoughts, of course,” ScaleMath founder Alex Panagis s . . . [More]

WordPress Contributors Continue Exploring Migration of Public and Private Messages from Slack to Mat

In early 2023, WordPress and Matrix contributors proposed a new Meta team subproject to explore replacing Slack communication with Matrix, an open source federated chat system. After the team’s most recent meeting, Automattic-sponsored contributor Alex Kirk published an update on the status of recent experiments in migration. After researching more on migrating public messages, Kirk said the team is now evaluating whether the Apache-2.0 licensed Slack Matrix migration tool could work for this project. “It operates on Slack export . . . [More]

WordPress Contributors Continue Exploring Migration of Public and Private Messages from Slack to Mat

In early 2023, WordPress and Matrix contributors proposed a new Meta team subproject to explore replacing Slack communication with Matrix, an open source federated chat system. After the team’s most recent meeting, Automattic-sponsored contributor Alex Kirk published an update on the status of recent experiments in migration. After researching more on migrating public messages, Kirk said the team is now evaluating whether the Apache-2.0 licensed Slack Matrix migration tool could work for this project. “It operates on Slack export . . . [More]

why is my air conditioner freezing up?

Little is more troubling than seeing ice on the air conditioning system in your home. With warmer weather on its way here, we know how important it is to have a functional cooling system you can depend on all summer. When you turn to our heating and cooling experts for assistance with your frozen air conditioning system, we will perform a thorough inspection, diagnose the problem, and make recommendations on how you can prevent this issue from happening again. Some of the most common reasons your air conditioning system may freeze include: Poor . . . [More]

why is my air conditioner freezing up?

Little is more troubling than seeing ice on the air conditioning system in your home. With warmer weather on its way here, we know how important it is to have a functional cooling system you can depend on all summer. When you turn to our heating and cooling experts for assistance with your frozen air conditioning system, we will perform a thorough inspection, diagnose the problem, and make recommendations on how you can prevent this issue from happening again. Some of the most common reasons your air conditioning system may freeze include: Poor . . . [More]

BuddyPress to Host Virtual Contributor Day on April 20

Representatives of the BuddyPress core team will be hosting a contributor day alongside the French WordPress Community Contributor Day in Paris on April 20, 2023. This in-person event has filled up its registration and posted its schedule already, but BuddyPress core developer Mathieu Viet is inviting people to join online to contribute to BuddyPress. “As we’re currently working on a very ambitious 12.0 release with the main goal of migrating from our Legacy URL parser to using the WordPress Rewrite API, there are many areas getting you . . . [More]

BuddyPress to Host Virtual Contributor Day on April 20

Representatives of the BuddyPress core team will be hosting a contributor day alongside the French WordPress Community Contributor Day in Paris on April 20, 2023. This in-person event has filled up its registration and posted its schedule already, but BuddyPress core developer Mathieu Viet is inviting people to join online to contribute to BuddyPress. “As we’re currently working on a very ambitious 12.0 release with the main goal of migrating from our Legacy URL parser to using the WordPress Rewrite API, there are many areas getting you . . . [More]

WCEU 2023 Announces Free Childcare and Workshop for Kids

Preparations for WordCamp Europe (WCEU) 2023 in Athens are moving forward as the team will soon be contacting speakers selected for the event. Organizers have launched a Speaker Support Program aimed at encouraging more diversity on stage by connecting speakers with companies that are willing to financially support them. WCEU has also opened registration for Contributor Day, which will take place on June 8, kicking off the event. Those who are unable attend in person can join in the #contributor-day channel on Slack as well as the specific c . . . [More]

WCEU 2023 Announces Free Childcare and Workshop for Kids

Preparations for WordCamp Europe (WCEU) 2023 in Athens are moving forward as the team will soon be contacting speakers selected for the event. Organizers have launched a Speaker Support Program aimed at encouraging more diversity on stage by connecting speakers with companies that are willing to financially support them. WCEU has also opened registration for Contributor Day, which will take place on June 8, kicking off the event. Those who are unable attend in person can join in the #contributor-day channel on Slack as well as the specific c . . . [More]

WooCommerce 7.6 Introduces Single Product Details Block and “Add to Cart” Form Block

WooCommerce 7.6 was released today with two new blocks merged from the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. The Single Product Details block and the “Add to Cart” Form block are now available to store owners who want to use the Site Editor to design their own Single Product Templates. Along with the button, the “Add to Cart” form block will automatically display additional options, depending on if the product has a set available quantity or variations. image credit: WooCommerce 7.6 release post In templates where store owners are displa . . . [More]

WooCommerce 7.6 Introduces Single Product Details Block and “Add to Cart” Form Block

WooCommerce 7.6 was released today with two new blocks merged from the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. The Single Product Details block and the “Add to Cart” Form block are now available to store owners who want to use the Site Editor to design their own Single Product Templates. Along with the button, the “Add to Cart” form block will automatically display additional options, depending on if the product has a set available quantity or variations. image credit: WooCommerce 7.6 release post In templates where store owners are displa . . . [More]

Yoast SEO 20.5 Drops Support for PHP 5.6, 7.0, and 7.1

Yoast SEO 20.5 was released this week with several security fixes and an improved Google SERP preview. The preview shows mobile and desktop snippets with Google’s current styling so users can see exactly how their snippets will look and tweak how they optimize them for Google Search results. Another highlight of this release is that Yoast SEO has dropped compatibility with PHP 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1. The plugin now requires PHP 7.2.5 or higher (along with WP 6.0). While this may seem extreme at first glance, approximately 89.9% of WordPress . . . [More]

Yoast SEO 20.5 Drops Support for PHP 5.6, 7.0, and 7.1

Yoast SEO 20.5 was released this week with several security fixes and an improved Google SERP preview. The preview shows mobile and desktop snippets with Google’s current styling so users can see exactly how their snippets will look and tweak how they optimize them for Google Search results. Another highlight of this release is that Yoast SEO has dropped compatibility with PHP 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1. The plugin now requires PHP 7.2.5 or higher (along with WP 6.0). While this may seem extreme at first glance, approximately 89.9% of WordPress . . . [More]

#71 – Nathan Ingram on How To Manage Contracts With Your WordPress Clients

Transcription [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case how to manage your website client contracts. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to WPTavern.com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast players. . . . [More]

#71 – Nathan Ingram on How To Manage Contracts With Your WordPress Clients

Transcription [00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case how to manage your website client contracts. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to WPTavern.com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast players. . . . [More]

WordPress Gears Up for 2nd Women and Nonbinary Release Squad

WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy is coordinating a second women and nonbinary release squad for the 6.4 release, which is anticipated to land in November 2023. In 2020, WordPress 5.6 “Simone” was led by an all-women and non-binary identifying release squad, a first in WordPress’ history, and Haden Chomphosy is proposing the project go for it again. “Having a release squad comprised of folx we don’t typically see in technology also has a goal of increasing the number of underrepresented people who have experience . . . [More]

WordPress Gears Up for 2nd Women and Nonbinary Release Squad

WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy is coordinating a second women and nonbinary release squad for the 6.4 release, which is anticipated to land in November 2023. In 2020, WordPress 5.6 “Simone” was led by an all-women and non-binary identifying release squad, a first in WordPress’ history, and Haden Chomphosy is proposing the project go for it again. “Having a release squad comprised of folx we don’t typically see in technology also has a goal of increasing the number of underrepresented people who have experience . . . [More]

Chocolate Easter gift sets

At Lazar’s, our chocolate Easter gift sets are perfect for anyone who enjoys sweet treats. These sets come with various chocolate and candy, including foil-wrapped bunnies, chocolate eggs, jelly beans and more. And the best part of this gift set is no more messy grass or wicker. All chocolate is handmade and packaged with care right in our store.  Easter isn’t the only holiday we are celebrating this month. We also have created delicious treats for Passover. These goodies include chocolate Passover frogs, seder plates, a Star of David pop, . . . [More]

Chocolate Easter gift sets

At Lazar’s, our chocolate Easter gift sets are perfect for anyone who enjoys sweet treats. These sets come with various chocolate and candy, including foil-wrapped bunnies, chocolate eggs, jelly beans and more. And the best part of this gift set is no more messy grass or wicker. All chocolate is handmade and packaged with care right in our store.  Easter isn’t the only holiday we are celebrating this month. We also have created delicious treats for Passover. These goodies include chocolate Passover frogs, seder plates, a Star of David pop, . . . [More]