This is the August 2020 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” Hello WordPress-ers! Welcome back to another roundup of news from our community. Starting with this edition, we’re changing the format of the post a little bit but you’ll still be getting the same amount of information as before.
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It’s essential to have an arsenal of eCommerce tools to expand your business and invest in its growth. However, deciding on the exact best eCommerce tools depends on the maturity of your business. For our recommendations, we’ll start with tools that assist in launching a store (for beginners) and expand to eCommerce tools for scaling (more advanced).
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There’s a lot that goes into managing your website. You can carry out many of the tasks necessary to keep your installation running smoothly from an admin dashboard, but there are some situations where you’ll need to access your server directly. By choosing cPanel hosting, you get one of the most comprehensive and user-friendly server control panels on the market.
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At first glance, location doesn’t seem to matter much when it comes to choosing a web host. Other factors, like cost, seem more important. But will an international company really provide the same quality of service that you can get from the best Canadian web hosting companies?
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Most call centers run on fully cloud-based software these days. The main advantage of this is that you can have your operators log in from anywhere and get to work right away. At least that’s what the very best call center software offers you.
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If you’re looking for a gentle introduction to using the Fetch API, a modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest-based Ajax-driven pages, this is the place to start!
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DigitalOcean has transformed the way teams and individual developers host apps and other web dev projects. It’s a unique form of hosting that removes the need to manage your own development infrastructure through powerful and reliable cloud hosting. DigitalOcean has also made this unique form of hosting more affordable. Why would anyone need DigitalOcean alternatives then?
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Trying to figure out how to move a website to a new host without breaking anything, causing downtime or any other issues that could hurt your Google rankings? As with any move, moving your site to a new host can feel a little daunting, especially if you haven’t done it before. However, it doesn’t have to be, and with the tutorial that we’ll share in this post, you should be able to move virtually any website to a new host.
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One of the best ways to improve your business’ ROI, retain customers, and improve conversions overall is by using a customer relationship management (CRM) solution. A CRM can handle a number of tasks for you. From communicating with prospective clients, getting them on board, sending proposals, to collecting historical data, and analyzing the client life cycle. This can all help build better relationships with your clients and help your business grow.
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This is the July 2020 edition of “This Month in WordPress with CodeinWP.” Hello WordPress aficionados, welcome to this month’s roundup of news about the world’s most popular CMS. I’m writing this post from the base of the mountains, where part of our team is hanging out for a few days to work and spend some time together.
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As you gain more work experience, it’s only natural you will want to raise your rates. With a regular job, wage increases are usually part and parcel of employment. However, this takes on a different scope if you’re a freelancer or self-employed. As such, you’ll need to negotiate raises directly with clients, which sometimes might mean losing them.
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“You have to get on Facebook. Don’t forget about Twitter. Now it’s all about Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Try Quora!” It may seem like your small business is constantly behind when it comes to marketing, especially on social media. There’s absolutely no reason to be on all of them, but Quora marketing does provide interesting potential for learning about your industry and gaining website traffic in the process.
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Progressive web development has picked up in recent years after Google’s initial proposal back in 2015. Progressive web apps (PWAs) utilize the best of web and mobile technologies to provide great user experience.
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Best HR software can help you get the most out of your employees and team. The very best solutions out there help with streamlining onboarding, payroll, internal processes, and more. In this roundup, we compare the features, prices and qualities of the best HR software the market has to offer!
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Pitching new clients is one of the most exhausting aspects of life as a freelancer, but it is also one of the most essential. Luckily, you can make pitching easier by using quality cold email templates. In this guide, we will discuss why email templates work and what an email template needs in order to be successful. We will also provide specific email templates for pitching new clients and explain why each template works.
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If you’re in the market for a cheap dedicated server hosting, then you likely know your way around some of the more popular providers. The problem is that many of them require you to pay through the nose for the privilege of having a server all to yourself.
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Would you like to get paid to do online writing jobs on a part time basis? It would delight you to know that there are several, high quality publications that offer part time writing jobs that you can do – even if you have little or no experience writing professionally. Some of these websites pay on the low end while some pay pretty well. It isn’t unusual to find websites or blogs that will pay you as much as $500 or more for a single article.
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When picking a web host, there are many questions you need to answer. Budgets and server parameters are just the tip of the iceberg. If you want to have full control over your server, the first thing to decide on is whether to go with Plesk vs cPanel.
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Hi everyone! The past weeks freed us from our houses and apartments a little bit. We could go out for long walks and some fresh air, respecting the social distancing rules, of course. I think it makes a difference, being able to change scenery even slightly. With a more optimistic view for the rest of the year, let’s review the latest happenings in WordPress!
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Google Maps helps us every day in navigating our way through roads and finding places in a manner that was unimaginative just a few decades ago. It is not only useful in wayfinding, but we also see many examples of maps used for data visualization, such as how recently many websites are using maps to visualize the spread of COVID-19 throughout the globe. Today, let’s learn how we can use the Google Maps JavaScript API to build custom maps for our websites and applications.
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Looking for cheaper SendGrid alternatives to serve all your email marketing needs – both your campaign email and transactional email? We have some good options for you here.
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If you’re looking to grab your website visitor’s attention, what can be better than animations? Using the many application engines freely available on the web, you can easily get your website’s elements to fade, bounce or whoosh. In today’s post, we’ll see how JavaScript animation libraries can help with all that.
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Welcome to the first tech comics roundup of 2020! It’s been a while since our 2019 tech comics roundup was published. While this may be true, it does not mean we have neglected the comics department in the meantime. In fact, our illustrator, Joao Santos, comes up with new comics every week. And, that’s why we can happily welcome you to the latest tech and WordPress comics roundup!
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If you want to improve your WordPress site’s performance, you need to know where you’re at right now. That’s what the GTmetrix speed test tool helps you with. With GTmetrix, you plug in your site’s URL and GTmetrix spits back your current performance metrics, along with scores, recommendations, and analysis tools to help you optimize your site’s performance.
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The best careers are built around the best networks. Great connections can provide you with learning opportunities, promotional opportunities, jobs, and more. The wrong connections, on the other hand, can drag your career down to their level of mediocrity. This makes it essential to develop strong networking skills so you can build the right network for your career.
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If you run a WordPress agency, your hosting needs will be a lot different than those of users managing a single website. For one, a lot of clients are likely to rely on you for hosting, which means choosing the right provider becomes a much more critical decision.
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Looking for Shopify alternatives to run your online store? No doubt, Shopify is a great platform to set up a store quickly. However, there are many reasons one might look for Shopify alternatives. For instance, Shopify doesn’t offer any free plans, and many useful features / apps are locked behind another paywall. Not to forget, you don’t have full control over everything (you don’t really own your website, per se).
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Hi everyone, how is everything now after one more month at home? We hope you’re hanging in there. We know the daily routine at this time can get a bit tedious and feels like Groundhog Day all over again but it’s far from being the worst thing it can happen to you. You can always find nice in-house activities that keep you on track and sane.
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This post is your introduction to Parcel.js, the self-proclaimed “blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler.” Here’s everything you need to know to get started with it.
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Did you know that website speed is one of Google’s ranking factors? While it might not be one of the top reasons a website doesn’t rank on the first page of search, that won’t be the case for long.
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