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3 04, 2024

WordPress 6.5 “Regina” Released

By |2024-04-03T15:50:03+00:00April 3rd, 2024|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.5 “Regina” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.4 "Regina" was released today!  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: This latest version of WordPress puts more power into the details. It offers new and improved ways to fine-tune and enhance your site-building experience, letting you take control in ways that make it your own. You’ll find new ways to manage your site’s typography, more comprehensive revisions available in more places, and a collection of Site Editor updates paired with impressive performance gains to help you get things done smoother and faster. “Regina” also marks the introduction of some breakthrough developer tools that [...]

29 02, 2024

What’s The Deal With WordPress Selling Your Data To AI?

By |2024-03-04T22:00:03+00:00February 29th, 2024|I Heart Blank News, WWW News|Comments Off on What’s The Deal With WordPress Selling Your Data To AI?

I've gotten a few emails and this topic has been coming up on the blogs I check in the morning.  It appears that Wordpress and Tumblr are selling data to Midjourney and OpenAI.  Before we get into some of the details, please understand that it appears that this will be for wordpress.com sites, and not self-hosted (wordpress.org) sites.  Now, let's get into some details. What's Happening With Automattic Selling Data A majority of the information I got, at least that made the most sense for me, comes from the Lifehacker article "Tumblr and WordPress Are Selling Your Data to [...]

8 11, 2023

WordPress 6.4 “Shirley” Released

By |2023-11-08T16:31:34+00:00November 8th, 2023|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.4 “Shirley” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.4 "Shirley" was released today!  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: Many of the features and enhancements in WordPress 6.4 fall in the “small but mighty” category. Along with the adaptable beauty of the Twenty Twenty-Four theme, these updates help content creators and site developers alike save time and effort while delivering the high value, low hassle WordPress experience the world has grown to expect. Josepha Haden Chomphosy, Executive Director of WordPress Meet Twenty Twenty-Four Experience site editing at its finest with Twenty Twenty-Four. This new multi-faceted default theme has been thoughtfully crafted with [...]

8 08, 2023

WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” Released

By |2023-08-08T20:47:28+00:00August 8th, 2023|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.3 “Lionel” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.3 "Lionel" was released today!  This update has ~500 enhancements and ~400 bug fixes.  Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: "Lionel” marks a major chapter in the evolution of WordPress as a tool for expression. It’s the culmination of years of work from hundreds of contributors, bringing a more powerful and cohesive editing experience for crafting websites with blocks. It continues the quest of making web publishing approachable for everyone—so it’s also just a new beginning! Do everything in the Site Editor WordPress 6.3 brings your content, templates, [...]

31 03, 2023

WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” Released

By |2023-08-08T20:48:16+00:00March 31st, 2023|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.2 "Dolphy" was released today!  This update has ~500 enhancements and ~400 bug fixes.  Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: WordPress 6.2 is the first major release of 2023, covering over 900 enhancements and fixes. It’s also a transition point in the WordPress project’s development roadmap, shifting focus from customization to early exploration of workflows and collaboration. Meet the reimagined Site Editor Now out of beta, the Site Editor has an updated interface, giving you a new way to interact with your entire site. Explore full previews of your templates [...]

28 09, 2022

The Ultimate Cache Flushing Guide

By |2024-03-04T18:54:51+00:00September 28th, 2022|WWW News|Comments Off on The Ultimate Cache Flushing Guide

Web browsers can be fun! Sometimes when I update or overwrite someone's website, they reply back to me and say they "can't see the changes."  Most times this also happens to me as well.  It happens because (typically) me, and the business owner, are on their sites more often than the average joe.  This often means we cache the site more often.  'Cache' essentially means your computer is storing a copy/version of the website so it can load it faster next time you visit it.  When something changes on the website, sometimes the cache doesn't notice the change because [...]

24 05, 2022

WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” Released

By |2022-05-24T20:32:21+00:00May 24th, 2022|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 6.0 “Arturo” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 6.0 "Arturo" was released today!  This update has ~500 enhancements and ~400 bug fixes.  Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: https://youtu.be/oe452WcY7fA Enhanced Writing Experience Writing improvements abound, whether you’re writing a brand new post or adding elements to an existing page. Explore more ways to streamline your content creation process, including: Select text across multiple blocks for easier copying and pasting. Type two open brackets `[[` to quickly access a list of recent posts and pages. Keep existing styles when you transform some blocks from one kind to [...]

26 01, 2022

WordPress 5.9 “Josephine” Released

By |2022-01-26T00:39:48+00:00January 26th, 2022|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 5.9 “Josephine” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 5.9 "Josephine" was released today!  This update seems to be heavy on Wordpress and Theme customization.    Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: Full Site Editing Control your whole site, right in the Wordpress admin. Twenty Twenty-Two Theme And say hello to the first default block theme in the history of WordPress. This is more than just a new default theme. It’s a brand-new way to work with WordPress themes. Block themes put a wide array of visual choices directly in your hands, from color schemes and font combinations [...]

11 08, 2020

WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” Released

By |2020-08-11T21:31:17+00:00August 11th, 2020|WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 5.5 "Eckstine" was released today!  This update brings in some really cool updates and performance for speed, search and security.  Some of these I've been waiting on for a long time.  Pretty excited to try them out.  Here's the info from the Wordpress website: Speed Posts and pages feel faster, thanks to lazy-loaded images. Images give your story a lot of impact, but they can sometimes make your site seem slow. In WordPress 5.5, images wait to load until they’re just about to scroll into view. The technical term is ‘lazy loading.’ On mobile, lazy [...]

1 04, 2020

WordPress 5.4 “Adderley” Released

By |2020-04-01T14:38:19+00:00April 1st, 2020|I Heart Blank News, WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 5.4 “Adderley” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 5.4 "Adderley" was released yesterday!  The biggest change from the release notes seem to be about the block editor which, love it or hate it, is here to stay: Every major release adds more to the block editor. More ways to make posts and pages come alive with your best images. More ways to bring your visitors in, and keep them engaged, with the richness of embedded media from the web’s top services. More ways to make your vision real, and put blocks in the perfect place—even if a particular kind of block is new [...]

13 11, 2019

WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” Released

By |2019-11-13T19:53:03+00:00November 13th, 2019|I Heart Blank News, WWW News|Comments Off on WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” Released

Great news everyone!  Wordpress 5.3 "Kirk" was released yesterday!  The biggest change from the release notes are the focus on making the 'block editor' better, which a lot of people have been asking for: 5.3 expands and refines the block editor with more intuitive interactions and improved accessibility. New features in the editor increase design freedoms, provide additional layout options and style variations to allow designers more control over the look of a site. This release also introduces the Twenty Twenty theme giving the user more design flexibility and integration with the block editor. Creating beautiful web pages and [...]

12 11, 2019

Marketing And Your Online Presence, Part 3

By |2019-10-23T21:06:43+00:00November 12th, 2019|Business, I Heart Blank News, Random Business News, WWW News|Comments Off on Marketing And Your Online Presence, Part 3

I gave a speech to the local Business Improvement District in Hackettstown titled, "Marketing and Your Online Presence."  I thought I'd share my talk in a few parts to everyone! Take a look at Part 1 and Part 2! Campaigns / Promotions Your advertising, marketing campaign and/or promotion is really the sales force of your business. Rather than hiring someone to go sell your business to people, you use a campaign to get the word out and attract people to your business. When coming up with a campaign for your business…remember that it’s for a set amount of time. [...]

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