This week: WordCamp Europe 2022, changes to WordPress 6.0, WordPress gives new life to the newspaper, and much more.
Brian Gardner is a Chicago-based designer, WordPress expert, and the founder of Minimologie—an independent design studio. He currently leads WordPress developer relations at WP Engine and is the creator of Frost. You can find him frequenting the local Starbucks or running a nearby trail in his free time.
In today’s world of information overload, it can be challenging to sift through the noise and create a WordPress website that stands out. One way you can do this is by using minimalism in your design process.
Minimalist design isn’t just about less clutter but also more focus. It forces builders to think critically about what content should go on a website and how visitors will interact with it—which ultimately leads to better engagement.
Design is marketing. It’s about communicating a message that resonates with your audience and drives them to take action, whether it’s clicking on your website link or purchasing what you’re selling.
There is always something new to see and learn in the design world. With the internet, it’s easier than ever to find examples of great design and be inspired by them. However, it can be tough to develop new ideas for web design. Staring at a blank screen, or worse —a project already in progress and due tomorrow—is not the most fun way to spend an evening. But don’t worry, we’ve all been there. And luckily, there are plenty of places to find inspiration for your next web design project. Whether you’re looking for big picture ideas or need help with the details, these sources will get you started on your next masterpiece.
Typography is one of the essential elements of good design. It’s a compositional tool for designers to control the appearance of text—the arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading, letter spacing, and word spacing. The importance of typography can’t be understated, and the fonts used on a website can significantly impact how users read and understand the content. These elements matter since they provide a pleasant reading experience for users, often making the difference between taking action on your website or dropping off.
I’ve been designing websites for years. I’ve seen all the trends come and go. I’ve done a little bit of everything. But I’ll never forget the day when I thought to myself: What if I just got rid of my sidebar? In the web design world, sidebars had become something of a necessity. It’s where bloggers and authors would put links to their products and books for sale, where people would share ad space; it was where you would put your “subscribe now” button. So if we got rid of sidebars, wouldn’t that be like getting rid of websites? Hint: nope.
Have you ever wondered how various types of crawling bots impact the environment? Me neither. Fortunately, Joost de Valk considered it and suggested what to do to improve the situation a little bit.
Jean-Baptiste Audras has analyzed the statistics regarding contributors yet again. Did you know that 519 people helped with the 6.0 version?
An interesting discussion over the true meaning of “WordPress developer” took place on Do the Woo and this phrase raises a lot of controversies.
LearnDash is taking cutting-edge e-learning methodology and infusing it into WordPress. Trusted to power the learning programs for major universities, small to mid-size companies, startups, entrepreneurs, and bloggers worldwide.
A terrific article on how WordPress allowed Welch News to go online. More local newspapers should consider following suit.
WordPress celebrated its 19th birthday last week. Many interesting videos and thoughts about WP were collected on wp19.day.
WordCamp Europe is starting this week. Michelle Frechette advises on how to make your participation as valuable as possible.
iThemes has compiled 20 coolest, in their opinion, new features that came up in WordPress 6.0. I like the changes to WP performance the most.
Ian Jones has published a very useful tutorial on tmux – what it is and how it can help you in your day-to-day work.
Kiefer Szurszewski from Convesio explains which is better suited for hosting various courses – Udemy or a WordPress-based LMS.
Kim Coleman breaks down the content marketing strategy for a new plugin. What an interesting read!
Thomas McGee of Spinup WP demonstrates how to install WordPress on AWS servers.
Roots has been maintaining the roots/wordpress package for quite some time now. Currently, you can also run a version that does not download the default themes.
Gov.uk has decided to pull the plug on jQuery on all the sites they oversee. It’s a significant step and it is worth knowing the benefits of such a move.