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News & Articles
A Day of REST — A Conference Devoted to the WordPress REST API (poststatus.com) A Day of REST is an event devoted to the WordPress REST API. It’ll happen on January 28th 2016, with a follow-on hack day on the 29th, in London. It’s an exciting opportunity for developers to learn how to interact with the new WordPress REST API, and Post Status will be an official partner.
How to Hire A WordPress Developer When You Know Nothing About Code (codeable.io) The WordPress ecosystem keeps growing because these 2 worlds need one another. It’s the old demand and supply rule: the more adoption WordPress will live, the more WordPress experts would be required both by users and by business owners who aren’t “techie”. Hiring a WordPress developer when you don’t know anything about code might look scary but it isn’t.
How Much Does a Website Cost? (99robots.com) If you’ve never been through the website building process, it’s easy to get intimidated and even confused as to how you could receive such a vast range of quotes.
This by no means is a thorough guide on the breakdown of your website cost, but it can offer an introduction to costs you expected and other costs you may not have considered.
Coupon Creator Pro 2.1 is now available! (couponcreatorplugin.com) Coupon Creator Pro 2.1 adds four (4) new border types, a recurring expiration feature, a column and row inserter, and updates the Coupon Inserter with searchable dropdowns to find the coupon to insert. Plus, many more changes to make and display coupons on your site.
Promotion & Discount Codes Now Available for Event Espresso (eventespresso.com) You can now incentivize your audience to attend more events and buy more tickets with the new Promotion & Discount Codes add-on for Event Espresso 4. Offer discounts with individual discount codes or automatic promotions (no discount code required), configure how many times a code can be used, choose event(s) the code can be used with, the date range a discount code can be used, write custom confirmation and declined messages and much more! You can save $40 during their Special Launch sale.
The Ultimate Mega Guide to Using Video With WordPress (premium.wpmudev.org) Featuring video on your site can be a powerful way to show – and not just tell – visitors what your site is all about. In this definitive guide, we go through everything you need to know about video, from technical details on aspect ratios and codecs, though to self-hosted versus hosted videos, and much more essential details.
How to Add Admin Alerts and Error Messages to the Backend of WordPress (premium.wpmudev.org) Admin notices are an integral part of plugins, they allow you to show error/success/warning messages to your users, prompting them for action or simply notifying them of something that has happened.
In this article, we’ll take a look at the standard way to add admin notices and some additional options introduced in WordPress 4.2.