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Since PHP 7 is shiny and new, it unsurprisingly got a lot of coverage. If you’re migrating from PHP 5, or considering doing so, this talk will let you know what to expect. It also gives some brief information on the grace periods which have been extended to the 5 branch, including specifics on PHP 5.5 and PHP 5.6.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/tips/
Maybe you’re already familiar with the basics of accessibility. If you are, excellent! But if you’re looking to level up, you may be wondering where to start doing that.
the World Wide Web Consortium, (W3C) has some very helpful resources on accessibility, including tips for getting started on accessibility. There are resources for designers, content writers, and developers.
Although this resource is billed as a getting started guide, I can almost guarantee there will be something for everyone here, from beginner to advanced. There are a lot of little details to cover when it comes to making the web accessible, and it’s easy to miss things when you’re trying to juggle accessibility among all the other project requirements you need to fulfill. Especially if accessibility isn’t your day job.
So give the above resource a look, and follow all the links. You’ll be leveling up in no time.
A few weeks ago, I put out an initial call for volunteers for 4.5. In the spirit of the much-commented @wonderboymusic 4.4 Wishlist post, I’d like to extend the call a bit more.
Source: WordPress › WordPress 4.5: What’s on your Wishlist? – Make WordPress Core
The first core chat for the WordPress 4.5 development cycle will be next Wednesday at 4PM Eastern. If there are things you’d like to see considered for 4.5, click the link above, log in with your WordPress.org username and password, and leave a comment. Everyone has a voice, and all of this is completely transparent, so if there’s something you’d like considered, speak up now.
10up, one of the bigger WordPress agencies, has released Flexbox support for IE8 and 9 that also happens to be GPL.
The support is included in flexbox.js, and can be used in any project regardless of whether or not it is built on top of WordPress. There’s a complete guide to Flexbox via CSS Tricks, and you can find the JavaScript on 10up’s GitHub.
If you’re forced to support older browsers, this script will allow you to create the same kind of layout you have for the newer, shinier ones.
Think it’s the lack of advanced techniques that’s been holding you back?
Think your blog isn’t finding readers because you don’t have the coolest plugins?
Or that your sales page doesn’t convert because you couldn’t afford the 1,999 Secrets of Ninja Marketing Masters product that got released last month?
Think the secret to successful marketing and running a profitable online business is some piece of Jedi mastery that you would need to study for years to learn?
It’s none of the above.
The problem has to do with getting back to basics.
Fortunately, Copyblogger has done all the work for you and written this handy guide.
Implementing the steps in this guide is going to take a lot of work at first.
either it’s going to take a lot of work because you’re new at this and it all seems foreign, or it’s going to take a lot of work because you’ll have to spend time unlearning everything you’ve picked up over the years from all the “systems” you’ve spent tons of cash on.
No matter which angle you’re coming from, this is not a get-rich-quick scheme.
But everything in this guide is totally worth the effort.
So go learn, and implement all the things.
In the first live edition of "Ask Me Anything", going forward, to be referred to as "WPAMA", Michael from Evansville Indiana asks Amanda how to prevent crowding and overlapping of text, proper use of images, and optimizing the areas of a site built with WordPress, i.e., header right, navigation bar, footer area, etc. Amanda answers these questions in addition to explaining the return to minimalism, why sliders suck, and how site design changes almost yearly, just like fashion trends. But perhaps most useful, her suggestions for reaching out to the very helpful WordPress community to ask for help, especially for us blind implementers and designers who need to find those possessing the skills to provide greater attention to detail. This informative eight minute audio segment should provide something for everyone to take away to make your sites become even more cosmetic appealing, but most of all, highly functional and user friendly.
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