With the release of WordPress 5.0, the new Gutenberg editor has finally arrived at everyone's dashboard. Whether this is good or bad news is still a debated question, as Gutenberg changes everything about how we work with WordPress. In short, Gutenberg replaces the much loved TinyMCE editor with a visual editor based on content blocks. In this review, we will look into the pros and cons of WordPress' new editor. However, take into account that such reviews are quite subjective matters. Someone's...
These days you can find a WordPress theme for any type of website. However, it can still happen that you want to add an extra front-end functionality to your site. The easiest way to do that is to find a third-party JavaScript library and add it to your theme. In this article, we'll show you how you can enhance your WordPress site with an external JavaScript library. 1. Find the JavaScript Library You Need ... The best place to find open-source JavaScript libraries is GitHub. Say, you want to add an image lightbox...
JavaScript is a modern object-oriented programming language. It has been designed as a set of objects that interact with each other. Object-oriented languages such as JavaScript, C++, or Ruby address the shortfalls of traditional procedural languages such as C or Pascal that focus on actions and procedures instead of objects. In JavaScript, you can make objects in a number of different ways. In this guide, you'll learn step by step how you can create new JavaScript objects. What Is a JavaScript Object?...
Black Friday is just around the corner! It's the day considered as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. In 2018, Black Friday falls on November 23. Companies offer awesome promotional deals on this day in all kinds of industries. The web development industry is no different. In this guide, you can find the best Black Friday deals for web developers. Don't miss out on them! 1. Elegant Themes - 25% Off All Themes & Free Giveaways & Free iMac Pro ... Elegant Themes has prepared for Black...
Unix is an incredibly well-designed operating system. After all, it cannot be a coincidence that not only Linux distros but Mac OS X also runs on it. Unix comes with excellent security features, customizable file permissions are one of them. Unix file permissions allow you to define who can read, write, and execute each file on your system. If you have a WordPress site or use a Linux server with another type of site you will find this tutorial useful. Web hosts usually allow users to change Unix file...
If you are a freelancer or run an online business a good time tracking tool will be one of your most essential assets. It doesn't only help you with time management but it also makes it easy to evaluate your productivity and find the bottlenecks where your workflow could be improved. If you bill your clients by the hour you also need to find a way to prove that you spent all the time on their project. In this article, we have collected the 12 best time tracking tools for you. They all come with different features...
You don't necessarily need to be a programmer to build an awesome WordPress site. Visual site builders allow you to create professional-looking designs by using pre-built elements, sections, templates, and other building blocks. You can find a couple of WordPress site builders in the official WordPress repo and elsewhere. In this article, we will have a look at two of the best ones: Oxygen 2.0 and Elementor. We will test both builders on a clean WordPress install, with the Twenty Seventeen theme....
For a popular content management system like WordPress, security is of paramount importance. Millions of people use WordPress to share information with people all over the world. And since WordPress makes this so easy and gives you complete control over your content, there might be cases where you’d like to share your content with a select few people. Perhaps you want to share a wedding photography album with your guests or share selected articles with only your subscribers. Whether you need to...