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Introducing The HeroPress Network
We always knew that HeroPress could be more, and the time is finally right to put that in motion with The HeroPress Network. But how to do this without disrupting the current mission of HeroPress itself or changing the identity of Hallway Chats? Our solution: The HeroPress Network The HeroPress Network is a collection of…
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How To Get Started In WordPress
Today I saw a tweet from someone who had just followed me, and it made me think about how overwhelming it can seem to be to get started in WordPress. Getting started in anything can be tough. How is it done? Why is it so easy for some people and so hard for others? This…
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Finding Your Website’s True Value
High numbers in your website stats can be exciting, but does that really indicate the value of your site? Or are there better ways?
The Network’s Newest
HeroPress
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When the world was down, the WordPress community was up – Cuando el mundo necesitaba un descanso, la comunidad de WordPress estaba activa
Estela Rueda from Bratislava, Slovakia writes about how the WordPress community rallied around her when Covid struck and work ran out. Este ensayo también está disponible en español.
Hallway Chats
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Episode 155 – A Chat With Jen Swisher About WordCamp US
In this episode of Hallway Chats we talk with Jen Swisher about being a long term WordCamp organizer, but also organizing WordCamp US 2021.
WP Podcasts
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#8 – Lee Shadle on How Blocks Create New Opportunities - WP Tavern
On the Jukebox podcast today we have Lee Shadle. Lee is a WordPress developer at WP Draft, and by his own admission is obsessed with building block based themes, plugins and websites. He’s been using WordPress for many years and as soon as the Gutenberg project was announced, he decided he was going to explore...