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.blog Featured Site: legendsofsport.blog
When it comes to sports photography, Andrew D. Bernstein is one of the greatest. Back in the 1980s, he was part of the team that created NBA Photos, which later became the worldwide leader in NBA photography licensing. He's also been in many other ventures over the years. His company is called Andrew D. Bernstein Associates Photography, Inc. Over the years, he has worked with LA teams, including the Dodgers, Clippers, Kings, and Lakers. His work has been used by companies that include Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Nike, and Reebok. Andrew helped revolutionize sports action photography indoors through new technology and tactics. His accomplishments and work speak for themselves.
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WordPress Turns 18 and Powers Over 40% of the Web
Celebrate the 18th birthday of WordPress and its 40% of the web milestone with a 40% off coupon for a limited time.
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Blockbase: A parent theme for block themes
Phase 2 of Gutenberg introduces Full Site Editing to WordPress; to make this possible, we need a new way of building themes – using blocks. How do block themes work? Block themes use templates made entirely of blocks. The layout is configured using a combination of theme.json and CSS. The settings in theme.json are used…
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Jetpack turns 10
Go behind the scenes with the Jetpack Design team and see the process of how we crafted the 10th anniversary campaign.
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Top 5 tips to be a successful blogger!
Successful bloggers have one, great thing in common – they’re authentic. Sure, it’s a word we hear online all the time – ‘be authentic, just be yourself, etc, etc’, but what does it actually mean for your blog? First up, it’s a good idea to consider why people read blogs, specifically, your blog. There are millions of them out there, so what’s going to make yours unique? Sometimes, it’s not about doing the right thing (because the right thing is for you to figure out), but about avoiding following the crowd. Find your style and let people see the real you. We’ve put together these five tips to becoming a successful blogger.
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The Best of Both Worlds: WordPress.com Managed Hosting
How to get the total freedom to create without the hassles that come with managing your own website. The open source WordPress project has given the world a powerful publishing platform that now powers 41% of the web. While this is the most widely adopted CMS on the internet, you’re also going to need a…
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Episode 27: Leading with Values: Sid Sijbrandij joins Matt Mullenweg to talk about GitLab, Transparency and Growing a Distributed Company
Matt welcomes Sid Sijbrandij, Co-Founder and CEO of GitLab, another pioneering company with Open Source origins and a long-running commitment to a completely distributed workforce. Sid and Matt settle into a conversation about how GitLab’s six values are reinforced in 20 ways at the fully-remote company. GitLab, now with more than 1,300 employees, updated its values over 300 times in the last calendar year. “They have to be reinforced,” says Sid, “and be alive in that way.” The values, how they are experienced, and most other details and data about GitLab's processes are publicly shared in a 10,000 page Handbook. "Transparency is sunlight," says Sid.
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Gutenberg vs Page Builders – Which To Choose For Your New Website
Compares the WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) with page builders to help you choose the best option for your website.
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Did You Know Blogging Can Grow Your Small Business?
The truth is, a blog can definitely help your business. Having a blog can bring more traffic to your website. You can grow an online following and get people excited about your brand. You can convert web searchers into customers, and increase your profits.
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One-click Portfolio Designs, Instant PDF Embeds, and More Improvements to the Block Editor
We have some exciting new block editor updates to share with you today including fresh collection of Portfolio block patterns, a new and improved way to embed a preview of PDF documents, and better editing tools for Cover and Buttons blocks. Let’s dive in! One-Click Portfolio Layouts Block patterns are pre-designed templates that make creating…
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Always visible: The Feedback Button block
Say hello to our new block for WordPress: The Feedback Button block! As it’s a floating button, it stays in place when your site visitor scrolls. That means it’s always visible, and super easy for your users to reach out to you. To make sure it fits in with your site design, the button is…
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Always visible: The Feedback Button block
Say hello to our new block for WordPress: The Feedback Button block! As it’s a floating button, it stays in place when your site visitor scrolls. That means it’s always visible, and super easy for your users to reach out to you. To make sure it fits in with your site design, the button is…
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What to Do if Infected With SEO Spam on WordPress
At Jetpack, dealing with different types of web threats and attacks is part of our routine. Most of the time, it ranges from collecting a malicious file and finding the attack vector, to providing assistance on restoring a website from the latest backup. But sometimes we enter a different dimension of really creative attacks, a dimension of inexplicable reinfections – we enter … the twilight zone. This post details a strange case of injected spam into Google Search Console results.
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What Is Comment Spam? How to Detect & Block Spammers
Can you spot a pretender? Fake comments can be dangerous for visitors & ruin your reputation. See six ways to tell the difference between real & fake comments.
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.blog Featured Site: naturalhistorymuseum.blog
The Natural History Museum is located in London. They opened their doors in 1881 and have stayed on the cutting edge of science ever since. This popular tourist destination and leading science research centre also maintains an active and engaging blog.
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Hiring For Distributed Companies & Angel Investing: This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis
"Why would the best employees in the world choose so little autonomy in the third of their day or more that they spend working?" Matt Mullenweg asks Jason Calacanis in a recent appearance on the long-running This Week In Startups.
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Transparency Report Update: July – December 2020
It’s time once again for the bi-annual update to Automattic’s transparency report covering the period from July 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020. As ever, we’re providing details about government requests for user information as well as government demands for content removal. We’re also providing information on intellectual property disputes such as DMCA takedown notices…
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Designing for Culture and Community
The Designer Experience team at Automattic is uniquely tasked with designing programs and experiences for designers. Learn about our culture and community-building programs.
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How to Build a Custom WordPress Website
Learn what factors you need to consider to build a custom WordPress website and how to build your own custom WordPress website in four steps.
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Jetpack 9.7: Behind-the-scenes improvements for your site
This month we’re shipping several under-the-hood improvements and bug fixes to make Jetpack work even better for you and your website.
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Offensive Security PEN-200 OSCP Course Giveaway
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