From across Automattic.
Updates from all of Automattic’s business units.
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What Homeschooling Children Can Teach You About Remote Work
Kids are already better at Zoom than the grown-ups.
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Who has time to blog? 7 tips for busy bloggers
Should you just abandon your blog because it does not seem to fit into your already busy life? Or can you find a way to make it work with the help of best practices that have supported successful bloggers all over the world? We’d suggest the latter.
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Remote Work Depends on Access to Information — and on Mutual Trust
How P2 changed the way we do remote work.
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Create With Confidence — and Better Blocks
The evolution of the block editor is packed full of features and UI improvements. Start building!
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How to Move Your Classes Online — and Charge for Them
With tools like the Recurring Payments button and the Calendly block, you can move your classes online today.
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Expert Advice: How to Make a Great Website for Your Small Business – Webinar
In an upcoming webinar on April 2, learn tips on site design, SEO, monetization, and mobile optimization.
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7 Remote Work Lessons for Managers During the Coronavirus
Key questions you should ask, and how to communicate.
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Search Is Getting… Searchier
We want you to be able to find your notes more easily so you can spend less time locating and more time note-taking. Enter: advanced search. Download the latest version of Simplenote and you’ll be able to search your tags, search notes by tag or – if you’re a legendary note tagger† – combine multiple…
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On Working Remotely: An Automattic Reader
New to remote work? We've compiled some of the best resources Automatticians have created on the topic.
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Exploring Global Styles
Note: The code samples here are out of date. Please be sure to check out the block editor documentation for the latest on how to implement Global Styles. Global Styles is an aspect of full site editing that will have a major impact on theme development. To further my understanding of this feature, I explored…
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Selling .blog? Here’s why and how to do it
With over 1,200 new TLDs available for sale, registrars have more options than ever to satisfy the domain name needs of their customers. Instead of choosing a regular .com option, businesses and content creators can now be as specific as they wish when launching their online identity.
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WPBlockTalk: A Free Online Event Focused on the Block Editor
Join the WordPress community on April 2 for talks on the block editor, block development, and design in a world of blocks.
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Sync and export data in real time
When you’re collecting information with Crowdsignal, you’ll likely want to slice and dice the data with your preferred software tools.The newly rebuilt Crowdsignal Data Export Experience lets you do just that. Real Time Sync to Google Sheets Connect your Google account to Crowdsignal and we’ll create a Google Sheets file that automatically syncs any time…
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Sync and Export Survey Data in Real Time
When you’re collecting information with Crowdsignal, you’ll likely want to slice and dice the data with your preferred software tools. The newly rebuilt Crowdsignal Data Export Experience lets you do just that. Our goal was to make it broadly useful for anybody no coding skills required!), but also offer more sophisticated features for those that…
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How to Create an Instagram Aesthetic to Match Your Blog
It's important for your Instagram aesthetic to have similar features as your blog so you can create a consistent brand experience for your fans.
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Announcing a New Scholarship for LGBTQ+ WordPress Community Members
Automattic announces a scholarship for the LGBTQ+ WordPress Community to provide financial support in attending a WordCamp flagship event.
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Mastering Descriptive Language: How to Create Powerful Content
Descriptive language can help you establish an emotional connection with writers and make writing more memorable. Here are three ways to do it.
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Turning a Page with Page Layouts
Need to add a new page to your site but don’t know where to start? Making a brand new site on WordPress.com and want to design a homepage quickly? There’s a new addition to the WordPress experience that’ll help with exactly that. Let’s take a look at Page Layouts! They’re pre-designed pages you can drop…
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A Crash Course in Remote Management
Curious about managing teams while working remotely? Watch this free webinar for best practices.
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Website Backups: What They Are and Why You Need One
It's always good to have a backup plan, including for your website. Get essential info on WordPress backups from Jetpack. Get peace of mind.
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Run-on Sentence vs Long Sentence: Understanding the Difference
Don't confuse a long sentence with a run-on sentence — they're not the same. Here's how to understand the difference to create a better reading experience.
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The Web We Lost: Luke Dorny Redesign
Like 90s hip-hop, The Web We Lost™ retains a near-mystical hold on the hearts and minds of those who were lucky enough to be part of it. Luke Dorny’s recent, lovingly hand-carved redesign of his personal site encompasses several generations of that pioneering creative web. As such, it will repay your curiosity. Details, details. Check Luke’s…
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Jetpack 8.3: New Blocks to Interact with Your Readers
Jetpack's latest release comes with new Gutenberg blocks to help you interact with your readers. We've also improved the Map Block and Tiled Gallery blocks to give you even more display options to make your site just-so.
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The best strategies for creating fresh ideas for your blog
Got hit with some writer's block? Not to fear! We've got some foolproof ways for you to get those ideas flowing once again.
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