How Attending CloudFest Opened My Eyes and Mind- Wide
Or in other words - attending an event that is not focused on what you do, can help you realise further ambitions My Friend and colleague Vito Peleg and I were invited to attend Cloudfest.com in Rust, Germany by our friends at Codeable an awesome solution to help out...
Are you thinking of pivoting?
Here is what you need to know about pivoting in our little world of tech. It is my view, if your business is already a great idea and its working to the degree that it's washing it's face - adjust, don't Pivot! Think about why you want to pivot - or, reinvent...
Another WordCamp Postponed – F*** Covid!
Having seen the WP Y'all with them saying the WordCamp is postponed until April or May 2022 a post by Ryan Marks It saddened me because, we all love WordCamps in the WordPress community or, you know, I say a lot. There are 3000 people that I attended Bernie in Berlin...
A personal (Public) note to Paul Lacey
Paul, I listened intently to your WP Minute Podcast I am saddened by your step back from the community, I am betting it won't be long before we see you again. Take a rest, take some heart in what you have achieved and know that your friends will be waiting in the...
Building on WordPress – Then and now
Making, Acquiring, selling and developing new products.... A little over 6 years ago, I along with others, started Elegant Marketplace - a solution for Third Party Vendors of Divi Products (Themes, Layouts, Extensions and plugins) to sell their wares, easily, with...
Bertha AI – WordPress Content Creation Assistant
We are proud to announce the official launch of our latest WordPress plugin, Bertha.ai .Bertha is a content creation assistant for bloggers and publishers. she helps you create great content every time. We know how hard it is to come up with something to write about...
Yoast acquired by New Fold Digital
As big news as this is – it is no real surprise. All in One SEO was acquired a while back by the power house that is Syad Balkhi and we all know what happened there – AIO changed, it became more aggressive in its marketing, it had an on boarding wizard that encouraged premium uptake and it took out a few things that you can only now do in Premium.
John Rahm shows us what dedication, practice and determination brings.
John Rahm shows us what dedication, practice and determination brings. If you are into golf, an astounding series of events happened over the past month or so. John Rahm, is now as of this date, The worlds number one male golf professional. A little over 4 weeks...
The importance of back ups can NEVER be overstated!
As experienced users, we know backups are important – off site backups for critical sites are even more important but, even if you perform a local back up (one that sits on the same server as your main site). You are doing better than most.
Web Ace Techs Acquires 22+ plugins for Divi and Elementor
Web Ace Techs Acquires 22+ plugins for Divi and Elementor.
Is it really the Social Media company’s responsibility to moderate our behaviour?
Social media helps us keep in touch with our friends, family and our leanings. It also shows us that our World is not as happy as it could be. Constant wars, constant berating of individuals, calling out rights, wrongs and everything in between.
Wix V WordPress
Wix V WordPressI'm probably not going to make any friends with this post - however we all need to wake up to the fact that other solutions around building websites exist. Did Wix do the right thing? - probably not but, it may just get us thinking together to make...
The Power of Connection
The Power of ConnectionName drops form a necessary part of this post 😉 Leading up to the Atarim WP Agency Summit, I thought I would remind people of the power of connection. As the founder of Elegant Marketplace I was lucky enough to be featured on Podcasts, Blog...
Web site speed optimization is key to a successful website
Web site speed optimization is key to a successful websiten Mouse over video for closed captions activation toggle. 🙂 As developers our main concern is getting a website to do what it is supposed to do, as quickly and as cost effectively as possible. In this day and...
The past few months, testing times, triumphs, and celebrations
The past few months, testing times, triumphs and celebrations Throughout this past year, we have completed some pretty meaty projects. Some went well, some - not so well, but, in the end with teamwork, understanding and an immense amount of work from our clients and...
Why Free in the Web World is NOT a good thing
Why Free in the Web World is NOT a good thingMost discussions (Negotiations) on web services from clients are – "But WordPress is free and so are most plugins so, why is this costing so much?" It is almost an endless conversation we web developers have with our...
Why I am not gonna miss the Summit
Why I am not gonna miss this SummitThe 20's and now into the 21's have sent challenges to everyone - especially meetups, WordCamps and social gatherings. As people people, we miss each other. As a community, WordPress is large to say the least. We meet online in...
Why I am hitting the pause button
Why I am hitting the pause buttonOver the past year or so, we have been involved in some great work. The sale of Elegant Marketplace, the sale of Page Builder Cloud and Layouts Cloud, negotiating a deal on a new (nearly 3,000 Sq ft) restaurant and dealing with the day...
Clubhouse – the new kid on the block
For a good few years now, we have had the ‘Benefit’ of Social Media. I put it inverted comma’s around Benefit for a good reason. In recent times, we have seen anger, attrition, even some say sedition being openly encouraged on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler.
What do you actually want from a website?
What do you actually want from a website?Now, in this blog post, I won’t go into the coding knowledge required or even deep dive into what you will need to know about hosting. It is a basic list of knowledge you will require to understand the complexities of...
