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A Closer Look at the Block Pattern Directory of WordPress
With WordPress 5.8 that went live on July 20, 2021, WordPress finally introduced WordPress block patterns to regular users. WordPress block patterns provide the design templates that users can employ and build webpages on the fly without prior experience with designing or coding. Let’s see how you can use the block pattern directory to build
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12 Underutilized Bluehost Features to Make Your Website Experience Better
Bluehost is a one-stop shop for the hosting needs of various business types and sizes — whether small businesses, online stores or informative blogs. Most hosting reviews attest to Bluehost’s reliability and functionality. So it comes off as no surprise that over two million websites use Bluehost as their web hosting solution. Bluehost stands out
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Google Expands “About This Result”: What It Means for Your Website
Most Google users have a hard time understanding how Google sorts out the search engine result pages. At most, searchers can only guess. Here’s the good news: With the recent expansion of About this result, Google explains the sorting itself. Users can use this feature to understand why a particular result appears in their search
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Free vs Premium WordPress Themes: Which One Is Best for Your Business?
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, once said, “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” While WordPress is a famous website builder, your theme of choice plays a significant role in other factors beyond website appearance. Among these factors are user experience, website structure and functionality
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How To Choose the Right E-Commerce Plugin for Your Store
Creating an e-commerce website is a significant achievement if you’re running an online business. But it is not always easy to pick the right technology when choosing the best e-commerce platform. Even experienced business owners might find it hard to make an optimal choice for a WordPress e-commerce plugin. It can be frustrating and expensive.
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Top Online Marketing Groups To Join
Napoleon Hill, the author of “Think and Grow Rich,” once said, “No mind is complete by itself. It needs contact and association with other minds to grow and expand.” In his book, Hill encouraged the formation of mastermind groups to share ideas. He reasoned that we have limited experiences on our own, but we draw
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Refreshing and Updating Your Business Website: The How-To Guide
Knowing how to create a website for your business and building it will open up your brand to increased awareness and credibility. But there’s one thing to keep in mind: As your business grows, so do your website’s needs. This is why you should refresh and update your website from time to time. With constant
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Gutenberg News: What’s New in Gutenberg 11.3? | August 2021
Shortly after dropping WordPress 5.8, the Gutenberg team released version 11.2 on Aug. 5, 2021. Version 11.2 was a minor update that primarily focused on bug fixes and tooling. Still, it did bring some minor changes: color support for the Search and Pullquote blocks, experimental flexible layout options for parent blocks and an option to
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Expert Advice: The 4 Biggest Mistakes To Avoid on WordPress
Mistakes are a normal part of life. While that’s true, an error on your WordPress (WP) website can cause a loss of traffic or sales that can hurt your small business. Don’t let easily avoided mistakes hamper the success of your website. We asked WordPress experts what the biggest mistakes that small business websites can
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Query Loop Block: The Underrated Feature of WordPress 5.8
The online world is buckled up for WordPress 5.8, which is one of the most jam-packed WordPress releases in a while. WordPress 5.8 introduces features — template editor, block-based widgets and the pattern directory — that support Full Site Editing. While the Query Loop block hasn’t come under the spotlight, it is one of the