“There are great things about WordPress freelancing. Loneliness is one of the less-great aspects, but it can also be a great part of the journey.”
I want to dedicate the featured space of this month issue to all the great people out there that are working hard to build something for themselves: working as a freelance, creating a small business, a small shop or the next great startup. We all share a lot of things and I know first hand how hard it is sometimes. So this month is for you all. Be strong and be happy. đ
WordPress Freelancing Can Be Lonely
I was going to put this post on the inspiration topic, at the bottom of each issue, but some people do not reach that part (even if I tell them that is the best part to read). I think this is a really important topic and if you only have time to read one post today, read this one. Even if you are not freelancing, even if you do not feel lonely, it will help you to understand and empathise with other people around you. Freelance
wpshout.com
Why Most People Will Never Build Great Startups
I agree with a lot of things that are said on this article, but I also think that not everyone needs to build a great startup. You can build a not-so-great startup or a small business and be happy. You need to focus though, but remember there is a life out there too. Startups
medium.com
Straight Talk For Startups
If you are into building a startup, this is a nice article that will help you a lot. You can only read the first 35 without subscribing, but with the 20 first you are good to go anyway. By the way, this is not an sponsored post. Startups
youexec.com
How fitness taught me to be a better entrepreneur
How important is to do exercise and to be healthy when you are an entrepreneur. I would say that it is much more important than when you are working for others, because not only helps you with other issues like loneliness and stress, but also it helps you to be a better entrepreneur, Stephanie Lee explains it perfectly on this article. Fitness Entrepreneur
growthlab.com
Make Something Great: Become an Open Source Contributor
You do not need to code or been a designer or developer for being a Contributor. The last article of this featured area this month is dedicated to open source. No matter what you do, you can collaborate with the open source world in your area. Yeah, even a lawyer or a doctor can help. Open Source
alistapart.com
WordPress is at a Crossroads
Another month, Gutenberg is all around the news. I am highlighting two articles and linking others on the text to keep it short. After the launch of WordPress 4.9.8, Gutenberg has been installed on more and more websites during this month. This has generated a lot of different opinions and posts about Gutenberg and the future of WordPress. WordPress Gutenberg
usejournal.com
WordPress Fork
ClassicPress is a fork of WordPress that has born with the idea of having a WordPress without Gutenberg. It was going to happen eventually. Apart from the fork itself, some people has written really good posts on the topic, like this one from Morten about the need for an LTS version of WordPress, or this one from Gary Pendergast, linking a 2010 post with the same title: “Forking is a feature“. WordPress Gutenberg
classicpress.net
Introducing Ghost 2.0
Meanwhile WordPress is discussing about Gutenberg, Ghost has launched the new 2.0 version with a new editor! And I must say, it looks great. So If you are looking for a blog website just for writing, consider Ghost 2.0. CMS
ghost.org
Introducing Laravel Nova
Laravel launch Nova. Nova is a beautifully designed administration panel for Laravel. It simplifies the use of Laravel with a great dashboard. I have heard some people (maybe joking, maybe not) that this is the “Laravel WordPress”. I will leave that for you to decide. đ Laravel PHP
medium.com
WP Glossary
Independent website created by @andersnoren that will help you to understand all those strange words about WordPress. It launched with 97 definitions totalling 24K words but I am pretty sure it will grow fast. WordPress
wpglossary.net
WP-CLI v2.0.0 Release Notes
WP CLI launched their 2.0 version. If you are not sure what it is WP CLI, I will recommend to put it on your list of next things to learn about WordPress. WordPress
wordpress.org
Hello BetterSlack. Bye Bye BetterSlack
This is a manual on “How to get a lot of haters for your product or brand by Slack”. Gervasio Marchand decided that he could improve Slack and created a Chrome extension that injects javascript into the slack app adding some cool features that a lot of people (me included) find really useful and that were missing from the original Slack app. Well, Slackâs Legal team decided that this was not a good idea and send him this email just 4 days later. Slack
gr3v4.com
WooCommerce 3.4.5 security fix
If you have a WooCommerce shop and you have not updated it, you must know that your shop and your business is at risk. Update as soon as possible to the latest version. WooCommerce
woocommerce.com
Practical Web Cache Poisoning
Amazing technical article on how you can hack websites without even access their code, just tricking with their cache system, so it will only show the malicious code to visitors that see the cached pages. This makes it more difficult to detect for the developers as the code is never uploaded. You can read the post, watch the presentation or read the whitepaper directly. Hacks
portswigger.net
Comodo CA Acquires CodeGuard
Codeguard is one of the best backup solutions for any online project. Now they have been bought by Comodo, which is a big step forward for them. I expect them to keep doing what they do and improve but sometimes when the big fish eat the small one, things does not work as well as you think. They explain the acquisition on their blog. Backups
globenewswire.com
A guide to preventing Webscraping
A github free ebook that will help you to understand how scraping works and therefore to prevent scraping on your websites. Go to the end of that page for further reading on the topic. Tutorial
github.com
How to find Subdomains of a Domain in Minutes?
A list of tools and web services that will help you to find subdomains of a domain. It is an important security measure to control all your subdomains and make sure they are protected. Domains
geekflare.com
Yoti will deliver digital services to Scottish citizens
Yoti has been selected by The Improvement Service in Scotland to help transform local and regional services. Yoti will give Scottish residents an easier and safer way of proving their age and entitlement to access a wide range of services, rewards and discounts. Tool Digital ID
yoti.com
Apple Removes Apps from its Affiliate Program
Effective 1st of October 2018. This will change a lot the apple apps ecosystem. It will affect not only business that rely on promotion of apps to survive but also new developers and app creators that could have more difficult to get to the public. We will need to wait to see what happens next. Apple
macstories.net
Oakley Capital to Invest in cPanel
Maybe you have read about plesk vs cpanel discussions. Oakley have bought cPanel but the group already owns Plesk and SolusVM. We will need to wait to see what happen with the different brands but it seems that cPanel will merge with Plesk in the future. The people from Nymbus Hosting (with their own software called Storm) talk about it here. Hosting
cpanel.com
How to get paid for proposals
Doing proposals is one of those monthly jobs that you do not get paid for. What if you can change that and get paid for that time too? Read some ideas on how to achieve this by Neville Chamberlain. Freelance
freelancersunion.org
Announcing the WPBeginner Growth Accelerator Fund
Syed Balkhi presents his new business: the first fund that is focused entirely on WordPress businesses. If you have a WordPress business, you should read this article to understand why he has created this, how to apply (deadline in 2 days) and what benefits you can get from it. Funding
wpbeginner.com
Creating the âPerfectâ CSS System
The intro explains it much better than I could: “A high level guide for designers and developers who write CSS, but want to be more strategic about building moderate to large scale CSS systems”. CSS
medium.com
How to Design for the Modern Web
I am not going to introduct this one. Go there, read it, and then come back and read this one afterwards: “Common webpage design mistakes“. The order is important. Trust me on this. Webdesign
medium.com
The Bullshit Web
The more we advance with the technology and internet speed, the slower are the websites… this does not makes any sense. This other article explains what is “the cost of Javascript in 2018“, and how we are creating monsters online using javascript. Mark Dalgleish goes a little further and suggest a more radical approach. Maybe we need to start thinking on all this when designing our future projects. Javascript
pxlnv.com
Top 8 Web Development Trends 2018
Great vĂdeo/article with everything that you need to know if you want to be a web developer on 2018/2019. I do not think he missed anything. I recommend to watch the vĂdeo AND read the article. Trends
academind.com
Install WordPress Locally
An article explaining different options on how to install WordPress locally so you can work even when there is no internet available. The article is not that good explaining all the differences but the list is ok, even if they miss what I think is the best option: Laragon. You can read about Laragon on this other article. Local Dev
wplift.com
Top 50 Cheatsheets and Reference Guides for JavaScript
Javascript is the new/old thing. You need to learn it, but there are Node, React, jQuery… too many things to remember. There you have it, 50 cheatsheets to have on your bookmarks to consult whenever you need them. Javascript
speckyboy.com
I created the exact same app in React and Vue.
Really nice article that do what it says on the tin: compare the same app created on both React and Vue. Read the comments too. React Vue
medium.com
The major trends of 2018
The same way that I shared the trends for developers, this article is about the major trends right now on the marketing world. Trends
owdt.com
Beautiful, free videos for your homepage.
I imagine you all know unsplash, the website that changed the free stock photo world. This one is the same concept but using background vĂdeos for homepages instead of photos. Tip: you can use them for presentations on your slides too. Resources
coverr.co
Google, but for colors
We have a saying in SPain that says that melon is not a colour, is a fruit. Well, this could change in the future with this tool. It will show us the colours associated with any search fantastic for designers. And it works in Spanish too! Resources
picular.co
The Ungrateful Others
“When ungrateful people surround you, maybe itâs time to move on and find people that do care.” Written by Alejandro Barrera. Think
medium.com
Digital Nomads Are Not the Future
A lot of reality on a post that explains how the “digital nomads” you find online are not what they look like. A nice one to think about. Nice read
medium.com
The Price of Success
Old one, from 2014, but still relevant and a great article to read, even if you are not there yet. Nice Read
jhon.olonan.org
Extreme Athleticism Is the New Midlife Crisis
“The last thing I remember before passing out was the pain. It had overtaken everything, hunching my back, and curling my fingers into claws pecking out incoherent thoughts on my laptop before finally collapsing…” Think
medium.com
Build 48 websites for 48 nonprofits in 48 hours
This month we do not have any sponsored jobs, so I am posting this web page instead. This is a nonprofit that is helping other non profits to have a WordPress website. They need volunteers to complete the websites, so if you are interested on helping others and want to learn about WordPress at the same time, contact them!
48in48.org
Today I woke up at 7:30. Calm breakfast with the family. We watched a cartoon, then played with some legos.
At 8:00 I worked out for 45 mins.
Then I chimed in on some work threads in Basecamp. Coworkers will read whenever.
Finally spent 4h writing + programming.#FounderLyfe
— DHH (@dhh) August 4, 2018
