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Have you started to automate website testing?
Isn't it time to automate website testing? It doesn't matter who I talk to when it comes to building websites or software—there's never enough time to test everything. That's not to say that companies aren't testing software—because they are. But when you ask someone about coverage, that's when things start to change. Coverage is exactly what...
There is always an \"us\" but not always a \"them\"
Let me get this out of the way—this is a post about another post about a dynamic that may or may not exist within a community of people around an open source software project that is undefined because anyone is free to participate at any level they want. Even if you dig WordPress, this may not...
Add WooCommerce Gift Giving to your Store
This is part 12 of a 30 part series improving your WooCommerce Store. Have you thought of WooCommerce Gift Giving? Before I get started, you should know this post is part of a WooCommerce series of thirty posts I'm writing this summer. WooCommerce Product Comparisons WooCommerce Product URLs Wishlists for Guests Affiliate / Recommendation Programs Funnels...
Pay attention to Restrict Content Pro
I remember it like it was last weekend... A developer from out of town had reached out to let me know they'd be pretty close to where I lived and wondered if we could meet for breakfast. So we set up a time and I drove out to meet with him. We knew each other,...
Extend your store: Combine WooCommerce and Zapier
If you're just arriving to this site for the first time, you should know this post is part of a WooCommerce series of thirty posts I'm writing this summer. Here are the first 10 posts. WooCommerce Product Comparisons WooCommerce Product URLs Wishlists for Guests Affiliate / Recommendation Programs Funnels & One-Time Offers WooCommerce Category Pages WooCommerce...
How to get more traffic to your WooCommerce store
This is part 10 of 30 in a series on improving your WooCommerce Store. If you're just arriving at this site for the first time, you should know this post is part of a WooCommerce series. Here are the first 9 posts to catch you up. WooCommerce Product Comparisons WooCommerce Product URLs Wishlists for Guests...
What's harder than writing code?
Coding a WordPress plugin is hard I know that people like to say that everything in WordPress is easy. It's not true. Many things are difficult when it comes to WordPress. Developing a following who read your blog—that's hard.Getting your site to look like the original theme you bought—that's hard.Submitting your first patch and getting...
Why it makes sense to hire small agencies
I can still remember one of the first times I sold enterprise software to an enterprise client. They were a very large and well-known financial organization and I was sitting in a meeting with their senior technical staff. I was young and nervous at the meeting until I asked a question and heard the answer. \"What's...
WooCommerce Payment Gateways: Pay with Amazon
This is part 9 of 30 in a series on improving your WooCommerce Store. We've covered a lot of ground already, as we navigate all the different aspects of improving your WooCommerce store—and if you've you've missed the earlier posts, here are the first eight. WooCommerce Product Comparisons WooCommerce Product URLs Wishlists for Guests Affiliate...
WooCommerce Reviews
Welcome to part eight of my 30-part series on improving your WooCommerce site. As I've said before, getting WooCommerce installed and configured, loaded with products, and launched is only the beginning of your journey. Then the real fun starts, if you want to build a site that is a business. After all, that's what you're...
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