MainWP Blog - 2018

Last year, I participated in a Secret Santa in a Facebook group. I admit, I thought it was cool. You may remember some time ago that a young lady drew Bill Gates as her Secret Santa on Reddit. By the way, do you participate in a virtual Secret Santa? The gift I received was something I needed but may not have been quite ready for. You see, I received a copy of the book the 12 Week Year. The idea Continue reading the post...

For a long time, I covered startups in my home state and across the country.  I really enjoyed learning about and meeting those were creating startups. I learned a lot about business and met some really interest people. When covering startups, I also ran into investors and learn about raising capital. I gained a better perspective. I believe that the startup industry can teach us much about running a business that is is very applicable to WordPress professionals. Today I Continue reading the post...

As you probably already know, WordPress 5.0 comes with the major change of the Post Editor. Gutenberg block editor is replacing the old Classic Editor that hasn’t had many changes over the years and for the most part, has stayed pretty much the same. MainWP plugin has been tested with WordPress 5.0 over the last few months and we are proud to say that the plugin is fully compatible with the new version of the most popular CMS. The functionality Continue reading the post...

You can thank Philly for the world of Black Friday. The city of Brotherly Love seems to be where the name comes from. The Philadelphia police department gave it that name because of the massive amounts of traffic on the day following Thanksgiving. As you see in this snippet of a column from 1966 in the “The American Philatelist,” JANUARY 1966 — “Black Friday” is the name which the Philadelphia Police Department has given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day. Continue reading the post...

The beauty of open source lies in the fact that code is open and can always be tweaked, modified, and customized to your needs. The ability to customize an open-source project (in this case your MainWP Dashboard) is one of its greatest benefits. An open code base of the plugin allows you to reshape and re-outfit the plugin at any time. Example 1 – Simple MainWP Customisation In this example, I will show you how you can easily rename the Continue reading the post...

I can remember many a Thanksgiving mornings getting that turkey ready for the oven. I can almost smell the aroma of homemade rolls, pumpkin pie, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and much more. Laughter comes from the other room as we visit with family members we haven’t seen in months. “Look at how much he’s grown!” “You are getting so tall,” another says. “I sure am looking forward to some of that turkey,” my grandpa might say. Thanksgiving isn’t just Continue reading the post...

This is the time of year we begin to evaluate our business and the tools we use. It is also close to the time we see Black Friday and Cyber Mondays launched. In the November edition of tools roundup, we discuss creating a how to create a visual sitemap, a wireframe, and how to write better headlines using tools that are free to begin. Create visual sitemaps with GlooMaps Sitemaps are a necessary piece of information for search engines. As Jessica Continue reading the post...

Back in July, with Phase 1, the WP Activity Log plugin became the first activity logger to keep track of changes made by your MainWP Dashboard on Child sites. The only issue was you still had to visit your Child site to see the logs. That changes today with the release of Phase 2, Activity Log for MainWP! The first major MainWP Extension created by an outside developer, this free Extension allows you to review all your child site activity Continue reading the post...

For millions of comic book fans across the globe, we lost a legend Monday. Stan Lee, was a writer, editor, and publisher of some of the most popular Marvel Comics including Spider-Man, the Hulk, Black Panther, Daredevil and X-Men. I remember as a kid watching the Public Broadcasting Network’s portrayal of Spider-Man for its kid-friendly shows. In fact, we would watch those during school. Later, in the early 80’s, Spider-Man became a prime-time show. I also remember the series of the Continue reading the post...

I have launched a lot of websites in my career. When I worked for a local marketing agency, I was usually the one who drew the assignment to launch a site. Just being honest, I welcomed the opportunity to be part of a team in this part of the job. I never had to launch a website by myself. One person pointed the domains, one person moved the site from one server to the other, I executed the post-launch checklist, Continue reading the post...