There’s been a recent trend I’ve noticed of bloggers posting about new WordPress.com features or updated features who ask their site visitors to leave feedback about that feature in the comments on their blog. While at first this might seem sensible, it unfortunately has the effect of keeping that feedback from getting to the peopleContinue reading “Where to Give Feedback on New WordPress.com Features”
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Oh! Hello, Twenty Twenty-Three!
No, not the latest default theme for WordPress, though I admit it is pretty nifty (and there might be some changes happening around here because of it). First I have to level up my energy and concentration. Honestly, I think I had a “Rip Van Winkle” episode. Things got to be just too much (innerContinue reading “Oh! Hello, Twenty Twenty-Three!”
WordPress.com Ads on Free Sites – A Nightmare on Your Main Street
Not that long ago our knitting guild was considering moving its website to WordPress.com. I half-jokingly mentioned to a fellow guild member that I hoped WordPress.com advertising would never be like on our guild’s current free website, hosted elsewhere, that is covered in more ads per pixel than content. Sadly, it seems the day ofContinue reading “WordPress.com Ads on Free Sites – A Nightmare on Your Main Street”
Why Build Your Business Website on WordPress.com
In addition to individuals, companies are also building their web presence on WordPress.com, either as a blog or as a full website including full e-commerce websites. And what’s not to like? On signing up and agreeing to the Terms of Service, a company gets a website with all updates and back-end security handled by WordPress.com,Continue reading “Why Build Your Business Website on WordPress.com”
Google Fonts and GDPR
Just when you thought it was safe… Earlier this year, a German regional court fined a website operator for transferring a site visitor’s IP address to Google through the use of Google Fonts without the visitor’s explicit consent. Following the news of the above ruling, WordPress theme authors were urged to bundle theme fonts withContinue reading “Google Fonts and GDPR”
Sharing is for Pizza-Reblog and Sharing Revisited
Sharing other people’s website content has been around since the beginning of the internet and a simple copy/paste was usually the medium by which content was shared. Needless-to-say, this wasn’t ideal, especially when entire posts were being “shared” without providing attribution and/or hotlinking images from the original author’s site. In order to give its usersContinue reading “Sharing is for Pizza-Reblog and Sharing Revisited”
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