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Alyssa Cuda 11.15.2018 Earlier this year, we honored Webby for Good nominees using WordPress to bring positive changes to the world. On November 15th, 2018 industry experts and technology innovators from across the EU will meet for the Webby’s European sister show, The Lovie Awards. Winners are selected for creating a stunning overall digital experience as well as for excellence in select areas: websites, apps, mobile sites and podcasts, online advertising, internet video, and social media. This year, WP Engine partnered with The Lovie Awards to bring Lovie For Good, a project highlighting digital experiences bringing positive change to the world. From an algorithm to promote compassionate leadership to campaigns recognizing the importance of fresh air, these winners are using the internet to spread awareness and initiate change. In this series, we highlight Lovie For Good winners built on WordPress. For many nonprofits, organizations, and individuals WordPress’ … [Read more...] about WordPress for Good: Relieving Fatigue

Carl Hargreaves 11.6.2018 Domain Name Servers (DNS) are the equivalent of The Yellow Pages for the Internet. They store and maintain a directory of domain names and translate them to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Humans access information online via domain names like wpengine.com and web browsers communicate via IP addresses; a DNS translates domain names to IP addresses in so browsers can load resources. How does WP Engine use DNS? The DNS is the system that connects your visitors to your site, you need to be sure it is configured correctly. Many people are intimidated by DNS configuration because of the fear that it’s frustratingly technical and confusing. In reality, the process is quite simple and correct setup ensures that you’ll never have to update your DNS again. If you’ve launched a site on WP Engine recently you may have noticed a new feature that allows you to easily connect to your domain name to your site.  This integration is powered by an … [Read more...] about WP Engine Supports the Domain Connect Project

Alyssa Cuda 10.5.2018 In an effort to help the WordPress community grow and prosper as well as expand and add value to the WP Engine Digital Experience platform, WP Engine recently acquired StudioPress. For our customers, this means, in addition to the Genesis framework, they’ll have access to 35 premium themes. All StudioPress themes are built using the Genesis Framework, are professionally designed, mobile-responsive, and built for seamless use, right out of the box. This week, we explore the Academy Pro theme, a theme for online course creators, membership site owners, and educational content marketers. In a world where so many schools, institutions, educators and universities are looking for innovative ways to more effectively reach students, the Academy Pro theme offers the flexibility and customizability to make any vision come to life. What is a Child Theme? A child theme works in combination with the parent theme. In this case, the parent theme is Genesis. The … [Read more...] about StudioPress Theme Spotlight: Academy Pro Theme

Abe Selig 9.21.2018 As we continue to showcase a sample of the amazing StudioPress themes now available to WP Engine customers, we’re extra excited to bring you this StuidoPress Theme of the Week: Breakthrough Pro, which is the first new theme to be launched since our acquisition of StudioPress in June. Breakthrough Pro was built with today’s creative, digital agency in mind. As such, the theme combines a palette of beautiful colors and minimal design with a sleek, modern layout for advertising or marketing firms to demonstrate their work, services, creativity, and more. Breakthrough Pro As with all of our professional child themes, Breakthrough Pro is compatible with Gutenberg , the new content editor that’s set to roll into WordPress core when version 5.0 is launched. As that occurs, we will be releasing updates to this theme with additional Gutenberg capabilities. Top Features Theme Options – Use options to get up and running in … [Read more...] about StudioPress Theme Spotlight: New Breakthrough Pro

ShareTweetPinWooCommerce has proved itself over the past decade as a major e-commerce platform. Combined with the powerful WordPress functionalities and the abundance of plugins available, it is reasonable for some shop owners to switch to WooCommerce. Migrating stores over platforms is a pain in the ass and even more when it comes to moving the users’ accounts with passwords. So for one of my stores (running on Presta since forever) I decided to start a second store from scratch, keeping only the products (a total of 646) and the categories. And I wanted to do this fast. I searched the web for a FREE solution and I found this plugin. FG PrestaShop to WooCommerce With the free version, you can migrate: Product images Product Descriptions Prices Categories Tags and CMS pages For me, that was more than enough to start my WooCommerce version of the shop. What I noticed afterward was that the plugin puts all products that were disabled or out of stock in the PrestaShop dashboard to … [Read more...] about How to Import Products from PrestaShop to WooCommerce (for FREE) – WpCtrl.com