WordPress 5.2.2 Maintenance Release Is Here!

June 24, 2019By 0 comment

WordPress 5.2.2 is now available! This maintenance release fixes 13 bugs and adds a little bit of polish to the Site Health feature that made its debut in 5.2.

For more info, browse the full list of changes on Trac or check out the Version 5.2.2 documentation page.

WordPress 5.2.2 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major release will be version 5.3; check make.wordpress.org/core for details as they happen.

You can download WordPress 5.2.2 or visit Dashboard → Updates and click Update Now. Sites that support automatic background updates have already started to update automatically.

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WordPress 5.0 is Here: What to Expect and 4 New Features

December 26, 2018By 0 comment

WordPress is perhaps the most popular content management systems available to anyone who wants to give web page development a try. 30 percent of all websites are created using WordPress, and it’s not hard to imagine why.

WordPress 5.0 delivers a whole new experience to users whom of which do not use advanced editors like visual composer. However, if you are to update a theme, you may want to make sure you backup your files and as the new upgrade and features may break your existing website layout

New Block Editor

Prior to this update, it was possible to upload all types of media to your blog posts. Now, it’s still possible, but this update has made it easier than ever before.

The old way of plugging in content involved posting it into the visual section of the editor, moving it, bending it, and making it fit within the context of your content.

WordPress has streamlined this process with their block editor. Now, when you want to add something new to a blog post, you can select from a list of pre-made blocks that include text, quotes, audio, video, embedded clips, files, and more.

If you want to add something new, you can open a block in seconds and plug the content into the corresponding block. Instead of trying to make everything work, your content is streamlined and you can edit how everything looks in the context of each block.

This edition makes it easier for new blog owners to dive and make their own content with more than just text, even if they are unfamiliar with coding.

Developer Tools

Those who are coding experts may be worried that the simplified block editor may get in the way of their coding. We are here to tell you that the 5.0 update does not sacrifice the editing power of experienced coders.

If there’s a problem with the coding, the blocks allow you to pinpoint in what area the error resides, and you can go in, fix it in seconds, and get back to creating new original content. The block creation flows allow clients and content creators to work together to not just paint a picture, but execute plans easily by placing blocks and filling in the blanks.

Many people find that this method saves them time and allows them to get more done without backtracking and looking for errors.

New Theme

The theme is called Twenty Nineteen(https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/10/16/introducingtwenty-
nineteen/). It comes out of the box with an elegant text-based designed that makes full use of all of the new editor tools. You don’t have to plug the new editor into the theme, which makes it the fastest way to create a brand spanking new blog (https://www.wpbeginner.com/start-a-wordpress-blog/), e-commerce shop, or non-profit in minutes. Twenty Nineteen comes ready to go with appropriate system fonts to ensure that when your site goes
live, it will have a quick loading time and can be edited and tweaked in no time.

You can adjust the fonts, add new images, change the designs and color scheme, all while checking out the star of the WP 5.0 show, the block editor.

Don’t Like Change?

The developers at WordPress understand that change isn’t for everyone. They released a new plugin at the same time as the new update called the Classic Editor plugin. This plugin makes it so that if you don’t want to use any of the new features, you can keep everything exactly the way it was prior to the 5.0 update by simply installing the plugin.

This is a great addition for those developers who need to take some time to adjust their website for the new update, or those who are currently using a slew of high-quality plugins (https://optinmonster.com/best-wordpress-plugins-to-grow-your-business/) that haven’t been updated for the new Bebo update yet.

Better yet, the WordPress team announced that they would support this Classic Editor plugin until 2021. This gives you plenty of time to learn the new editor, write new code, or wait for plugins you’re
currently using to update.

As of now, there have been no severe bugs noted with this update. If you’re ready to move on to the next big thing and learn why more people are using WordPress every day, you can install the Bebe update in just a few minutes.

For help with the newest version of wordpress or to upgrade your website, contact us today!

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Drupal Migrating to GitLab

August 24, 2018By 0 comment

The Drupal Association announced this week that Drupal.org will be migrating its developer tools to GitLab. In selecting a partner for modernizing the project’s tooling, the association aimed to preserve the most valuable parts of Drupal’s workflow. They also wanted a partner that would keep evolving its code collaboration feature-set.

For the past six months Drupal has been working closely with Eliran Mesika, the Director of Partnerships at GitLab, in addition to CEO Sid Sijbrandij and members of GitLab’s engineering team. They’ve escalated the internal priority of issues that blocked our adoption of GitLab, offered technical and financial support for the migration, and made a commitment to ongoing support for the Drupal project.

“By adding merge requests, contributing to Drupal will become much more familiar to the broad audience of open source contributors who learned their skills in the post-patch era,” Lehnen said. “By adding inline editing and web-based code review, it will be much easier to make quick contributions. This not only lowers the barrier to contribution for people new to our community, it also saves significant effort for our existing community members, as they’ll no longer need to clone work locally and generate patches.”

This may be something that WordPress benefits from also.  “It’s definitely something on our minds,” Mullenweg said when asked if GitLab and WordPress might collaborate in the future. “Core WordPress is still Trac and Subversion, so I think that it’s not our top priority this year, but in the future it’s definitely on the radar.”

 

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Google’s Deadline for SSL Certificates Is Approaching

June 1, 2018By 0 comment

Over the course of the last two years, rumors have swirled over Google’s position concerning forcing the move to HTTPS encryption.  Last year, Google began officially warning website owners that non HTTPS sites would incur consumer messaging that identified the site as non-secure.

n February 8th, Google made clear its intentions to formally mark websites lacking SSL Certificates (the certificate which once installed on the website results in an HTTPS secure URL string) as insecure.

Google has confirmed a date of “early July 2018” as the start date. They have also disclosed how they will alert web surfers of the non-HTTPS status, or not secure.

Sites that remain on the HTTP non-secure protocol will be flagged with a warning in the URL bar of the surfer’s browser.

The non-secure flag will be built into the release of Chrome 68, which will be ready for download in early July.  It is possible that the flag could stand out by use of the color red.  However, that remains an unconfirmed aspect. Officially, the image above represents Google’s current likely change.

Google followed up this by stating that the web’s transition to HTTPS, which is also identified as “making the web safer,” by disclosing numbers supporting HTTPS growth and scale.

” Over 68% of Chrome traffic on both Android and Windows is now protected
” Over 78% of Chrome traffic on both Chrome OS and Mac is now protected
” 81 of the top 100 sites on the web use HTTPS by default

HTTPS encryption growth shows that most site owners are taking Google’s warnings seriously.

However, it remains that a large group of site owners has been less than motivated to make the change.

This adaptive lag is likely a result of confusion over what HTTPS encryption is, the annual cost associated with HTTPS encryption maintenance, and general laziness.

Google does not provide SSL certificates, but luckily, we do.   If you need assistance with setting up your SSL feel free to contact us today!

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Penguin 2.0: Positive or Negative

August 28, 2013By

Since the Google’s Penguin 2.0 update how has it affected your website?

The rules of SEO was dramatically modified when Google did its Penguin 2.0 algorithmic rule modification.  If you are a freelance author who makes a specialty of providing this sort of content, following area unit 3 of the foremost vital belongings you have to be compelled to grasp.

1. Keywords are no longer the main focus :

As a result of once creating by removal through lots of information, Google’s analysis team found that obtaining a website to rank high based mostly only on targeting keywords is pretty simple to try and do. They conjointly found lots of several spammers use this method – developing a lot of garbage content quickly.

2. Anchor Text:

No legitimate business desires misspelled or grammatically incorrect copy on their web site. If you are , it is a red flag, and your website may sink in rankings.

3. Backlinks:

The total purpose of this latest Penguin 2.0 update, in line with Google’s SEO guru, Matt Cutts, was to punish sites that use banned SEO ways and reward those who provide real worth to internet surfers. Cutts continued  on, explaining that the last word goal was to chop back on link spamming and hacking, whereas giving webmasters the tools they required to repair hacked sites.

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It is becoming tougher to rank well in SERPs, that spells chance for internet writers who keep up to date with the changes in the programming improvement, the result of your experience are going to be a lot of desired than ever.

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Mobile Content Marketing

July 17, 2013By

There is a new buzz-word flying around in design and marketing studios recently.  This infographic shows how mobile content marketing is applying to mobile platforms and how imperative it is to the bottom line.

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Credits: Compendium and DK New Media

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We are RustBuilt

We are RustBuilt

July 9, 2013By

Having been born and raised in the Pittsburgh area,  I proudly proclaim that we are RustBuilt. I come from a long line of blue collared, honest people, that lived simply. The glory of the mills and factories are long gone, but the drive to create is not.

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Please read more about RustBuilt:

“Without a focused, loud and efficient megaphone, the signals turn to noise.
RustBuilt exists to unify the valuable, yet small signals into one powerful voice.”

Innovation is the engine of sustainable job creation and the driver of solutions (both technological and social) that can lead to a better life for everyone.

Increasingly, cities of the Mid-Atlantic are positioning themselves as the “next

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Our website has launched!

June 25, 2013By

We are pleased to announce that our new website has officially launched. We have designed our layout with simplicity, ease of use, and a strong focus on content delivery in mind.

Though we believe that a great website is never truly finished, our new website will become the launching point for many exciting new features we will be rolling out in both the near and distant future. Some of our planned improvements include, a private area for our clients to access their projects and files, and a slew of web based tools and resources we’ve dreamed up to help you establish, maintain and grow your business marketing impact. Our website is also mobile ready so feel free to browse on your tablet as well as any mobile device.

We truly hope you enjoy exploring our new website, and please feel free to send us comments or feedback you may have.

– Respire Digital

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