Morpheus, Automattic purge, portfolio websites, Wix Stores, product markup, Adobe Elements, Microsoft Paint, YouTube Shorts and chain restaurant smells. There was still a lot of controversy within the WordPress community and more lawsuits. Hopefully this will get resolved soon. And for the record, I am over 21 and still eat and enjoy PB&J sandwiches! Check out all of the headlines from the last week below.
- Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
- Read Tech News Digest for October 4, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!
- InstaWP Announces the World’s First WordPress Online Hackathon ‘AnyoneCanWP’
- 8,000 WordPress Sites affected by Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in WP Hotel Booking WordPress Plugin
- WordPress Enforces Plugin Check and 2FA for New Plugin Submissions
- New Social Web Foundation Launched with Automattic’s Support
- Morpheus: A New WordPress Update Mirror
Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine
- Why WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has gone ‘nuclear’ against tech investing giant Silver Lake
- WP Engine’s Ban from WordPress.org: A Deep Dive into the Chaos
- Automattic Publishes WP Engine Term Sheet Amidst Controversy
- Automattic demanded a cut of WP Engine’s revenue before starting WordPress battle
- Automattic demanded web host pay $32M annually for using WordPress trademark
- Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’
- Automattic Alignment
- 8% Of Automattic Employees Choose To Resign
- Executive Director Of WordPress Resigns
- Thank you, WordPress
- Thank You, Josepha: WordPress Executive Director Resigns
- How to Build a Stunning Portfolio Website Quickly
- Step-by-Step Guide For Setting Up Divi Dash
- Call All Bug Testers! Help Us Make The Divi 5 Public Alpha Bug-Free
- Getting To Know The Divi 5 Interface: 10 Changes & Improvements
- Speed Comparison: Exploring The Blazing-Fast Divi 5 Visual Builder
- Divi 5 Waves Goodbye To Shortcodes. Here’s Why It Matters
- Basics of Divi Responsive Design
- How To Send An Auto Responder Confirmation Email For The Divi Contact Form
- Sometimes, marketing comes down to a personal decision
- Squarespace review: website builder remains among the best (even with high ecom fees)
- Wix vs. WordPress.com: Which Is Better for Building Your Website?
- CNN and USA Today Have Fake Websites, I Believe Forbes Marketplace Runs Them
- Wix Stores Review
- Google AIO Is Ranking More Niche Specific Sites
- Making SEO Decisions With Confidence: A Guide To Data-Driven Strategies
- Why Google Lighthouse Doesn’t Include INP, A Core Web Vital
- Google’s SEO Tip To Get New Site Picked Up Faster
- Google Adds Two New Best Practices For Product Markup
- Unpacking NerdWallet’s SEO: 10 Things I Discovered
- 12 Link Builders Share Strategies That Work in 2024
- Google Rolls Out AI-Organized Search Results Pages
- An Introduction To SEO Strategy For A Digital Presence
- Google’s Grip on Search Slips as TikTok and AI Startup Mount Challenge
- Google’s AI Overviews Avoid Political Content, New Data Shows
- Google Updates Robots.txt Policy: Unsupported Fields Are Ignored
- AI will force “dramatic changes” says illustrator Shan Jiang
- Adobe Cuts Perpetual License for Elements Down to Just Three Years
- Microsoft Paint Gets AI-Powered Generative Fill and Erase Features
- JPEG XL: What It Is And Why You Should Care
- Confessions of an illustrator: How I really feel about AI
- How to supersize your designs, for billboards and beyond
- How the internet killed design
- Is it time to give Microsoft Paint a chance?
- X Needs to Pay an Additional $1.9 Million to End Ban in Brazil
- Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
- Did Apple Just Kill Social Apps?
- Meta Has Reportedly Paid $2 Billion to Content Creators Posting on Facebook
- Instagram Launches ‘Best Practices’ to Help Creators Improve Their Photos and Reels
- WhatsApp Adds Filters and Backgrounds for Video Calls
- YouTube Shorts can now run up to three minutes
- YouTube Extends Shorts To 3 Minutes, Adds New Features
- X Fails to Avoid $400,000 Fine by Claiming Twitter ‘No Longer Exists’
- X lost a court battle after trying to claim ‘Twitter ceased to exist’
- Meta Adds New Features to Facebook, Messenger to Attract Gen Z, Millenials
- Facebook launches a Gen Z-focused redesign
Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.
- How Chain Restaurants Use Smells to Entice Us
- American Food Traditions That Started as Marketing Ploys
If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.
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