UI, UX, WordPress Multisite, lawsuits, Divi 5 progress, forgotten websites, AI search, Cricut, Wix, TikTok, Instagram and Keurig K-Cups. I feel 2025 will bring some pretty big changes to my world of Web design. I’m hoping the craziness of the WordPress lawsuits will get resolved quickly. I know the transition to Divi 5 will require some work, but the end result will be a big improvement in speed and capabilities. And it is really hard to predict the improvements that AI will bring. Check out all of this week’s news and you’ll see each of these topics covered.

• Do It Yourself Web Design: 9 Helpful Tips For 2025
• User Interface Design: Understanding It & Current Trends (2025)
• UI vs UX Design: What Is The Difference? (2025)
• Modern UI Design Trends For Websites In 2025
• Should You Remove TikTok Videos from Your WordPress Site? Maybe.
• What To Do When Downloading WordPress for the First Time (2025)
• WordPress Skimmers Evade Detection by Injecting Themselves into Database Tables
• Introducing Broken Image Scanner
• How To Tell if a WordPress Plugin Can Be Trusted
• Cloudflare CDN flaw leaks user location data, even through secure chat apps
• How Use WordPress Multisite To Create a Website Subdirectory
• AI Plugin Generator for WordPress Professionals
• Ringing the Bell for Our Own Acquisition
• Relatively New Things You Should Know about HTML Heading Into 2025
• What’s in My Bag, 2025
• A Call for Better Naming Conventions in Page Builders
• Should You Still Use WordPress?

• Top 10 Most Effective Types of Email Marketing in 2025
• The end of brands, or the end of common sense?
• Millennials are mourning the loss of these forgotten websites
• Data On Fastest Growing Sites Yields Surprising Insights

• Google’s Documentation Update Contains Hidden SEO Insights
• AI Search Optimization: Make Your Structured Data Accessible
• Are People Clicking Links In ChatGPT Search? Brands Say Yes
• There’s 3 types of AI search – do you know which to optimizing for?
• Google Shares Insight On SEO For AI Overviews

• The new Jack Daniels bottle design is leaving a bad taste for some
• I finally switched from Adobe to DaVinci Resolve – here’s how it went
• How to use a Cricut machine: a beginner’s guide to Cricut
• Find the Perfect Clip in Seconds With New AI in Adobe Premiere Pro
• Elon’s official DOGE logo is stale meme branding at its worst
• Adobe Premiere Pro’s new AI tool could save video editors hours of time
• I Reviewed the Best AI Image Generators for 2025
• How one tiny microphone solved my biggest video production problems
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• Netflix’s AI video model may look janky, but it’s a groundbreaking advance
• Wix 2025 review: easy to like, impossible to love
• The new Supergirl logo is seriously grungy – and fans don’t think it’s an accident
• The 9 best animation styles

• Instagram Capitalizes on CapCut’s Demise by Teasing New ‘Edits’ Video-Editing App
• Bluesky, X Roll Out TikTok-Style Vertical Video Feeds
• Wisconsin Teen Sets Congressman’s Office on Fire Over TikTok Ban
• Bluesky’s Userbase Expands Almost Nine Times Over in 2024
• The 850 billion reasons Apple and others aren’t taking a chance on TikTok
• The Making of Community Notes
• X is rolling out a dedicated vertical video feed for US users
• Instagram is rushing out a new video editing app that sure sounds a lot like CapCut
• MrBeast is reportedly now among those trying to buy TikTok
• Instagram is reportedly trying to attract TikTok creators with large bonuses
• Reddit Forums Move to Ban Links to X After Elon Musk’s Salute
• Lawyer explains why Apple can’t bring TikTok back to the App Store yet
• TikTok ban could be resolved without selling to a US company, says American board member
• Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy
• Short-Form Video Dominance: The Future Of Engagement In Social Media
• Elon Musk Tells Employees X Is ‘Barely Breaking Even’
• The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps
• Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give the U.S. government a 50% stake

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

• Every Year, This Italian Town Hand-Delivers Salt to the Pope
• This Book Created Italian Food as We Know It
• I Tried More Than 15 Keurig K-Cups. These Were the Best (and Worst) of the Bunch

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