Frontend vs. Backend Development

Nearly every website you use can be broken down into two parts: a frontend and a backend. When you first type in the URL of your favorite website and it loads, you’re presented with images, texts, links, and maybe videos. Click on a link and it takes you to another page that might consist of…

What Is the Best Payment Gateway for My Site?

There are many popular eCommerce platforms on the web, such as WooCommerce and Shopify, and they all offer a variety of payment gateways for accepting payments from your users. So, how do you decide which payment gateway to use? First, let’s go over some definitions. An eCommerce platform is a software application that lets online…

WordPress 5.4 Update

On March 31, 2020, WordPress 5.4 “Adderley” was released, named “Adderley” in honor of American jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley. With this minor release comes some much-anticipated updates. WordPress Gutenberg Block Editor Improvements New and Better Blocks Two new blocks have been added to the editor: Social Icons and Buttons blocks. These additions have been highly…

WooCommerce 4.0 – New Reporting Tools

WooCommerce released version 4.0 on March 10th — this is a “major” release. The most notable addition is the inclusion of the WooCommerce Admin plugin into the core WooCommerce plugin. This includes a Javascript-driven interface for managing the backend, plus new reporting tools and a dashboard to monitor key metrics. They also updated the Action…