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Jun 23
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What is Open Source?

Often times I am talking with clients explaining how I build websites within a WordPress based content management system. The topic of WordPress being "open source" often arrises and there can be some misunderstanding of what that means. The following is a brief introduction to both what open source is... read more →
May 25
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WordPress 6.0 Released

WordPress 6.0 "Arturo" has been released. This is the second major release of 2022 which brings many improvements; including hundreds of updates and hundreds of bug fixes. WordPress has never been better! As of the release of WordPress 5.9 WordPress has moved towards what they call Full Site Editing which... read more →
Jan 26

WordPress 5.9 Released – Josephine

WordPress 5.9 "Joséphine" has been released. This is the first major release of 2022 which brings the long awaited Full Site Editing. The blocks editor has further refinements and controls added. The Block Patterns have been improved. The List View has been revamped. They are introducing Block level locking (in... read more →
Aug 20
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What Is a Content Management System?

A Content Management System (CMS) is a platform that enables you to organize and publish a lot of content on a website. Websites are all built with a foundation of at minimum the HTML and CSS languages (and usually javascript). And if you are not a coder or programmer then... read more →
Dec 07
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GDPR & WordPress

Disclaimer: This post is not legal advice. Watts Web Studio is not a law firm. This post does not constitute legal advice and does not replace any advice you obtain from a lawyer or other legal expert.] GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. It's European legislation relating to personal... read more →
May 18
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WordPress Privacy Release

WordPress released version 4.9.6 this week. It is their "Privacy" Release. It now has a few tools added that will assist in your WordPress based website being able to maintain compliance with Europe's GDPR, the data privacy law that is effecting most websites. I imagine it will evolve further as... read more →
Apr 07