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Last year, I wrote about my experience of getting to 500,000 public story views on Snapchat. While fully acknowledging that I am not Snap’s target demographic, it’s been interesting to watch the rise, dip and potential rise again of this company. This is a critical time for the social media platform, as new networks like…

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Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com and many other services like JetPack, WooCommerce and more has received $300 million USD in funding from Salesforce. What does this mean WordPress going forward? The post Automattic Gets $300M Investment, Now What? appeared first on HighEdWebTech. (image) Last year, I wrote about my experience of getting to 500,000…

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I’ve been seeing a lot of Twitter accounts, both regular user accounts as well as brand accounts, using fancy, math and other symbol fonts in their tweets. These characters are all legal, and part of the Unicode standard. Akin to using a screenshot from a notes app in your tweet, we should take a closer…

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WordPress version 5.3 released last week. In this release, there are changes in the way WordPress handles very large image uploads. The post WordPress 5.3 and Large Image Uploads appeared first on HighEdWebTech. (image) I’ve been seeing a lot of Twitter accounts, both regular user accounts as well as brand accounts, using fancy, math and…

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If backing up your website isn’t a key part of your strategy, it should be. You can’t afford for your site to be down if something happens. With regular backups, you can mitigate those issues. The post Backup Series: Why, How, and Where to Store Your WordPress Backups appeared first on HighEdWebTech. (image) WordPress version…

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It’s great you are backing up your website. The next challenge is to determine what’s the right backup schedule, which can vary depending on many factors. The post Backup Series: How Often Should You Backup Your Website? appeared first on HighEdWebTech. (image) In the past, I’ve written extensively about improving the performance of your WordPress…

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In the last post of our series on backups, we’ll explore where the best place to store your backups is, and whether that’s in the cloud or on your server. The post Backup Series: Where Should I Store My Backups? appeared first on HighEdWebTech. It’s time for the third and final post in our series…

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This year has been much different than we all expected. Obviously. Sorry for the hyperbole, but it’s true, especially when it comes to hosting events in higher ed. We all saw our large planned events like admitted student open houses, commencement, alumni reunions, lectures and more postponed, done on Zoom, or cancelled. I have sat…

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