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-- Backup   Table  : wp_qc7hsq204x_options
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A solid overview of REST API basics here at GoDaddy</h2>\n<p>Douglas Karr’s <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/wordpress/an-introduction-to-the-wordpress-rest-api/" target="_blank">introduction to the REST API</a> back at the beginning of 2016 is still incredibly valuable. Take a few minutes to read it, and you’ll get a solid breakdown of the basic moving parts of the system, along with useful sample scenarios and examples of real-world implementations.</p>\n<p>As a reward for reaching the end, you’ll also get pointed in the direction of an excellent tutorial on <a href="https://deliciousbrains.com/creating-mobile-app-wp-api-react-native/" target="_blank">creating a mobile app</a> with <a href="https://facebook.github.io/react/" target="_blank">React</a> and the REST API, courtesy of the good people at <a href="https://deliciousbrains.com/" target="_blank">Delicious Brains</a>.</p>\n<h2>2. 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Postman</h2>\n<p>You’re going to be spending an awful lot of time interacting with APIs in WordPress and beyond once you grok the basics, and it’s well worth investing some hours to get familiar with an easy-to-use API client.</p>\n<div id="attachment_20835" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rest-api-postman.png"><img class="wp-image-20835 size-full" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rest-api-postman.png" alt="Rest API Postman" width="640" height="272" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rest-api-postman.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rest-api-postman-768x326.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Choosing a modern API client, such as Postman, saves time and effort across the board.</p></div>\n<p><a href="https://www.getpostman.com/" target="_blank">Postman</a> is an incredibly convenient option that’s available for free as both a <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop" target="_blank">Chrome app</a> and a <a href="https://www.getpostman.com/app/postman-osx" target="_blank">Mac app</a>, and it’s guaranteed to save you an awful lot of heavy lifting down the line.</p>\n<h2>5. The Human Made REST API white paper</h2>\n<p><a href="https://hmn.md/" target="_blank">Human Made</a> is one the most high-profile and widely respected WordPress agencies on the planet. So when they chime in on a topic, it’s always worth sitting up and paying attention. Their excellent <a href="https://hmn.md/wordpress-rest-api-white-paper/" target="_blank">WordPress REST API white paper</a> makes for essential reading.</p>\n<div id="attachment_20834" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rest-api-human-made.png"><img class="wp-image-20834 size-full" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rest-api-human-made.png" alt="Rest API Human Made" width="640" height="335" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rest-api-human-made.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rest-api-human-made-768x402.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Human Made REST API white paper is a must-read.</p></div>\n<p>Make sure you clear an hour or so to really sit down and digest this digital doorstopper. As you work through its pages, you’ll find an all-star cast of development talent expertly breaking down use cases, opportunities and challenges associated with the technology. As a companion piece to the white paper, Ryan McCue’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV4IuS_KnvU&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">introductory presentation</a> from the <em>A Day of Rest</em> conference is also worth a look.</p>\n<h2>6. Breaking REST API news at WP Tavern</h2>\n<p>As part of the Automattic empire, <a href="https://wptavern.com/" target="_blank">WP Tavern</a> carries more authority than most when it comes to breaking news about the platform. Hit up the <a href="https://wptavern.com/tag/wp-rest-api" target="_blank">relevant tag on the site</a>, and you’ll get a stream of useful REST API-related info about conferences, podcasts, WordPress releases and more. It’s been a little quiet of late, but then again so has the project itself — that’s sure to change sooner rather than later!</p>\n<h2>7. Tips and tutorials at Torque</h2>\n<p><a href="http://torquemag.io/" target="_blank">Torque</a> has carved out a nice niche for itself in the WordPress world over the last couple of years, and they’ve been knocking it out of the park with REST API content. Stick “REST API” into their <a href="http://torquemag.io/?s=rest+api" target="_blank">site search</a>, and you’ll find all manner of useful, <a href="http://torquemag.io/2016/08/building-custom-rest-api-routes-using-object-oriented-php/" target="_blank">one-off articles</a> and <a href="http://torquemag.io/2016/06/developing-rest-api-app-part-1/" target="_blank">detailed tutorial series</a> to sink your teeth into.</p>\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n<p>If you’ve been holding off on diving into the details of the REST API, there’s no better time to start than today. Projects such as <a href="https://developer.wordpress.com/calypso/" target="_blank">Calypso</a> are already showing the API will be central to future WordPress development.</p>\n<p>Let’s step through our resources one more time:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Brush up on the basics with Douglas Karr&#8217;s <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/wordpress/an-introduction-to-the-wordpress-rest-api/" target="_blank">intro</a>.</li>\n<li>Dive into the <a href="http://v2.wp-api.org/" target="_blank">official documentation</a>.</li>\n<li>Up your wider REST API game with Vinay Sahni&#8217;s <a href="http://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-a-pragmatic-restful-api" target="_blank">guide</a>.</li>\n<li>Start using a slick API client such as <a href="https://www.getpostman.com/" target="_blank">Postman</a>.</li>\n<li>Learn from the pros with Human Made&#8217;s <a href="https://hmn.md/wordpress-rest-api-white-paper/" target="_blank">white paper</a>.</li>\n<li>Stay in touch with new topics at <a href="https://wptavern.com/tag/wp-rest-api" target="_blank">WP Tavern</a>.</li>\n<li>Get down to business with tutorials at <a href="http://torquemag.io/?s=rest+api" target="_blank">Torque</a>.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Do you have any other great REST API resources to share? 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The system looks at the week-over-week change in installations, rather than total installations.</p>\n<p>What many don’t realize is that the WordPress Hot 100 is manually maintained. Since I’ve had the pleasure of looking after it for the past year, I wanted to give everyone a look at how it’s done.</p>\n<h2>Managing the WordPress Hot 100</h2>\n<p>The raw data hits my inbox on Monday morning. We don’t want to skew the list too much with our internal plugins and themes, so I comb through the list, line by line. (Themes built for our new <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/websites/wordpress?isc=cardigan" target="_blank">WordPress Websites</a> product are excluded, for example.) From there, I upload the list to get parsed by our Hot 100 web app.</p>\n<p>The next step is the hardest. For every new plugin and theme that appears on the list, I need to run a bit of recon using the slug/ID. In most cases I’ll find a match on WordPress.org or a commercial theme marketplace. (We periodically get themes and plugins for which we just can’t find a matching site.)</p>\n<blockquote><p>Could all of this work be automated? Sure. But I don’t mind the weekly ritual. Maintaining the list is a wonderful opportunity to learn about new themes and plugins, and about the talented designers and developers who create them.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I ran a quick analysis last month to see which themes and plugins appeared the most often on our WordPress Hot 100 lists over the past year. The analysis was rough, but nonetheless it provides an interesting look at what our customers are using.</p>\n<h2>The trendiest plugins</h2>\n<p>Let’s start with the plugins. As I skimmed over my compiled list, I noticed a few distinct “buckets” that we can sort the plugins into: Design, eCommerce, Forms, Backups, Security, Performance, Media, Publishing and Analytics.</p>\n<h4>Design plugins</h4>\n<p>Design includes plugins that affect the appearance of a site. 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I also saw recurring WooCommerce-related plugins from <a href="https://yithemes.com/product-category/plugins/" target="_blank">YITH</a>.</p>\n<h4>Form plugins</h4>\n<p>Forms had the most variety of popular plugins. <a href="https://ninjaforms.com/" target="_blank">Ninja Forms</a>, <a href="https://formidablepro.com/" target="_blank">Formidable Forms</a>, <a href="http://www.gravityforms.com/" target="_blank">Gravity Forms </a>and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/" target="_blank">Contact Form 7</a> appeared the most often. <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/" target="_blank">Contact Form DB</a>, a plugin for capturing form submissions, appeared frequently as well.</p>\n<h4>Backup plugins</h4>\n<p>The popularity of backup plugins has been reassuring. Backups from your host — like the ones available through Managed WordPress — are essential, but <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/security/dont-count-on-your-host-for-a-fully-secure-wordpress-site/" target="_blank">you should also make redundant backups</a> that get saved elsewhere. That’s where a dedicated plugin comes in handy. Week over week, we regularly spotted <a href="https://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy/" target="_blank">BackupBuddy</a>, <a href="https://backwpup.com/" target="_blank">BackWPup</a> and <a href="https://updraftplus.com/" target="_blank">UpdraftPlus</a>.</p>\n<h4>Security plugins</h4>\n<p>Security had three main contenders for complete solutions: <a href="https://www.wordfence.com/" target="_blank">WordFence</a>, <a href="https://ithemes.com/security/" target="_blank">iThemes Security</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/" target="_blank">All In One WP Security and Firewal</a>l. <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-limit-login-attempts/" target="_blank">Limit Login Attempts </a>and <a href="https://getclef.com/" target="_blank">Clef</a> were also frequently trending plugins for securing WordPress user logins.</p>\n<h4>Performance plugins</h4>\n<p>Performance, like security, has a few popular choices. <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/" target="_blank">W3 Total Cache</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/" target="_blank">WP Super Cache</a> were trending the most often. <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/" target="_blank">WP-Optimize</a> (database optimization) appeared quite a bit, as did <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/" target="_blank">WP Smush</a> (image optimization), with <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/" target="_blank">EWWW Image Optimizer</a> popping up less frequently.</p>\n<div class="callout"> Yoast SEO for WordPress topped the WordPress Hot 100 list of popular SEO plugins. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p><a href="https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/" target="_blank">Yoast SEO for WordPress</a> was the most popular SEO plugin, but <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/" target="_blank">All in One SEO Pack</a> appeared quite often as well.</p>\n<h4>Media plugins</h4>\n<p>Media includes any plugins that help you manage or present images, videos and files. The most frequently trending media plugins were <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/" target="_blank">Regenerate Thumbnails</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/force-regenerate-thumbnails/" target="_blank">Force Regenerate Thumbnails</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-widget/" target="_blank">Image Widget</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/instagram-feed/" target="_blank">Instagram Feed</a>, <a href="https://www.metaslider.com/" target="_blank">Meta Slider</a> and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-gallery/" target="_blank">Photo Gallery</a>.</p>\n<h4>Publishing plugins</h4>\n<p>For the purpose of this post, I consider “publishing” to encompass any plugin that assists in the creation, management, presentation and promotion of content. (Broad, I know, but I’d have too many categories otherwise!) <a href="https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/" target="_blank">Advanced Custom Fields</a> was the hottest plugin by far. <a href="https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/add-ons/repeater-field/" target="_blank">ACF Repeater Field</a>, a legacy companion plugin, frequently appeared alongside it.</p>\n<p>Other hot publishing plugins include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/" target="_blank">Black Studio TinyMCE Widget</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/" target="_blank">Breadcrumb NavXT</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/" target="_blank">Custom Post Type UI</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-post/" target="_blank">Duplicate Post</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/" target="_blank">MailChimp for WordPress</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/" target="_blank">MailPoet Newsletters</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-types-order/" target="_blank">Post Types Order</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/" target="_blank">Shortcodes Ultimate</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-any/" target="_blank">Share Buttons by AddToAny</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-widgets-bundle/" target="_blank">SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/" target="_blank">TablePress</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-advanced/" target="_blank">TinyMCE Advanced</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wp-types.com/" target="_blank">Toolset Types</a></li>\n<li><a href="http://www.wpgmaps.com/" target="_blank">WP Google Maps</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/advanced-custom-fields-wordpress-plugins.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21337" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/advanced-custom-fields-wordpress-plugins.png" alt="Advanced Custom Fields WordPress Plugin" width="771" height="338" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/advanced-custom-fields-wordpress-plugins.png 771w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/advanced-custom-fields-wordpress-plugins-768x336.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px" /></a></p>\n<h4>Analytics plugins</h4>\n<p>Analytics plugins, in my experience, are a bit contentious. Some swear by offloading all duties to the native app (Why have reports in your dashboard when you can log into Google Analytics directly?), while others prefer the easy access of configuring and viewing stats in the WordPress dashboard.</p>\n<p>That aside, the following plugins were hot throughout the year: <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/googleanalytics/" target="_blank">Google Analytics</a>, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/" target="_blank">Google Analytics Dashboard for WP</a>, <a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com/" target="_blank">MonsterInsights </a>(formerly Google Analytics by Yoast) and <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/" target="_blank">WP Statistics</a>.</p>\n<h4>Misc. plugins</h4>\n<p>There are a number of other frequently appearing plugins that don’t fit neatly into the above categories, but I want to make sure they’re recognized as well:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href="https://reduxframework.com/" target="_blank">Redux Framework</a> (options framework for developers)</li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/" target="_blank">Velvet Blues Update URLs</a> (rewriting URLs en masse)</li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-headers-and-footers/" target="_blank">Insert headers and footers</a> (adding code to header and footer hooks)</li>\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicator/" target="_blank">Duplicator</a> (backup/copy/clone installations)</li>\n<li><a href="https://jetpack.com" target="_blank">Jetpack</a> (which does a bit of everything in each category)</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>WordPress Hot 100: Trending themes</h2>\n<p>On the theme side, the first thing I noticed is that minimalism dominates. Themes like Sparkling, Spacious and Hemingway are all well suited as blank slates. If you tweak the colours and fonts and add your own images, you can create a unique look and feel without any difficulty.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hemingway-wordpress-theme.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21339" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hemingway-wordpress-theme.png" alt="Hemingway WordPress Theme" width="640" height="480" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hemingway-wordpress-theme.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/hemingway-wordpress-theme-768x576.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><br />\nThe second thing I noticed was the popularity of page builders. <a href="http://presscustomizr.com/customizr/" target="_blank">Customizr</a>, <a href="https://optimizerwp.com/" target="_blank">Optimizer</a>, <a href="https://generatepress.com/" target="_blank">GeneratePress</a>, <a href="https://thethemefoundry.com/wordpress-themes/make/" target="_blank">Make</a> and <a href="https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/" target="_blank">Divi</a> are all betting on the strength of building a custom website without touching a line of code. And based on their trendiness, those bets are paying off.</p>\n<p>I got into WordPress when <a href="http://binarybonsai.com/kubrick/" target="_blank">Kubrick</a> was the default and customization meant forking an existing theme or creating your own child theme. These days, I can’t help but feel like most new users will opt for a drag-and-drop builder solution instead.</p>\n<div class="callout"> Builder themes keep WordPress competitive with the likes of Squarespace and Wix. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Third, I was surprised by the popularity of non-GPL commercial themes. I’m used to seeing these get chided at WordCamps, WordPress meetups, and in various online forums. 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For brick-and-mortar business, it’s becoming increasingly important as well.</p>\n<blockquote><p>In fact, <a href="http://fleishmanhillard.com/2012/01/31/2012-digital-influence-index-shows-internet-as-leading-influence-in-consumer-purchasing-choices/" target="_blank">data shows</a> that 89 percent of consumers turn to search engines for information about products, services or businesses before making a purchase.</p></blockquote>\n<p>For many small businesses that website developers work with, it might seem overwhelming to create a digital footprint, but by <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/smallbusiness/market/interview-with-content-marketing-maven-jay-baer-video/" target="_blank">leveraging content marketing</a> — an important form of marketing in the digital age — they can create a website that will attract and align with their target market.</p>\n<p>Here are some tips that website designers and developers can share with their small business clients to help them create a content hub, in a manageable way, that will garner results.</p>\n<h2>What is content marketing?</h2>\n<p>The <a href="http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/what-is-content-marketing/" target="_blank">Content Marketing Institute</a> defines content marketing as:</p>\n<blockquote><p>A strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly-defined audience — and, ultimately, to drive profitable customer action.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo! favor websites that update their content regularly. In search engine results pages (called SERPs), sites with new content posted regularly will consistently rank higher in SERPs. Google’s new algorithms for search continue to favor pages with fresh, relevant content. According to a recent article by <a href="http://blogpros.com/blog/2016/03/content-marketing-affect-seo" target="_blank">BlogPros on content and SEO</a>, “In order to be ranked highly in search, you need pages that qualify. Pages that qualify are pages with a lot of high quality content on them.”</p>\n<h2>Build a content hub the right way</h2>\n<p>The first step in making a website a content hub to attract and retain customers is to be sure the site is built on a platform that makes it easy to add, update and change content regularly.</p>\n<div class="callout"> <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/websites/wordpress?isc=cardigan" target="_blank">WordPress</a> is an ideal solution as it’s relatively easy for even your non-technical clients to learn, once you’ve developed the infrastructure. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>From the beginning, WordPress has been and remains committed to creating a CMS that is easy for anyone to use. And, if you’re setting up an eCommerce store, <a href="https://modeeffect.com/woocommerce-e-commerce-development/" target="_blank">WordPress’s robust eCommerce WooCommerce plugin</a> will allow for seamless integration between the website and storefront, again making it easy for your client to work with if they want to self-serve.</p>\n<p>The best way to add content regularly is to have a blog, posting content that is of interest to the target customer and also helps to support and build the brand. WordPress’s blogging tool is highly intuitive and easy to add to any WordPress website.</p>\n<div id="attachment_21053" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/content-hub-integrated-orthopedics.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-21053" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/content-hub-integrated-orthopedics.png" alt="Content Hub Integrated Orthopedics" width="640" height="467" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/content-hub-integrated-orthopedics.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/content-hub-integrated-orthopedics-768x560.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"><a href="http://integratedorthopedicsaz.com/blog/" target="_blank">Integrated Orthopedics</a> is a Phoenix-based orthopedic, sports medicine and physical therapy clinic that blogs regularly in addition to employing other digital marketing strategies. Their efforts have paid off, with approximately 40 percent of new patients now finding them online.</p></div>\n<p>If your client uses a standard blog format, WordPress makes it easy to update text and images on their own. The non-standard pages and posts are an opportunity for you to integrate an upsell into your contract.</p>\n<h2>Have a content strategy</h2>\n<p>No matter the business vertical or industry, it’s important to have a strategy for <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/design/recycle-stop-making-content-strategy-one-hit-wonder/" target="_blank">content marketing</a>. Don’t let a finished website mean the end of your client relationship!</p>\n<div class="callout"> Strategic content programs supplement the website, and help build a brand, attract new customers, and encourage brand loyalty. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<h4>Step 1: Know the audience</h4>\n<p>Be sure to take some time to think about the audience. How do they find products and services online? What words or phrases would they use to find these products and services via search? Once you have generated a list of possible words or phrases, use a free keyword research tool like <a href="https://ubersuggest.io/" target="_blank">Ubersuggest</a>, which will provide additional, related terms. If you were responsible for optimizing each page for search, you likely already have this data on hand.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/content-hub-ubersuggest.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-21068" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/content-hub-ubersuggest.png" alt="Content Hub Ubersuggest" width="640" height="220" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/content-hub-ubersuggest.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/content-hub-ubersuggest-768x264.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>\n<h4>Step 2: Generate ideas</h4>\n<p>Keeping your keywords in mind, brainstorm a list of possible blog topics that both relate to your client’s products or services and that the audience would be interested in. Once you’ve finalized the list of ideas, use it to create a three-month editorial calendar. 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It seems to be that WordCamp Milwaukee’s fun quotient is somewhat tied to its ease, and I’m reminded of the advantage of smaller Camps — less overwhelming means more connecting.</p>\n<div id="attachment_19842" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordcamp-milwaukee-hula.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-19842" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordcamp-milwaukee-hula.jpg" alt="WordCamp Milwaukee Hula" width="640" height="455" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordcamp-milwaukee-hula.jpg 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordcamp-milwaukee-hula-768x546.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">WordCamp Milwaukee lead organizer Marc Benzakein demonstrates a new skill set.</p></div>\n<p>This year&#8217;s veteran organizer, <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcBenzak" target="_blank">Marc Benzakein</a>, called out the importance of the <a href="https://2016.milwaukee.wordcamp.org/2016/09/14/the-hallway-track/" target="_blank">Hallway Track</a> in the opening remarks. 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And it’s so good to see great speakers and friends like Michelle Schulp, Josh Broton, Aaron Holbrook, Dan Beil and Tracy Apps tread the boards again.</p>\n<div id="attachment_19837" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordcamp-milwaukee-plugins-presentation.jpg"><img class="wp-image-19837 size-full" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordcamp-milwaukee-plugins-presentation.jpg" alt="WordCamp Milwaukee Presentation" width="640" height="425" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordcamp-milwaukee-plugins-presentation.jpg 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordcamp-milwaukee-plugins-presentation-768x510.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dan Beil speaks about “How to Think at Scale.”</p></div>\n<p>There was a healthy mix of female speakers (I’m proud to report), also including Julie Kuehl, Kiera Howe, Shanta R. Nathawani and Erica Conway. 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I found faces lighting up with excitement about what they&#8217;re looking forward to implementing, a bit of exhaustion with mental overload, and reports of fun had with the Bacon Bar, the cornhole games-infused after party at the old Pabst factory, the “Happy Days” theme replete with hula hoops and a pompadoured Wapuu, and dress-up moments at the photo booth.</p>\n<div id="attachment_19834" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordCamp-milwaukee-fonz.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-19834" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordCamp-milwaukee-fonz.jpg" alt="WordCamp Milwaukee Fonz" width="640" height="480" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordCamp-milwaukee-fonz.jpg 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/wordCamp-milwaukee-fonz-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">WordCamp Milwaukee street photo with The Bronze Fonz</p></div>\n<p>For me, I walked away with cards full of photos I can&#8217;t wait to share, moments precious to the WP Photo Project. 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After spending seven years as a technical army-of-one at his day job, Cody embraced an opportunity to start his own web development business in 2009.</p>\n<h2>Starting a web design business</h2>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cody-landefeld-mode-effect-cofounder.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19231" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cody-landefeld-mode-effect-cofounder.jpg" alt="Cody Landefeld Mode Effect Co-Founder" width="640" height="640" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cody-landefeld-mode-effect-cofounder.jpg 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cody-landefeld-mode-effect-cofounder-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cody-landefeld-mode-effect-cofounder-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cody-landefeld-mode-effect-cofounder-1024x1024.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>\n<h4>What’s Mode Effect all about?</h4>\n<p>At Mode Effect, we work with nonprofits and technical companies to best align ourselves with their goals and challenges. We then provide them with technical solutions to these challenges.</p>\n<h4>What inspired you to start Mode Effect?</h4>\n<p>I began teaching myself design and web development in 2001. I wanted to build an online music magazine, so why not do it myself? So I built it out inside Microsoft FrontPage.</p>\n<p>I never had a career in it, but I was intrigued by the website design industry, and I was learning the technical skills during my day job. (I was the technical and creative staff, a “one-man army,” at my church.) I finally had the courage to step out and start Mode Effect after that.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Having my own web design business was always a dream of mine. It wasn’t until I was forced into a job-layoff situation when I actually had a clear opportunity to truly strike out on my own.</p></blockquote>\n<p>My day job taught me a lot of creative and technical skills that went toward building better websites, and I learned some administrative skills that help with running a business.</p>\n<h4>What first steps did you take to start the agency?</h4>\n<p>I learned the technical skills. Back then it was Flash. I was building Flash websites in ActionScript. Then, I started to market myself by telling family members and friends about my work. I got involved with a local co-working space called <a href="http://gangplankhq.com/" target="_blank">Gangplank</a>, and I met many other like-minded people who were helpful and provided more knowledge on running my business.</p>\n<h4>What obstacles did you face as a startup, and how did you overcome them?</h4>\n<p>Finding clients was the toughest thing. Not just finding clients, but finding the right clients; technical companies who needed <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wordpress-hot-100/" target="_blank">WordPress plugins</a> built, as well as companies building WooCommerce stores.</p>\n<div class="callout"> I quickly chose to narrow down my service offerings, and later defined who my “best” clients were and made efforts to try and find more of them. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Before, I was a website design generalist — and then I became a WordPress developer generalist. Now, our services specify <em>what</em> we do and <em>who</em> we do it for.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mode-effect-website.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19230" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mode-effect-website.png" alt="Mode Effect Website" width="640" height="294" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mode-effect-website.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mode-effect-website-768x352.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>\n<p>Our website home page mentions we work with enterprise companies, technology innovators and nonprofit organizations. We chose this list of companies since we enjoy working with them most.</p>\n<h2>Goals and philosophy</h2>\n<h4>What’s your goal as a business?</h4>\n<p>To bring the most value for each and every client we work with. Additionally, we’d like to provide an opportunity for each and every person who works for Mode Effect to do the work they most enjoy and to grow in their position.</p>\n<h4>What&#8217;s your guiding business philosophy?</h4>\n<p>Serve our team members, and together we will serve our clients most effectively. We learned to assign team members to projects where their strengths lied. I also allow them to interact with clients to assume a more lead-type role in what they provide.</p>\n<h4>What three words epitomize success to you?</h4>\n<p>Control my calendar. And being debt free. We use Google Calendar and <a href="https://calendly.com/" target="_blank">Calendly</a>. Regarding debt — I’m working my way towards being debt-free constantly.</p>\n<div class="callout"> Being debt-free is important to make sure you&#8217;re not over-leveraged. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>You want be free to make decisions that will help sustain your business in slow times.</p>\n<h4>What strengths do you bring to the table as an entrepreneur?</h4>\n<p>I’m a leader who takes initiative. Leading a service-based company commands this quality to stay in business. I have empathy for my team and for my clients to best understand the challenges that lie in the way of a successful outcome.</p>\n<div class="callout"> Challenges lie in most client projects. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>The most important weapon we have as consultants is our ability to communicate clearly. I always tell my team this. I also think it&#8217;s important to listen and be brave to tell our clients the truth. I&#8217;ve paid the price for not being honest to a client and trying to tell them the right thing.</p>\n<h4>Where do you see your business in five years? Ten years?</h4>\n<p>In five years, I see myself moving to a more visionary role in Mode Effect and hiring a COO to run operations. In 10 years, I see myself possibly looking to teach more business owners and launch additional business ventures.</p>\n<h4>Tell us more about those ventures. What are you thinking about?</h4>\n<p>I want to create specific resources for the industries we work for. This would allow us the opportunity to focus on a set of challenges for a particular type of business and build affordable tools that help their business succeed.</p>\n<p>I like nonprofit companies and other small businesses that need consistent leads to sustain their companies. I&#8217;d also like to create an information type of product down the road for other consultants.</p>\n<h2>Products and tools</h2>\n<h4>What tools do you use to run your business?</h4>\n<p><a href="https://slack.com/" target="_blank">Slack</a> is definitely our biggest ally for communication. Not only with our team, but in some cases, for our clients as well. Slack has allowed us to log communication more effectively than email or other chat services. This has gotten even better with their inclusion of voice calling. We’ve extended our Slack setup with the <a href="https://slack.com/apps/A0F7YS2SX-github" target="_blank">Github</a>, <a href="https://slack.com/apps/A024R9PQM-zapier" target="_blank">Zapier</a> and <a href="https://slack.com/apps/A0F7YS351-google-hangouts" target="_blank">Google Hangouts</a> apps.</p>\n<p>When it comes to working with our clients, we recommend they have their online suite of services through <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/pro/?isc=cardigan" target="_blank">GoDaddy’s new Pro platform</a>. GoDaddy Pro has allowed our clients to manage their core services (domains, emails, SSL, etc.).</p>\n<p>Finally, we use <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/hosting/wordpress-hosting/?isc=cardigan" target="_blank">WordPress</a> to build tremendous online solutions for our clients.</p>\n<div class="callout"> WordPress has been our go-to content management system. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>In almost all cases, we use this to allow our clients capable and easy access to create and update their content. We also use the <a href="http://leadin.hubspot.com/" target="_blank">Leadin plugin from HubSpot</a> for lead inquiries, <a href="https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/" target="_blank">Yoast SEO</a> for search optimization and <a href="https://jetpack.com/" target="_blank">Jetpack</a>.</p>\n<h2>Personal</h2>\n<h4>How do you unwind?</h4>\n<p>I currently do cycling twice a week and lift weights once a week. It constantly changes. I need to stay at it! Gaming as well — Telltale’s Batman series, Titanfall, Halo 5 and NBA 2k. And I listen to music. Right now, it’s …</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Street Soundtrack</li>\n<li>Thrice &#8220;To be everywhere is to be nowhere”</li>\n<li>David Bazan &#8220;Blanco&#8221;</li>\n<li>James Blake &#8220;The color in anything&#8221;</li>\n<li>Drake &#8220;Views&#8221;</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Was there a turning point in your life that led you to where you are today?</h4>\n<p>I was laid off my day job in 2009. It was then I saw an opportunity to take a step to run Mode Effect full time.</p>\n<h4>How do you balance the needs of your business with your personal life?</h4>\n<p>It’s always a struggle, but my family allows me to see the need for balancing. I mainly stick to a regular schedule with a typical work day — in most cases — and hang with the family during off-times. I help get the kids out to school and then go right to work at my home office. Then I’ll hit the gym in the afternoon. Dinner and sleep. Repeat.</p>\n<h2>Advice</h2>\n<h4>What&#8217;s the most valuable lesson you&#8217;ve learned since starting your business?</h4>\n<p>Never assume. I once assumed a client meant something by vague requirements on a project. They actually meant something else. Our clients need help, so we need to help them be as specific as possible.</p>\n<h4>What&#8217;s your best advice for other entrepreneurs?</h4>\n<p>Always own your mistakes. Look for any opportunity to provide your customers with more value. We provide training videos for clients after they launch their website and offer them help with managing their website hosting and WordPress updates.</p>\n<h4>What resources (blogs, websites, YouTubers, Twitter personalities, etc.) would you suggest others check out?</h4>\n<p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/" target="_blank">The Verge</a> is one of my favorite sites for technology news, <a href="http://jamesclear.com/newsletter" target="_blank">James Clear</a> has a great newsletter and my friend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/clintustv" target="_blank">Clintus.tv</a> has a great YouTube channel.</p>\n<p><em>A big thanks to Cody Landefeld for taking the time to work with us on this story! You can <a href="https://twitter.com/codyL" target="_blank">follow Cody on Twitter</a>, as well as <a href="https://twitter.com/modeeffect" target="_blank">Mode Effect on Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/modeeffect/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjvXr7NIawcuq3bUH8fuUg" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</em></p>\n<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/wordpress/the-making-of-mode-effect/">The making of Mode Effect, a WordPress development agency</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage">Garage</a>.</p>\n";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:8;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:57:"\n		\n		\n		\n		\n		\n				\n		\n		\n\n		\n		\n				\n			\n		\n				\n   			";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:5:{s:0:"";a:8:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:63:"How to integrate Google Search Console with your WordPress site";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:112:"https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/wordpress/how-to-integrate-google-search-console-with-your-wordpress-site/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"comments";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:120:"https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/wordpress/how-to-integrate-google-search-console-with-your-wordpress-site/#respond";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:00:39 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"category";a:3:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"WordPress";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:1;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3:"seo";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}i:2;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:9:"wordpress";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:39:"https://www.godaddy.com/garage/?p=19444";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:1:{s:11:"isPermaLink";s:5:"false";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:615:"<p>Google Search Console can be a powerful resource for webmasters. 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The problem is that top bloggers like to tell you that you need it, but really don’t do a great job of educating what it is, and why you need it. This guide will tackle what Google Search Console is, why you need it, and even how to integrate it with your WordPress site.</p>\n<h2>What is Google Search Console?</h2>\n<p>Google Search Console allows website owners a deeper look into how Google sees their site. The tool gives webmasters the ability to find out if there are any specific problems that could be detrimental to being listed properly in the search results. These problems could be about how secure the website is, if there are errors crawling the website, if there’s unnatural linking, and much more.</p>\n<h2>Why do you need Google Search Console?</h2>\n<p>The tools that Google provides are free and are a guide to allowing a webmaster to find out if their website is being properly seen, but also there are resources to help with:</p>\n<p><strong>Finding out if your website has crawl errors.</strong> If you’ve got crawl errors, you might be sending visitors to web pages that have no content. You want your visitors to find information fast, and with no problems, so in knowing your crawl errors, you can<a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/design/make-google-readers-happy-fix-404-error/" target="_blank"> fix the problem</a> by properly redirecting content, or informing Google that it’s been permanently deleted.</p>\n<p><strong>Optimize your website for speed.</strong> Ideally, and according to Google, your website should be <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/development/are-slow-website-load-times-costing-you-money-and-pageviews/" target="_blank">loading at a speed</a> of about 1 second. The analysis tool allows you to check what you need to do in order to speed up your website.</p>\n<p><strong>Informs you whether your website has malware.</strong> Google has your back. If your website has been compromised, then you’ll receive a notice via email and in Google Search Console about the problem. Usually, if Google found a problem, website visitors will be given a warning to protect them until you’ve cleaned up the<a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/security/10-tips-on-how-to-secure-a-website/" target="_blank"> malware or virus</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Let’s you know who is linking to you.</strong> Knowing who <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/smallbusiness/market/how-to-get-backlinks-small-business-website/" target="_blank">links to you</a> is important. If you’ve got links to a lot of non-relevant websites, you could be penalized by Google for unnatural linking. Having that list will allow you to ask easily hunt down and ask your link to be removed.</p>\n<p><strong>Informs you if Google can render your website properly.</strong> Some WordPress plugins or tutorials wrongly implement CSS and JavaScript blocking techniques that will not allow Google to crawl your website as thoroughly as needed. Google will tell you if you’ve got code blocking them from seeing your website, so you can fix the problem.</p>\n<p>There are a lot more features of Google Search Console, but for the beginner, the ones mentioned in this article are the most helpful.</p>\n<h2>How to integrate Google Search Console with your WordPress site</h2>\n<p>In order to integrate Google Search Console with your WordPress site, you will need to add your website, as well as your website’s sitemap. The reason is that the sitemap — which is a generated list of all your content of your website — will allow Google to crawl and index your website far faster than just submitting your website URL alone.</p>\n<p>This tutorial will include the both submitting your website’s URL and your sitemap URL so you get a head-start on being crawled by Google. Also, you will need the plugin called <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/webpro/wordpress/identify-yoast-wordpress-seo/" target="_blank">Yoast SEO</a>, which will help you with verifying your website and producing a valid sitemap for Google.</p>\n<h4>Submitting and verifying your WordPress website with Google Search Console</h4>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Go to <a href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/" target="_blank">Google Search Console</a></strong>.</p>\n<p>You will need to have a Google account or sign up. The tool is free to use, and the only emails you receive will be if there are any crawl issues with your website.</p>\n<p><strong>Step 2: Submit your website.</strong></p>\n<p>Add your preferred domain — with or without the <em>www</em> in the URL.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-add-a-property.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19435" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-add-a-property.png" alt="Google Search Console Add A Property" width="447" height="179" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-add-a-property.png 447w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-add-a-property-768x307.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px" /></a></p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/add-property-url.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19492" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/add-property-url.png" alt="Add Property URL" width="640" height="209" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/add-property-url.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/add-property-url-768x250.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: Verify your website.</strong></p>\n<p>You can do this by using the HTML tag method. Copy the code into a notepad or plain text editor. Then copy only the long sequence of letters of numbers.</p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-copy-html-tag.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19434" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-copy-html-tag.png" alt="Google Search Console Copy HTML Tag" width="640" height="373" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-copy-html-tag.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-copy-html-tag-768x447.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></span></p>\n<p>That code will go into your Yoast SEO General settings, under the Webmaster tab, in your WordPress admin.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-add-html-tag-to-yoast-seo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19438" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-add-html-tag-to-yoast-seo.png" alt="Google Search Console Add HTML Tag To Yoast SEO" width="641" height="573" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-add-html-tag-to-yoast-seo.png 641w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-add-html-tag-to-yoast-seo-768x686.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px" /></a></p>\n<p>Once you’ve added the code, and saved it, you can go back to your Google Search Console tab to click on the <strong>Verify</strong> button.</p>\n<p><strong>Note:</strong> If adding the code to Yoast SEO doesn’t work, which does happen for some people, you can also use the Headers and Footers plugin so you don’t have to mess with opening up your theme. Simply copy the whole line under the HTML tag method, and paste it into the header script area.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-successfully-verified-website.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19437" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-successfully-verified-website.png" alt="Google Search Console Successfully Verified Website" width="597" height="162" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-successfully-verified-website.png 597w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-successfully-verified-website-768x208.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px" /></a></p>\n<p>Congratulations! If you’ve gotten the success message in Google Search Console, you can proceed to the next steps.</p>\n<h4>Improve the search presence of your website</h4>\n<p><strong>Step 4: Go to your Google Search Console messages.</strong></p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-increase-search-presence.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19439" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-increase-search-presence.png" alt="Google Search Console Increase Search Presence" width="604" height="199" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-increase-search-presence.png 604w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-increase-search-presence-768x253.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px" /></a></p>\n<p>Google will immediately send you a message and give you a checklist on what to do similar to the image below. Follow each of the messages.</p>\n<p>This list will ask you to add all URL variations of your website and set your preferred URL, whether it’s <em>www</em> or non-<em>www</em>, or even HTTP or HTTPS if you have SSL set up. You’ll also set a target country and default language for your website.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-improve-search-results-list.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19440" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-improve-search-results-list.png" alt="Google Search Console Improve Search Results List" width="585" height="577" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-improve-search-results-list.png 585w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-improve-search-results-list-768x757.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px" /></a><strong>Step 5: Find your sitemap URL.</strong></p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/get-sitemap-from-yoast-seo.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-19441" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/get-sitemap-from-yoast-seo.png" alt="Google Search Console Get Sitemap From Yoast SEO" width="160" height="230" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/get-sitemap-from-yoast-seo.png 160w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/get-sitemap-from-yoast-seo-768x1104.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px" /></a></p>\n<p>If you’re using the Yoast SEO plugin, you can find your sitemap URL by going to your WordPress admin panel, and navigating to SEO &gt; XML Sitemaps, and then finding the button called <strong>Sitemap</strong>. You can click on it or use your mouse button to right click and copy the sitemap link. Usually the Yoast SEO sitemap URL ends with sitemap_index.xml<br />\n<a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/copy-sitemap-link-from-url.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19442" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/copy-sitemap-link-from-url.png" alt="Copy Sitemap Link From URL" width="673" height="608" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/copy-sitemap-link-from-url.png 673w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/copy-sitemap-link-from-url-768x693.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px" /></a></p>\n<p><strong>Step 6. Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console</strong></p>\n<p>In Google Search Console, to submit your sitemap, you will go to the section under Crawl &gt; Sitemaps.</p>\n<p><a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-find-sitemaps.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19433" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-find-sitemaps.png" alt="Google Search Console Find Sitemaps" width="205" height="408" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-find-sitemaps.png 205w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/google-search-console-find-sitemaps-768x1528.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px" /></a></p>\n<p>Compare the URL you copied earlier and make sure to add the exact URL path in. 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As a business, we churn them out to our paying customers without much thought — certainly without considering them catalysts for developing a loyal customer. As purchasers, we save them, only taking a second glance at a receipt that asks us to take a customer service survey.</p>\n<p>Now imagine a receipt with a twist. One with a cross-sell or upsell. Maybe one that that offers a discount on the next purchase of the same or a complementary product. Or a receipt with an incentive to sign up for your newsletter.</p>\n<p>Think of it this way: People don’t trash receipts. They are kept safely most of the time. And often people return to them for one reason or another. 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You are helping your customer here because you are saving her the time of returning to buy something she knows she will be needing.</p>\n<p>And yet, she might still put it off.</p>\n<blockquote><p>If these incentives were offered on the receipts, not only are they friendly reminders of other related products the customer may want, but because your customers usually save their receipts, they can easily find them.</p></blockquote>\n<p>And double incentive if you have offered a sweet discount.</p>\n<h4>Coupons</h4>\n<p>Customers <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/smallbusiness/market/use-coupons-drive-local-sales/" target="_blank">love coupons</a>. Think of the times in the way past that buyers eagerly clipped them out of newspapers. Most <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wordpress-hot-100/" target="_blank">eCommerce plugins</a> have the ability to create coupons with a wide variety of discounts.</p>\n<div class="callout"> The key here is to give the customer an incentive to use the coupon. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>That can be done with a storewide discount or by using the upsell or cross-sells mentioned above.</p>\n<p>Why do coupons work so great? There might be an item your customer needs, but not right now. With an added incentive of a discount, they may quickly change their minds. Having it on the receipt and giving them a bit of flex time with the expiration code might be all they need to become a return, and hopefully, a regular, customer.</p>\n<h4>List building</h4>\n<p>Any online store puts a lot of energy into list building. Time is spent strategically placing signups or even pop-ups. Done correctly, they can be a gold mine. 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But if you include that link on your receipt, it’s just another subtle reminder to come back and complete the purchase.</p>\n<h2>Take advantage of those receipts</h2>\n<p>One of the huge advantages of online receipts over the ones you get in brick-and-mortar shops is the ability to make links into easy-to-click hyperlinks. How many times have you found a URL on your printed receipt and carefully typed it in only to have to do it two or three times because you made a typo? Your online store receipt solves that problem.</p>\n<p><a href="https://receiptful.com/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19374" src="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/loyal-customer-via-receiptful.png" alt="Loyal Customer Via Receiptful" width="640" height="421" srcset="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/loyal-customer-via-receiptful.png 640w, https://www.godaddy.com/garage/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/loyal-customer-via-receiptful-768x505.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" /></a></p>\n<p>Some WordPress eCommerce plugins allow you to customize your receipts. Others just give you a simple text link. 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You won’t be turning any heads if you promote “Give to us on #GivingTuesday.” Instead, you need to tell a compelling story on your #GivingTuesday page.</p>\n<p>It’s also important for your #GivingTuesday campaign to have a sense of urgency.</p>\n<div class="callout"> Campaign urgency will generate more donations and increase donors. </div>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>By making the campaign unique, focused and time-sensitive, your donors have the ability to prepare and participate.</p>\n<p>You could easily promote that you need $50,000 to pay your staff, but that’s not a particularly motivating story. Instead, <strong>look for stories that can have an immediate and dramatic impact for your cause.</strong></p>\n<p>This is a great time to look through old emails or files for all the projects you wanted to launch but never got around to. Perhaps there’s a building project that just needs $10,000 to finalize. Maybe you’ve always wanted to create an online education course for water conservation but never had the resources. Now’s the time to find those ideas and put a number on them for this campaign.</p>\n<p>In this case, let’s say you are a Health Awareness Organization. You’ve always wanted to provide the homeless shelters in your neighborhood with a MedKit for daily hygiene and cleanliness. You’ve calculated that 2,000 MedKits would go a long way in your city. Each kit costs $25 to create, so you set a goal for $50,000.</p>\n<p>The story becomes about the people that your MedKits will help. If “x” amount of dollars are raised, 2,000 people’s lives will be improved immediately. That’s a story worth telling.</p>\n<h2>Step 2: Tell that story and build anticipation</h2>\n<p>Building and pricing MedKits is relatively straight-forward, but those are just the details. How are you going to communicate how important these MedKits are?</p>\n<p>Two of the <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/hosting/wordpress-hosting?isc=cardigan" target="_blank">major strengths of WordPress</a> are powering your content and updating that content with ease. One way to generate anticipation and participation for your #GivingTuesday campaign is through your blog. You can create content in a series that is strategically planned to end on the campaign day.</p>\n<p>Let’s call the MedKits blog series “Smiles for San Diego.” Each blog post will just contain a picture of a person at a local homeless shelter with a short story of who they are and how a MedKit would improve their quality of life.</p>\n<p>Naturally, you’ll only be able to help all these folks in need if enough donors give on #GivingTuesday to fund all of the MedKits. Wrap up each article with a piece of standard copy on your #GivingTuesday campaign, with a link to the #GivingTuesday landing page, that tells all about the campaign, but doesn’t have the Donation form yet.</p>\n<h2>Step 3: Build a distraction-free donation page</h2>\n<p>If you’re like me, <a href="https://www.godaddy.com/garage/smallbusiness/market/small-business-can-learn-4-content-marketing-gurus/" target="_blank">content creation</a> and associated marketing ideas come relatively easy. But building an effective and beautiful donation page is a bit more challenging. 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My mum is a superhuman and I miss her daily.\n<p>Birth, preschool to postgraduate studies, the first nine years of my career, family, friends, life – all in one patch.</p>\n<p>I have been privileged to do some excellent travelling to amazing places – European beach holidays and ski trips (obviously I broke my arm), teaching English for four weeks in South Korea, a cruise in Alaska, a church trip to Singapore and Malaysia, Vancouver to visit family – but my sense of home and place was unwaveringly Cape Town.</p>\n<p>At the beginning of 2014 I decided to emigrate. The delay between the idea occurring to me and resigning was less than two weeks. With a British passport through my English mum and a mild obsession with all things British, London was it. It seemed wise to secure a job first but my gut said I should have faith and move regardless so I resigned from Yuppiechef.com <a href="https://www.yuppiechef.com/spatula/10-thoughts-about-community-management-and-social-media/">where I’d been for nearly five years</a>, sold my car, and booked a one way ticket.</p>\n<p>At this point, it would be fair to say WordPress was not even really on my radar. It powered Yuppiechef’s blog so I’d used it in that capacity and <a href="https://marinapape.com/">my own blog</a> was on WordPress.com – but it was pretty much just a thing to do with the internet that helped people publish stuff.</p>\n<p>A week before I set off I was having sushi with friends and got chatting to a mouthy American who worked for WooThemes. Hearing of my pending departure and getting a sense of my strengths and what I loved to do, he suggested I consider applying. Less than a week later I accepted an offer to join Woo’s then-tiny marketing team. 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And working remotely as an extrovert?</p>\n<p>In my first week I was sent to WordCamp Brighton where I innocently asked someone the difference between .org and WordPress.com. This was the first prickle of my first uncomfortable hurdle: being okay with not knowing everything.</p>\n<h3>It really is okay not to know everything.</h3>\n<p>It sounds stupid to even write that one needs to be okay with not knowing everything – of course one can’t, but at Yuppiechef.com I sure knew a lot more about a lot more. There, my lack of technical understanding wasn’t a thing, marketing was lauded, and our brand was at the forefront of what set us apart. <a href="http://ventureburn.com/2013/03/the-yuppiechef-cult-how-a-startup-sparked-a-religion/">People wrote about how the following for Yuppiechef was cult-like</a>, and I’d helped create that.</p>\n<p>Joining Woo I was a tiny fish all over again, and I was swimming in a world with languages I didn’t understand.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. – unknown (but attributed to Einstein)</p></blockquote>\n<p>It was a little bit terrifying to be a marketer in this tech-celebratory world. And it took me a long time to accept I have something significant to offer at WooCommerce (and now Automattic) and feel confident enough to add my voice to conversations. Why? I guess I am proud. In the early days I was constantly tempted to pretend to know more than I do (for the record this is a bad idea) and developed a hefty dose of imposter syndrome, which worsened when Automattic acquired WooCommerce. I found myself wondering if they would have hired me.</p>\n<p>For a few months, the fear I felt kept me from bringing to the table the valuable things I did know.</p>\n<a href="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_7373-min.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1472" src="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_7373-min-1024x768.jpg" alt="Standing by a concrete wall with a vast ocean scene behind." width="960" height="720" /></a>With my team in Cape Town earlier this year. Nicole, Aviva, me, Gareth and Kevin &lt;3.\n<p>It’s scary admitting a lack of understanding, it takes strong relationships with colleagues (which take time to build, especially remotely) to raise your hand and be vulnerable. But the problem is that not doing so ends up blocking and robbing the contribution you could make. It silences your voice. It is not possible to be a master of all trades: yes I need a working understanding of our products, but I don’t need to become a Javascript developer. One body, many parts, all valuable.</p>\n<p>This learning curve was uncomfortable for me. At various points I have wanted to bail, or take a year to learn how to code fulltime. But I am really glad I haven’t because marketing is vital and that is what I can do. And do very well (when I’m not looking over my shoulder).</p>\n<p>It’s okay to be an expert in what you love, not what other people love. It’s why we have teams. It’s what makes the world interesting.</p>\n<a href="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_3576-min.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1473" src="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_3576-min-1024x768.jpg" alt="Classroom filled with people" width="960" height="720" /></a>The first WordPress London meetup I attended. It was pretty awesome.\n<h3>Remote relationships take longer to build but they sure run deep.</h3>\n<p>My degree was in Psychology and it remains an active interest. ENFJ is proudly in my Twitter bio, I love taking personality tests and calling out and connecting with the underbellies and depths of fellow human beings.</p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong>My friends are my estate</strong>. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them.&#8221; – Emily Dickinson</p></blockquote>\n<p>If you’re familiar with Gallups Strengthfinder, I’m a Relator to the bone. People often ask how I have the discipline to work from home but that’s pocket change compared to the relational challenge. Showing up to work and being productive hasn’t been the thing I’ve found difficult – it’s trying to build relationship digitally with people far away and in different timezones.</p>\n<p>Plus I find there is a certain type of rapport, creativity, and energy that is really hard to create remotely when it comes to brainstorming and collaborating. The buzz of having an idea and someone else adding to it IRL, growing it into something greater. This was not a comfortable thing, but again choosing to stay has proven invaluable.</p>\n<p><strong>Remote relationships take longer to build, but they sure run deep</strong>. The bonding that happens when you come together for meetups and WordCamps is extraordinary. I have grown to properly know and love my colleagues (not all 500+ Automatticians yet but certainly my immediate team) and a bunch of awesome WordPress people I’ve met.</p>\n<a href="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_8319-min.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1474" src="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_8319-min-1024x768.jpg" alt="On-screen grid of faces in a google hangout" width="960" height="720" /></a>Well hello Woo people. Here’s us hanging out on Air.\n<p>It’s tiring flying to meetups, and you miss home, but it’s now becoming hard to leave them. My heart sometimes feels like it is scattered in little bits: a fragment with Scotty and the Dekode crew in Norway, another few with Louise in Kwazulu Natal, Cobus and Dom in Cape Town and chunks with Nicole and Aviva stateside. It’s fragmenting, but what a privilege.</p>\n<p>To keep me grounded day to day, I’ve helped start and now am involved in running a non-profit coworking space, which has opened up a whole new web of relationships in London. If you’re ever in town, pop into <a href="http://www.arkcoworking.com/">ARK Coworking</a> for a pour over coffee.</p>\n<p>Working remotely is different. But it’s a pretty niche kind of special to have a web of people around the world that you would otherwise be totally unconnected to.</p>\n<a href="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_4183-min.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1475" src="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_4183-min.jpg" alt="People standing astride bikes, flashing gang symbols." width="749" height="549" /></a>The Woo biker gang on a marketing meetup near Lake Michigan, 2015\n<p>Which brings me to another uncomfortable hurdle brought squarely to me by WordPress: the challenge of responding well to diversity and difference.</p>\n<h3>Thinking something for a long time doesn’t mean it’s true.</h3>\n<p>Part of <a href="https://automattic.com/creed/">Automattic’s creed</a> is to never stop learning. Being part of WordPress has brought me into close proximity with a more varied, vocal, challenging, and diverse group than I could have made up.</p>\n<p>The thing about being a human is you only ever get to be one of them. One in over seven billion. How much about other people and parts of the world you don’t live in do you know, really? How much do I? Being part of WordPress has opened my eyes to diversity in a way that is hard to describe. Emigrating helped too, but it is very possible to live in a bubble wherever you go.</p>\n<blockquote><p>A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. – Thomas Paine</p></blockquote>\n<p>Just because something has always been a certain way, doesn’t make it right. Being part of WordPress, and Automattic, has helped me greatly in learning how to hold what I believe to be right and true gently, and have equal respect for other people’s right and true.</p>\n<p>I ran the WooCommerce London meetup for two years which brought me into contact with a very mixed group; I was part of Automattic’s diversity workshop at the GM which was educational to say the least; when my friend Rosie started a <a href="http://mouthywomen.work/">blog</a> to highlight out how mouthy women get told they’re too masculine, I got behind her heart and soul.</p>\n<a href="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Screen-Shot-2016-11-03-at-13.21.46-min.png"><img class="wp-image-1476 size-full" src="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Screen-Shot-2016-11-03-at-13.21.46-min.png" alt="Stewart Ritchie sharing at the WooCommerce London meetup. Photo: Gabor Javorsky." width="601" height="447" /></a>Stewart Ritchie sharing at the WooCommerce London meetup. Photo: Gabor Javorsky.\n<p>The most poignant example of this for me was much closer to home. I wrote some copy a while ago as the backstory of Woo’s ninja mascot, Hiro and included in it a bunch of references to Japanese culture that, though well intentioned, turned out to be not okay. It had been up for ages before someone with a different enough perspective flagged it. Ouch.</p>\n<p>I went home after a long day of tears and much Slack messaging and confided in my Malaysian flatmate about it, half expecting him to comfort me and say the whole thing really wasn’t such a big deal and that it didn’t bother him. Instead his only comment was: “<em>That’s good. It will make your company better.</em>”</p>\n<p>We live, we learn. We wound, we grow.</p>\n<p>John Maeda, who recently joined Automattic as Head of Design and Inclusion, calls such oversights in our thinking ‘lacunae’. Being part of the worldwide community of WordPress has brought a number of my own lacunae into sharp focus. It’s also made me more able to exist peacefully alongside people whose views I don’t share. I’m a human, they’re a human. Two in seven billion.</p>\n<p>Now, the idea of stepping away and retreating to a more homogenous, same-y group of people who tend to agree with me is not just unattractive, it’s scary.</p>\n<p>WordPress helps me be open-minded and it’s vehicle for doing this is individuals who are willing to speak up. Let’s help each other, as kindly and graciously as we can.</p>\n<h3>Marketing a WordPress product is difficult.</h3>\n<p>I’ve found marketing WooCommerce challenging for two reasons.</p>\n<p>First there is the classic digital marketer’s problem of how to build relationship with customers you never get to meet. All we have are words online and if we’re lucky some rituals and routines we can inject life into (I wrote about this strategy <a href="https://woocommerce.com/2015/11/4-customer-rituals/">here</a>).</p>\n<p>Over the past two years there have been a number of times I have thrown my hands up in the air and wanted to market something that is just easier to sell (coffee, an awesome gadget, luxury jewelry).</p>\n<p>On top of that eCommerce is a competitive space and selling WordPress can be a little complex messaging-wise, especially for non-coders and those not familiar with WordPress:</p>\n<p><em>Friend: Do I even have WooCommerce yet?</em><br />\n<em> Me: Yes it’s there in your downloads folder.</em><br />\n<em> Friend: <span>&lt;silence&gt;</span>.</em></p>\n<p>Every time I see another seductive Squarespace ad or the daily Shopify case study lands in my inbox (<em>How person x built y and changed the destiny of the human race</em>) – part of me can only see how far we have to go.</p>\n<p>But, I am enjoying fighting the good fight to democratise eCommerce with WordPress. I believe in what we’re doing, and in open source, and even though our competitors have bigger marketing teams and 24/7 phone support I feel a fierce loyalty to Woo.</p>\n<p>I don’t believe marketing has the emphasis it deserves in the WordPress space, but it’s coming to the fore. Great products don’t market themselves. The weaker thing will win if that is what is in front of people. I’m excited to be in this space.</p>\n<h3>Saying less is more. Narrow focus is healthy.</h3>\n<p>As someone who loves to joke around, natter, and come up with ideas, something I have learnt the hard way is that volume of words and number of ideas is not no an indicator of the quality of your contribution.</p>\n<p>It feels nice to be busy, but what is the deliverable?</p>\n<p>Having another great idea is not always helpful. Sometimes what I need to do is shut up and work. The manager versus maker ratio tends to leave a lot of cooks in the kitchen. Ideas are a dime a dozen. Pushing a few strategic things over the line, with your eyes on a goal everyone has agreed on, now that’s a better way.</p>\n<p>Staying focused working remotely can be hard. Fortunately, we have a great system of setting OKRs that my team is particularly diligent at sticking to. There are so. Many. Conversations. Going on all of the time. Focus is a healthy and freeing thing.</p>\n<a href="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_4139-min.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-1477" src="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_4139-min-1024x768.jpg" alt="Marina and Louise, heads together, grinning" width="960" height="720" /></a>My Woo bestie, Louise. Here we are in San Francisco in 2014. I went back to South Africa for her wedding this year :).\n<h3>Inclusion is a very important thing.</h3>\n<p>A final thing I am learning through WordPress, and which has made my uncomfortable for sure, is the importance of inclusion. I touched on this a little already, but it’s something that I have now got my teeth into and am not going to let go of. Inclusion is a thing.</p>\n<p>Something that is great about WordPress is that intrinsically inclusive, it’s open to all.</p>\n<p>It isn’t only about big shiny success stories where people are making thousands of dollars. It’s people all over the world, fighting to make WordPress available in all languages; it’s faithful meetup organisers sharing knowledge with those who are just starting out; it’s the GPL; it’s having childcare at WordCamps; it’s using <em>y’all</em> or <em>folks</em> not <em>guys</em> to greet an audience.</p>\n<p>WordPress is not slick, sometimes things get a bit messy and there are heated discussions on forums and in backchannels. But WordPress is also a lot like how the world should be – democratic, going out of it’s way to make room and include, and with more than just the bottom line driving decisions.</p>\n<h3>Conclusion</h3>\n<p>That’s it from me. I hope sharing just a few of the ways WordPress has made me uncomfortable– what I learnt, and why I am glad I didn’t just bail – will be encouraging.</p>\n<p>Perhaps you are facing some tough things related to work or beyond. Maybe someone has expressed an opinion or belief that has made you uncomfortable. I’d encourage you to pause and take some time to think over whatever it is before acting.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Uncomfortable often means there is something amazing to be learnt.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Let’s be brave, open, and keep on learning together through this wonderful thing called WordPress.</p>\n<p><a href="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_4832-min.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1478" src="http://20094-presscdn.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_4832-min-1024x768.jpg" alt="Pin board with hundreds of photos all over it." width="960" height="720" /></a></p>\n<div class="rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal"><div class="rtsocial-twitter-horizontal"><div class="rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button"><a title="Tweet: Uncomfortable doesn’t mean walk away" class="rtsocial-twitter-button" href="https://twitter.com/share?text=Uncomfortable%20doesn%E2%80%99t%20mean%20walk%20away&via=heropress&url=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Funcomfortable-doesnt-mean-walk-away%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></div></div><div class="rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light"><div class="rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button"><a title="Like: Uncomfortable doesn’t mean walk away" class="rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Funcomfortable-doesnt-mean-walk-away%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></div></div><div class="rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal"><div class="rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button"><a class="rtsocial-linkedin-button" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fheropress.com%2Fessays%2Funcomfortable-doesnt-mean-walk-away%2F&title=Uncomfortable+doesn%E2%80%99t+mean+walk+away" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Share: Uncomfortable doesn’t mean walk away"></a></div></div><div class="rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal"><div class="rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button"><a class="rtsocial-pinterest-button" href="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://heropress.com/essays/uncomfortable-doesnt-mean-walk-away/&media=https://heropress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/110916-150x150.jpg&description=Uncomfortable doesn’t mean walk away" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Pin: Uncomfortable doesn’t mean walk away"></a></div></div><a rel="nofollow" class="perma-link" href="https://heropress.com/essays/uncomfortable-doesnt-mean-walk-away/" title="Uncomfortable doesn’t mean walk away"></a></div><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://heropress.com/essays/uncomfortable-doesnt-mean-walk-away/">Uncomfortable doesn’t mean walk away</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://heropress.com">HeroPress</a>.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:00:54 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:11:"Marina Pape";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:8;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:83:"WPTavern: BuddyPress 2.8 Development Kicks Off, 2016 Survey Now Open for Developers";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:29:"https://wptavern.com/?p=63402";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:93:"https://wptavern.com/buddypress-2-8-development-kicks-off-2016-survey-now-open-for-developers";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:3278:"<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/buddypress-logo-blue.png?ssl=1"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/buddypress-logo-blue.png?resize=839%2C398&ssl=1" alt="buddypress-logo-blue" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-30655" /></a></p>\n<p>Development for BuddyPress 2.8 kicked off during <a href="https://bpdevel.wordpress.com/2016/11/05/dev-chat-summary-for-november-2-2016/" target="_blank">last week&#8217;s meeting</a> and the target release date was set for January 25. 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To do that, I discovered the power of self-reflection and began a journey to understand the very core of who I am. I’m not a hero, but I know when to be one. When fear and worry appears I recognize it. And then I conquer it.</p>\n<p>If you don’t think you are good enough or smart enough to be and have what you want in life, then fear is holding you back, too. The story that follows is both inspired by and written for you.</p>\n<p>You may not believe it yet, but you’ve already got what it takes within yourself to live a happier life.</p>\n<p>Let me show you how you can discover it.</p>\n<h3>This Is Me Today.</h3>\n<p>I am a Norwegian expat in Canada. Here, I live in the heart of the world’s most multicultural city, Toronto, and lead a happy and full life with my wife and our furkid. By so many standards around our globe, my lifestyle is privileged. It hasn’t come easy, and I often am reminded of how fortunate I am.</p>\n<p>I never could have envisioned living this life when I, one and a half decades ago, trapped, lost and without hope and goals for the future, decided on a whim to learn how to code and develop websites. I read about people making a living out of it, yet didn’t believe it was something I myself could do.</p>\n<blockquote><p>After a year of trying, failing and learning I began to prove myself wrong.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Today I work at XWP, a global company powered remotely by people working from their homes around the world. Our core expertise is WordPress. Our team dreams up and engineers platforms, tools and workflows that let companies more effortlessly connect with their audience. We help our clients to sell and deliver their services and product, and grow communities that serves as an extension of their businesses.</p>\n<p>XWP’s roots date back to 2004, and I’ve been part of the journey for 10 of those years. In my current role I serve a team of 40 people. I was fully entrusted with the care of the company and the people working there by its owner in 2014. I am responsible for guiding our company vision, strategy and direction while ensuring its healthy growth and great performance. A vital area of my mandate is helping each person on our team have meaningful, impactful work in a purpose filled role they can be successful in.</p>\n<p>The workplace environment and my role allows me to connect directly with my own professional purpose &#8211; to be a catalyst and energizer in helping people discover their personal and professional strengths, and uncover the opportunities and possibilities it can bring in their life. At work, I am also able to apply my strength of bringing people together to build unity and community.</p>\n<p>At home, I am at my happiest when spending time with my wife and our senior rescue lab. The love I give and receive, our deep and our silly conversations together, and all the laughs we share are things that fills me up and re-energizes me. Cooking and serving food, especially for a small crowd, also energizes me. I’m known for preparing elaborate meals with menus that can take days to plan to get “just right”. Earlier this year I completed a Culinary Arts program at George Brown College here in Toronto to further explore my passion for food and for service.</p>\n<p>My whole life I’ve found joy in doing sports. In my youth I actively played football/soccer and volleyball and did well with it. Since moving to Toronto I’ve taken up running, and I’ve discovered a way to keep myself motivated to exercise and train is to sign up for running races. It also has become a way I get to compete against myself, measuring my improvement to pace and finishing times. In 2015 I ran my first half-marathon. My goal was to run a full marathon this year, but I pushed myself too hard and strained a muscle, so I’ll run it next year instead. I am looking forward to passing that 42.2km mark in under 4 hours.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>I lead my life guided by a set of deeply held values, principles and beliefs:</li>\n<li>I value compassion, kindness, care, integrity and authenticity.</li>\n<li>I believe in serving others before myself.</li>\n<li>I offer my trust from the very start of a relationship, choosing to believe everyone has good intent in their heart.</li>\n<li>I strive to listen to and understand others. This lets me be empathic which will help me serve others needs better.</li>\n<li>I am of the opinion that everyone deserves to live a happy, fulfilling life, regardless of any personal flaw.</li>\n<li>I recognize my flaws and build up my strengths around them.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I am so grateful to have discovered all of this about myself at an early stage in life so I can live authentically who I am today and embrace all the opportunities it is affording me.</p>\n<h3>When I Discovered My Strengths.</h3>\n<p>I was invited to join the team at XHTMLized (today known as XFive, and a sister company of XWP), as a front-end developer in 2006. There was no shortage of work, the demand for its PSD-to-HTML service was growing rapidly. Opportunities to be part of great projects with exciting brands kept coming my way, and I continued to hone and develop my skills as a developer and project lead. Opportunities to be part of building the company surfaced, and I began investing time into helping the business grow.</p>\n<p>Trying on and wearing the hats of different areas of the business was encouraged. I served in a variety of roles that touched on most every function of the business, including project management, sales and account management, finance and HR. I would often run into new and unfamiliar territory. Through my own determination I battled my fear of failure, and figured out how to do the things that needed to be done. I was surrounded by people who believed in me and recognized my strengths and achievements even when I wasn’t able to see them myself.</p>\n<p>It was here that my belief in trust, empowerment, collaboration and autonomy in the workplace was shaped because I was experiencing how powerful it was first hand.</p>\n<p>When our WordPress-focused team came together to form XWP in 2014, the opportunity to lead the company surfaced.</p>\n<p>While faced with startup jitters and challenges of building up a brand new business, and while working with a team of enormous potential, I became uncertain of my own place in it. I questioned my ability to add value, to set us up in a way that would help us fulfill our potential. I began questioning my professional future. To deal with this uncertainty, I chose to start working with a professional coach. It was a decision that would greatly alter how I viewed myself and where I was in my career.</p>\n<p>Through the work with my coach, I was introduced to the concept of <em>unique ability</em>, a belief that at the heart of who you are lies the secret to your greatest success, best quality of life, and biggest contribution to the world. It gave me new hope. I began the work to define my own unique ability. I discovered the concept of <em>Servant Leadership</em>, the understanding that leadership is not for personal power or gain but it is in service to others. This deeply resonated with me. I had seen traits of Servant Leadership in people I worked with and I was unknowingly applying aspects of it in my own life.</p>\n<p>Within 6 months of coaching I had made the decision to pursue the role I have in the company today. I was believing in myself again and recognized that I could continue to make meaningful contribution and impact at the workplace I already had.</p>\n<p>I am reminded of a quote that has served me well over the last decade of my life and often comes to mind at times when I forget my strengths:</p>\n<p>“You must do the thing you think you cannot do”. &#8211; Eleanor Roosevelt</p>\n<h3>A Personal Sidestory.</h3>\n<p>My biggest personal transformation to date began when I found myself at rock bottom.</p>\n<p>I was at a complete and utter dead end in most areas of my life when I chose to end a personal relationship that had kept me abroad in the U.S for 12 years. I had come to the realization that in order to have the positive change I needed for myself, I had to be the change. I found the courage within to take the action needed to close an unfulfilling and unhappy chapter of life.</p>\n<blockquote><p>To do that, I needed to break with almost everything around me and start fresh &#8211; and it was <em>terrifying.</em></p></blockquote>\n<p>And exhilarating. But mostly, it was just terrifying. I had to let go of people I had grown close to and become dependent on. I didn’t have money in my own pocket nor did I have a home of my own to go back to in Oslo. I put my pride aside and asked for help from my family and the company I was working for so I could do what I needed to do for myself. I renewed an expired passport. I booked a plane ticket. I made sure I met all requirements necessary to bring my little dog with me. I began shipping the few belongings I had back to Norway. And I prepared my closest friends and extended family there for my departure by asking for their support and understanding of my decision. It was one small step at the time, and each step helped move me forward.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Letting go of what I had then was one of the best decision I have ever made for myself. I gave myself permission to create a better life for myself.</p></blockquote>\n<p>A constant during this challenging period of my life was my remote work. It offered the flexibility I needed to relocate and start my next chapter.</p>\n<p>Back in Oslo, I settled into an apartment which my sister helped me find while I still was overseas and had been unable to travel. I took a few weeks off work, still conflicted with what I wanted out of life and worried about what the future would hold for me. During my leave of absence from work I was called upon to lead an onsite kick-off of a significant multisite WordPress migration project with an important client in Canada. In my mind, I was still in need of “me-time” to get my life in order. But I chose to embrace the opportunity to be there for our team and to serve our client together. It would be another life-changing decision. During my visit to Toronto, I met and fell in love with the person who would become my significant other.</p>\n<h3>Steps To Conquer Your Own Obstacles.</h3>\n<h4>Step 1: Commit To Becoming a Better You</h4>\n<p>I’ve learned through my personal and work experiences that nothing holds you back in life more than yourself. Life has taught me that who you aspire to be and what you want to do is within your reach. It’s within you.</p>\n<p>You can start a transformation that lets you move towards a happier, more fulfilling place by making a commitment to consciously and continuously learn and grow yourself.</p>\n<p>Welcome failures because they will provide you with new learning. You have the ability to overcome them.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Take care to hone skills you have acquired. Develop new skills you aspire to have.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Discover your strengths. Apply them and find ways to develop them further. Your strengths makes up your unique ability, and your unique ability is who you are and why you are here. Use it, it will be your biggest contribution to the world.</p>\n<p>Be your own hero and get out of your own way. When you do, new and often unexpected opportunities are revealed. And you’ll discover that your possibilities in life are limitless.</p>\n<h4>Step 2: Find an Encourager</h4>\n<p>When you are ready to start your own journey of transformation, or if you are in the middle of one now, it’s important to find someone who can be your encourager and your ally on that journey.</p>\n<p>Look for someone in your circle of family or friends, or within the community. If don’t have anyone, I would welcome the opportunity to get to know you and cheer you on!</p>\n<h4>Step 3: Let Yourself Be Inspired.</h4>\n<p>Below are the key resources that helped spark my transformation in significant ways, and has lead me to where I am today. They continue to be sources of inspiration, and I hope they can be yours, too.</p>\n<p><strong>Books</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href="http://strengths.gallup.com/110242/about-book.aspx">Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow</a><br />\n(Tom Rath)</li>\n<li><a href="http://uniqueability.com/">Unique Ability: Creating the Life You Want</a><br />\n(Dan O&#8217;Sullivan, Catherine Nomura, Shannon Waller &amp; Julia Waller)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.wireddifferently.coop">Wired Differently<br />\n</a>(Vern Dosch, Wally Goulet &amp; Tracy Finneman)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.amy-wallace.com/creativity-inc/">Creativity Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration</a><br />\n(Ed Catmull &amp; Amy Wallace)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.jimcollins.com/article_topics/articles/good-to-great.html">Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap&#8230;And Others Don&#8217;t</a><br />\n(Jim Collins)</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.danpontefract.com/the-second-book/">The Purpose Effect: Building Meaning in Yourself, Your Role and Your Organization</a><br />\n(Dan Pontefract)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Thought Leaders, Influencers &amp; Contributors to the Servant Leadership Community</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cheryl Bachelder &#8211; follow <a href="https://twitter.com/CABachelder">@CABachelder</a> (Popeyes)</li>\n<li>Art Barter &#8211; follow <a href="https://twitter.com/Art_Barter">@Art_Barter</a> (Servant leadership Institute)</li>\n<li>Ken Blanchard &#8211; follow <a href="https://twitter.com/kenblanchard">@kenblanchard</a> (The Ken Blanchard Companies)</li>\n<li>Garry Ridge &#8211; follow <a href="https://twitter.com/LearningMoment">@LearningMoment</a> (WD-40)</li>\n<li>Kevin Monroe &#8211; follow <a href="https://twitter.com/kevin_monroe">@kevin_monroe</a> (X Factor Consulting)</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Giving Thanks.</h3>\n<p>I’d like to thank Topher DeRosia here at HeroPress for giving me the opportunity to share my story. It is against my nature to talk about myself to this extent, but I do it knowing it can serve others. To write my story, I’ve also had to move past my fear of being in the spotlight and accept there may be judgement passed. The reality is that no one will ever hold me to a higher standard or judge me harder than I do myself.</p>\n<p>A very special thanks goes out to my wife, Heather, who bore with me through the, at times, difficult writing process. She has opened my eyes to life’s possibilities. In her, I found a partner I wanted to journey with. She believes in me and helps me believe in myself, and she is my greatest ally and encourager. As I write these words, I recognize they will be published the week of our 4-year wedding anniversary. Our years together have been the very best of my life so far.</p>\n<p>I also want to offer a heartfelt thank you to another big ally and encourager, my coach and friend Jeff. He’s made me believe in pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows, and I am so grateful for him coming into my life and having him be part of the journey.</p>\n<p>Lastly, I’d like to express my deepest gratitude to Dave and to the team at XWP. They have had and continue to have enormous impact on my life, and they hold a very special place in my heart. 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He cited Wix&#8217;s manifold contributions to open source software on the company&#8217;s GitHub account and their admiration of WordPress&#8217; commitment to giving back.</p>\n<p>His artful deflection avoids the licensing issue completely and demonstrates a lack of understanding of the GPL:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, we did use the WordPress open source library for a minor part of the application (that is the concept of open source right?), and everything we improved there or modified, we submitted back as open source, see here in this <a href="https://github.com/wix/react-native-wordpress-editor" target="_blank">link</a> – you should check it out, pretty cool way of using it on mobile native. I really think you guys can use it with your app (and it is open source, so you are welcome to use it for free). 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However, the company indicated on Twitter that they will release the app on GitHub.</p>\n<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/yairwein">@yairwein</a> We\'ll release the code on Github, where we also shared our previous projects: <a href="https://t.co/FBhp2Kd5wn">https://t.co/FBhp2Kd5wn</a></p>\n<p>&mdash; Wix.com (@Wix) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wix/status/792656290854174721">October 30, 2016</a></p></blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p>The other option would be for the company to completely remove any GPL code from its app and use the original MIT-licensed library for the editor.</p>\n<p>&#8220;The WordPress GPL Rich Text component in question, is actually a wrapper around another Rich Text component named ZSSRichTextEditor which is licensed MIT,&#8221; Wix lead engineer Tal Kol said in the article he <a href="https://medium.com/@talkol/how-i-found-myself-accused-of-stealing-code-from-wordpress-a7350da9f9f2#.h5zgf9lnc" target="_blank">published</a> over the weekend. &#8220;In retrospect it would have been easier to use it directly.&#8221;</p>\n<p>Using the original library would stop the current GPL infringement but does not erase the fact that the company has already violated the license by distributing the code.</p>\n<p>Wix has not yet officially announced what it plans to do, but at the time of publishing the company continues to distribute GPL code inside its proprietary app.</p>\n<h3>Mullenweg Is Willing to Go to Court to Protect the GPL</h3>\n<p>According to the GNU.org GPL FAQ, the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#WhoHasThePower" target="_blank">copyright holders of the software have the power to enforce the GPL</a>, as the license is a copyright license. Copyright holders are advised to inform developers of the GPL-covered software if they see a violation. With the GPLv2, the only way for license violators to receive back their rights after violation is to <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.en.html" target="_blank">petition the copyright holder</a>. Mullenweg has already identified a path to compliance for Wix.</p>\n<p>Although many in the open source community are itching for a definitive court case involving the GPL, Mullenweg said his preferred outcome is to see Wix open source its mobile app.</p>\n<p>&#8220;I would much rather they just release their app as GPL rather than have to get into a legal fight,&#8221; he <a href="https://ma.tt/2016/10/wix-and-the-gpl/#comment-586279" target="_blank">replied</a> to commenters on his blog.</p>\n<p>When I asked if he is willing to take the matter to court if Wix does not comply, Mullenweg said, &#8220;We would of course go to court to protect the GPL.&#8221; He also said that if Wix decides to pursue the other avenue, &#8220;removing the library would fix it going forward, but not for things that already infringed.&#8221; Mullenweg could not say what Automattic will or won&#8217;t do in a legal context regarding the past infringement, as the situation is still developing.</p>\n<p>This weekend&#8217;s debate between Mullenweg and Wix sparked discussions across social media platforms as well as blog post responses about how the the GPL affects the industry. It also shows how divisive the license can be even among open source software proponents. Mullenweg, who is known inside the WordPress community as a zealous defender of the GPL, has demonstrated a willingness to go to battle over <a href="https://wptavern.com/mullenweg-and-pearson-square-off-on-patents-gpl-and-trademarks" target="_blank">violations of the license in the past</a>.</p>\n<p>Many in the WordPress and Wix communities took issue with the public handling of the matter, but ultimately the controversy is not a personal matter between Mullenweg and Wix. The proprietary mobile app distributes GPL code that was the work of many contributors. WordPress&#8217; open source code was built from the hard work of people who were willing to give that time and energy because they believe in the project and the freedoms that its license guarantees. Wix&#8217;s disrespect of that license illegally co-opts those contributions for the company&#8217;s closed source app.</p>\n<h3>&#8220;My program will have liberty, or never be born.&#8221;</h3>\n<p>The GPL license is holistic in the sense that all parts of an application are connected &#8211; if one part bears the freedoms of the GPL, the entire app benefits from the GPL and must be therefore be open for all. The GPL is the reason WordPress exists and the reason why Mullenweg is so passionate about it. If b2/cafelog had not been GPL-licensed, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little would not have been able to <a href="https://ma.tt/2003/01/the-blogging-software-dilemma/" target="_blank">build on it</a>.</p>\n<p>One of the questions in the GNU GPL FAQ asks, &#8220;<a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#WhatIfSchool" target="_blank">What if my school might want to make my program into its own proprietary software product?</a>&#8221; This question addresses how many universities try to restrict the use of the knowledge and information they (and their students) develop, a problem that also exists in commercial businesses. The GNU recommendation for developers wanting to ensure their software is allowed to be GPL licensed is to raise the issue at the earliest possible stage for the most leverage:</p>\n<blockquote><p>So we recommend that you approach them when the program is only half-done, saying, &#8216;If you will agree to releasing this as free software, I will finish it.&#8217; Don&#8217;t think of this as a bluff. To prevail, you must have the courage to say, <strong>&#8216;My program will have liberty, or never be born.&#8217;</strong></p></blockquote>\n<p>This powerful sentiment is one that many GPL software contributors have adopted as a way of life. They contribute code on the basis that it will be passed on with all its freedoms. Taking GPL-licensed code and putting it in a proprietary app is an affront to their contributions.</p>\n<p>Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami&#8217;s casual response identifies both parties as open source proponents who are working to make the web a better place. This response misses the mark because it fails to recognize WordPress&#8217; 13-year history with the GPL and how deeply it has impacted the software&#8217;s trajectory and ability to make the web a better, more open place. This license and WordPress&#8217; commitment to user freedoms has been the project&#8217;s true north from its inception.</p>\n<p>When a project is given the GPL license, it makes that code and the license&#8217;s freedoms inseparable. Essentially, that code isn&#8217;t legally available to anyone without those freedoms in place. Regardless of whether Wix&#8217;s deflection of the issue is motivated by ignorance of the GPL or malicious intent, the company has to answer for its misuse of the software. 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Definitely a worthwhile read. I&#8217;ve experienced a lot of this frustration myself &#8212; I have a large library of things bought through iTunes, I like the interface of the Apple TV (though I liked the old one a little better), and Airplay is handy, so I want to love the Apple TV. 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Last week I downloaded the <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wixcom-launches-wix-app-providing-a-powerful-mobile-operating-system-for-small-business-owners-store-owners-hoteliers-and-bloggers-around-the-world-300339448.html">new Wix (closed, proprietary, non-open-sourced, non-GPL) mobile app</a>. I’m always interested to see how others tackle the challenge of building and editing websites from a mobile device.</p>\n<p>I started playing around with the editor, and felt… déjà vu. It was familiar. Like I had used it before.</p>\n<p>Turns out I had. Because it’s WordPress.</p>\n<p>If I were being charitable, I’d say, &#8220;The app&#8217;s editor is based on the WordPress mobile app&#8217;s editor.&#8221; If I were being honest, I&#8217;d say that Wix copied WordPress without attribution, credit, or following the license. The custom icons, the class names, even the bugs. You can see the <a href="https://github.com/wix/WordPress-Editor-Android">forked</a><a href="https://github.com/wix/react-native-wordpress-editor"> repositories</a> on GitHub complete with original commits from Alex and Maxime, two developers on Automattic’s mobile team. Wix has always borrowed liberally from WordPress &#8212; including their company name, which used to be Wixpress Ltd. &#8212; but this blatant rip-off and code theft is beyond anything I&#8217;ve seen before from a competitor.</p>\n<h3>Dear Wix,</h3>\n<p>This explicitly contravenes the GPL, which requires attribution and a corresponding GPL license on whatever you release publicly built on top of GPL code. The GPL is what has allowed WordPress to flourish, and that let us create this code. Your app&#8217;s editor is built with stolen code, so your whole app is now in violation of the license.</p>\n<p>I suppose we’ll take this as a compliment &#8212; I’m sure the hundreds of people who have contributed to WordPress Core and our mobile apps are flattered that you chose to build one of your company’s core features using our code. We’re also excited to see what great things you create with all the time you saved not having to write your own mobile editor.</p>\n<p>You know what’d be even more exciting? To see you abide by the GPL and release your source code back to the community that gave you that jump start.</p>\n<p>I’ve always said that <a href="https://ma.tt/2014/01/four-freedoms/">the GPL isn’t about limits, it’s about possibilities</a>. In open source software, you trade some of your control as a developer to better serve the developer community and the people using your sites and products. I don’t think that’s a limit, I think it’s a way to make sure we encourage innovation and momentum. If you want to close the door on innovation, Wix, that’s your decision to make &#8212; just write your own code. If you’re going to join the open source community, play by the open source rules.</p>\n<p>Release your app under the GPL, and put the source code for your app up on GitHub so that we can all build on it, improve it, and learn from it.</p>\n<p>Love,<br />\nMatt and the open source community</p>\n<h3>An Update</h3>\n<p>The <a href="http://www.wix.com/blog/2016/10/dear-matt-mullenweg-an-open-letter-from-wix-coms-ceo-avishai-abrahami/">CEO of Wix has posted a response on their blog</a>. I&#8217;ll also try to post my response it to the comments there. <a href="http://wpgarage.com/news-views/weak-wix-response-wordpress-gpl/">Miriam Schwab also has a very good response</a>.</p>\n<blockquote><p>We were all very surprised by your post, as you have so many claims against us.</p>\n<p>Wow, dude I did not even know we were fighting.</p></blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a fight: the claim is that the Wix mobile apps distribute GPL code and aren&#8217;t themselves GPL, so they violate the license.</p>\n<blockquote><p>First, you say we have been taking from the open source community without giving back, well, of course, that isn’t true. Here is a list of 224 projects on our public <a href="https://github.com/wix" target="_blank">GitHub page</a>, and as you can see they are all dated before your post. We have not checked if WordPress is using them, but you are more than welcome to do so, some of them are pretty good.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Very glad your company has projects on GitHub! Thank you for the offer to use them; if we do, we&#8217;ll make sure to follow the license you&#8217;ve put on the code very carefully.</p>\n<p>Releasing other open source projects doesn&#8217;t mean that you can violate the license of the editor code you distributed in your mobile apps. To repeat my earlier points: since you distributed GPL code with your apps, the entire apps need to be released at GPL, not just your modifications to that one library.</p>\n<p>As <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12828814">this Hacker News comment put it</a>, &#8220;Open source is not a swap meet; you can&#8217;t violate a license if you voluntarily release some other code to make up for it.&#8221;</p>\n<blockquote><p>We always shared and admired your commitment to give back, which is exactly why we have those 224 open source projects, and thousands more bugs/improvements available to the open source community and we will release the app you saw as well.</p></blockquote>\n<p>If you were to release the entire source code of the apps under GPL that would bring you back into compliance with the license you violated. I <em>think</em> you&#8217;re saying you will do that here, but can you clarify? When should we look for the app code to be released, and where? That would resolve this issue completely.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Next, you talk about the Wix App being stolen from WordPress. There are more than 3 million lines of code in the Wix application, notably the hotels/blogs/chat/eCommerce/scheduling/booking is all our code.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I said the app includes stolen code. It doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s 30 lines or 30 million lines: because it includes GPL code and you distributed the app, the entire thing needs to be GPL. If you release the entire app&#8217;s code, as I think you said you would, then that resolves the license violation.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, we did use the WordPress open source library for a minor part of the application (that is the concept of open source right?), and everything we improved there or modified, we submitted back as open source, see here in this <a href="https://github.com/wix/react-native-wordpress-editor" target="_blank">link</a> – you should check it out, pretty cool way of using it on mobile native. I really think you guys can use it with your app (and it is open source, so you are welcome to use it for free). And, by the way, the part that we used was in fact developed by another and modified by you.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Thank you for admitting you used the code and not trying to hide it. The issue isn&#8217;t the changes you made, it&#8217;s that including the editor means you need to submit the entire app as open source, which you have not yet &#8212; it&#8217;s completely proprietary.</p>\n<blockquote><p>If you want to read the account from Tal Kol, one of the leading engineers on this project, <a href="https://medium.com/@talkol/how-i-found-myself-accused-of-stealing-code-from-wordpress-a7350da9f9f2#.7yyylkagl" target="_blank">here it is</a>. He was really happy to share his side of the story.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I have seen it, and it <a href="https://medium.com/@csu/can-you-address-this-point-made-in-matts-post-this-explicitly-contravenes-the-gpl-which-7b6460b5b3e1">already has a number of good comments on it, including this one</a>: &#8220;Can you address this point made in Matt’s post: &#8216;This explicitly contravenes the GPL, which requires attribution and a corresponding GPL license on whatever you release publicly built on top of GPL code&#8217;.&#8221; It appears you and Tal might share a misunderstanding of how the GPL works &#8212; software licensing can be tricky and many people make honest mistakes. (If you want to get into serious detail, <a href="https://ma.tt/2016/10/wix-and-the-gpl/#comment-586319">this comment</a> lays the licensing requirements out clearly.) It is easy to rectify this one: release your apps as open source under the GPL.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Now, what is this thing about us stealing your branding? Our product was always called Wix and our website Wix.com, we never borrowed from your marketing or brand.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Sorry for including this distraction; I was referring specifically to the fact that Wix used to go by &#8220;Wixpress.&#8221; You can see this <a href="http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AMDA-29IDMU/0x0xS1193125-13-387285/1576789/filing.pdf">in your Form F-1</a>, and there used to be a support page about this on your site:</p>\n<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-46910" src="https://i0.wp.com/ma.tt/files/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-30-at-3.12.19-AM.png?resize=604%2C94&ssl=1" alt="" /></p>\n<p>Although that is still in Google, the <a href="https://www.wix.com/support/html5/ugc/62ae9410-79d0-4198-8ff1-4a37966e1e94/0d1a19e1-c862-44e4-a9d6-bc813f8a9207">page</a> it links to <a href="https://cloudup.com/cu5miENIoLl">now mysteriously returns a 404 error</a>, which you may want to look into.</p>\n<blockquote><p>In fact, if I remember correctly, until recently the Automattic home page was all about blogs and only recently it has become “websites.” Also, your business model changed to almost exactly the one we had for years. Can it be that you guys are borrowing from us? If so, again, you are welcome to it.</p></blockquote>\n<p>The <a href="http://automattic.com/">Automattic home page</a> has been a series of haiku about our products <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20121218130226/http://wordpress.com/">since 2009</a>, pretty much unchanged &#8212; I think you mean the WordPress.com home page here. WordPress has been used for creating websites, not just blogs, since <a href="https://wordpress.org/news/2005/02/strayhorn/">our 1.5 release in 2005 added themes and pages</a>. In my <a href="https://ma.tt/2014/10/sotw-2014/">2014 State of the Word address</a> I talked about how 87% of WordPress sites use it as a CMS. We regularly test dozens of variations of the WP.com homepage and some of them definitely emphasize website creation. I will say we look to Wix, Weebly, and Squarespace as innovators in the space with products that reach many small businesses, and Wix especially should be commended for its success and growth as a public company.</p>\n<blockquote><p>If you believe that we need to give you credit, that you deserve credit, I must say, absolutely yes. You guys deserve a lot of credit, but not because of a few lines of source code, you deserve credit because you guys have been making the internet dramatically better, and for that we at Wix are big fans. We love what you have been trying to do, and are working very hard to add our own contribution to make the internet better.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Thank you very much, that is kind. 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There will be more developer notes to come, so keep an eye out for those as well.</p>\n<p><strong>If you think you’ve found a bug</strong>, you can post to the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta">Alpha/Beta area</a> in the support forums. We’d love to hear from you! If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/reports/">file one on WordPress Trac</a>, where you can also find <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/major">a list of known bugs</a>.</p>\n<p>Happy testing, and please enjoy this extended haiku break, courtesy of <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/ramiabraham">Rami Abraham</a><em>.</em></p>\n<p><em>Exquisite endpoints</em><br />\n<em>Extol epic exabytes</em><br />\n<em>Enabling earthlings</em></p>\n<p><em>Careful interfaces</em><br />\n<em>Considerately conjured</em><br />\n<em>Customizer chic</em></p>\n<p><em>Ring in the new year</em><br />\n<em>With elegance and balance</em><br />\n<em>Twenty Seventeen</em></p>\n<p><em>Hooks hook healthily</em><br />\n<em>17817</em><br />\n<em>Sane iterations</em></p>\n<p><em>Admin in your tongue<br />\nOne site, many languages<br />\nWe all speak WordPress</em></p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Fri, 28 Oct 2016 04:30:27 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:15:"Helen Hou-Sandi";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:33;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:69:"WPTavern: WPWeekly Episode 252 – Flywheel Hosting Three Years Later";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:58:"https://wptavern.com?p=63280&preview=true&preview_id=63280";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:76:"https://wptavern.com/wpweekly-episode-252-flywheel-hosting-three-years-later";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:2843:"<p>In this episode of WordPress Weekly, <a href="http://marcuscouch.com/">Marcus Couch</a> and I are joined by Dusty Davidson, co-founder and CEO of <a href="http://getflywheel.com/">Flywheel</a>, a managed WordPress hosting company that caters to agencies and designers. 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If there ever were a time to have a life-changing moment, the pickings were ripe.</p>\n<p>That sunny Saturday began with a goal of hiking 15 miles down the coast, taking in the scenery. Mere hours later the goal became survival. In the months that followed, I experienced recovery, renewal and rejuvenation.</p>\n<p>A fall nearly took my life, but WordPress helped me find myself.</p>\n<blockquote class="instagram-media"><div>\n<div>\n<div></div>\n</div>\n<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Rso_A3AzzP/" target="_blank">A photo posted by Eric  Kuznacic (@kuznacic)</a> on Nov 6, 2012 at 10:05am PST</p>\n</div>\n</blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p><em>My wife Katie and I, the evening before my accident</em></p>\n<h3>A different state of mind</h3>\n<p>My story is different than most HeroPress essays. I did not grow up without, or learning to cope with an illness or disability. I am not a minority, nor do I belong to a marginalized class. I am a white, American male whom many would say lives a charmed life.</p>\n<p>I do not dispute that.</p>\n<p>However, that does not mean I have not faced adversity. My story is one of finding my own way &#8212; through trial and error, fierce independence, hard work, and lots and lots of ups and downs.</p>\n<blockquote><p>I was the kid who never knew what he wanted to be when he grew up.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I realized at an early age that I *could* do whatever I wanted to do; I also learned there was a huge difference between being able to do something and wanting or enjoying to do something.</p>\n<p>I was a pretty good all-around student &#8212; math, science, English and so forth &#8212; and was pushed toward pursuing a career with a big, important title like surgeon or attorney or chemist. I never had an interest in any of that &#8212; I couldn’t see myself going to school for years and years (and taking on even more debt than my four-year degree put me in) just because someone else thought I should.</p>\n<p>Plus, the idea of “corporate America” never really appealed to me. Fighting the rat race every day to get to work in a skyscraper or suburban office complex, toiling away in a cubicle for eight hours, fighting the rat race to get home only to get up and do it all over again the next day. There must be something more.</p>\n<p>I always wanted to be one of those people that woke up every day excited to go to work. I just never knew what that job should be.</p>\n<h3>Growing up in a digital world</h3>\n<p>My parents were elementary-school teachers so we always had access to the school computer (Literally, there was one. This was 1983 in rural Wisconsin!). When I reached high school, we had a shiny new Macintosh at home and it could dial into this thing called “The Internet.”</p>\n<p>I chose to attend <a href="http://www.drake.edu/" target="_blank">Drake University</a> in part because it offered an Internet-connected PowerMac in every dorm room. (I cannot overstate how revolutionary this was in the early and mid 1990s!). I majored in Broadcast Journalism, enjoyed it and went on to work in the news media for a couple years, but it took all of a few weeks on campus to because completely enamored with HTML and early iterations of CSS.</p>\n<p>I cobbled together a simple personal homepage using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo!_GeoCities" target="_blank">Geocities</a>, and when I got bored of posting personal tidbits surrounded by animated GIFs, turned to creating subpages for bands I liked. That morphed into creating a site dedicated to the Des Moines music scene. That site became pretty popular, mostly because it was 1998 and very few bands had their own website, much less one that looked professional and was updated regularly.</p>\n<p>I found that web designers were few and far between in those years, and was able to create small sites on the side for various businesses, groups and organizations as a way to make beer money. However the web was still very much like the Wild West and there was not a clear career path at that time for aspiring web designers, other than moving to Silicon Valley. I decided to pass and concentrate on completing my degree.</p>\n<h3>The years pass</h3>\n<p>Fast-forward about 10 years to 2012. I turned 35, and that milestone culminated in me quitting a job that I absolutely despised, not because of the job itself but because of the absolute tyrant of a “boss.”</p>\n<p>I had never walked away from employment in my adult life without knowing my next move. But this time it was necessary.</p>\n<blockquote><p>Every day I had to sit there I became more and more miserable to the point that it was affecting my marriage and mental health.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Luckily I had built a great personal and professional network and various job opportunities soon presented themselves. I began to think hard about finding a career rather than a mere job &#8212; something I could build upon and grow within. It’s what we all dream, but it seems that few achieve. I was determined to beat those odds.</p>\n<p>A close friend had recently left a communications position at a large utility about 40 miles from where I live, in a larger city with ample professional opportunity. I had always resisted looking for employment in that community, only because of the time it would take each day traveling to/from work. But, this was a very good-paying job that had essentially landed in my lap. My friend gave the workplace rave reviews, so everything seemed to be falling into place.</p>\n<p>I went through the whole rigmarole, interviewing several times with different people. Things were going well. It got to the point that on Friday, June 15, 2012, I received a call from the man whom would be my boss, letting me know that the field had been narrowed to me and one other person. He said as much as he was legally able, and reading through the lines, the job was mine. All I had to do was clear one final hurdle upon my return to Wisconsin.</p>\n<p>For the first time in months, I could see the future unfolding and it felt good.</p>\n<p>While my new “career” was not what I had expected to find I was perfectly content in my decisions. As I walked around Huntington Beach, CA that afternoon the cloudy skies gave way to beautiful, warm sunshine. I thought it was a sign that everything was going to be OK. I had no idea what was next.</p>\n<blockquote class="instagram-media"><div>\n<div>\n<div></div>\n</div>\n<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/L-73JpAzyo/" target="_blank">A photo posted by Eric  Kuznacic (@kuznacic)</a> on Jun 17, 2012 at 10:28am PDT</p>\n</div>\n</blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p><em>My hospital bracelet, one of the first things I recall seeing upon waking up from surgery</em></p>\n<h3>The Fall</h3>\n<p>I awoke the morning of June 16, 2012, with the intention of walking along the Pacific Ocean from La Jolla to Ocean Beach, CA. Once there my wife would pick me up after her meetings were over, marking the beginning of a few days of much-needed vacation time before heading home.</p>\n<p>I had spent hours carefully mapping out my route, creating a personal Google Map with all the places I wanted to stop for rest, a bite to eat and so forth, as well as where I could cut down side streets to/from the beach.</p>\n<blockquote><p>I thought I had it all planned out so well.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I set out from our hotel, which sits on a bluff high above the Pacific Ocean and abuts two world-caliber golf courses. Google Earth had shown me a route of how to get across the golf course and to a path that would lead me down to the beach below. All I had to do was hop a fence and I was home-free.</p>\n<p>Once over the fence I made a fateful decision to not follow my planned route, which would have taken me to a set of stairs that led to the beach. Instead I believed I had found a “shortcut” that would take me to the beach much more quickly and directly than my mapped route.</p>\n<p>Little did I know that this was what I later was told the locals refer to as a “false path.” I carefully made my way down the cliff, slipping a few times due to the loose gravel and the fact that I was wearing slip-on shoes &#8212; not the best choice for a steep hike. Undeterred, I continued down this path until I came to a spot where going back up was not an option (due to the cliff giving way), and going down further would definitely mean taking a tumble of some sort.</p>\n<p>My head swirled. What was I to do? Should I call 911? No, that would mean I’d have to admit I made a mistake and, I reckoned with myself, health insurance doesn’t pay for a cliffside rescue if there are no injuries. I tried and tried to climb back up, to no avail, until my clothes were completely drenched with 