Here’s How To Increase Online Store Profit and Efficiency
If you’re running an online store it can be hard to take a holiday. You might feel like your knowledge and experience are needed to keep things running smoothly. Now imagine walking away from your WooCommerce store confident that your special knowledge is still right there on tap. Your team can process orders, and get […]
WooCommerce, Deliverability and Transactional Email Integration
Do you want to improve the deliverability of your WooCommerce transactional emails? Or in other words, does it matter to you if these wind up in your customer’s spam filters instead of their inboxes: WooCommerce order notifications shipping notifications password reset requests subscription renewals email newsletters Mostly you’d think that once your website is configured […]
Our New WooCommerce Order Management Plugin
We’re excited to be launching our third WooCommerce plugin, After The Order. The idea for this came from some of our WooCommerce clients who sometimes had issues with staff making errors when fulfilling online orders. We also use WooCommerce ourselves, and had developed a note taking system for infrequently ordered services in our own store so we could […]
Custom Post Type Editor Upgrade
Today we have released a new version of our Custom Post Type Editor plugin, in preparation for WordPress.org adding language pack support to WordPress plugins.
Typekit Fonts for WordPress v1.7.2 released
Typekit have recently changed their default embed code so that Typekit fonts are now loaded asynchronously, in order to improve the performance of websites using Typekit fonts. Today, we have released a new version of our Typekit Fonts for WordPress plugin, which now uses this new asynchronous tracking code.
Preparing for WordPress 3.5
WordPress 3.5 was released 2 days ago, and we are currently preparing for the rollout to all OM4 client websites. The Media Manager gets a makeover, simplifying the process of adding images and galleries to your website. Embedding Instagram, Slideshare and Soundcloud media becomes a matter of copying and pasting a URL, just as you […]
Distraction Free Writing with WordPress
Adding relevant, informative content to your website is an excellent way to increase your authority for your readers, and for search engines. As true as that statement is, most of us find putting words on a page challenging. WordPress now offers a feature that removes at least one of the possible distractions when you want […]
WordPress 3.1.4 Security Release
Over night WordPress 3.1.4 was released. WordPress 3.1.4 is a maintenance and security update, which fixes an issue that could allow a malicious Editor-level user to gain further access to the website. It also incorporates several other security fixes and hardening measures. OM4 clients will be happy to know that as part of their hosting, […]
WordPress 3.1: Internal Linking, Admin Bar, IE9 and More
We have recently updated the OM4 platform to include the latest WordPress (3.1) features, bug fixes and improvements. There are quite a few improvements, including: Internal Linking, which makes it much easier to create a link to your existing posts and pages. See screenshot below. Admin Bar, which means you’re only ever one click away […]
WordPress is Growing and Ease of Use is the Key
According to W3Techs, WordPress powers almost 13% of the world’s largest 1M websites (click to download the PDF). We launched our first WordPress website in 2006, and since then I’ve been involved in developing hundreds of business websites. I’ve helped many people start to use WordPress to manage their own website, and also responded to […]
OM4 WordPress Plugins and WordPress 3.1
Our open source WordPress plugins have been updated to ensure they work with WordPress 3.1. The plugins are: AWeber Integration version 2.1 Typekit Fonts for WordPress version 1.1 WeatherZone Embed version 1.1 If you’re already using these plugins, be sure to update to the latest versions. These plugins have had over 32,000 downloads (combined), and […]
WordPress 2.9 Upgrade: Image Editing, Undo/Trash, Improved Video Embeds
We have recently upgraded the OM4 platform to include the latest WordPress (2.9 and 2.9.1) features. There are quite a few improvements, including: Undo/trash feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). Built-in image editor, which allows you to crop, […]