Bloom Design Studios, Inc.

11/05/2018

WooCommerce 3.5 is here.
Install WooCommerce 3.5.1 ***BEFORE*** WordPress 5.0 (currently planned for November 19)

https://woocommerce.com/posts/whats-new-woocommerce-3-5-rest-api-v3-improved-email-copy/?utm_source=WooCommerce&utm_campaign=5d9e970308-WC_3.5_UPDATE_NOV_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_13860df971-5d9e970308-242515537&mc_cid=5d9e970308&mc_eid=ee14c076ec

10/14/2018

Genesis gets ready for Gutenberg Launch in WordPress 5.0

Last week the WordPress development team announced a tentative roadmap with real dates for the release of WordPress 5.0, which would include the merging of Gutenberg into Core. Here is the

08/05/2018

The Genesis framework is expected to get even better with WP Engine’s acquisition of StudioPress...

WP Engine started eight years ago as a new member of the WordPress community. Being a productive member of any community means helping everyone else to grow and prosper, just as the community has done and continues to do for us. We felt so strongly about this, that five years ago we codified it as ....

04/24/2018

Google ended support for its Google URL Shortener at the end of March 2018. Here are some alternatives.

If you've ever relied on goo.gl to tighten up links for you, it's time to start thinking about alternative URL shorteners. Google ended support for its Google URL Shortener at the end of March 2018 and is taking a year to fully phase out the tool.URL...

07/25/2017

Yay! Microsoft Paint is saved...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/25/microsoft-paint-saved-windows-store

Microsoft says that it will put the 32-year-old Paint on the Windows Store, but that won’t help office workers pining for some impromptu creative sessions

07/11/2017

3 New Tools for Small Businesses from Office 365
--Email Marketing Campaigns
--Invoicing
--Business Listing Management

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/10/microsoft-launches-new-email-marketing-and-invoicing-tools-for-small-businesses/

In the shadow of its Inspire partner conference, Microsoft today launched in preview three new tools for small businesses: Microsoft Connection, Microsoft..

06/06/2017

Domain SEO Notice - This is a Phishing Scam

Did you get an email reminder that looks like a bill from [email protected]? Domain Expiration SEO is sending out emails that LOOK like a bill for your domain renewal.
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This sadly is a phishing attempt. In this case, it's best to do these three things:

1. Don't click any links or respond to these emails.

2. Report these emails to your domain provider.

3. Add Private Registration to your domains through your provider. (Optional but recommended.)

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Here is some of the fine print in these emails:

You have received this message because you elected to receive special notification offers. If you no longer wish to receive our notifications, please unsubscribe here or mail written request to Domain Seo Service Registration Corp., Miami Beach, FL 33139. If you have multiple accounts with us, you must opt out for each one individually in order to stop receiving Seo notices.

We are a search engine optimization company. We do not register or renew domain names. We sell traffic generator software. This message is Can-Spam compliant.

This is not a bill or an invoice.

This is a Seo purchase offer. Your are under no obligation to pay the amount stated unless you accept this purchase offer.

This message contains promotional material strictly along the guidelines of the Can-Spam act of 2003. We have distinctly mentioned the source mail-id of this email and also disclosed our subject lines. They are in no way misleading. Please do not reply to this email, as we are not able to respond to messages sent to this address.

05/12/2017

GENESIS 2.5 UPDATE: We haven't seen or heard of any issues with this update. You are safe to go ahead and update (after you backup your site).

https://studiopress.blog/genesis-2-5/

We are happy to announce that, after several months of work, Genesis 2.5 is available and ready for you to download.

03/14/2017

If you use Ninja Forms Plugin on your WordPress website and your forms disappeared after updating to 3.0.x Here is what you need to do to recover your forms.

In your dashboard:
Going to Forms > Settings > Advanced and rolling back to 2.9 restored the forms.
Then go back to Forms > Settings > Advanced and select the Update & Convert Forms button.

Don't forget to Add the form back to your page(s) using short-code, the Ninja forms widget or their new Append A Ninja Form drop-down in the right hand sidebar of the page builder.

06/24/2016

This sums it up. 😄🎨

In trying to decide if a design career is right for you, it might be helpful to think about the qualities and interests that many designers share, and see if they overlap with your own. Since most high schools don’t offer design courses, it’s not easy to make the connection.

12/02/2015

Yoast SEO 3.0 release.

https://yoast.com/yoast-seo-3-0-release-a-recap/

In this post, Joost explains some of the lessons learned about testing and communication and the thinking that went into the major Yoast SEO 3.0 release.