For about 10 years, I have been providing a variety of services to clients, first as a guy who would build web pages on weekends and evenings, and then as an independent entrepreneur. While the scope of the work performed has varied over the years, I’ve always been focused on the web. In recent years, this has become particularly difficult with the widespread adoption of the iPhone and Android phones. It would be easy to jump from web-centric business to building apps for popular phones.
Emmense Technologies is a WordPress service provider though. This is what we’re good at, but you already know this. We’ve never sent out a newsletter but increasingly, it is becoming important. In just a few weeks, WordPress 3.0 will be hitting the Internet. What should you know about it? What can you do to be prepared? How can you get ahead of your competition?
Plus, of course, we want to let you know about special deals that you might not want to pass up. But first, let’s get into WordPress a little.
WordPress 3.0 – What’s new?
WordPress 3.0 is a radical new release that merges all the best of multi-site WordPress into the standard WordPress software. This integration, known by the epic name “The Merge”, should be a seamless migration for prior WordPress MU clients.
There is a paradigm shift in WordPress 3.0, however. A terminology shift. In prior releases, we called it WordPress MU. In WordPress 3.0, we are exposing WordPress Multi Site capability via a Network option.
Besides the merge, WordPress 3.0 is also bringing custom content types to full fruition. For those of you who may have looked at robust content management systems like Joomla or Dupal before can now get all the custom content type functionality in WordPress.
We do offer upgrade services. Some plugins may not work with WordPress 3.0 and I highly recommend testing, testing, testing. We can do this for you so you can focus on your business. We can also help you take advantage of some of the new features in WordPress 3.0 so that you are one step ahead of your competition.
WordPress Bible
The WordPress Bible was released on Jan 27, 2010 and continues to rank as the top selling book on WordPress. For every new project, I will be providing a copy of this book. That’s every new project, not every new client. So if you’ve done work with Emmense Technologoies before, you’re still eligible.
Read what some readers have said:
Of the various WordPress books in the marketplace, few excel in the ways that this book does. The author writes in an engaging way that never makes you feel like you can’t grasp his points or aren’t technically savvy enough to understand. The book therefore appeals to both the learning student of WordPress as well as more experienced developers. -Mike Erb, Syracuse, NY
Clear. Concise. Easy-to-follow. A stellar effort by Mr. Brazell that I would *highly* recommend to anyone who wants to learn more about WordPress — whether neophyte or expert. -Melissa Delgaudio, Shepherdstown, WV
March Discount
Existing customers get 20% off on new projects with Emmense Technologies.
SXSW
Finally, I will be at SXSW Interactive. If you’re going to be there, find me. I’d like to catch up, buy you a beer and talk about the future.
Best,
Aaron Brazell
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