Conductor Version 1.1.3 Released

Conductor version 1.1.3 was released this morning and contains Customizer support for WordPress 4.1.

Wrangle custom post type organization

Conductor Spotlight is back, featuring Jonathan Christopher of SearchWP.com and WordPress shop, Iron to Iron.

You’d be hard pressed not to use Custom Post Types if you’re managing a lot of content with WordPress. It’s one of the features that really makes WordPress shine as a content management system. Though creating CPT’s isn’t the easiest of tasks. Then there’s the whole management and visual organizational structure of custom post types.

How do we do this eloquently and effectively?

Enter the Hierarchy plugin from today’s spotlighted guest. We’ll dive into why Jonathan created this plugin and how he manages his work/life balance.

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Note Live Edit Text Widget 1.0.1 Ships

We’re happy to announce our latest version of Note, a live edit text widget.

Since the launch of our free plugin, some 2 weeks ago, Note has been downloaded just over 200 times. Jeff Chandler also put some of his thoughts together in this overview of Note on WP Tavern.

Today we’ve fixed what Jeff was looking for — the widget title.

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Quirks Mode

In this post we’ll discuss Quirks Mode and why you may want to be aware of it if you’re building or using products on the web.

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Carve the Turkey and the Prices! 50% off Conductor!

We’re excited to eat lots of food over the Thanksgiving Holiday break.

So, while we add pounds to our waist, we’ll add pounds to your wallet. Starting today, you can save 50% off of Conductor Plugin across all plans!

Pretty neat, right? How does it work? Like this:

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Content marketing landing pages daily bloggers would love

If your brand doesn’t have some form of a solid content marketing plan in place, what are you waiting for?

In fact, many key influencers in our space are saying that your brand should mimic that of a media company. Gary Vaynerchuck is very vocal about this concept and constantly reinforces it in his podcast. If you happen to make it through an episode without him shouting “Content! Content! Content!” I’d suggest you run out and buy a lottery ticket.

Today, we’re going to explore one avenue that will help position your WordPress website as your brand’s dominate content marketing platform.

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Note a live edit text widget for WordPress

We believe in solving situations with simple solutions that leave a long term positive impact with our users.

Today we’re unveiling an addition to Conductor called, Note, a simple live edit text widget for WordPress.

This is about as simple as it gets. You add a Note widget to your registered sidebar, you start typing within the context of your website, and then you click save. Done and done.

It’s never been more natural to leave bits of text, links, and copy throughout your WordPress website. Selfishly, I’d like to explore how we see Note impacting Conductor customers and WordPress users alike.

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WooCommerce Landing Pages That Convert

WooCommerce is by far the most popular e-commerce plugin for WordPress.

In fact, they recently held their first conference, WooConf, the week this post was published and announced their 5 millionth download on WordPress.org. This is great news for their company and the WordPress ecosystem at large. If you’re looking for one of the best WordPress e-commerce plugins, WooCommerce is sure to be a safe bet for your business.

In today’s lesson, we’re exploring how we can level-up our WooCommerce experience using Conductor. As easy as it is to setup and launch a new WooCommerce powered website, there’s still some skill needed to fine-tune your pages for conversions. Specifically if you’re trying to change the layout of landing pages for your products.

Hopefully you find this guide useful as a WordPress consultant helping your client launch their new e-commerce site or if you’re a shop owner looking for a plugin to help you customize your website.

Let’s dive in!