Comparisons

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CMS Comparison: WordPress vs. Joomla vs. Drupal. Which is Best?

Struggling to make the decision between WordPress vs. Joomla vs. Drupal? Choosing a content management system (CMS) is one of the biggest decisions facing your fledgling website. It’s the foundation that will power your site for years to come – so you absolutely need to put in the research time before you make a decision.

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WooCommerce - eCommerce Shop Solution

eCommerce Shop Building: WooCommmerce vs Shopify vs Wix

In recent years eCommerce stores have become very popular making the Internet a crowded – and competitive – marketplace.

Because of this, it is no wonder eCommerce store solutions designed to help your build the perfect online shop are popping up all over the place.

Well luckily for you, today we will be taking a look at three of the most popular and best eCommerce store solutions available for WordPress today to help you make an informed decision. We will compare the eCommerce platforms WooCommerce, Shopify, and Wix so that when it comes time for you to build your online shop you don’t struggle so much with the first step.

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WordPress Heartbeat vs AJAX Polling

WordPress 3.6 introduced the “Heartbeat API”. This API is used internally by WordPress to keep track of logged in users and their active sessions. If you’ve ever been asked to log into WordPress while navigating the admin panel, then you’ve already experienced the API at work.

The API uses Javascript polling, to constantly send data from our dashboard to WordPress’ PHP backend. Developers are also allowed to hook in, adding and modifying the data sent through various filters.

But when should you use the Heartbeat API in contrast to regular AJAX polling? To make an informed decision, we’ll need to look at both approaches, understand how they work and how to use them, and the advantages and disadvantages for both.

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Squarespace vs WordPress – Which is the Best?

Squarespace and WordPress are two of the most popular Content Management Systems. Each has its own share of merits and demerits, and each serves different usages. While Squarespace is an entirely hosted and managed platform, WordPress is a self-hosted software that you can run and manage yourself

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Thesis 2.0

Thesis 2.0 vs Genesis 1.9 – A Comparison

There are thousands of premium WordPress themes out there, but perhaps the most long-standing and popular ones are Thesis from DIYthemes and Genesis from StudioPress. For a number of years now these two have been the starting point of thousands of WordPress blogs, and they are still the leaders in the market.

Since I know that many new bloggers agonise over which one to choose and how it will affect them in the long run, I’ll be running a feature by feature comparison that will hopefully help you make a more informed decision.

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