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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 07/03/2025

The most fun I've had in my business in ages. Get Foy's Friday Five every week by signing-up here: www.davefoy.com/newsletter/

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 21/02/2025

The ability to send emails in timed batches (for better deliverability) AND to be able to pause sending to make changes to the email is one of many killer features of Bento. Developer Jesse Hanley has made an amazing thing. bentonow.com

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 19/02/2025

Pleased to announce I'm the proud recipient of the Grand Prize of Clarity™, a highly coveted award in the world of online course structuring. 🏆 It's taken me a week of metaphorically bashing my head against my desk with this tricky little bugger. But I've got there.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 10/02/2025

Oh wow. Congratulations! Sounds like a really interesting role. Can't think of anyone better suited.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 10/02/2025

quack, quick, quick, quack, quick, quack, quack, quack. sma, fa, smaft, smaft.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 07/02/2025

The answer is yes. Yes, it does. Nodding along furiously with @jonathandot.bsky.social's every word. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nLq...

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Does WordPress Need a Radical Rethink in 2025 - Response to @jamiewp and @BrianCoords

YouTube video by Jonathan Jernigan

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 06/02/2025

One thing I love about being a barfly is getting @theadminbar.com's excellent newsletter a day early. theadminbar.com/barfly-membe...

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Barfly

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 03/02/2025

Fun fact: I once made an online course in TV chef Jamie Oliver's apartment.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 02/02/2025

I could listen to Joshua Redman all day every day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqBE...

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Joshua Redman: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 31/01/2025

'Foy's Friday Five' #2 is winging its way to subscribers. app.bentonow.com/share/6Xv3z2... This week featuring THE Douglas Adams. Get on it for #3 👉 www.davefoy.com/newsletter/

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 30/01/2025

Absolutely agree, Dan. I actually shared your article with my email list, goes out tomorrow.

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Simon Harper @srhdesign.co.uk · 29/01/2025

Happy hump day! 🐪 Building on the positivity of last week's "Loop WP" (my newsletter about #WordPress) Issue #142 will be dropping later today as we look at The WP Community Collective. Feel free to subscribe below. 👇

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Loop WP

💻 A shitty landing page for an awesome newsletter about WordPress and WooCommerce. I use double opt-in, so check your junk/spam folder for a confirmation email.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 27/01/2025

Major new release of Advanced Themer just landed - v3.0! 🎉 Shit ton of new features, improvements, and rewritten code. advancedthemer.com/changelogs/

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Changelogs

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 27/01/2025

WAF WAF WAF WAF WAF WAF

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 25/01/2025

"So, if I don't like the block editor for developing pages, and I also don't like the block editor for writing. What's its purpose?" Thoughtful musings from @danmaby.com with a surprising outcome. www.danmaby.com/posts/2025/0...

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Writing with the WordPress Block Editor

I appreciate the block editor is a tool. And every tool is only as good as the craftsperson using it.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 24/01/2025

For me, 'contributions' and 'taking more control of WordPress' could well be two very different things.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 24/01/2025

Thank you, sir! And me to yours. :)

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 24/01/2025

I started a new thing for my email list today: Foy's Friday Five 🎉 Here's FFF #1: app.bentonow.com/share/b5ZMGe... Today's features @westguard.co.uk, @matthewmedeiros.bsky.social, and others I'm not sure are on Bluesky or not. Want next week's FFF? Get on it here: www.davefoy.com/newsletter/

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Introducing Foy's Friday FiveIntroducing Foy's Friday Five

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 24/01/2025

Plenty of things about the modern world concern and confuse me, but none more so than the baffling resurgence of the mullet 'hairstyle.'

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 24/01/2025

Cancelled Netflix. It's way tipped over into quantity over quality. Been highly enjoying evenings reading, listening to music, playing chess with my wife, playing guitar/sax.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 23/01/2025

Bricks 1.12 was released today. bricksbuilder.io/release/bric... Do you use Advanced Themer? If so, don't update to Bricks 1.12 yet. Wait for the forthcoming AT 3.0 to be released in the next week or so before updating.

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Bricks 1.12

Components (experimental) Components, probably the biggest missing building blocks in Bricks, are now available as an experimental feature in Bricks 1.12. Components allow you create reusable and cust...

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 22/01/2025

Not directly. But I think a psychotherapist might say otherwise. :)

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 22/01/2025

Still awake at 1am last night, couldn't sleep. Before I knew it, I'd availed Apple of their offer of 3 free months of Apple Arcade and was 2 hours into a depraved Solitaire binge.

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Simon Harper @srhdesign.co.uk · 22/01/2025

Happy Hump Day! 🐪 My newsletter about #WordPress, Loop WP drops later today and will help you get over that hump. Feel free to subscribe below. 👇

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Loop WP

💻 A shitty landing page for an awesome newsletter about WordPress and WooCommerce. I use double opt-in, so check your junk/spam folder for a confirmation email.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 22/01/2025

I'm at the "just bought a shitload of domain names" stage of a new project for 2025 and I'm obviously very excited. ("Obviously" cos obviously the hard work hasn't begun yet.)

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Kyle Van Deusen @theadminbar.com · 22/01/2025

A selector like :nth-of-type(odd) might look intimidating for anyone newer to CSS... but it's not that complicated and it's extremely powerful. In this week's video I show you how I used it to help refactor my client's page to make it unbreakable for their content editors! youtu.be/2oiTYXZZB_E?...

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Making Layouts UNBREAKABLE! Using nth-of-type to solve this annoying problem!

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 22/01/2025

Definitely worth looking into. Seems popular! My son went to watch one of his mates competing in a Hyrox event recently, really enjoyed it. Let me know if you give it a go.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 22/01/2025

Yeah my son told me about it a while ago. They run Hyrox training sessions at my gym, tho I've never seen them in action. I keep meaning to look into it. Have you tried it? I had to stop CrossFit altogether cos I kept hurting myself. Doing heavy deadlifts for time is really not wise.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 22/01/2025

I've done CrossFit quite a bit in the past. But now I just go on my own and do my own thing. Get in and out within 40 mins, sometimes 20. Been following the same program for nearly 4 years now. muscleevo.net/muscle-evo/

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Muscle Evo

Muscle Evo is a proven training program for people who want to focus on gaining muscle while minimizing fat gain. It combines the latest muscle-building science with old-school training principles to ...

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 22/01/2025

Finally got round to watching Wim Wenders' Perfect Days last night. A film about the power of being present. I'm still thinking and talking about it this morning. Refreshing and thought provoking.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 21/01/2025

My feelings too. Which is why I *extra* hope he goes. It'll be good for WP and WP won't suffer.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 21/01/2025

Nazi salute or not, Elon knows exactly what he's doing. Even playing with that horrific imagery is unforgivable.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 21/01/2025

I'm often asked why I offer parity pricing for my courses. So here it is: www.davefoy.com/parity-prici...

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 21/01/2025

I've noticed if I call the gym "the f-ing gym" I'm much more likely to go.

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Nathan Wrigley @nathanwrigley.com · 20/01/2025

Join us LIVE in about 90 mins for the 'This Week in #WordPress' show. It's fun, and we'd love your comments! Starts at 2pm UK time. wpbuilds.com/live Join Nathan Wrigley, Taco Verdonshot, Nicky Bulmer, and Corey Maass.

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WP Builds LIVE - Watch us live!

Watch us LIVE over at WP Builds. Something WordPress related coming your way!

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 19/01/2025

Got an idea for a new product. Wait for it... "Dave's Cool Web School" Good, eh?

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 18/01/2025

I’ve made a curry almost every Saturday for 22 years. And tonight’s is an absolute belter. Bit unorthodox, but a splash of balsamic vinegar does wonders for a lamb curry.

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 17/01/2025

Been using Alfred since 2012 so there's a lot of muscle memory!

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 17/01/2025

Raycast users - tell me why I should use Raycast over Alfred. I hear of many people ex-Alfred users telling me it was an instant switch, but I'm struggling to see the big draw.

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Nathan Wrigley @nathanwrigley.com · 17/01/2025

Do you have any #WordPress news the community should know about? I don't usually do this, but I wondered if you've got some WP news that I might feature on 'This Week in WordPress' on Monday? If you do, please reply and I'll take a look. I'm unlikely to feature out-and-out promotional content! Thank

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 16/01/2025

Really enjoying listening to this one. Nathan's story about the millennium flights thing is 😮

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Dave Foy @davefoy.com · 15/01/2025

Even if you're a non-coder using a WP page builder, it definitely helps to know the basics of HTML and CSS. @kevinpowell.co's new course 'HTML & CSS for Absolute Beginners' looks fantastic. learn.kevinpowell.co

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Kevin Powell Courses

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