Peter Tasker on creating blocks right now:

It’s fairly straightforward these days to get set up with the WP CLI ‘scaffold’ command. This command will set up a WordPress theme or plugin with a ‘blocks’ folder that contains the PHP and base CSS and JavaScript required to create a custom block. The only drawback that I noticed is that the JavaScript uses the old ES5 syntax rather than modern ESNext. Modern JavaScript allows us to write more concise

… Read article “How to Create Custom WordPress Editor Blocks in 2020”

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WordPress 5.4 was released not so long ago and, along with other improvements and bug fixes, it introduced a feature called Block Variations. I had a chance to use it on one of my recent projects and am so pleasantly surprised with how smart this feature is. I actually think it hasn’t received the attention it deserves, which is why I decided to write this article.

What is a Block Variation?

Block Variations allow developers to define instances of existing … Read article “How to Use Block Variations in WordPress”

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Compared to the past, modern browsers have become really efficient at rendering the tangled web of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code a typical webpage provides. It takes a mere milliseconds to render the code we give it into something people can use.

What could we, as front-end developers, do to actually help the browser be even faster at rendering? There are the usual best practices that are so easy to forget with our modern tooling — especially in cases where … Read article “Let’s Take a Deep Dive Into the CSS Contain Property”

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This is another player in the game of rendering the page of the link that you’re about to click on before you click it. It’s like getting a decent performance boost for extremely little effort.

Instant.page is another one, and I’ve been sufficiently convinced by its methodology to the extent that I run it here on this site right now. I don’t really know the difference between the two. And they aren’t the only players either. Google has quicklink and … Read article “prerender.js”

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Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1710, February 10, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

, February 04, 2015
, February 17, 2015

Personal Taxprep Overview

This webinar provides an overview of the Personal Taxprep interface and explains the basic operations of the program, working with taxpayer, spouse and dependant returns, navigating the tax return and entering data.

While this webinar is designed primarily for new users, it may also be helpful to users that would like a refresher on the operation of the program.

This webinar is approximately 1.5 hours in length.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1409, February 02, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1409, March 03, 2015

Objectives

The Projects course content focuses on features you use to assign employees to projects, enter and track budget information and track project due dates. Project Management list setup and creating projects are integral parts of this course. These features help make sure management has the most up to date information to make informed decisions. Expected prerequisite program knowledge includes the Time Entry module as well as filtering and navigating between modules. This course includes hands-on computer training.

Topics

·         Set security settings that affect the Project Management and Project Tracking modules

·         Set up Project Management lists

·         Copy Templates to clients

·         Copy existing client projects to other clients

·         Assign staff to projects

·         Create budgets for projects

·         Schedule employee work load and manage resources

·         Use Project Tracking to build lists on-screen

·         Update a project status in the Time Entry module

·         Run project status and scheduling reports

·         Extend project due dates in the program

·         Roll forward or replicate projects for the next period

·         Use Project Management utilities and other helpful features

Attendees

Staff that create projects, monitor due dates, set time budgets, assign staff to jobs, and schedule staff workload

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1247, January 28, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1644, January 20, 2015

Objectives

 
The End User course content focuses on the key features that all employees use when entering time and expense transactions, updating the status of a project and finding client contact information. All of these features are designed to make sure that management has the most up-to-date information to make decisions.

Topics

·         Enter billable time or expense transactions in 30 seconds or less

·         Enter nonbillable time, expense, CPE and marketing transactions

·         Update project status when entering time and expenses

·         Review, edit and release time and expense transactions

·         Generate a reimbursable expense report

·         Review summary or detailed timesheet history

·         Monitor client and project alerts

·         Manage and review personal due dates

·         Look up client information

Attendees

 
All staff that enter time, expenses, lookup contact information, and update project status

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1244, January 15, 2015

Objectives

 
The Biller course content focuses on billing practices and features that help to ensure timely, profitable billing. We follow the philosophy that having WIP, prior Invoice and A/R information at your fingertips saves time and money. Keeping management up to date on the status and progress of client accounts is the fundamental philosophy that drives the course. This course includes hands-on computer training.

Topics

·         Select clients to bill

·         Bill related clients (client engagements) together

·         Generate a Quick Bill

·         Correct WIP

·         Analyze, Select and Adjust WIP

·         Bill by Category or project

·         Use Billing Agreements

·         Partial Bill (apply a write up or write down to a specific WIP transaction)

·         Format invoices

·         Generate a Progress Bill

·         Generate Fixed Fee Bills

·         Review billing decisions on-screen

·         Print or email invoices in a batch

Attendees

All staff that select clients to bill, make billing decisions, correct or transfer WIP, generate, format, or process invoices, and review and approve bills.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1246, January 15, 2015

Objectives

The Administrator course content focuses on features in the Administration, Accounts Receivable, Reports and Report Writer modules. By learning how to work properly within these modules, you can better manage the program on a day-to-day basis. This course includes hands-on computer training.

Topics

·         Create new clients and prospects

·         Create custom fields

·         Maintain up to date client contact information

·         Lock releasing of time

·         Edit and update released time

·         Use Batch Time Entry

·         Correct WIP and update invoices

·         Select a Lock Reconciliation Date and WIP Approval date

·         Determine Security Settings for employees

·         Set up Alerts for assigned employees

·         Complete Year End Procedures

·         Use the Administrative Utilities

·         Enter A/R transactions

·         Apply Later Distributions (prepayments) to invoices

·         Update, Correct and Search A/R

·         Print A/R Statements and Dunning Letters

·         Calculate and update finance charges

·         Generate firm reports

·         Create and process report Queues

Attendees

Staff responsible for managing day-to-day operations in Practice Management, including clients, contacts, security, time, billing, A/R and generating reports.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1245, January 14, 2015

This webinar provides an overview of the Corporate Taxprep interface and explains the basic operations of the program, navigating the tax return and entering data.

While this webinar is designed primarily for new users, it may also be helpful to users that would like a refresher on the operation of the program.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1563, January 13, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1563, March 23, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1563, May 11, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1392, January 13, 2015

Objectives

 
The Setup course content focuses on a group of important options and features you must set up for the program to function properly. While there are many other important options and features in the program, this course focuses on some of the most basic functions you must set up in order to prepare for conversion.   

Topics

·         Make decisions on basic setup items such as timer rounding, AR payment entry method and labels  
      for Client Staff Positions and Project Status Dates

·         Create lists used in the program

·         Setup employees in the program

·         Set default security settings and security settings for individual employees

·         Create a list of Categories, Subcategories and Service Codes

·         Set up your default invoice format

·         Make decisions about how to enter a new client and client contact

Attendees

 
Staff involved in determining the firm's best practices and software setup. While this course does not expressly cover best practices, it is important to involve decision makers.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1243, January 12, 2015

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1393, January 08, 2015
ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1393, January 22, 2015

This course focuses on using features within Practice Management to better track your marketing efforts.
The content helps you determine how your employees attain new business. The need for up to date information
concerning leads and prospects, as well as tracking Marketing Methods, Referral Sources and employee
marketing efforts drive the course content. The course also covers the use of mailing lists to generate
quick labels and letters.

Available Sessions for this Seminar:

ipwebinar.aspx?tab=1&smid=1528, January 08, 2015