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WordPress.com revamps its dashboard

Somewhere around 18% of the web is powered by WordPress. The humble blogging platform has grown into a web-titan of monster proportions. Substantially fewer sites are hosting on WordPress.com — Automattic’s free, hosted solution for...

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Aaron Brewer says:
This is beautiful! Open Sans is by far my favourite font offered by Google Web Fonts, right next to Lato.

/ Jun 19, 2013

30 fresh WordPress business themes

Most of the time, the first contact a customer will have with your business is through your website. Consequently, the website could make or break your business. To ensure that the website makes it, having it be both aesthetically pleasing...

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Stephen Moyers says:
Thanks a lot for sharing these awesome themes! Really good themes you can opt out depending upon your business. I particularly like OpenSpace which is responsive and...

/ Jun 14, 2013

How to create your own WordPress shortcodes

In version 2.5 WordPress introduced shortcodes, and all of us have probably used them at one time or another. They usually come bundled with plugins, or even themes, and what they do is watch for when you insert something inside square brackets...

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Hemanth Malli says:
Thanks for the time saving tip. I will try this !!

/ Jun 4, 2013

14 key WordPress functions to jump-start theme development

After a few years (or even months) of designing and developing WordPress themes, especially for clients, you start to realize that a lot of the functionality can be standardized or distilled down into a "starter theme or kit". This helps get...

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Matt Kreiling says:
I understand, I was just point out a small inconsistency in your post here: - For example, I want to name my file *tiny-mce-styles.css* and I want it within my CSS...

/ May 31, 2013

Deal of the week: The ultimate shortcodes collection

The most popular CMS out there, WordPress has a ton of great features; probably the best of which is its extensibility. Taking advantage of that Lizatom Shortcodes provides literally thousands of shortcodes and countless shortcode combinations,...

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Benjie says:
The deal includes three templates as well as the plugin, which increases the full price of the bundle to $137. Paying just $19 is a saving of $118.

/ May 9, 2013

How to host a WordPress blog on your computer

When I'm designing themes for WordPress, I find that working remotely can be a little troublesome at times; particularly when using stylesheet preprocessors such as LESS or SASS. I've been developing a number of WordPress themes recently,...

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Paul says:
Definitely a good idea doing an installation on a local server, and when its finished it can be exported and imported when it is ready for uploading.

/ Apr 16, 2013

Adaptive content with WordPress

Responsive design not only challenge our tools and approaches to web design and development, but also forces us to review our ways of planning and managing content. New workflows require the right tools. Upon first thought, this opens an opportunity...

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Matt Kelley says:
It seems like Advanced Custom Fields, would help this implementation a lot ( faster setup, better meta box UI out of the box, and much lighter functions file )...

/ Apr 9, 2013

Beyond blogging: WordPress as a platform

WordPress has evolved hugely over the years from simple fork of blogging software to a powerful platform. According to a WordPress Survey, 66% of respondents use WordPress as a CMS, not just blogging software. The growth of WordPress adoption...

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Yogesh Goplani says:
WordPress is definitely a great CMS to work on. It has been in the market long enough to establish its credibility of being more than a blogging platform. There are...

/ Mar 13, 2013

80 awesome new WordPress themes

Whether you design WordPress themes or just use them, you've got to stay on top of what's happening in the world of WP theme creation. Every few months we round up some of the best new themes, both free and premium, from some of the best theme designers...

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Wini Themes says:
Are you sure that Agency Wordpress Theme is the latest one? http://winithemes.com/templates/wordpress/agency-6078

/ Mar 5, 2013

How to build effective 404-error pages in WordPress

The greatest sites out there are always notable for their attention to detail. One often underestimated detail is the existence of a useful and user-friendly 404-error page. WordPress provides an easy way to create and customise the 404-error...

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Juliette Giannesini says:
Awesome tips and code snippets! Implemented on my website.

/ Feb 26, 2013

Better e-commerce for WordPress

There are a number of options out there for WordPress e-commerce plugins, including both free and paid options. The user experience with many of these plugins though, can be somewhat lacking. That's where the MarketPress ecommerce plugin comes...

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Chris Norström says:
You Can STILL use MarketPress! Just buy it for $19 then cancel the subscription you can still use it for as long as you want. You just won't get updates. Every now and...

/ Feb 25, 2013

What we can expect from WordPress 3.6

The most recent WordPress release, 3.5, has passed the 6 million download mark. It brought us a renewed media experience and various improvements in the dashboard. But life moves on, and the scope of the upcoming version 3.6 release has already...

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Anna Ladoshkina says:
Not only UI - the standards for data handling also... that's also very helpful for developers and friendly for their clients :)

/ Feb 6, 2013

How to improve your writing in WordPress

WordPress is a powerful and popular CMS for nearly all types of websites. But what about content creation? Writing is one of the most important aspects of a website especially for freelancers, small business owners and individuals. WordPress...

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Skyler says:
Thanks, I wasn't aware of many of these plugins! They look like they'll be a big help.

/ Jan 31, 2013

Free WordPress themes!

A lot of us can never get enough WordPress themes. It's not like we get a merit badge for having a couple hundred of them residing on our harddrive, "just in case". That being said, it's not like you can ever really having too many high-quality WordPress...

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Jon Celeste says:
Wordpress themes seem to be getting very popular. I must admit some themes look amazing, great designs and cool layouts. There are a lot of talented designers out there.

/ Jan 23, 2013

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