I think we can all agree that the WordPress admin console has a pretty dated look to it. It seems that the WordPress elves agree with this and are working on a new look UI in the form of MP6 for WordPress. Above is a look at what the default WordPress admin dashboard looks like on a self-hosted WordPress site. It all looks pretty grey, bland and quite frankly boring. This is the single biggest p... »
Blogging is great fun, it allows people with an particular interest to quickly and easily setup a website were they can write about said interest so that people with the same interest can come together into great communities to share knowledge and information. The ‘Internet Blogosphere’ is big business and has many millions of writers and readers all over the Internet. But which is ... »
We all know and love WordPress, it’s a fantastic CMS (Content Management System) that allows users to create stunning websites very quickly indeed. However, over time WordPress has moved away from it’s core values of providing a simple platform for publishing content and it’s now morphed into a full blown CMS for websites. Enter Ghost, a WordPress fork that’s set to revita... »
The awesome blogging platform WordPress.com has launched an new service aimed SMB’s (Small – Mediun Businesses), pro-bloggers or non-profit organisations wanting to launch a professional website yet remain on a tight budget. WordPress.com Business edition costs $299 per site per year; this is an extremely good price when you consider what is bundled in with the package: [checklist... »
Having a unique look to your WordPress blog is very important, it’s what will make you stand out from the crowd and get your site noticed. A subtle but very important customisation that a lot of website creators overlook is the fonts that your site uses. Having the right fonts for the job is very important, especially if your site in reader centric like a blog. After all, what’s the po... »
Veecard is one of the best free WordPress themes I have ever seen. The whole point of Veecard is to showcase a personal site with a professional twist. The site focusses on your skills, contact details and professional experience in order to promote yourself. The big advantage of this site is that you can easily share contact details, your portfolio and a blog; so Veecard can easily become a b... »
WordPress is a great way of making amazing websites with relative ease. In my experience of creating WordPress based websites, I’ve always found that selecting the right theme is always the hardest part of making a site – getting the content in is easy, because what’s the point in making a website if you have nothing to say right? So what if you’re an Ubuntu fan like myse... »
WordPress is a fantastic platform which enables even the most none technical of users to create an incredible website in literally minutes. But what will really set your site apart from other WordPress based sites is how well you use the massive variety of plugins that are available. You can pretty much get a plugin to do anything within WordPress. Contact forms, SEO, visitor stats and social netw... »
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