Have you ever thought, why you rarely see charts in a random blog post?
Maybe someone thinks they’re too boring to be included? Or maybe there is a misconception that they’re too difficult to handle?
Building Graphs with DW Chart Plugin Is Easier Than Ever
How do you present content on your website? Do you prefer straight text or a combination of text and graphs? If you associate charts with something boring, you’re going to change your mind!
Top 5 Tips to Create an Impressive Designer Resume
They say you will never get a second chance to make a positive first impression. Well, in this case with a resume it takes about six seconds to smite the recruiter. Gotta be fast!
3 Ways to Improve a Helpdesk Website
The amount of software and technology these days is head-spinning. People are getting more and more dependent on computers. After all, they help us in so many ways!
Top 15 News & Magazine WordPress Themes
Nowadays, if you own a magazine or a newspaper and don’t have a website, then you’re just wasting your own and your writers’ time. All your valuable content, the latest news, great pics and interesting research will be seen only by those who still prefer reading printed media. And the number of such media lovers is decreasing rapidly. So in case you finally decided to go online or just want to redesign your news portal to make it look fresh and up-to-date, you are welcome to review the selection of the best WordPress themes customized for news and magazines websites.
Review: DW Magz – Best WordPress News Magazine Theme
When talking about WordPress news & magazine themes, you might find a wide variety of theme out there, both commercial and free collection. Yet, it is not quite easy to find the best minimalistic & modern theme that gives you a balance solution where performance is well optimized while adding sufficient sets of the feature.
If you look for a light-weight, modern news & magazine theme for your WordPress site, our new DW Magz would be a strong contender you should consider, besides current flagship design DW Focus, DW Argo in our news theme category.
Enhancing readership, mobile-oriented news consumption are among key factors drive us toward the simplicity in each design & development perspective of DW Magz. And here’re fundamental functionalities packed in the theme:
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Top 10 Multipurpose WordPress Themes for Every Web Design Whim
This blog post includes a collection of the most advanced multipurpose WordPress themes.
Let’s start by answering simple questions and then make a quick recap of the advantages of each theme.
What are multipurpose themes and who can benefit from their usage?
As for the author of this article, she believes that multipurpose themes are a great step forward in web design and development. Their price is almost the same as the price of a regular theme designed for one particular business niche. However, when purchasing a multipurpose theme you get much more. Of course, different providers pack their themes with different sets of features, but the fact that you can build absolutely anything with these kinds of templates stays constant. As a rule, multipurpose themes include multiple layouts from which you can choose. They can vary from a simple personal page to a fully functional e-Commerce store. Multi-purpose themes are easy to customize and suitable for both professionals and newbies in web design. Actually, when buying a multipurpose theme you get access to numerous designs, plugins and extensions. It’s a kind of construction set you can play with until you attain the desired effect. And what is even better, when your design becomes outdated, you can always refresh it with the help of another pre-designed page available in your package. This is a great way to keep your website up to date, or just constantly improve it, by adding more features, plugins, using more shortcodes and other stuff delivered with your multipurpose theme. Continue
DW BrickStore Update Infos
Changelog for DW BrickStore Theme (version 1.0.3)
Latest update: 23 July 2015
1.0.3 =====
- Add: infinite scroll for woo commerce products and blog pages
- Fix: Class name for blurb not reflected
- Fix: Can no change color of DW Brickstore:Blurb when selecting design as Square
- Fix: translation string issue
- Fix: Fix active menu effect on iOS (Safari)
- Fix: Hidden content shown on search area
- Fix: The gap issue in Blurb Widget with long content
1.0.2 =====
- Fix: [DW BrickStore Blurb Widget] unexpected space between the grid
- Fix: [DW BrickStore Blurb Widget] URL is hidden when selecting color in Primary
- Fix: Hidden search area bug on Android OS 4.4.2
- Fix: Slideshow bug in iOS
The Plugins You Need to Create a News Site with WordPress
WordPress represents the ideal publishing platform for news websites. Although there are some limitations when using WordPress out-of-the-box, there is an extensive array of plugins available that are capable of adding the required functionality for a large, multi-author publishing platform.
Keeping the WordPress core as lean and fast as possible should be your overall objective in order to present the best user experience. To accomplish this, you need to select an appropriate theme for a news-based site such as our DW Focus Theme combined with plugins that provide the appropriate functionality without sacrificing performance.
The differences between WordPress Discussion Forums and Question and Answer Boards
If you want to add an interactive section to your website, where your visitors can post content and have other visitors respond to that content, then there are a few different solutions that could help you achieve this.
One popular option could be to add a discussion forum to your website, while the other option could be to add a question and answer section. While these two modes of discussion do share many similarities, they are also different in enough ways to make them better suited than the other, for use in certain scenarios.
In this post we will help you decide whether a discussion forum or a question and answer section would be a better addition to your website. We will also cover two of the best plugins available for adding either option to your WordPress website. By the end of this article you should be ready to get started and add the right type of discussion area to your website.
How to install WordPress locally on Your Computer
Building WordPress themes and plugins locally is a huge time saver. Creating a local development environment is nothing complicated. As you probably already know, it is simply a web server running on your computer, as opposed to a remote one, which is usually a hosting plan you purchased.
Coding WordPress themes and plugins entails a lot of back and forth testing, as well as browser refreshing. Since there are no latency issues to deal with on a local server environment, you work through this process a lot faster than on a live server, where you have to wait for your network connection.
Moreover by developing on a local server, you give yourself ample room for mistakes. That is, you can make as many mistakes as possible and cause no harm whatsoever. This is different with a live environment since it typically hosts other websites and some mistakes may be unforgiving – especially those that may affect the security of the live server.
Furthermore, if you want to test out any themes or plugins, before adding them to your live website, having a local installation of WordPress to experiment on has its obvious benefits.
If you like the sound of setting up your own local server environment to install WordPress on your computer, then this article will highlight some of the best options. You will also find a walk through guide to setting this up with my service of choice.
Essential Plugins and Themes for Creating a WordPress Website That Isn’t a Blog
It might seem strange to use WordPress to create a traditional type of website, one which has a fixed home page and doesn’t include a blog. However, if you are already familiar with WordPress, or you want to make use of the countless themes and plugins available for the software when creating a traditional non-blog website, we totally understand why you would want to use WordPress for this purpose.
Being able to tap into the shared knowledge of the large community of WordPress users and its burgeoning ecosystem is another benefit of using this software that can’t be overlooked.
So in today’s post we are going to look at some useful plugins and themes you can install on your brochureware or non-blog website, which will make it easier to manage, add some essential features, and generally look and work better. Continue
The Whys and Hows of Creating a Mobile App for Your WordPress Website
Mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are now the most popular way to consume digital media, including websites and social networks. After years of predictions, the tipping point has finally been reached and smartphones and tablets are now responsible for 55 percent of the online activity in the US.
A lot of attention has been focussed on ensuring your website is responsive and adapts to the size of the screen it is being viewed on in order to cater to mobile users. However, there is another equally important statistic that doesn’t quite garner as much attention. Continue
How to Create a Regular Static Website Using WordPress with Optional Blog
Although WordPress started out as a tool for creating blogs, over the years new features have been added to the software which has seen it become increasingly used for building regular websites. The types of the website built in this way could include a business site, a portfolio, or an online store, to name just a few.
One of the great things about the flexibility of WordPress is that these websites can still include a blog if necessary, it’s just that the blog posts aren’t front and center, or the main attraction of the website.
So if you need to create a regular website as opposed to a blog, read on for our guide to setting up a static website powered by WordPress. Continue
Its Time to Take Another Look at Jetpack
At the recent Pressnomics event, WordPress creator and Automattic head honcho Matt Mullenweg suggested that the Jetpack plugin, from WordPress.com, was partly responsible for the success of the WordPress software to date.
Matt has also mentioned that Jetpack and its social and mobile-friendly modules would be a key player in helping WordPress move from its current market share of 23% of all websites, up to the 50% mark and beyond. Continue
Checklist for Choosing the Perfect WordPress Theme for Your Website
New WordPress themes are launched every day and the number of options on offer for giving your website a makeover shows no signs of slowing down.
While choice is a good thing, too much of it can lead to decision fatigue, increasing the chances of you making an impulse buy and ending up with the wrong choice for your project. With so many WordPress themes on offer, this could easily happen.
So to help you with the task of finding the prefect theme for your next project, use the advice and list of items to look for and consider below in order to filter out many of the themes vying for your attention. This should make the task in hand much more manageable and likely to have a satisfactory outcome. Continue
How to Publish Professional Looking Review Posts on Your WordPress Website
Whether you are publishing reviews of products and services you’ve used, or promoting your own offerings for purchase online, an effective way to present that content is to use a dedicated review post template. This helps your reviews to really stand out from the competition and catch the eye of your visitors.
Thankfully as a WordPress user you are in luck as there a number of high quality free and premium review plugins for WordPress that make it very easy to convert your regular blog posts into feature rich review posts.
In this article we will take a look at the best options for publishing professional looking reviews on your WordPress website, without the need to switch themes or alter your existing template. Continue
Boost Website Conversions by Implementing These Social Proof and Trust Signals Today
If you are selling products and services on your website, then conveying an air of authority and trust to your visitors is vital.
Even if you are just sharing your thoughts and offering advice via your blog, an inability to portray a level of credibility and trustworthiness can turn readers away before they’ve even read their first post on your website.
If you want to increase the chances of your visitors adding an item to the shopping cart, getting in touch to procure your services, or subscribe to your blog, using the tips and tools below to boost your credibility is a great place to start. Continue
How to Track and Record Logged In User Activity in WordPress
Recently we took a look at some analytics tools for WordPress that give you a clearer picture of what your visitors are doing while they are accessing your website. These tools cover activities such as which pages your visitors view, where they click, and other aspects of how they interact with your content.
In today’s post though, we are going to look at some of the options for tracking what logged in users are getting up to on your WordPress website. Rather than looking at pages viewed, these plugins focus on back-end tasks and activities, such as logging in, editing content, working with themes and plugins, modifying files, and in some cases, a whole lot more. Continue
Improve Your WordPress Typography by Using These Free Tools
In this post we will be taking a look at some tools and plugins that can make it easier for you to get typography right on your WordPress website. If you are looking for ways to optimize your content and improve the user experience on your website, typography could be one untapped area that could yield great results.
An understanding of the art of typography is a valuable skill to possess for anyone working in publishing, including bloggers and web designers. While it’s not something you can expect to master in a single blog post, by the end of this article you will have discovered some tools which can give you a shortcut to the end goal of having great looking written content on your website. Continue