Hey smart readers, we just wanted to let you know that the official Torque Magazine app is now available for your smartphones. You can download it free for your Android or iOS device! Last week you probably saw our walk-through of AppPresser’s new Reactor service, which turns WordPress sites into native, cross-platform apps. Our mobile app was created with that same technology. So now you can read an article about porting your WordPress site to an app on an app that was ported from a WordPress site. Meta, right? Here’s a quick demo of the app in action: We’ve already seen […]
WordPress On-Page SEO: How to Do It Perfectly (In-Depth Guide)
This post was last updated on January 2, 2024. Pop quiz time: What is the most important factor in WordPress on-page SEO? What really determines how well your web page will rank on Google? Is it content length? Social sharing? Keyword density? All of the above? The answer is, of course, more complex than that. Truth be told, Google uses a huge number of factors to determine the ranking of web pages, in fact, more than 200 of them. Does that mean you have to check 200 different aspects every time you create a web page? That sounds like an […]
WordPress as a service in the wild
In a previous article here on Torque, we discussed reasons why you might want to consider WordPress as a platform for an SaaS. For those who don’t know, and to quickly recap what a SaaS is — it stands for Software as a Service. It is a model of software distribution whereby the software is hosted, maintained, and updated by the provider. In this article we move forward to look at a selection of WordPress-powered SaaS apps currently on the market. In turn we will then look at the approaches they take to using WordPress as a SaaS, and finally […]
DradCast Episode 067: The Wizard
[y=AfVc81et5s height=400] Show Notes: Chris Coyier is a web designer and developer. He is also the founder of CSS-Tricks, co-founder of CodePen, and hosts the podcast ShopTalk. Chris speaks at many different WordPress events across the country including WordCamp San Francisco, SXSW, and CSS Dev Conf just to name a few. You can find him on Twitter @chriscoyier Sippin’ On Brad – Blueberry Wheat Homebrew Dre – Canada Dry Chris– Sprecher Ginger Beer and Oban Pressing Topics WP Engine Announces HHVM Project Mercury WP Engine is also sponsoring John James Jacoby to work on HHVM compatibility with BuddyPress. Twenty Fifteen Overview A quick look at the […]
How to Speak Unicorn: Improving Designer/Developer Collaboration
Unicorns: The myth and the magic In web design, a Unicorn is a fantastic creature that possesses equal talent in multiple disciplines. They’re the brilliant brand strategist that is an expert designer and an efficient developer. They can carry your project through all its stages from the very earliest concept, to the mockup, to the prototype, to the final build. Their strategy is comprehensive and methodological, their designs are clean and clever, their code is efficient and organized. They’re the ideal member of a web design team. There’s only one problem with the Unicorn: like their namesake, they are exceedingly […]

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