On Tuesday, AppPresser shook things up by making mobile app development accessible to everyone by launching the first mobile app development framework for WordPress. Their theme and extensions allow developers to create app-like features for sites and utilize device hardware like the camera, geolocation, push notifications, and contacts. There is also an extension that supports all WooCommerce features for an app. Early reactions on Twitter have been very positive. The more I look at @apppresser, wow, the more I am totally impressed. #WordPress http://t.co/5hxfwbzrsM — BobWP (@bobWP) January 7, 2014 As I work with @phonegap and @WordPress on a regular […]
CSS Hero: A Plugin to Customize WordPress Themes
If you are looking for a powerful and easy to use tool to help you customize WordPress themes, allow me to introduce you to CSS Hero, a creative platform plus WordPress plugin that intends to change the way designers and developers interact with their projects. CSS Hero Simply put, CSS Hero lets you customize your WordPress themes using a point and click approach. You can add special effects such as hover or shadow, edit elements such as margins and padding, experiment with live color and background changes, or even choose fonts directly from Google Fonts. CSS Hero supports responsive themes, […]
Book Release: Responsive Design with WordPress
Delivering the best possible experience to your audience across all devices is no longer a nice-to-have, but a must-have. With the release last month of Joe Casabona’s new book Responsive Design with WordPress, there is now a comprehensive resource for developers on how to utilize what WordPress offers to create a responsive site. Creating a responsive site is “not just for design, but for performance,” Joe says. His book not only covers responsive layout, but how to implement responsible responsive design—i.e., delivering features in the most optimized way. His book covers principles as well as implementation, including how to create responsive […]
Core Trac Gets Some Improvements
One of the biggest barriers of entry for new users looking to contribute to WordPress core development is Core Trac, the bug and issue tracker for WordPress. Thanks to the efforts of Andrew Nacin, that barrier of entry has been lowered a bit with some great improvements in the new year. Trac has had a bit of a facelift, both aesthetically and functionally, to make it a bit easier to navigate and use. Thought it might be good to check in and let you know what’s new. The most obvious change is the few design tweaks that were made. The […]
Helping Your Customers Find Success
He was like every other startup CEO that you’ve ever met. Tons of ideas. All of which sound appealing. He was a vision caster. He was energetic. It was virtually impossible not to get excited every time we got on the phone. And nothing changed when we started talking about refreshing his website. Why would it? The skills that had served him to well in every other part of his life should translate, right? But they didn’t. Because his website, as I would fondly explain more than once, wasn’t for him. It wasn’t about his vision. It wasn’t about his […]

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