With its root as a blogging platform, it is easy to disregard WordPress as a serious business solution. The fact that it is open source and free to use for anyone can also certainly contribute to its image as a product for hobbyists. Clients who don’t know better might doubt its scalability for larger projects, and developers may therefore think they couldn’t land big-name clients by offering WordPress services. However, what people tend to forget or be unaware of is that WordPress by now powers 25% of the Internet. Yes, that is one quarter. Yes, of the entire Internet. So, […]

Long gone are the days in which websites are a text-only experience. These days using different types of media to improve web content is not only possible but mandatory. Using images, videos, and other media is important to enhance the user experience, evoke emotions, break up large pieces of text, and emphasize points made in the post. It’s no wonder the demand for free stock photos has dramatically increased. In WordPress, all media files get stored in the media library where they can be searched, edited, and removed if no longer needed. Recent updates have greatly improved this part of the […]

Like colors, images, and other structural elements, typography is an important part of web design. It communicates brand and personality, spices up content and can overall greatly improve the aesthetics of a WordPress website (except Comic Sans, which I strongly recommend not using). Thankfully, in recent years free fonts and typekits have become more readily available. Designers and website owners alike can now draw on a great number of resources to include beautiful typeface on their online presence. In this article we will look at two ways to get custom fonts on your WordPress website, via the two services Google […]

Why would you want to create an exact copy of your WordPress site? Shouldn’t this unique piece of art stand above being treated as a mere commodity? Well, while this is definitely an apt (and in no way overblown) description of your work, there are actually several good reasons to make a duplicate of your site: Moving from development on your computer to production server or the other way around Migrating to a different provider Creating a backup Setting up an online testing environment or staging server Using a copy of an existing site for a similar project Sound convincing? […]