March witnessed the release of several free WordPress themes. Most of which were meant for personal bloggers—with a generous variety of magazine and portfolio themes. Another good point worth noting is that almost all of the free WordPress themes that were released this month were fully responsive—with a few odd exceptions. Hopefully, this trend will gain further momentum into next month, to the extent that ‘responsive’ will become a permanent fixture in the list of theme features. So, let’s check out the major free WordPress themes released during the month of March. 1. Imprint Imprint is a responsive WordPress theme […]
WhatTheme: Find Out Which Theme a Website is Using
Nowadays, pre-made themes and templates are the norm. Since WordPress makes it so easy to change and modify your theme, more and more users are growing curious about which theme a particular website is using. Generally speaking, the best way to determine this is to perform a code inspection—but not everyone has the time and/or skills to do this. As a result, many browser extensions and online tools are developing ways to help you uncover the theme that’s being employed by any given website. The latest tool is WhatTheme, launched by Inspired Magazine. Describing itself as “shazam for website templates,” WhatTheme […]
A Look at Flappy Bird, The Game That Shook the World
Recently, Flappy Bird – a rather simple-looking yet extraordinarily difficult game – took the internet by a storm. Not only did it secure millions of downloads in both the Apple App Store and Google Play, but it also earned a stream of (seemingly ridiculous) reviews on Twitter using the #flappybird hashtag. By the looks of it, Flappy Bird hardly seems to have anything out of the ordinary. Its graphics seem to belong back in the 8-bit era, and the gameplay itself is nothing more than frantic screen-tapping to ensure that the flying bird does not hit the green pipes. That’s […]
WordPress Pakistan: Building A Community of WordPress Users
Considering the fact that WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) and blogging tool on the planet, a good number of communities, initiatives, and Meetup groups exist, bound together by the simple fact that they all use WordPress. One such initiative, going by the name of WordPress Pakistan, is recently coming to the fore. What is it About? WordPress Pakistan describes itself as: … an initiative to curate a WordPress focused agile & active community of developers, designers, & bloggers in Pakistan. Basically, it aims to bring together a community of WordPress users and lovers—designers, developers, bloggers, everyone—from […]
Free WordPress Themes Fresh From February 2014
February was dominated by minimal WordPress themes. Virtually all the themes released during this month, barring a few noteworthy exceptions, had a clean and minimal content-centric layout. In this roundup, I have listed some of the top free WordPress themes released during the month of February 2014. 1. Crates Crates is a responsive WordPress theme for tumbloggers. It features a grid-based layout and supports multiple post formats. Demo | Download 2. Zweig Zweig is a minimal WordPress theme with a focus on typography. It is responsive and sports a single-column clean design with a one-level menu header. Demo | Download […]
On Fonts and Web Typefaces
Gone are the days when designers had to rely entirely on web-safe fonts and web typography meant simply a combination of Verdana and Georgia. Nowadays, with the advent of various web-optimized font formats, as well as the ever-popular Google Web Fonts, the task of picking the ideal typeface for your web design projects can indeed be difficult and confusing. In this article, we’ll be discussing some of the simplest measures to take while picking the ideal web font for your design projects. Introduction Web typefaces serve two major purposes: To set the tone To guide users through the content With […]
Matt Cutts on Guest Blogging and SEO
When it comes to Google and Search Engine Optimization, Matt Cutts is no stranger. Having worked at Google for fourteen years, Cutts knows all that there is to know about search engines. Apart from that, he also happens to be the subject of a good number of internet memes. So when Matt Cutts recently wrote an article titled The Decay and Fall of Guest Blogging for SEO, the internet went wild. What could this mean? Matt Cutts on Guest Blogging and SEO The Action To cut the long story short, this is what Cutts had to say: “Okay, I’m calling it: […]
Free WordPress Themes Released in January 2014
Every month, several new WordPress themes are released, both free and premium. This month the trend was no different as numerous wonderful WordPress themes were released. Quite interestingly, however, is the fact that many of the new themes of January 2014 were based on Twitter Bootstrap. 1. TypeFocus TypeFocus is a minimal theme based on Underscores. It features a typography-centric layout meant for personal blogs. Download 2. Bright News Bright News is a magazine layout theme that comes with custom color schemes, custom shortcodes and Google Fonts integration. It is translation ready and fully responsive, and is also available as […]
WordPress for Beginners: Too Many Choices?
WordPress is the world’s favorite choice when it comes to creating a website, and there are various reasons behind its popularity. Among such reasons, ease of use and easier customization stand tall as the most common ones. Fortunately, for beginners, getting started with WordPress is not rocket science. It is relatively simple to set up a small website or blog with WordPress. And then after you’re set up, you can do many things to personalize or customize your blog—choose a theme of your liking, install plugins for additional functionality, tweak settings, and so on. All said and done, if you are […]
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, […]
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