It’s been a busy few weeks at Photocrati. We have been cranking away at a big update to our theme and plugins. Some of the updates were for WordPress 3.6 compatibility and others were for enhancements. When releasing new updates to customers we do diligent internal testing (seriously we’ve been at it for weeks) and when comfortable we release it to the world. The update process is an interesting one. There is a lot that I could go over, but I want to share some of what happens at Photocrati that has a big impact on users.
6 Helpful Tips to Choose the Right Plugin
Being a WordPress web site owner you can’t ignore plugins. In fact, there are thousands of them developed for any purpose: Contact form plugins, image editing plugins, social media plugins, security plugins etc. A good plugin, as many of you know, can improve your web site usability or just add some really useful functions. On the flip-side, of course, a wrong one can make lots of trouble like security issues or problems with functioning of your site. Your plugins should help you, not cause problems. Here are a few helpful tips that might give you an idea of how to […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 6.25.2013
I hope you all are having a great start to the week! I have a few new and updated plugins along with some themes as well. I’m a big fan of the Superhero theme and glad to see it’s being maintained and updated. Check it out and the others after the jump!
5 Lessons Learned from my Epic eCommerce Saga
What my client wanted was reasonable: Select any X flavors from a selection of Y available flavors. If you’ve worked with this before, it’s about setting variables. Some Ecommerce platforms do this better than others. Regardless, for clients this is how they buy yogurt at Target, select candy on Valentine’s Day, and order ice cream cones for the family in summer. But I made a mistake and here is how I lost 99% of my credibility with a $49 extension. Ready to hear my story?
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 6.24.2013
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all have a great week and I have some new plugins to kick it off! Check out all 92 of them after the jump!
Themazing Getting Set to Launch in August
Quality themes at a low cost and great design? Who would have thought that possible?! No, I’m just kidding as all theme shops have this in mind when they are creating their products so as to entice new members and new sales. The question is, though, will the products themselves be enough to attract the attention of a wider audience? What is the unique selling proposition? What will make them stand out among the crowd?
Planning, Implementing and Releasing a Plugin
It takes time to code a decent WordPress plugin, more time if you don’t have the right plan of implementing and releasing it into the wild. If it’s your first time then here’s a great presentation that may save you more than a few hours of work – thanks to Jonathan Desrosiers for the presentation!
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 6.23.2013
I hope you guys have all had a great Sunday and great weekend! I have some more new and updated plugins to share with all of you today. Check them all out after the jump!
Mullenweg and Calacanis: This Week in Startups Interview
Matt spent some time with Jason Calacanis in a very long interview about startups, Automattic, WordPress, and more. If you’ve got some time it’s worth seeing. If not, you can always get the audio version as well here via iTunes: http://bit.ly/TwiStA Check it out:
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 6.21.2013
It’s Friday! Let the weekend begin! I have more plugins to share with you than I can count. Either plugin authors have been busy, or my feeds aren’t working 🙂 Either way, check out the full list after the jump!

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