If you are a freelancer (and since the economic crash of 2008 it’s more likely that you are) then you need a portfolio to show off to prospective employers. But it isn’t just freelancers who need portfolios, with the concept of a “job for life” all but dead and buried you never know when you are going to need or want a change of job. Some people just set up a blog or “personal branding page” and leave it at that. It’s not a bad thing to do, it will certainly show off your abilities more than not having one, but perhaps you need […]
Font Size: Go Big or Go Home
There are many truly amazing commercial theme developers in the WordPress community these days. Our selection of theme choices have grown exponentially and the overall bar for design work has been significantly raised since I first started designing themes in 2008. So much has changed! Yet, there is one design practice that continues to befuddle me and that is the size of fonts in new themes. There is no doubt those in the WordPress community have likely heard the cries of Brian Gardner atop Mt. Starbucks imparting designers and developers to start using larger font sizes in their themes and I […]
Editorial Theme Leaves A Lot To Be Desired
I’m back with another review and this time it’s about a new theme release, Editorial, that was pitched to us via our “Submit News” button. We love to get pitches like this, with PR and marketing collateral to boot, but that does mean that you’re opening yourself up to attention, both good and bad. I guess that’s the price of being bold sometimes! Moving right along; I don’t know about you but I’m a big fan of themes, well to be more specific, good themes. I like good design. It has to be well thought out, practical and beautiful. I […]
Themes as Apps: More Than Just Blogging
We’ve talked before how WordPress is becoming more “app” like in both development and implementation as well as how it’s being slowly understood as a platform for application development. Traditionally (and forever perhaps) it will always have that blog flavor, but that doesn’t mean that WordPress can’t grow up as developers find more and more unique ways to execute against core. Joshua Sprague over at ThemeForest has a collection that was shared with me late last night that I thought is a good showcase of how some theme authors are paving a way for these “App Themes” that are definitely […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 3.20.2013
It’s #humpday! We are half way through the week now. How are you going to make the rest of your week count? These authors made sure to get their newly pressed plugins ready for today’s roundup. It looks like there’s a few gems in the list too! Do you see any you think are worth a try?
Is WordPress Doomed?
There are some that may feel like WordPress (eventually) may be headed toward the deadpool: Trying to describe how code works on a platform that has the kind of fundamental logic that WordPress does is like trying to teach a language that doesn’t have an alphabet. I would discourage anyone from learning it until they’re more au fait with a platform that operates on better principles. Basically, WordPress isn’t a platform suited to anyone except those unlucky enough to have somehow become WordPress developers. There’s already a heavy discussion on Hacker News that’s riddled with some great arguments, some well-crafted […]
DradCast Episode #005: Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn
Show Notes Host Chris Lema started using WordPress in 2005 because of how user-friendly it is for customers. He’s still active in the WordPress community—consulting with different companies to help them think through strategy. Chris attends about 6 WordCamps a year, in addition to starting his own WordPress events. One such event is in Cabo, where folks can spend time relaxing in villas while talking shop about WordPress. He is also the creator of WPwatercooler, one of the more popular WordPress weekly shows. You can contact Chris on Twitter @chrislema, or on his website. Host intro In the last few months we’ve seen several […]
Another Great Plugin Sorter, Organizer: Uproot.us
The plugin repository can be a wild west at times, especially if you’re looking for a very specific plugin or feature that you can’t quite build (or don’t want to build) on your own time. Google doesn’t help much as it drums up stuff that looks incredibly sketchy and you don’t have much time to spend on this in the first place. Perhaps you need to check out this site that has organized plugins based on a few criteria that you might find helpful as well as filtering system that may actually work for you:
Web Hosting – The Numbers Don't Lie…?
I recently came across a new website that offers interesting reviews of popular web hosts. The reason I think it’s interesting is because the website doesn’t use personal opinions about the hosting companies. In fact, it claims to be a no-nonsense guide to the best web hosting. The website actually uses data from a variety of sources to determine what the best web hosting company is out there. Mind you, it really only covers shared hosting services, so there aren’t any WordPress managed hosting providers listed explicitly.
Boston University Launches Navigation Plugin
Another day, another inventive approach to WordPress. I’m always intrigued by the solutions people create to solve issues they are having with their WordPress sites. Boston University has created such a solution, in the form of a clever plugin that handles site navigation. The aptly named BU Navigation Plugin aims to, according to their developer page, ‘tame even the most unruly of site structures’ and is designed with large sites in mind. The larger the page count on the site the more impact the BU Navigation Plugin can have.
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