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Why WordPress Consultants Should Care About Mobile Apps

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May 30, 2014

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You’ve probably already seen the February 2014 data that we are now using mobile apps more than desktops to access the internet in the US. This indicates that those of us who depend on the internet for our livelihood (who doesn’t these days?…) should be thinking seriously about our mobile device presence. Building mobile apps with WordPress is no fringe topic (at least it shouldn’t be). WordPress and Mobile Apps Earlier this week, San Franciscans had 2 chances to learn about opportunities at the intersection of mobile apps and WordPress from Scott Bolinger, cofounder of AppPresser (and PressCoders). The first was an […]

5 Plugins That Display Beautiful Charts and Graphs in WordPress

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May 28, 2014

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To find more great plugins, check out Torque’s free eBook, The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Plugins. Download here.  We all know that solid data and research adds authority and credibility to blog posts. Case studies and simple statistics are the most popular presentations of research in the blogosphere. But there’s also one very important data visualization tool that often gets ignored by bloggers—charts. Charts have always been a superb way to help people see extensive amounts of data at one glance. We use charts for presentations and PowerPoints, but how many times do you see one in a blog post? […]

Matt Mullenweg Touring the Asia Pacific

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May 27, 2014

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Matt Mullenweg is about to rack up a whole lot of frequent flyer points, as he embarks on a jam-packed tour of the Asia Pacific. As announced on Mullenweg’s blog, he is headed to 7 countries during June 2014. According to a LimeCanvas post about the Australia and New Zealand components of the tour, Mullenweg is touring the Asia Pacific to “help spread the WordPress brand and interact with established communities that support the open source CMS.” Here are the details for the events: Seoul – Sunday, June 1 Jakarta – Monday, June 2 Singapore – Wednesday, June 4 Tokyo – Friday, June 6 […]

Understanding GitHub Flavored Markdown

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May 23, 2014

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GitHub is the largest code host in the world. With over 13 million repositories, it’s a favored place for powerful collaboration. GitHub allows users to harness its extensive field-tested tools for both  public and private projects. It’s a simple and efficient way to use the power of the community (and GitHub tools) to test, create, and build. As part of its inventory, GitHub uses a version of Markdown for simplified text formatting. It’s called GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM). In this article, I’m going to explain GitHub Flavored Markdown language—and how it differs from traditional Markdown language. Markdown If you’re already familiar with Markdown, then […]

Does Your Staff Know What Actions Are off-Limits?

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May 21, 2014

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When I worked in a startup, there was this unwritten rule that the person that worked the longest was the most helpful. It was like a direct correlation existed between hours sitting at a computer and value to the company. This placed no focus whatsoever on accomplishment. Just activity. So a person who sat at their desk and drummed up $200,000 in sales in a single morning was useless compared to a programmer that worked on a single function for 100 hours in a single week. Crazy, right? But my point isn’t value. Or the fact that great value can […]

5 Great Plugins You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

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May 20, 2014

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I come across a lot of plugins in my day to day. Some are very well known. Others are not. But that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve your attention. So allow me to shine the spotlight on a few lesser known plugins you may just find useful. Fourteen Extended The Twenty Fourteen theme released by the WordPress team showed a real departure from previous efforts. It has a more administrative, and less blog-like look to it. It also takes full advantage of WordPress’s theme customizer and options. Fourteen extended takes this one step further. The plugin adds a list of […]

The Difference Between Prototype and Wireframe

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May 19, 2014

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When it comes to design, wireframe and prototype are 2 very important terms. However, even the best design professionals tend to get confused between wireframing and prototyping, and tend to use ‘wireframe’ and ‘prototype’ as if they were the same thing. This is incorrect, because wireframing and prototyping are both two distinct processes, each with its own set of benefits. In this post, I will try to explain the difference between wireframe and prototype. Prototype and Wireframe: Definitions A prototype, as the name suggests, is a medium to high-level representation of the final user interface of the design in question. As […]

My Favorite WordPress Plugins

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May 15, 2014

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One of the best things about WordPress is the easy access to numerous plugins, which extend its use as a CMS. It’s a repetitive cycle—more and more new plugins are developed for WordPress because it’s the most popular CMS, and more and more new users are attracted towards WordPress because it’s easier to extend by means of simple plugins. Of course, the vast number of plugins in the repository are not all alike. Some are amazing, others are tolerable, and some are disappointing. When it comes to plugins, every WordPress user has his or her own preferences. In this post, I’ll talk about some […]

3 Markdown Plugins for Your WordPress Site

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May 14, 2014

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Markdown is a simplified formatting language commonly used for easy text-to-HTML conversion. Quite simply, it’s a human readable and writable form of HTML. It’s simple, clean, fast, and flexible. And its extended portability and precision, coupled with its simplistic implementation, make it a favorable tool. Markdown has come a long way since it was first created in 2004 by John Gruber. Today, it’s widely adopted across the web. It empowers writers and bloggers with the ability to write their HTML, without the use of overcomplicated and visually exhausting code. Similarly, Markdown is increasingly popular among a more technical crowd as well. In fact, it’s the central language to both GitHub and Stack Overflow—two […]

Plugins as a Platform: The Future of WordPress Plugins

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May 13, 2014

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Last week, MaxGalleria announced Version 2.0 of their gallery plugin. The update featured a bit of a change in scope for the plugin. The team decided to shift it from a simple plugin to a much more complete gallery platform. Though the core functionality is remaining more or less the same, it’s far more extendable now than ever before, with over a 100 actions and filters for developers to hook into. This means that the core plugin will remain fairly slim, while facilitating a number of add-ons either in the personal or commercial space. MaxGalleria likened the philosophy to that of […]

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