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CSS Igniter: Terrific Themes, Unbeatable Price

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December 19, 2013

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Today, we shall be reviewing another popular premium WordPress theme provider—CSS Igniter. Founded by Gerasimos Tsiamalos and Anastis Sourgoutsidis, CSS Igniter currently claims to have over 11,500 customers, which is a pretty good number in my book. CSS Igniter also has an affiliate program which offers an amazing 50% commission per sale. Not only that, you also get an additional 50% each time a referral of yours decides to renew his/her subscription. Since subscription itself is not the costliest one out there, 50% might not be a gigantic amount if viewed solitary, but if you do manage to send multiple […]

Features As Plugins: How Are We Doing?

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December 18, 2013

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WordPress 3.8, now released in its redesigned glory, was the first WordPress version to make use of the new feature as a plugin development process. I think now might be a good time to take stock of the new initiative and see how it’s been going. Feature as a Plugin? What’s That? Well hello curious WordPresser. Feature plugins were formalized in the development process last August. In truth, the idea has been around for a while, but it is now the official methodology of the WordPress core team. Basically, new features are developed in plugins first, then rolled into core […]

The Past, Present and Future of DesktopServer

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December 17, 2013

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Stephen Carnham has been a good friend for many years now. I first met him when a few of us down here in San Diego were wanting to start Advanced WordPress. Having come from a long and extensive career in Software Engineering, he helped bring a new level of code understanding and complexity to an already advanced bunch of guys. Stephen first started DesktopServer out of his home after many years in the WordPress world. His company ServerPress is not only expanding to three-plus, but is seriously disrupting local WordPress development across the board, and simplifying the lives of many in the process. […]

Table Plugins for WordPress

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December 16, 2013

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A “table” can be defined as: A systematic arrangement of data usually in rows and columns for ready reference. – Merriam Webster Tables once were (and still are, at times) a layout tool for websites. Better ways are available for designing and implementing page layout, but tables are still useful for displaying data in an organized and logical way. Creating and formatting tables from scratch does take some basic HTML and CSS knowledge, so naturally, plugins have been developed for WordPress that eliminate the need to “know” code, and yet still produce elegant table displays. In this article, I will be […]

South Park Just Perfected Content Marketing

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December 13, 2013

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“Wiener… Wiener Wiener… Wiener Wiener…” An odd way to start an article about content marketing, but nevertheless an important piece of an absolutely brilliant marketing campaign from the creators of South Park. At the end of a three-part series of episodes in the newest season of the popular show, which has been running for 16 years, Cartman says, “screw video games!” and raises a stick the air. The image of the stick quickly transitions to a blatant advertisement for the new South Park video game, The Stick of Truth. While my friends were busy laughing at the irony of the punchline, […]

Free WordPress Themes for the Holidays

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December 12, 2013

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We are halfway through December already, and this month stands for one thing in particular—yes, the holiday season! Festivity sure is in the air. Today, we put together some of the best free WordPress holiday themes. We noticed that most of the other holiday theme roundups, and the seasonal themes listed in the WordPress repository, are dominated by themes that were last updated in 2010, or even earlier! Not wanting to leave you stuck with remnants of yesteryear, this roundup includes themes that have been updated in the past 12 months. Free WordPress Themes for the Holidays 1. Dancing in […]

WordPress 3.8 – What’s New and Why It Matters

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December 12, 2013

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Do you use WordPress? If so, your world is about to change—and you’re not alone. Recent statistics show WordPress now powers close to 20% of the web and controls close to 60% of the Content Management System market. So when big changes are rolling out, there’s a lot at stake. This week’s release of WordPress 3.8 named “Parker” after jazz legend Charlie Parker shows that the platform (and its developers) take this responsibility seriously and aim to further simplify web publishing for everyone. You can download it right now from WordPress.org or upgrade your existing WordPress site directly from the […]

The End of “Blah Blah” Themes

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December 11, 2013

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When WordPress first arrived on the web, all themes and plugins were freely available. Over the years, and as the ecosystem evolved, developers began offering paid-for (referred to as “premium”) themes and plugins, some building businesses around their offerings, with others maintaining products as side projects to their day jobs. The introduction of paid-for WordPress product created several notable changes to how businesses approach their WordPress products. The change in approach had several knock-on effects as well. Today, I’d like to touch on one such knock-on effect; the introduction of “blah blah” themes. What is a “Blah Blah” Theme? Put simply, […]

wpForGlass: The First WordPress Plugin for Google Glass

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December 10, 2013

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Google Glass is one of the trendiest technologies out there right now, but it’s hard to tell who it’s actually useful for. One group that stands out is publishers and journalists who can use Glass to chronicle their stories through rich, on-the-fly media experiences. And as the world’s largest publishing platform, it was only a matter of time before WordPress and Google Glass hooked up. Now, thanks to Weber Shandwick, that time has come. wpForGlass is the first plugin that allows you to post to your WordPress blog from Google Glass. The workflow for wpForGlass is fairly simple and it’s […]

Targeted Ads Without Retargeting

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December 9, 2013

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It’s Like Magic (But Not) Even if you’ve never heard of retargeting when it comes to online ads, it’s likely that you’ve still experienced it. Here’s how it works. A person visits your site. They browse around and check out some of your products. Your site drops a little cookie in their browser that tells other sites they’ve been to your site. Now they visit another site—one that has ads on their site. And these ads are delivered by a retargeting service. Including an ad for your site. So now that visitor is on another site, but since they’ve been […]

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