WordPress has already conquered the Internet, and is slowly but surely turning its attention towards the world of apps. This is nothing new: there are plenty of impressive services out there promising to turn your WordPress website into a full-blown app, suitable for inclusion on Google Play and the App Store. One of the best of these services is AppPresser, which I discussed several months ago. Well, the people behind AppPresser are back with their revolutionary new app builder, Reactor. This combines nearly a year’s worth of feedback from AppPresser to give WordPress users exactly what they want when building […]
Turning Your Website into a Mobile App with AppPresser
AppPresser has generated a tremendous amount of interest since its release at the start of this year. This shouldn’t come as a surprise given its ability to quickly and easily turn any WordPress site into a smartphone or tablet app, providing both developers and individual businesses a tool of staggering potential. WordPress is already the world’s most widely used content management system. Now, you can take any existing web content created on the platform, import it into a ready-made app, and distribute the resulting app to Android and iOS users through the iTunes App Store and Google Play. The possibilities […]
The Expanding World Of WordPress Innovation
With a growing number of innovations centered around WordPress, the community has begun to immerse itself in the broader realm of mainstream technology. WordPress businesses are starting to compete, and find their place, among other popular technology — and WordPress, as an ecosystem, is evolving. One illustration of this can be seen in AppPresser’s recent nomination as one of the 6 About to Break at MacWorld/iWorld. To understand how AppPresser — and WordPress more broadly — fit into this scene, I reached out to the co-founder of AppPresser, Scott Bolinger, to share his experience. Macworld/iWorld is an annual, Apple-dedicated trade show. Each […]
DradCast Episode 39: Pricing Drelema
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 him on twitter @chrislema, or on his website. Sippin’ On Brad Captain Morgan Private Stock Dre […]
AppPresser Represents WordPress at Macworld/iWorld
Over the weekend, March 27-29, Macworld/iWorld was hosted at Moscone Center in Northern San Francisco, California. Among the Mac-centric festivities was the first-ever 6 About to Break competition. The competition aimed to spotlight the most innovative apps, accessories, software, and utilities uniquely positioned to breakout in the Apple marketplace. 1 out of 5 websites are powered by WordPress. With @apppresser you can easily turn your website into an app #6toBreak #Macworld2014 — Macworld/iWorld (@MacworldExpo) March 28, 2014 Among the 6 finalists was AppPresser—a plugin that allows you to build a mobile app from the ground up using only WordPress. On the first day of […]
DradCast Episode 036: Aww Shucky Ducky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EusHhqknSOU Show Notes Host Scott Bolinger is the co-founder of Press Coders WordPress Themes. He is also the co-founder of AppPresser, which allows you to make native iOS and Android apps with WordPress. You can contact him on Twitter: @ScottBolinger Or visit him online: www.PressCoders.com What They’re Sippin’ On Brad—PC Porter (home brew) Dre—Stella Scott—Stone IPA Host Interview How did you start using WordPress? Bolinger’s development in WordPress started out when he was hired as a graphics designer at a small company. Throughout his time there he grew into a web guy—a WordPress guy in particular— and eventually left the company […]
Make Mobile Apps With WordPress
It’s now possible to make iOS and Android mobile apps with WordPress. I’m not talking about using WordPress as a data source, but using the whole thing. That means using themes and plugins to build your app. It’s all done with AppPresser, the first mobile app framework for WordPress. This opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for how you can use WordPress. For example, you can now use a plugin like WooCommerce to create an eCommerce app, like the one shown above. eCommerce is just the beginning, you can create almost any type of app. You can add […]
Early Reactions to the Launch of AppPresser
On Tuesday, AppPresser shook things up by making mobile app development accessible to everyone by launching the first mobile app development framework for WordPress. Their theme and extensions allow developers to create app-like features for sites and utilize device hardware like the camera, geolocation, push notifications, and contacts. There is also an extension that supports all WooCommerce features for an app. Early reactions on Twitter have been very positive. The more I look at @apppresser, wow, the more I am totally impressed. #WordPress http://t.co/5hxfwbzrsM — BobWP (@bobWP) January 7, 2014 As I work with @phonegap and @WordPress on a regular […]
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