Your eyes light up as you read comments on your latest blog post. It’s been eight months since you started your blog, and you’re excited to have followers who visit regularly and comment on your posts. Who knew a blog about birdwatching would attract so much attention? Well done! You’ve got a workflow for your blog, an audience interacting with your content, and you’ve become a pro at creating posts with the Visual editor in WordPress. Ready for the next step? How about getting more control over your content by switching to the Text editor? Text Editor and HTML The […]
Super Handy HTML Cheat Sheet: Take 2
…An introduction to HTML for beginner Web Editors and Bloggers. QUICK NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Welcome to Take 2 of “Super Handy HTML Cheat Sheet.” As an editor who is not fluent in HTML, I too have gathered most of my quick tips and tricks from simply Googling an issue. This works well for me, and it can work for you too. But as we all know, not everything on the internet is correct, recent, or even true. So take things you Google with a grain of salt and always consider your source, just as you would with anything else. […]
Adding Small (But Useful) Features to WordPress
Sometimes it’s the smallest things that end up being the most useful – that have the greatest impact. Since a lot of people are reconsidering WordPress in many different ways, both functionally and stylistically, I’ve been keeping tabs on small scripts and apps that seem to doing things right, even if it’s the smallest piece of code. For example, this counting script is simple and the use is obvious:
The WordPress Weekend Roundup
What a week – how was yours? I’m spending my time in Florida on a mini-vacation of sorts (still very-much working) and it’s been good so far. The team back home in Atlanta hasn’t let anything burn to the ground, so that’s good news. Hope you are finding some rest and relaxation this summer my friends!
HTML5 Device Mockup Generator
Time for another freebie that I hope will help with all the awesomeness that you’re rocking out this week! Perhaps you need a device mockup tool that’ll add some more *zing* to that already-great website of yours? Check out PixelSign’s HTML5 device mockup solution:
10 Starter WP Themes, Frameworks to Try, Use
Obviously WordPress themes make up much of the WP ecosystem and have contributed significantly to the crazy-growth that we’ve seen even in the past few years. They also provide and incredible way to earn money, even part-time if you’d like, giving you ways to profit off client and consulting work or even building a business around one (or two). Heck, stories like this may become more common place as people build success stories around WordPress. Love it or hate it you have to admit – WordPress theming business is one killer business to be a part of. Oh, and you can […]
Responsive, Touch-Friendly Audio Player
Although MediaElement.js is being added to core in 3.6 there are some that will always favor developing or integrating their own flavor, despite the increase of native features as well as newer oEmbeds like Rdio and the like. I happened across this free touch-friendly audio player and thought it would be good to highlight, just as a point of reference at the very least for those audiophiles among us.
The iio Engine: Open Source HTML5 App Framework
Not everything needs to be WordPress and you’ve seen that we canvas and cover other open source technologies and publishing apps that help keep us here in the world of WordPress on our toes technologically and aesthetically as the marketplace expands. You can safely assume that we’ll continue to cover such apps because it’s just good for the soul, especially open source technology and applications that philosophically match with us well. I happened upon this open source HTML5 app framework the other day that had me digging into it more than just the frontpage marketing copy:
The WordPress Weekend Roundup
Crazy week, right? It’s been one for the record books for me personally as I’ve been attempting to finalize a Kickstarter campaign and project that has pretty much hijacked my entire life. At some point I’ll have a massive retrospective, but I’m exhausted with only a day or so to go. But naturally there’s been more news than just Kickstarter project – here are some of the things that happened this previous week that you may not have gotten to see. Oh, and by the way, make sure you’re aware of the big super bot that’s attempting to access your […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 4.6.2013
It’s the weekend! I hope you all have a great Saturday and an even better Sunday. I have a bunch of new themes to share with you today. There’s also an updated theme and some new plugins as well. You should definitely take a look at these. You can check them out after the jump! Enjoy!
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