WordPress 4.5 releases with some very nifty upgrades under the hood. This is a very exciting release and I am sure you will find many of the new additions to be an asset with your WordPress Websites and Blogs!Live Responsive Previews in the Customizer The Responsive preview buttons are tucked away at the bottom of […]
Continue readingToo Many WordPress Plugins to Choose From! There is such a thing as being spoiled for choices. A musician in a state of the art recording studio can find his creative instincts overwhelmed by the wealth of choices at his fingertips. Limitations, or parameters, can be seen as assets to the aesthetic mind. This is […]
Continue readingWhy choose Gravity Forms over Contact Form 7?
I am a WordPress Designer with over 7 years experience and my first choice was Contact Form 7. Many of my peers were telling me I need to start using this extensible plugin but I had been using Contact Form 7 for so long I did not give Gravity Forms much thought. Then I found an offer code online and figured, “What the heck, I’ll give it a try!” It took less then 10 minutes and I was hooked!
Continue readingAs a WordPress designer I am constantly dragging and dropping files into the media uploaders of WordPress, Facebook, and other social networks. It is amazing to me that this would not be ready to go right away. In fact this issue may push me to back into the Google or Mozilla camp.
Continue readingWordPress Parallax Scrolling: What design elements can be used to help your website stand out from the crowd? Info graphics, images, pictures, sound, user interaction items (buttons), and animation the list goes on.
Continue readingWhere to start with a WordPress Redesign?
As a WordPress designer I love to take on challenges. I look at every new design as a problem needing a specific solution.
Continue readingWe bring you breaking news to protect your site and content. A major WordPress vulnerability was discovered and has been implemented into many plugins that as of yet do not have an update. The cause is linked to the WordPress Codex which many developers use when developing themes, plugins, and websites utilizing WordPress
Continue readingWhy Your Next Website Should Be Powered by WordPress:
Let’s cut to the chase, WordPress is the best Content Management System (CMS) in the world. WordPress is not just for bloggers and hobbyists. The platform has a reputable track record as a powerful framework to design just about any kind of website imaginable. From blogs to ecommerce the possibilities are endless. Nasa, Harvard, Forbes and LinkedIn use WordPress to power their websites, and each of these receive thousands of hits a day.
Continue readingMany of my clients come to me looking for solutions to increase business leads from their websites. Almost always the first thing they ask about is Google AdWords. While pay per click ads can be quite effective they are not always profitable for the money conscious business looking to grow. So what can generate organic traffic to one’s website?
Continue readingFear is the most debilitating factor to success. It is like a cancer whose only goal is to destroy the motivation of the individual. For some, fear is terribly difficult to overcome, but the experience of failure is the only solution. As an aspiring entrepreneur one must understand that failure is success, that not everything tried will have a positive outcome, that those outcomes are the building blocks to success.
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