May 11, 2013
We all knew it was coming. Back in February Twitter announced that it would be shutting down Posterous by the end of April. Some bloggers saw it coming from the day that Twitter acquired the popular blogging platform. With that day finally here, if you’re still looking for an alternative to meet your blogging and automated sharing needs, we’ve come up with a list of 6 viable alternatives.
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April 24, 2013
There's quite a lot of ways you can use WordPress beyond simply using it as a blogging platform. We've already taken a look at a list of 5 things you might not have known you could do with WordPress. The platform lends itself to versatility and there's a huge variety of websites out there that you can't even tell are created using WordPress, and there are five ways you can put the platform to use that goes beyond simply content management.
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December 5, 2012
These days it's not enough to have a beautifully designed website, especially if you're a photographer, artist or graphic designer. These days if your site isn't responsive, chances are you're losing a significant part of your audience who tend to do most of their surfing on smartphones or tablets. Responsive designs, for those of you who don't know, are designs that automatically adapt and scale themselves.
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September 28, 2012
About a month ago, we introduced a new interface element to MakeUseOf – a floating navigation and search bar. The feedback we’ve been getting is almost entirely positive, internal search traffic has rocketed, and some readers having been asking about how to make one for their own site, so I thought I’d share.
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September 19, 2012
Have you heard? Blogs are old news. I hope you didn’t jump on that particular bandwagon. Yep, static sites are the all the rage now. I’m joking, of course. There has always been the need for various kinds of sites, but the blog format doesn’t fit every requirement. However, Wordpress is more than happy to be moulded into whatever you want - blog or otherwise - and today we’ll be talking about making a basically static website with Wordpress.
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September 9, 2012
One of the great things about Wordpress is it's adaptability and ease of customization. Just download a new theme, and your entire site changes in an instant. It's powerful, yet addictive; the search for the best theme is never ending - believe me - I have been known to spend literally days trying to track down that elusive theme that will make everything right in the world. Never fear though, because we're here with a rundown of the best magazine themes.
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July 27, 2012
They say that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Unfortunately, the way of the world is that books are judged by their covers. People are judged by their clothing. And websites are judged by their aesthetics. And for this reason, if you run a website of your own, the layout and design is one of the most important aspects of drawing readers in and keeping them interested.
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June 14, 2012
Even the most seasoned WordPress enthusiast can't have seen all of the free themes going around, so there's every likelihood the P2 theme passed you by too. But, the P2 WordPress theme is not like other themes at all. The way P2 works, it fundamentally changes the ways in which WordPress can be used and opens up a world of possibilities.
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June 12, 2012
WordPress is extremely pervasive and all kinds of people know about it and use it. Why? Because it’s easy to set up, easy to use, and easy to customize based on your own personal preferences. Specifically, I’m talking about themes, which are almost one-click installations and can completely change the look of your WordPress site. But what if themes aren’t enough?
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May 9, 2012
Are pre-set WordPress themes the sign of a low-brow publication? Is a custom theme the sign of a professional? These were the questions that used to plague me when it came to my personal website. I battled the questions for quite a while, but I just recently came to the conclusion that using pre-set themes - premium or free - is totally acceptable.
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September 12, 2011
Lubith lets you create simple yet surprisingly beautiful Wordpress themes of your very own without even touching your keyboard (let alone coding). It’s not complicated, it’s not fancy, but if you want to create a simple theme for yourself in a few minutes, Lubith definitely does the trick. Let’s give it a spin and see what it can do.
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May 21, 2011
One of Wordpress' greatest strengths is its flexibility. The blogging platform can be pretty much anything you choose to make it. So it's no surprise that it's an extremely popular platform amongst photographers and designers. If you've been looking for a theme, and aren't sure where to start, check out this list of some of the latest, professional looking portfolios available for download for free.
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April 15, 2011
This week I'll be a taking a look at a superior alternative to the often praised All-In-One SEO; a plugin that gives you the power of a Wordpress publishing system but allows you to output static HTML files for hosts that don't support PHP; as well as showing you how to make sense of some of the template files contained in your theme directory.
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February 2, 2011
When it comes to free WordPress themes, there are thousands of choices available among many different themes. It seems like even when you find the perfect theme with just the right imagery and formatting, there’s some technical glitch that you have to fix. If you don’t know how to alter the background code of the theme, [...]
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November 21, 2010
More often than not, when someone gives you their business card, it ends up lost, thrown away, or stuffed in a drawer never to be looked at again. In today’s digital age, it’s natural that the concept of online business cards is becoming more and more common. There are many reasons to stop using traditional [...]
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