WordPress is a blog platform.  But much more important than the blogging feature is the community that comes with WordPress.  From a vibrant developer community to an active support community, WordPress is buzzing.  From a bustling designer community to a dynamic content producing community, WordPress is alive. In a recent post, I wrote about building [...]

With an active development community, you can always count on regular releases as WordPress evolves.  WordPress 3.6 is currently in beta 3 with the option to download and test it.  There is also a plugin called WordPress Beta Tester you can use to test out the new stuff.  Even with this plugin, I would highly [...]

The kind folks over at Themeshock have given us 5 copies of their “Shock Bundle” to give away to our readers. The Shock Bundle is a huge bundle that contains a lot of quality designs, this bundle includes all kind of resources with sources that any web designer would want for their next project, such [...]

WordPress is many things.  A blogging tool, a business tool, a constituent relationship manager (CRM), a community gathering place, even a social networking platform.  With the right plugins and powerful theme, WordPress can be given the tools to create a social networking platform that rivals the big boys. Why build a social networking platform on [...]

Someone once said about blogging: “never before have so many people said so much to so few”.  I find this quote hilarious because it really does capture a lot of blogs quite well.  What makes the internet so powerful is always what makes it so bloated.  The ability to broadcast information instantly and efficiently to [...]

Spring is in the air, and so are some amazing new WordPress themes.  Although it’s not advisable to switch your WordPress theme with the seasons, it is nice to modify it to reflect the changing weather.  A fresh theme, even if just some minor touches, makes visitors feel like your content is fresh.   Here is [...]

WordPress themes are coming with more and more handy features, some you don’t even want.  As things evolve, clever and competitive designers are putting more of the handy features into themes and there becomes less of a need to hack one’s theme to expand functionality. That being said, there are many theme hacks that are [...]

WordPress is known for simplicity and ease of use.  Even people that don’t understand a lick of code can get WordPress up and running in about 5 minutes.  With the advent of 1-click installation, this became even easier.  Another great feature of WordPress is the foundation that allows you to build virtually any type of [...]

If you’ve been watching WordPress for years like I have, you will have noticed various design trends that come and go.  WordPress is old enough now that it has gone through a number of these cycles.  From minimalism to complexity, from sidebars to single column, here is an outline of the latest WordPress theme design [...]