I’ve said it before on this site, a good minimal WordPress theme is often more difficult to code than a complex, flashy one.  In looking at good minimal WordPress themes, I look for clean lines, mostly CSS instead of images, and grid-based or clear organization.  For example, a strong navigation system need not be overly [...]

Web forms for a blog are typical means of converting casual visitors into engaged contacts. Once readers have made the step of dropping you a few lines, they are most likely to come back. However, feeding people’s appetite for filling out forms can be a tricky task. Here are some easy tips for increasing conversion rates. Further on, you [...]

Check out these 46 excellent WordPress lightbox themes! Lightbox is a powerful but simple script that overlays images on top of the current page.  It has become the standard for portfolio and gallery pages.  Protecting your WordPress site from “viewer fatigue” means preventing unnecessary clicks and back button usage.  Lightbox allows you to do this [...]

Found this nice infographic over at Mostash.com.  It outlines the true impact of WordPress on the content-driven WWW.  The market share of WordPress is amazing, especially when you add both self-hosted and WordPress.org sites.  There’s also some very interesting history of WordPress represented here.

I found this WordPress tutorial on how to add images to custom menu links helpful. This is especially handy for inserting an RSS image next to your feed link, or some other identifying icon or small image. It doesn’t fundamentally change the function of your WordPress site, but it does add a nice, small design [...]

Advantages of Tumblr Social networking aspects – Tumlbr makes connecting via social media sites very easy simplicity – Tumblr is very much an open and blog platform aimed at those that don’t want to know the guts of what is going on behind the scenes. Easy management from your phone – The iPhone Tumblr app is much [...]