Ever felt like your personal/portfolio website was a little bland? I did, and recently went on a hunt for a standout, top-notch portfolio theme for Wordpress. I found Shapeshifter by epicera. What’s so special about it? Designed to offer quick, single page navigation, the theme is powered by Wordpress pages, not posts. Clicking the menu [...]
We are constantly watching for amazing new Wordpress themes that are both free and commercial. One of the places we look for new talent is ThemeForest, a marketplace for all sorts of web themes. When we find something exceptional, we add it to the Pingable collection. Check out the Pingable collection periodically for new, stunning [...]
In this previous post, we talked about ways to install Wordpress. All of them have been eclipsed by this new service in terms of ease and speed. Our friends over at Page.ly take the full Wordpress install and cram it into 2 minutes. Watch the video here.
You’ll pay for the service, but not more than [...]
We all use Google Analytics to track visitors to our Wordpress sites. Right? Not necessarily. There were several services before Analytics was the standard, and even more have popped up in recent years that compete with the big G! Here are some of the best options out there, with a little analysis of our own.
But [...]
Wordpress is quickly becoming a fully-featured, powerful and dynamic content management system and not just a blogging tool. The geniuses over at Wordpress.org are continually improving and expanding the codex while miraculously protecting the speed, simplicity and ease of Wordpress.
In tandem with the developers, theme creators are continually pushing the limits of Wordpress to new [...]
Wordpress is without question, the #1 blogging platform and content management system (CMS) available. For obvious reasons like simplicity, speed, flexibility. But what about all those subtle differences that you notice, but can’t quite put your finger on? It has a lot to do with AJAX or asynchronous JavaScript and XML. From saving changes to [...]
With hundreds of thousands of blogs being created every day, yours will take a lot to stand out in the crowd. These tips have been assembled from years of experience navigating the blogosphere. Stick to these 6 principles and you’ve got a pretty decent chance of making it.
1. Use a custom design
This is [...]
We don’t often stray from Wordpress here at Pingable. But we stumbled upon this site at Google, claiming to offer free wireless broadband. At first I was excited because I need a solution for reliable broadband internet. As I continued to read, I realized it was a joke, catching an inference to the quality of [...]
The golden rule of blogging is offer valuable content. This tip trumps a good design, flashy graphics, twitter integration, powerful links, even advertisements.
However, quality content can be improved with an applicable and eye-catching screenshot. Here are some tips and tools for creating awesome screenshots for your Wordpress posts.
Choosing the format
All screenshots should be the same [...]
Wordpress is a simple tool used by millions of webmasters. Did you know Google has a whole department dedicated to political adword accounts? We didn’t either until recently.
There are many political candidates using Wordpress to manage their online presence. As the United States Presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Howard Dean showed, the web is one of, if not the most important tool for political organizing.
Here are our picks for Wordpress themes best suited for political applications.
