Far too often I see blog posts about WordPress, but what about its oh so sweet brother, Drupal? The two platforms are rather similar, in that Drupal comes as an opensource content management system, perfect for making anything from blogs to eCommerce websites. Similar to WordPress, Drupal works nicely for beginners with not much development … Read more
An email list means big business for organizations. In fact, it’s not only a beautiful way to get people back to your online store, blog or forum, but if you have enough people on the list it serves as a way to show off your social credibility. Telling people that your urban gardening blog has 20,000 … Read more
Far too often we see roundup articles with the best WordPress themes, that some of the other top platforms get neglected. Have you ever heard of Ghost? If not, you may want to consider it, because it provides a beautiful opensource interface that many would argue is easier to manage than WordPress. Furthermore, it’s one … Read more
When considering the use of an Adobe product, one might immediately assume that you’re going to need complex skills such as coding or graphic design. However, Adobe Muse is a little different. Although Muse is generally utilized by web developers, it cuts out the need for coding, making it far more simple for the average … Read more
Websites such as Groupon are quite popular nowadays as they provide a diverse range of deals and discounts. As such, there is good demand for Groupon clone scripts and themes. Such Groupon clone scripts can help you create your very own custom Groupon clone site with deals and discounts of products of your own choosing. … Read more
Cloudways is a popular managed cloud hosting service that offer reliable hosting at fantastic prices. I first became aware of Cloudways in the Summer of 2015 when I met Cloudways founder Pere Hospital at WordCamp Europe in Seville. Pere was extremely passionate and enthuastic about his business so it has been pleasing to see his … Read more
Few people will argue that the star of WordCamp Europe 2016 was PixelRockstar. More specifically, the stars of the event were Wapuu and the PixelRockstar team who walked around for a couple of days taking polaroid pictures of everyone. It was a fantastic marketing ploy that caught the attention of everyone at the event. PixelRockstar … Read more
WP Engine is a popular WordPress hosting company that offers a managed hosting service. Historically, I have been one of the few WordPress bloggers who have not been actively promoting them. A number of people queried this stance when I was over in Vienna for WordCamp Europe 2016 and kept going on about how much … Read more
Google Maps is one of my favourite online services. One of the reasons it has become so successful is because of how developers can integrate Google Maps into their own projects. I see Google Maps used every day in mobile apps and website contact forms. 10Web have created a fantastic WordPress Google maps plugin called … Read more
Anyone who owns a content based website, such as a blog or discussion forum, understands the problems that spam generates. WordPress owners have to tackle spam on a daily basis. Over the last few months spam has increased significantly on this blog to the point where 90% of the comments that are published are spam … Read more