Here’s a statistic that might blow your mind: there are 500 million tweets sent out each day. Obviously, for users that only tweet a few or even a dozen times a day, what are the chances anyone will see your posts amid all that incessant activity? If you’re using Twitter as part of your website’s...
Oh man, does anyone else remember geeking out over Geometry class back in the day? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Is this thing on? Okay, maybe I was in the minority. Anyway, like with many other things I enjoyed in that long-gone era, I find myself wondering how practical it was to even study geometry in the...
There’s nothing like a pop of color to welcome people to your site. It takes a good designer to create a bold and colorful site – choosing the wrong color palette or hues that simply don’t match can leave your site looking gaudy and tasteless. And too many colors can leave your visitors confused, especially...
The WordPress Themes Directory is a truly fantastic resource, offering thousands of themes for download at no cost. Here are 39 of them. However, the sheer volume of themes contributes to the repository’s less user-friendly side. Of those thousands of themes, many will not be up to the standard you require. And with somewhat limited search...
Mobile first theming isn’t just about making your site work well on mobile devices: it will also make your site faster and so enhance SEO. A mobile first theme includes far fewer style declarations for layout than a traditional responsive theme that works desktop-first, mainly because it eliminates the need to declare 100% width for...
We tried coming up with a more exciting name for Custom Sidebars but what else do you call a plugin that gives you custom sidebars? Or more specifically, allows you to display different content in your sidebars and footers to different users who visit your site? Custom Sidebars is now available as a free plugin...
WordPress is continually evolving. As Gutenberg marches toward full site editing, it’s inevitable that some things will change and get left behind…like our Custom Sidebars plugin. Whether you love Gutenberg or don’t, the fact is that WordPress is heading toward a “full site editing” user experience built entirely out of using blocks. As has been...
