If you’ve previously heard the terms “likeable content” and “shareable content” and have assumed they were the same thing…well, you are far from in the minority. You may assume that linkable content is surely shareable, just as shareable content must be linkable. Nonetheless, this does not mean that the two don’t have their differences. Shareable … Read more
As functional as it may be, your WordPress site’s sidebar is also one of the most important of the entire site. But if you were to be honest, chances are you haven’t really given a great deal of thought to your sidebar at all as of late…if ever. Sidebars serve a variety of helpful purposes … Read more
Whichever way you look at it, WordPress has put the power of professional website development and management in the hands of more newcomers than any CMS to date. But just because WordPress is (in a comparative sense at least) an extremely simplified approach to website design, this doesn’t mean it’s impossible to go wrong. Quite … Read more
Content management systems these days are…well, let’s not say ten a penny, but there’s certainly a ton of them to choose from. Nevertheless, even with hundreds of very capable rivals it almost always comes down to a choice between WordPress and Joomla – the world’s two favourite open-source CMSs. But when all’s said and done, … Read more
When a newcomer to the world of online retail sets out to choose the best CMS for their needs, the vast majority immediately side with Magento. This is of course hardly surprising as recent years have seen Magento propelled right to the forefront of the e-commerce marketplace as the perfect tool for those starting out … Read more
The fact that there are so many WordPress plugins available is both a blessing and a curse at the same time. You have a catalogue of no less than 30,000 to browse through and given the fact that they’re all somewhat ‘homemade’ and competing for the same attention, knowing which to side with can be … Read more
It’s easy enough to get a WordPress site together these days and to make the whole thing look pretty impressive top to bottom. However, it’s not until the site is starting to come together that you might say the real work begins – and by that we of course mean making sure folk get to … Read more
WordPress has for most of its life been considered nothing more than a simple-to-use blogging platform. Of course, the fact that it was launched as a blogging tool in the first place makes such a definition anything but surprising, but even to this day with so many powerful websites having been crafted with WordPress, it’s … Read more
If you’ve bought into on-going reports and general chatter that insist WordPress is the most wonderful CMS ever created that’s already SEO’d in a big way right out of the box, sadly you’re barking up the wrong tree…sort of. WordPress is indeed brilliant and has great SEO potential, but in terms of already being primed … Read more
When you’re on the market to pick out a new WordPress theme for any kind of site, you’ll find yourself presented with literally thousands of options which at first glance at least look the part. However, assuming it’s a free theme you’re after and thus one you really won’t be able to complain about afterward, … Read more