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13 Great ThemeForest WordPress Themes That Put WordPress In a New Context
A lot of the time we highlight great design in the roundups of WordPress themes because, as web designers, we can be very vain when it comes to our designs....
Connor Turnbull
26 Nov 2011
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Five Quick Tips to Optimize Your Blog for Search Engines
Search engines like Google are, for most blogs, owners of a large chunk of referrals through users discovering your site through search. Search Engine...
Connor Turnbull
22 Nov 2011
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Using Metaphors in Web Design
The word metaphor is probably most likened to a piece of writing, when it is used as a literary figure of speech for descriptive effect. However, today,...
Connor Turnbull
10 Nov 2011
Web Design
WordPress Monthly News: November 2011
For some, WordPress is a livelihood whereas, for others, it's just for fun. Nonetheless, anyone involved with WordPress needs to stay on track with the...
Connor Turnbull
5 Nov 2011
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WordPress Permalinks 101: What, How, When and Why to Use Them
WordPress Basix Article! Most major WordPress blogs nowadays are using permalinks (otherwise known as "pretty" URLs); WordPress gives us a few great tools...
Connor Turnbull
3 Nov 2011
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Designing With Tablets in Mind: Six Tips to Remember
Today I'm going to recap some concrete considerations you should make in order to make sure your web design is optimized for use on a touch-based tablet.
Connor Turnbull
27 Sep 2011
Web Design
12 Useful Customization and Branding Tweaks for the WordPress Dashboard
The dashboard is somewhat the heart of a blog. It controls all the content and the options of your blog. But, as we know, WordPress is not a custom product...
Connor Turnbull
27 Sep 2011
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Using Shortcodes to Speed Up Posting with Popular Services
Today, we're going to look at how to use shortcodes in conjunction with a variety of popular services - including sites like YouTube and Flickr by first...
Connor Turnbull
23 Sep 2011
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Using DISQUS Comments for Social Commenting on Your WordPress Site
DISQUS powers the comments system of many blogs, include some high-profile ones. DISQUS has a range of advantages, including better spam prevention and...
Connor Turnbull
22 Sep 2011
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13 Podcasts All Web Designers Should Subscribe To
Podcasts can be an engaging way of learning new techniques or staying up to date with what other designers have to say. Today, we'll look at a bunch of...
Connor Turnbull
14 Sep 2011
Web Design
Stepping Out With Bootstrap from Twitter
Twitter introduced Bootstrap recently, a library of CSS styles aimed at web app developers in need of some design help. The toolkit includes everything from...
Connor Turnbull
7 Sep 2011
Web Design
Resource Roundup! 20 Creative Shortcodes To Use In Your Projects
WordPress introduced shortcodes waaay back in version 2.5 as a great way of adding theme-specific styling through a simple-to-use tag in your post editor, or...
Connor Turnbull
30 Jul 2011
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