ChurchThemes is a WordPress company that offers premium WordPress themes and plugins. All of their products are designed with church websites and other religious organisations in mind, although they could be used for other types of websites. All of their themes are responsive so will look good on tablets and …
WordPress has long been the platform of choice for religious websites, charity websites, and other non-profit organisations. The affordability of premium designs is enticing, but it is the unique features offered in non-profit WordPress themes that attract many non-profit organisations to use WordPress. Custom post types help add galleries and …
Although I consider myself more of a WordPress guy, Joomla has been a close second in terms of my favorites. What’s funny is that if you speak to someone who works with Joomla they’ll probably say the exact opposite. Why? Because both WordPress and Joomla work as open source content …
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 …
It is a week since I returned from WordCamp Europe 2016 in Vienna, Austria. This was the second European WordCamp event I had attended and my second WordCamp event overall. Those of you who read my account of last year’s event will know that the event in Vienna had a …
When Twitter first became popular, I’d find myself going through my timeline and re-tweeting multiple tweets at the same time. It never seemed very efficient – the social media equivalent of talking without taking a break, or spamming someone. As a result, I found myself searching for a way to spread …
Managing a blog is very tedious, detailed work. Different pieces of a blog need tracking consistently, which is why most bloggers use editorial calendars. This type of tracking mechanism makes blogging work more manageable. There are several types of calendars; software-based, cloud-based and plug-ins. Deciding what is/is not needed in …
People email me all the time telling me that they want to become a successful blogger, wanting to know what tips and tools I recommend they use to get started. In reality, different blogging tools are going to be a better fit for different bloggers – in many cases, the …
Churches, charities, and other nonprofit organisations have turned to WordPress to develop their websites. In the past, a designer would have converted a business theme for a nonprofit website, however there is now a large number of premium WordPress themes that have been built specifically for nonprofit websites. In this …
It’s that time of year again where most of us in the Western world will be celebrating Christmas. Whether you are religious or not (I’m not), this is a great time to sit back, indulge in too much food and spend time with family. When you are young, Christmas is …