As WordPress has improved over the last few years, we have seen a large rise in the popularity of magazine designs. These designs go beyond the simplicity of a blog and display more articles on the homepage using featured images, videos, quotes and more. In this article, I would like …
I started working at 16 years old at local swimming pools and sports centres. My Dad was the manager of another sports centre so I did not have to do much work to get the job. I had swum a lot growing up so I gained my lifeguard qualification and …
There are many benefits to using a blog editor to write and publish your content. Firstly, they allow you to save your content offline, which is useful to those who travel and those who have inconsistent internet connections. Secondly, many editors make the process of styling your content and uploading …
The WordPress admin area got a new lick of paint last year, however the interface has not changed much in many years. In many respects, the admin area looks dated when compared to other blogging platforms such as SquareSpace and Ghost. As you would expect, there are many plugins available …
Over the last few years we have seen many theme designers create simplified designs that place everything on one page. These designs are perfect for certain types of websites such as resumes, portfolios and information pages for businesses. Most of these designs achieve this by letting the user scroll from …
vBulletin is one of the most popular discussion forum scripts in the world. I used the software for around 10 years however around two years I started using XenForo to build forums. The development of XenForo was held back since it was launched due to a lawsuit from Internet Brands, …
Like most people growing up, I thought I was invincible. You just don’t worry about your health or how long you will live when you’re in your teens and twenties. As you get older, you start to realise how fragile life is. Whilst I had caught chicken pox, the flu, …
I love films that make you think after you have watched them. Films that have you thinking about them for days after (I’m not talking about M. Night Shyamalan films which have an obvious twist at the end). One of my favourite films over the last ten years is an …
Population is going to be a hot topic over the next 50 years. It is scary to think about how quickly countries are growing around the world. There are currently over 7 billion people on this planet. When I was born in 1979, the population was just under 4.4 billion. …
The official WordPress theme directory continues to be one the most popular places for WordPress users to find good designs for their website. There are currently around 1,750 designs in the directory, yet the total number of theme downloads is close to seven million. At the current download rate, this …