WordPress is the most popular Content Management System (CMS) on the web. It allows anyone to get started building and managing a website with almost no knowledge of website development. Additionally it is both free and open source making it accessible to anyone.
But the true power of WordPress is the ecosystem of thousands of plugins and themes created by developers around the globe that extend it far beyond the default capabilities. Not only will you find major news organisations publishing with it, you’ll find successful membership sites, multi-million dollar eCommerce stores, and more built with it.
In this section you will find reviews of some of the best WordPress plugins, our favourite themes, and how-to guides for more advanced configurations.
OptimizePress is very different from your traditional WordPress theme and it was the first theme that really understood what Internet Marketers were looking for in a theme and bundled it all into one useful package. When you buy OptimizePress you are not only getting a very customisable theme with tons of settings on the backend, […]
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The Thesis Theme was one of the first premium theme frameworks that I used and it’s been my first choice for many years. They recently just bought out version 2.0 and have completely rebuilt everything from the ground up making this a very interesting option. Introduction to the Thesis ‘Skins’ System Skins work in a
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As you will know if you have been through the full Membership Maximizer training, WordPress is one of the best content management systems on the web right now and there are lots of plugins to help you turn it into a fully fledged membership site. Whilst it is free and can be loaded onto almost any hosting
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When building a membership site, it is far too easy to create your site without building in enough personal interaction with your members. If you really want to run a successful membership site, it is inevitable that you will have to interact with customers along the way and Gravity Forms is one of the most
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However your membership site is set up you need to be generating leads for your business and the most popular way online is by capturing email addresses. There are many ways to collect email leads but one way is by capturing leads from the free pages you are already offering on your site.
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When starting any business you need to start and end with the customer in mind. There is no point creating a site that people won’t use but once you get them in you also need to make sure that you continue to focus on their satisfaction.Whilst customer support may not be considered the sexiest topic
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In this article we introduce the topic of WordPress Theme framworks and the specifc framework that this site has been launched on. Introduction to ‘Theme Frameworks’ When styling a WordPress site usually you install what is called a theme; that is what gives every WordPress site its unique appearance and layout. A framework is still
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In this article I’m going to share with you the simple but powerful tool I use to update and manage all of my WordPress sites from a single dashboard. The tool I use is called ManageWP and I’ve been using it for over a year now, both on my own sites and also with a
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I build most (almost all) of my sites with WordPress, but it doesn’t mean that it’s the only solution that you will ever need. One of the first hurdles I had to come over was how to deliver secure video content through my blogs and membership sites. Public video content is a simple choice; YouTube
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In this OptinSkin review video you will see how you can easily set up integrate beautiful optin forms to your site in less than 15 minutes.
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If you’ve ever actually sat down and created your own website you will be more than aware of the font limitations of current technology. The main problem is that any users who don’t actually have the font installed on their computer will see the default font (i.e. Times New Roman or similar) and not the
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