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Quickly build a powerful web application in WordPress Members Public

With WordPress you can rapidly develop website applications that are powerful, efficient and require little to no code input. You can literally make any product you put your mind to. For example, we have had the pleasure of prototyping applications such as: * CRM System * Contact Management System * Service Management System

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Top plugins for branding the WordPress admin Members Public

A clean, responsive website is essential. Often overlooked is the WordPress admin area. This monochrome admin interface can suffer from being cluttered with meta-boxes, fields, options and menu items galore. The colour scheme itself can be a jarring experience from the client’s own brand on the core site, and

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Help your client give a better brief Members Public

The blockers to a great brief Getting a brief from your clients can be difficult for several reasons, including: * They are not sure how to explain what they need * They are not sure what they want * They lack the technical understanding of what is possible Without these, you will likely

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The ideal email setup for businesses using WordPress Members Public

With a vast array of hosts available all offering low prices and bundling in your email hosting, it can be tempting to grab a cheap deal. However when focusing on site performance, and team productivity this is not necessarily the ideal email setup. For example, several active email accounts on

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How to make landing pages with WordPress Members Public

Paying a designer and a developer to build landing pages can be time intensive and costly. To add to the frustration, should a particular page not convert the way you were expecting, there is more cost associated with evolving the design. You use WordPress as a business, you love how

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E-commerce plugins for WordPress Members Public

WordPress is extremely flexible, and with the right plugins it provides functionality and speed for any number of website requirements and scenarios. One of the most common requirements of websites today is some form of e-commerce. Selling online is not necessarily a case of adding items to a cart and

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The difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org Members Public

When someone mentions to us they have tried WordPress, we instantly think, “Do they mean WordPress or WordPress”? Yes, just to make things a little confusing there are two major WordPress websites both doing things in very different ways. Let’s explore the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org.

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Validate your idea with WordPress Members Public

Having an idea for a new product or service can be extremely exciting. The temptation is to immediately go about raising money to build the application, or to setup the business before you even know if there is a potential customer base for your idea. Unlike the startups in Silicon

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