Author: Jamie Marsland
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The Pootlepress Academy welcomes our 250th member
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat]The Pootlepress Academy now has over 250 members. One of the great things to watch since launching the Academy last year, has been to see the truly international nature of our members – they come from every corner…
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Announcing the Pootlepress menu pack for Woothemes Canvas
This week we release the menu pack for Woothemes Canvas. The Pootlepress menu pack (£15) lets you create beautiful menus with 1 click. Take a look at the video below to see how it works.
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Video tutorial: How to create beautiful ‘Apple like’ graduated backgrounds on your Woothemes website
The Wooframework from Woothemes comes with some ‘out of the box’ tools such as the info box to help you design a great looking website. In this video tutorial I show you how to create a beautiful graduated background that you can easily reuse on your website.
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Video tutorial: The best way to upgrade a WordPress theme framework
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat]WordPress theme frameworks such as Canvas, Thesis, Genesis, and Pagelines are often updated. The following tutorial shows you the best way to keep your theme up to date.
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A beginners guide to WordPress (in 2500 words)
WordPress is now the world’s largest website publishing system. There are many misunderstandings about WordPress, so we’ve put together this article to explain the key concepts.
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WooDojo from Woothemes: An in-depth video walkthrough
WooDojo from Woothemes is a very powerful WordPress plugin that includes a number great features. Here is an in-depth video walk through of all the great things you can do with WooDojo.
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Wooslider: A video tutorial
Wooslider is a great new slider plugin from Woothemes. WooSlider is powered by FlexSlider, a fully responsive jQuery slider plugin. In the following video tutorials I walk you through ‘step by step’ how to create great looking slideshows with Wooslider.
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10 beautiful WooThemes Canvas website designs
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat]The Canvas theme framework from WooThemes is an incredibly flexible theme that is easy to customise and personalise. Here are 10 of my favourite examples of Canvas being used in the wild. This list has been compiled by…
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5 new WordPress Xpress websites go live
We’ve had a busy 8 weeks! Here are 5 brand new WordPress Xpress websites.
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Walking for the MNDA: The Welsh 3000’s
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat]This Saturday, July 7th, I will be undertaking my latest challenge to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The challenge is to walk the Welsh 3000s. To complete the challenge I need to summit 15 mountains…
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Some pictures from our latest London WordPress training course
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat] Here are some pictures from our latest London WordPress training course. Our Learn WordPress in 1 day course costs just £95 + vat per person. Click here for details of July and August WordPress training dates.
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Customer showcase: Ant Design Gifts
Ant Design Gifts is run by graphic designer Kashmira Jhaveri. She uses her love of typography to design wonderful papercuts. Kashmira built her site after attending our Learn WordPress in 1 day training course.
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6 WordPress plugins, themes and services that we used to build Pootlepress
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat] #1 WordPress Theme – Canvas is our favorite theme from the wonderful Woothemes. #2 Membership plugin – We use Wishlist member to power the Pootlepress Academy – the ‘members only’ area of our website. #3 Email newsletters…
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Customer showcase: C&M Consultants
C&M Consultants offer bespoke marketing and design services specialising in property, luxury lifestyle sectors and those industries targeting high net worth individuals. Their new website was built on a Pootlepress WordPress Xpress day and launched last week.
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How to build an Intranet with WordPress (using these 10 plugins and themes)
WordPress has some great plugins and themes that can help you build an Intranet. Below I have listed 10 WordPress plugins and themes that will help you.
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A cheats guide: Learn how to create great looking illustrations for your website in 5 simple steps
Hand drawn illustrations can really add personality and a personal feel to your website. Below I show you how to create your own illustrations using the Adobe Ideas app for Ipad. Artistic talent not required!
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Photographer Gregory Brown talks about WordPress training with Pootlepress
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat]Gregory Brown is a photographer who specialises in Portraiture, Fashion, Artistic nude and fine art nude. Greg came on our Learn WordPress in 1 day course and then a WordPress Xpress course. Below he talks about his experience…
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10 Ipad Apps to help with your WordPress website
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat]A good friend of mine – who shall remain nameless – explained to me 2 weeks ago that Ipad’s are only good for browsing the Internet and watching films. I couldn’t disagree more with his view. I believe…
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Customer showcase: Graham from Northedge Design came on our WordPress training course and now he’s producing beautiful websites like this
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [pinterest count=”horizontal” float=”left”][google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider_flat] The Bard in the Botanics website was built by Graham Ramage of Northedge Design for one of his clients Bard in the Botanics – Scotland’s biggest & best-loved festival of Shakespeare. Graham attended our Learn WordPress in a…
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WordPress training course in Wales confirmed for the 5th July
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”450″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [google_plusone size=”standard” annotation=”none” language=”English (UK)”][divider] I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve just confirmed our first WordPress training course in Wales. The Learn WordPress in a day training course will run on the 5th July in Cardiff. Adding Cardiff to our WordPress training course locations means…