The best approach to learning is playing. This is also true for WordPress. Even when you have mastered WordPress and your blog is up and running steadily, it is good to have a local WordPress installation for testing new versions of WordPress, themes and plugins. Or develop new websites. Your own, or your clients'. A prerequisite for a local install of WordPress is a local web … [Read more...] about Install WordPress on your Windows PC in four easy steps
Install a XAMPP web server on your Windows PC in five easy steps
Okay! So, you want to install a Apache web server on your Windows PC. Good for you! A local web server allows you to play around with WordPress, themes and plugins without the world following every step you take. And no matter how experienced you are with WordPress, you will always need a place to experiment. Besides that, a local web server it is also a great tool for … [Read more...] about Install a XAMPP web server on your Windows PC in five easy steps
Themify Builder – Powerful and easy to user drag and drop page builder
Themify is a leading innovator of powerful WordPress themes. One of the reasons why these themes are so powerful, is because of the Themify Builder. Indeed, a drag and drop page builder that allows you to create custom layouts for posts and pages. All Themify themes are equipped with this layout builder. Besides that, it is also possible to purchase the Themify Builder … [Read more...] about Themify Builder – Powerful and easy to user drag and drop page builder
ElegantBuilder – Drag and drop page builder from Elegant Themes
Here at WPfy.me, we are currently in the process of examining page builders. We have already covered the Visual Composer, and ZOOM Builder. The first review of a page builder however goes back to September 2012, when we had a look at the ElegantBuilder - a plugin from Elegant Themes, which is also known as the Elegant Themes Builder. An new review of that plugin gives us the … [Read more...] about ElegantBuilder – Drag and drop page builder from Elegant Themes
ZOOM Builder – More than just another drag and drop layout builder
WPZOOM is well-known for its premium WordPress themes. Lesser-known, is that WPZOOM has released its own drag and drop page builder - the ZOOM Builder. That is exactly what we are going to examine. For this review, we are going to use the ZOOM Builder with the Genesis Sample theme. The Sample theme is a free theme packed with the recently reviewed Genesis Framework. The … [Read more...] about ZOOM Builder – More than just another drag and drop layout builder
Visual Composer Review – Create custom layouts by drag and drop
In this post we are going to have a look at the Visual Composer. The Visual Composer is a drag and drop page builder that allows you to create custom layouts for WordPress pages - without coding. The Visual Composer is available from CodeCanyon, the plugin division of Envato. The Visual Composer comes as a plugin and should work with any WordPress theme. For the purpose … [Read more...] about Visual Composer Review – Create custom layouts by drag and drop
Prototyping with Genesis and Dynamik – A Redisign
For some time already, I had been thinking about adding a static homepage to this website. In which case, a magazine like front page would be the most obvious choice, since Wilwebs.com is a blog. The post about the Dynamik Skins was an excellent opportunity to try the BlogPress skin. Generally, all Dynamik skins offer a pre-customized layout and styling. And BlogPress offers a … [Read more...] about Prototyping with Genesis and Dynamik – A Redisign
Dynamik Skins – Speedup the design of your Genesis website
In the Dynamik Website Builder Review, we walked through the Dynamik Settings and touched some of the Dynamik Design options. At the end of that post, we had a look at the Export tab, where we exported our work as a Dynamik Skin, and as a Genesis child theme. Besides exporting your work as a skin, you can also import skins. In this post we will have a closer look at Dynamik … [Read more...] about Dynamik Skins – Speedup the design of your Genesis website
Dynamik Website Builder Review
It is already over two years ago that we had a first look at the Dynamik Website Builder. That was shortly after the initial release. The current version is 1.7.1, so an up-to-date Dynamik Website Builder Review is definitely justified. The Dynamik Website Builder, or Dynamik for short, is a product of Cobalt Apps. Just like the Genesis Extender, which has been reviewed here … [Read more...] about Dynamik Website Builder Review
Genesis Framework Review – up-to-date for version 2 with HTML5 markup
The Genesis Framework by StudioPress provides the perfect foundation for Genesis child themes - and websites. A Genesis child theme changes the design, and adds features to the foundation offered by the Genesis Framework. Ready-to-run child themes are available from StudioPress, and from Genesis specialized theme shops like Appfinite. Another option is to have a Genesis … [Read more...] about Genesis Framework Review – up-to-date for version 2 with HTML5 markup
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