It’s a New Year, but one thing hasn’t changed. The number of web design resources and tools just keeps on increasing. That’s a good thing. But it does make it that much more difficult to find a theme, plugin, or resource you really have a need for if you are to stay abreast of or leapfrog the competition. We are in a position to make your search easier. Much easier in fact. We reviewed and tested web design tools & resources we believe many users, designers, and developers have a genuine need for. The types we believe to be essential, and that you will see in our final list of 15 are: we ..read more

The WordPress directory has 50k+ free plugins that were developed so you can extend a WordPress website with functions and features far beyond your imagination. Additional thousands of WordPress plugins are available from various marketplaces. No matter how much you might have a need for a specialized plugin or two, would you really want to spend a full workday on reseraching? Probably not. So, what, if anything, can you do? We have an answer to that. We tested tens of WordPress plugins and selected the 8 best WordPress free and premium plugins for a range of both popular and lesser used func ..read more

There is certainly no shortage of excellent WordPress themes you can select from to help you create an engaging and high performing website. Finding the best one for the job would most certainly be a challenge as there are literally thousands of great WordPress themes available plus you’ll have to define just what the makeup of the “best” would be like. Simply finding one you can rely on to help you create a website that will attract and engage new visitors to your site can be a problem in itself. Since the one you pick will go a long way toward determining the look and feel of your site and ..read more

If you are looking for the best multipurpose WordPress theme you might feel the need to clearly understand what “best” means. On the other hand, you shouldn’t worry about that too much since you don’t have to drill down to selecting a single multipurpose WordPress theme at the exclusion of all others; and the reason is this. Multipurpose themes are flexible WordPress templates. You can use them to create almost any kind of website imaginable. There are hundreds of WordPress themes available in the online market, many of which are multi-purpose. A fair number are best-sellers you can use to cr ..read more

Are you looking for the best WooCommerce theme to help you build your online store, but are afraid of making a wrong choice? For starters, you want to select a WordPress WooCommerce theme since not all WordPress themes offer complete WooCommerce support. If a theme doesn’t support WooCommerce, it won’t support all the available addons and extensions. And it will make it all the more difficult, if indeed even possible, to build the online store you have in mind. WooCommerce is a free, open-source e-commerce plugin built for WordPress websites. The plugin allows you to easily sell almost any ty ..read more

Web design tools and resources, both free and premium, are designed to help you take full advantage of your creativity. Thereby enhance your ability to create stunning websites. There is a huge variety of products and services to choose from. They are ranging from complete platforms to specialized software applications. Just like design frameworks, wireframing tools, and UI enhancements. We’re not going to pretend that creating wow-worthy websites is easy. Your creative talents can sometimes take you only so far. You can get to the point where you need a particular tool or resource to do some ..read more

If you’re using the WordPress platform for your website building projects, you’re definitely on the right track. Still, building a better website than the competition’s is usually easier said than done. As doing so may require design or coding skills beyond what you currently possess. The good news is that there are WordPress tools that can be precisely what you need to improve a website’s features or add desired functionality. These tools are called plugins, and they are software addons you can install on your websites to add features. You can extend functionality, optimize SEO, boost speed ..read more

You may have an excellent business plan together with a good product or service to sell. But, the look and feel of your digital storefront doesn’t perfectly represent your brand. Then it simply isn’t going to contribute all that much to your business’s success. That’s what makes WordPress such a vital element when building your website. WordPress’s website building tools and themes can give you what you’re looking for in your quest to achieve a seamless user experience. There’s certainly no shortage of good WordPress themes out there. Themes that offer layouts for blogs, portfolios, an online ..read more

Not just any old plan or approach will do when opening a new business, nor will it suffice when building and launching an online store – even if the underlying business is already a successful one. It takes the right tools and design philosophy to build a successful online store – things not every WooCommerce WordPress theme is apt to have. When you do come across a set of great WooCommerce WordPress themes that offers the optimal designs and settings to get the job done, you still may have to spend a little time narrowing the list down until you find one that suits your needs perfectly. That ..read more

When it comes to building websites there is probably some truth to the saying that you are only as good as the tools you have. Design experience and an ability to write code can make up for some shortcomings. But what you really want is a WordPress theme that can not only enable you to do excellent work but enable you to build websites quickly and easily as well. There are good multipurpose themes and not-so-good multipurpose themes. You certainly want to avoid selecting any of the latter. How can you distinguish between the good and the not-so-good if you don’t have time to do extensive rese ..read more