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The 7 Magnificent ways WooThemes makes our lives easier

by Barend Potgieter on 6:39 pm in Blog

WooThemes makes development in WordPress easier, and these are the top reasons why.

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Intern Introduction from Holland, Michel Blok

Intern Introduction from Holland, Michel Blok

by michelblok on 2:50 pm in Interns

Dear Reader, Who am I? I am Michel Blok and 25 years old. I am coming from the Netherlands which is quite a bit away as you can see on the image on the right! I study in Amsterdam and live 3km from the coast at a town called IJmuiden. I am studying Business Intelligence [...]

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Intern Introduction – Ron de Groot

Intern Introduction – Ron de Groot

by rondegroot on 1:47 pm in Interns

My name is Ron de Groot and i’m 24 years old. I’m coming from Castricum which is located between Amsterdam and the north sea coast of the Netherlands. Currently I stay in Blouberg/Cape Town to conduct an internship at LightSpeed. I am a third-year student at the School for Economics and Management in Amsterdam (http://www.international.hva.nl/). [...]

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WordPress 3.0 Menus and WooNav: Do we need both?

by Barend Potgieter on 6:19 pm in Blog

WordPress 3.0 Menus allows users to create multiple menus that can include any category, page or link they choose, using a simple drag and drop system.

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Custom_Taxonomy

Good uses for Custom Taxonomies in WordPress 3.0

by Barend Potgieter on 11:00 am in Blog

One of the best features of Custom Post Types in WordPress 3.0 is the use of custom taxonomies. This is often overlooked, where the current focus has been on Custom Post Types, but is the feature that makes classifying content on your site and internal navigation far better than before. We’ve used Custom Taxonomies to [...]

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Content_Audit

Content Strategy: The Content Audit

by Barend Potgieter on 3:01 pm in Blog

The content Audit or Content Inventory is a painstaking process that results in a surprisingly useful document. Going through your content and bringing yourself to really come to grips with it can be a scary process. Let’s not lie, it’s no fun and it feels as though you aren’t being productive when engaging in the [...]

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Getting to grips with Content Strategy

by Barend Potgieter on 9:00 am in Blog

Web content without purpose and strategy is nothing more than wasteful trash – gumming up the system and stemming the flow of useful and relevant information.

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Getshopped

WP e-Commerce Plugin

by Barend Potgieter on 7:09 pm in Blog

At LightSpeed we care deeply about the open source community and do not hesitate to get involved with other initiatives to help further our business goals. We use the excellent WP e-Commerce plugin from Getshopped.org for our e-Commerce needs and when it falls short, we are happy to help out. We encountered a problem with the [...]

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Custom Post Types in Action

Custom Post Types in Action

by Barend Potgieter on 3:58 pm in Blog

At LightSpeed we are hard at work designing a site for DIY Trade News. For this client we are utilizing Custom Post types to make adding content to the relevant sections so much easier. We’ve used it in the following ways: Q&A For the DIY site, the client wanted to have a spotlight section on [...]

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Wikipedia: a New user Usability nightmare

by Barend Potgieter on 6:31 pm in Blog

Wikipedia is not new user friendly – Period I was recently tasked with making a Wikipedia entry for Positive Heroes, a South African NGO focusing on raising awareness and uplifting positive rolemodels that live with Aids. It seemed like a simple assignment… For the number one reference source on the planet, the first point of [...]

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