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We had the pleasure of working with Mills Communications Group in Seattle, WA on developing a custom WordPress site for Explorations in Math.  We built a site that can be maintained completely by the client.  This site is a great example of the possibilities of WordPress when building a business website.

I read a great article at Smashing Magazine about the key differences between WordPress and Joomla.  It really highlights the advances the 3 main CMS platforms have achieved.  Only 2 years ago your choice of using WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal was dependent on the project specs and the limitations of the platforms.  Now for the most part the choice is really up to the developers preferred method.  We have always preferred wordpress because we feel that it is easiest for the end client to use.  The last thing we want to deliver is a CMS that is intimidating to the client.

We collaborated with the talented designers at ARTJOCKS in Los Angeles to develop a custom blog for multi-talented artist China Brooks.  The blog serves as a mouthpiece for her spiritual teachings and services.  Take a look at the site and enjoy!

Take your spell check to the next level with After The Deadline for Firefox.  If you are like me, you type fast and often.  I don’t have much time to proofread my material between the blogging, coding, meetings, and family activities that make up my day.  After the Deadline doesn’t just spell check your work, it considers the context of your phrases and even helps you avoid common writing mistakes.

I recently published on Biznik about spam prevention on your wordpress powered website. Take a look here!

Bloggers and web pros alike are buzzing about this open source endeavor called Buddypress. Buddypress is an add on to your WordPress MU (multi-user) install that adds a dynamic, extensible, and robust social networking aspect to your site. You can have user profiles, feeds, commenting and many of the other fun goodies that come along with a social media site. I can see this as being a very powerful tool for small groups and associations who want to keep in touch online. For now Buddypress is still in Beta but it is already a powerful tool in use by some very interesting groups. I am excited to see where it will go and how I can use it in future projects.

Here is a video of Andy Peatling- the leader of Buddypress giving a presentation of Buddypress in action:

If you are a design agency or webmaster with a lot of clients using WordPress this is a great plugin.  The plugin allows your clients to contact you for support inside the Wordpess admin.  This is a great way to stay connected with your clients and encourage a line of communication with them!

We have launched the website for the new modern apartment building in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle View 222.  The site serves as a home-base for renters info and building photos as well as a way to contact the management to set up appointments and ask questions.  Take a look! http://View222.com

This runs right in line with the previous post about how mobile devices will soon be the primary way people connect to the internet.  You can now maintain and blog on your WordPress site using your mobile device.  If you have an Android powered phone, a Blackberry or an iphone you can conveniently use an app to add posts and edit content on the fly!  Watch the videos to learn more.
WordPress for Android:

WordPress for iphone:

Wordrpress for Blackberry:

I have been getting this question now more than ever.  People want to know about WordPress.

• What is it?
• Is it a professional tool or just for bloggers and amateurs?
• Is it here to stay or is it just a fad?
• What is WordPress used for?

All of these questions are answered by the man himself- Matt Mullenweg (Wiki Page).  To make a long story short, this guy invented WordPress.