Can good design be deceiving?

Sometimes I come across a site that wows me with it’s design and right away I think” the service it presents must be as good as it’s design” and I sometimes buy from it without hesitation fascinated by it’s great design.

It happened with me recently with WPMU DEV, just as I saw the way they displayed their products and advertized their themes and plugins, I couldn’t resist and I signed up right away, however, after logging in and using some the plugins and putting them to real-world test, I got a bit disappointed.

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WordPress 3.2: What I like most!

First watch the official video for WordPress 3.2 to see the main highlights about the new release.

My Personal Favorite Features:

1. The new Full Screen Write mode lets you focus on what you want to write and not worry about anything else, really cool!
2. The Dashboard has a nicer and cleaner look now
3. The ultra-fast automatic updates is really a breeze, as now WordPress overwrites only the new or changed files, a long awaited feature.
4. The New 2011 default theme is a lot nicer and has some cool features that you will enjoy and can get you started in no time with a new site that looks good.

Well, those are my top 4 favourites, What’s yours?

Share you thoughts and impressions about it with us.

WordPress community… Thank you!

After I wrote my last post, WordPress… I am disappointed by a week or so I found a solution to my problem that I discussed over there thanks to the wonderful community that supports WordPress and makes it worth sticking to.

The Problem:

I found out that the whole problem was caused by having a custom post type that starts with an Uppercase name, Pharmacists instead of pharmacists, this lead to the break of the custom post type when I upgraded to WP 3.1.

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How to Insert a video into your WP blog

This is part 8 of a WordPress How-to video series.

Not so long ago, inserting a video into your WordPress based site was a real challenge, however, now with the latest version of WP and the many easy-to-use plugins available this has become so easy and straight-forward.

A lot of scenarios are available for such a thing but I would greatly recommend uploading your video to a video-sharing site like YouTube or Vimeo, or similar the then including the link into your site.

Topics covered in Screen Cast:

• Using Plugins to insert videos into your site or blog
• My Favorite free plugins for video
• How to setup the plugin and how to use it?
• Insert a video without the need for plugins

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What I like most about Joomla in Video

After comparing Joomla WordPress to Joomla twice, focusing on the strengths of Joomla in one, and the new features that make WordPress 3.0 a better CMS in two, I thought it would be nice to show in video the things I still like about Joomla.

This is part 6 of a WordPress How-to video series.

Topics covered in Screen Cast:

• The Joomla welcome screen is very simple
• Really easy to sort article and find what you need
• How easy to use ads and banners in Joomla
• Adding contact forms and Polls built into Joomla without plugins

Viewing the video in full screen mode will be much more enjoyable!

Please, let me know what you think about them and your comments are highly welcomed.

WordPress 3.0 vs. Joomla: Round 2

After writing my article Where Joomla beats WordPress, I noticed that some readers commented saying that with the release of the new version of WordPress 3.0 the battle will have a different outcome in favor of WordPress.

So, I decided to wait until WP 3.0 has been officially released to be able to do another comparison and see who wins this time.

Wordpress vs. Joomla: Round 2

Here are the new winner features in WordPress 3.0 that gives it the upper hand over Joomla:

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