Is Pixel Perfect PSD to WordPress Overrated? WordPress Development June 26, 2017 by Daniel Corin Stig Some of our agency partners ask us to build their sites pixel perfect. It’s a common feature mentioned online, that outsourcing agencies offer web development that is in pixel perfect agreement with their clients’ PSD files. Fun fact: only 3-5% of our partners care about pixel perfect PSD to WordPress. These are often agencies founded […]
How Much Does a WordPress Website Cost? WordPress Development December 2, 2016 by Daniel Corin Stig A WordPress website (like any website) is more than a pretty cover and a chunk of code. It’s a tool for marketing, and it’s an important one. By reading this post, you will learn about the costs associated with getting a new WordPress website, how to make sure it converts into more sales for your […]
Why PSD to WordPress is All We Do Outsourcing Practices August 16, 2016 by Stacy There are roughly as many strategies for how to run a business as there are people under the sun. In this article, I discuss why we focus only on offering PSD to WordPress services, when other companies that likewise perform PSD to WordPress frequently also offer back-end development, plugins, premium themes, and more. It’s a […]
Why You Probably Hate Outsourcing WordPress Development: Feedback is a Mess (But You Can Fix It) Outsourcing Practices July 26, 2016 by Stacy Outsourcing WordPress Development: Fixing the Nightmare of the Feedback Process In our three years, we have come across plenty of potential partners with bad experiences outsourcing WordPress development. Feedback processes are one of the key sticking points. A badly designed feedback process sucks time, produces a low-quality result, and diminishes trust between outsourcing partners. After getting […]
Tools for Managing a Remote Development Team Outsourcing Practices July 14, 2016 by Stacy We’ve written before the importance of communicating directly with your remote WordPress developers or freelancers. There are plenty of messaging apps that fulfill the basic functions needed for that, namely instant messaging and calling. Skype is still a natural choice and Slack seems to be gaining momentum. But what about managing all of the other […]
Outsourcing WordPress Development: The Key Questions Outsourcing Practices June 30, 2016 by Stacy #01 Would outsourcing be profitable for you? Before diving into the logistics of WordPress outsourcing, you need to determine whether outsourcing could actually be profitable for your firm. Outsourcing web development can either involve replacing the activities of existing employees or by outsourcing at the margin when the firm is at capacity instead of hiring […]
Social Media and the Future of WordPress WordPress Development March 24, 2016 by Stacy Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic — the company behind the content management platform WordPress — plans expansion for 2016 and says that part of that growth will come from social media generating traffic to WordPress sites, increasing their visibility. While some have said that social media sites are replacing other webpages as “destination sites,” Mullenweg […]
WordPress REST API News June 22, 2015 by Stacy At some point in the not too distant future, the WordPress REST API functionality is going to be part of the WordPress “core”. WordPress REST API: Why should I care? Probably the vast majority of WordPress users out there and even many of the developers have no idea what this means. If you’re in that […]
What Design Elements Drive WordPress Development Costs? WordPress Development June 9, 2015 by Stacy There are many factors which drive WordPress development costs. Some of them are obvious; some not so much. This post talks about design-driven impacts on WordPress website costs. WordPress Development Costs and Plugins Installing certain plugins like Woocommerce, BuddyPress, etc. require additional templates which need to be styled. More templates = more hours = higher […]
Choosing the Right White Label WordPress Subcontractor Outsourcing Practices December 15, 2014 by Stacy Regardless of your underlying motivations – capacity, skills gap, avoid hiring in-house, etc. – if you’ve come to decide that you want to find a white label WordPress subcontractor, choosing the right outsourcing partner can be one of the most difficult tasks that organizations face today. When your organization needs a WordPress outsourcing partner, carefully […]
Responsive Web Design: Top Ten Tips for Designers WordPress Development December 18, 2014 by Stacy Responsive web design, or simply RWD, has become tremendously important over the past several years – and that is understandable, given the fact that the number of people who access the Internet via their portable devices (such as smartphones or tablets) has sky-rocketed over the past decade. In a nutshell, Responsive Web Design is a form of web […]
WordPress Migration: Top Reasons to Switch to WordPress WordPress Development December 23, 2014 by Stacy If you have run a website for any length of time you have probably heard about WordPress more than a couple of times. You may have even considered a WordPress migration before. It’s been hard to avoid this online giant as it has made its incredible journey to become the largest online content management system […]
WordPress Parallax: Top Reasons to Outsource Development WordPress Development December 31, 2014 by Stacy Looking back on 2014, we would have to say that requests for parallax scrolling effects were in strong demand during the year. Many web designers have embraced the idea of the long form homepage with backgrounds behind “rows” alternating between solid colors and parallax animation effects. Both Bootstrap and Foundation (the frameworks we prefer to use) […]