Roweena web design

WordPress plugins for musicians websites

roweenaweb — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:43:31 +0000

I’m lucky enough to build WordPress websites for an über talented design agency that has a number of musicians on their books. I take their beautiful designs and build them into websites, and whilst all are completely different, they often use the same WordPress plugins for essential features.

Gigpress

For a free plugin, Gigpress rocks. It allows you to add in as much or little gig/tour info as is needed, date, venue, address, map location, link to ticket sales website. It also comes with a number of shortcode options so you can display gig info in pages and posts as you need, for example you might want to automatically list the next 10 upcoming shows on your homepage.

Soundcloud Shortcode

Soundcloud is a social sharing platform for musicians/sound creators. Use the Soundcloud Shortcode plugin to easily add in any track that has been uploaded to Soundcloud in a page or post:

Photospace

Photospace runs off the built in WordPress gallery and is a really slick way to show off your photos. Photos are uploaded to the page and the gallery is displayed by with the [photospace] shortcode. Really simple and neat, I love this plugin.

WordPress Shopp e-commerce website launched

roweenaweb — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:32:23 +0000

Just live is another WordPress e-commerce integration, using the Shopp plugin again, for Lorraine Hart.

www.lorrainehart.co.uk

The Shopp plugin can be used for websites selling downloads (e-books, mp3s) or products, and from 1 to a few hundred. The Beauty of using Shopp is in its simplicity. Its quick to set up and the administration is easy to use.

New History Heroes card game on sale online with WordPress Shopp

roweenaweb — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:39:46 +0000

The new History Heroes – How Well Do You Know Your Explorers card game is now on sale via the website www.historyheroes.co.uk

History Heroes asked me to update the website design using illustrations from the new card game:

The website now sells games using the WordPress Shopp plugin, that can be used integrate a simple online e-commerce system quickly and easily:

If you’re interested in setting up a small online shop or want to find out more about using the WordPress Shopp plugin for e-commerce, please get in touch.

10% off copywriting services from Writeful for Roweena Web Design clients

roweenaweb — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:49:25 +0000

Kahn Priestly of Writeful.co.uk is kindly offering a 10% discount on copywriting services for Roweena Web Design clients.

In the world of the web where quality content is king, you might want to consider a copywriter if you:

are too busy to pull your own content together
need clear, effective words from scratch
want help deciding what you want to say and how
need someone to check drafts and proofread
need someone to write blog posts or email newsletters

I worked with Kahn on the Pain Care Clinic website so she comes highly recommended!

Please see Kahn’s introduction and offer here »

Digital Brighton and WordPress

roweenaweb — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:54:59 +0000

Apparently Brighton is the third most geeky city in the UK, quite interesting considering the Brighton Festival has just kicked off! For the month of September there are exhibitions, films, workshops, meet-ups and events for all manner of geek. It’s also a time for web professionals to get together for various conferences and workshops, I’ll be going to WP Brighton. This event should be interesting as it has two streams, one for WordPress developers and one for businesses (of all sizes). The schedule has some great looking talks booked in. For designers and developers it’s a chance to pick up some useful tips from other WordPress pros and the business stream looks like it will be useful for anyone who wants to get their head round how WordPress can be used from the basics upwards. I would encourage any businesses using WordPress or thinking about using it to book a place and find out more!