Ashford WordPress Theme

Web Designer Depot selects Ashford as a leading framework

Tim Bednar — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:25:16 +0000

Cameron Chapman did a nice job rounding up 21 different WordPress theme frameworks. As I reviewed the list, Ashford is the ONLY CMS framework Ashford is on the leading edge of mobile CMS themes There is only one other framework that has mobile built-in and another that bundles in a separate mobile theme. If you are [...]

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Ashford releases v2.3 for download today

Tim Bednar — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:46:08 +0000

You can now download the new release of Ashford, Pro, Axis and Aeon now. If you use the free version, follow the prompts from the Ashford page or if you are a Pro owner, the Google Group has all the download link information you need.

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eReader ownership doubles in six months

Tim Bednar — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:44:40 +0000

Pew reports that the number of adults who own an e-reader doubled from November 2010 to May 2011. It is also interesting to note that e-readers are more popular than tablet computers.

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Visitors using an iPad are likely to be watching TV

Tim Bednar — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:37:51 +0000

A recent study by Nielsen found that people visiting your site using a tablet like the iPad are very likely to be: watching TV, lying in bed, with friends or family or waiting for something. With Ashford, they still get the “desktop” version of your site and so when we write, we need to stop imagining [...]

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How do you use Ashford?

Tim Bednar — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:08:27 +0000

Answer on the Ashford Facebook page. Your answer will help guide support and dev docs.

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How to learn WordPress fast

Tim Bednar — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:33:52 +0000

If you are new to WordPress or want to make sure that you get the most out of your theme, WP101 offers HD-quality tutorial videos. It is a paid service, but the free videos are cover all the basics for WP 3.1 and give you a great feel for the tutorials. If you are a developer, this [...]

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How to speed up your site by 25 to 60 percent

Tim Bednar — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:24:01 +0000

Google just announced a site service called Page Speed which can accelarate your site by 25 to 60 percent. The new service will function like a content delivery network for your entire site: Google will fetch your pages, optimize them, speed them up and then deliver them. It is much like Cloudflare which some Ashford [...]

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How to improve mobile SEO

Tim Bednar — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:01:54 +0000

If you are using Pro or any Premium theme for your site, you get what I call an instant mobile experience. The mobile version of your site is delivered to modern smart phones: iPhone, Android, WebOS, Window Phone 7 and Blackberry. Ashford follows the SEO guidance provided by Google’s John Mueller, John Mueller – @Paul [...]

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WordPress 3.2.1 is Out

Tim Bednar — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:37:41 +0000

It is not a huge update. The official summary says, “This maintenance release fixes a server incompatibility related to JSON that’s unfortunately affected some of you, as well as a few other fixes in the new dashboard design and the Twenty Eleven theme.” But do not blow updates off, you should always update your WordPress [...]

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Ashford overlooked by Smashing Magazines list of free WordPress themes

Tim Bednar — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:44:27 +0000

I just read Smashing Magazines list of Free WordPress Themes: 2011 Edition (via @smashingmag) and see that Ashford was overlooked in the section listing free frameworks. I am a little bummed as they have generously selected Ashford as a high quality free theme and as a WordPress framework in previous roundups.

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