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JustWP.org Award Nominees – November 28, 2013, Winners Will Be Out On December 03, 2013

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A well versed phase is that the beauty lies in one’s eye and modifying it as per designing point of view, beauty of designer lies in his/her design. Everyday hundreds of thousands of designers works on something new, something elegant, something lovable by all. And, among those designs, some are those which to be considered as one above the par. The idea is simple that our eyes stop us on checking only those design that impress us in the very first go.

Today, we are bringing in front of you our new set of nominees for the JustWP.org Awards (nominees declaration – November 28, 2013 and top three winners declaration to be held on – December 03, 2013).

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. SUBMIT YOUR WEBSITE TODAY: Click here

#1 Meeting Result

#1 Meeting Result

Meeting Result is dedicated to ridding the world of ineffective, under-performing and outright wasteful business meetings. [Visit]

#2 Cluboid

#2 Cluboid

The Clubbers bible – Find your ultimate nightclub across the globe! London – Paris – New York [Visit]

#3 MSDM

#3 MSDM

The MSDM.NET provides digital marketing solutions for its clients with high added value. We are prepared to design, develop and publish your web project. [Visit]

#4 Boostagram

#4 Boostagram

We make it amazingly simple to increase your followers, likes and comments on instagram. [Visit]

#5 Web Design

#5 Web Design

Web Design is a Singapore design company providing Web Design, Web Development, Interactive Media, Blog Design, Prints and more. [Visit]

#6 Emanuele Macri

#6 Emanuele Macri

Emanuele Macri’s Portfolio Website [Visit]

#7 Forever Young Agency

#7 Forever Young Agency

Based in Singapore, with an office in Paris, Forever Young helps brands and marketers connect with consumers in new ways. We work hard to convert user behavior into solutions that meet YOUR objectives. [Visit]

#8 Soerzki

#8 Soerzki

Sorezki offers innovative web apps, viral media production and unique products for the SEM industry including social media marketing and custom SEO. [Visit]

#9 Stepto and Son Design

#9 Stepto and Son Design

Stepto and Son are a North London design agency specialising in Graphic Design. [Visit]

#10 East Innovations

#10 East Innovations

An Award Winning Digital Marketing Agency Based In Bahrain. [Visit]

#11 UKHOM Creative Studio

#11 UKHOM Creative Studio

A small & friendly Creative Studio specialized in Brand, Digital & Graphic Design. [Visit]

#12 Metro Gnome

#12 Metro Gnome

Middle School student digital music class [Visit]

#13 Wild & Bare Co.

#13 Wild & Bare Co.

Wild And Bare shares the natural delight of Chinese tea.It is a leading provider of quality organic Oolong, green and other fine teas. Enjoy at home or browse our variety of tea gift baskets to share the experience. [Visit]

#14 Howl Media

#14 Howl Media

Howl Media is a passionate group of individuals who aren’t afraid to push the boundaries when it comes to web and design. We specialize in producing high quality functional websites which deliver a pleasing user interface as well as a strong web presence. [Visit]

#15 TheChoice

#15 TheChoice

The Choice Website [Visit]

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. SUBMIT YOUR WEBSITE TODAY: Click here

JustWP.org Award Winners – November 26, 2013

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Days and weeks passed by and we get more new designs every fortnight, but what important is that the design – the amazing WordPress websites which we received – are not just awesome, but they speaks more loudly and clear and show up their identity. Well, with the same contextual and feeling, our this week JustWP.org Award top three winners are out now and we are proud to say that these all are THE BEST.

If in case, you missed out to check our nominees, and want to have a look before exploring the winners below, just simply click here.

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

#1 Pixel Stylist

#3 Pixel Stylist

Pixel Stylist is the selected work of Paul Burley, a Freelance Web Designer and WordPress Developer based in Huddersfield, covering Manchester and Leeds. [Visit]

#2 HughesApps

#2 HughesApps

HughesApps is an exciting, young start-up that sees the world as their oyster and is not afraid to grab it with both hands! [Visit]

#3 Unheap

#4 Unheap

A tidy repository of jQuery plugins [Visit]

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

JustWP.org Award Nominees – November 21, 2013, Winners Will Be Out On November 26, 2013

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With time, everything changes, but the web as we know is coined as one the biggest game changer things in the world in recent time. Started the journey with just static, it now spread to the mobile web. And just not only this, the revolution the web brings in content management system is marvellous. WordPress – we love it as well as we are sure, you too love it. Today, we am bringing in front of you our new set of nominees for the JustWP.org Awards (nominees declaration – November 21, 2013 and top three winners declaration to be held on – November 26, 2013).

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

#1 Vikfashion

#1 Vikfashion

Fashion Website with Styleblog For Fashion Designer Viktoria Rader [Visit]

#2 HughesApps

#2 HughesApps

HughesApps is an exciting, young start-up that sees the world as their oyster and is not afraid to grab it with both hands! [Visit]

#3 Pixel Stylist

#3 Pixel Stylist

Pixel Stylist is the selected work of Paul Burley, a Freelance Web Designer and WordPress Developer based in Huddersfield, covering Manchester and Leeds. [Visit]

#4 Unheap

#4 Unheap

A tidy repository of jQuery plugins [Visit]

#5 Grupo Promotive

#5 Grupo Promotive

Grupo Promotive is an event planning company in Madrid. We do events for businesses and individuals [Visit]

#6 Likely Products

#6 Likely Products

Likely Products is a suite of no fluff software design to improve your worklife. Our product, and our site’s design, takes a minimalistic approach that gets straight to the point. Simple coloring and neutral base colors keep the focus on the content – where it’s most important. It’s workflow management that just works. [Visit]

#7 INCORE

#7 INCORE

INCORE is a digital agency that leverages artistic talent, marketing know-how, a holistic approach, and passion for each project. We help businesses throughout the nation to cultivate fresh ideas for print and digital marketing campaigns. Based in Brick, New Jersey, the INCORE team boasts a multi-disciplinary array of knowledgeable, forward-thinking professionals ready to assist you. [Visit]

#8 Kyle Foster

#8 Kyle Foster

Kyle Foster is an experiment in minimalism, with an emphasis on imagery and subtle effects. [Visit]

#9 Explainers

#9 Explainers

At Explainers, we create amazing explainer videos that help promote your business, product or service. An explainer is part of PixelSutra, a UX Design Studio. [Visit]

#10 Project Bridesmaids

#10 Project Bridesmaids

Project Bridesmaids offers stylish and contemporary bridesmaid dresses to suit every budget. The dress styles have been designed by experienced New Zealand and Australian pattern makers, using the finest fabric sourced from all over the world. [Visit]

#11 Joni Niemel Photography

#11 Joni Niemel Photography

I’m a naturephotographer from Finland where most of my photos are also from. You may have seen my work on photography magazines, books or commercials. My clients include Pentax, Zenith, UPS and Lowepro for example. [Visit]

#12 Lola

#12 Lola

Lola is an affordable website service for practicing artists—a unique system built specifically for artists by artists. We understand that being an artist does not mean that you are a web developer. That is why we’ve worked so hard to deliver a product that enables artists to have a running site with little, or no previous web knowledge. Combining sleek design with seamless functionality, Lola is a system that features your work, and only your work. Our aim is to enable artists to promote themselves online, effortlessly and inexpensively. We pride ourselves in providing a stress-free solution that is elegant and professional. [Visit]

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

JustWP.org Award Winners – November 19, 2013

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Things are said to be beautiful, but they only got their beautiful look, if they have been built by heart. This is what the thing which we noticed in our this week winners. The designers worked really hard and this is what one can see clearly in their work.

If in case, you missed out to check our nominees, and want to have a look before exploring the winners below, just simply click here.

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

#1 Monastery

#1 Monastery

We solve business problems with digital marketing like websites, ad media, mobile apps and more — a digital creative agency. [Visit]

#2 MIELCKE & HURTIGKARL

#8 MIELCKE & HURTIGKARL

No one comes out on top on your own. Not in our profession either. You have to be surrounded by talented, knowledgeable, curious and energetic people. Our employees are extremely important in defining the framework and energy that defines us. Without their dedication and passion for gastronomy Mielcke & Hurtigkarl would not be able to exist. [Visit]

#3 Collapsing Frames

#4 Collapsing Frames

Digital Portfolio of Andreas Kliefoth [Visit]

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

JustWP.org Award Nominees – November 14, 2013, Winners Will Be Out On November 19, 2013

JustWP-Awards

While designing is something that attracts one’s eyes but for us, a good design is one which attracts our heart, so that we can say: Yes this is something for which we have been fall in love. Websites are many – even many words too are not so big for that – but the whole art lies behind what you see and what you like. Thinking the same contextual this week, today we bring upon our second set of nominees for the JustWP.org Awards (nominees declaration – November 14, 2013 and top three winners declaration to be held on – November 19, 2013).

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

#1 Monastery

#1 Monastery

We solve business problems with digital marketing like websites, ad media, mobile apps and more — a digital creative agency. [Visit]

#2 damian muti

#2 damian muti

Hi there! My name is Damián Muti, im 29 years old and i’m currently living in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Married, half italian, musician and rookie luthier, dog enthusiast, member of the Search and Rescue Dog Brigade of the Atlantic Coast, cooking and food lover. In part cinephile, in part an actor. Since i remember, i considered myself a crazy dude. Crazy about comunication, technology and art; this is where i show my work over the past 5 years. [Visit]

#3 LoungeUp

#3 LoungeUp

LoungeUp is a mobile application for the hotel industry. It enables hotels to inform, communicate and sell services to all guests on their mobile devices, increasing revenue and customer satisfaction. [View]

#4 Collapsing Frames

#4 Collapsing Frames

Digital Portfolio of Andreas Kliefoth [Visit]

#5 Christopher Ware

#5 Christopher Ware

I am a web designer / front-end developer living and working in Birmingham, Alabama. I have a passion for all things design, typography, web standards, and user experience. My goal with every project is to help businesses and individuals create visually stimulating, professional websites that bring their best ideas to life. [Visit]

#6 Heytens

#6 Heytens

Heytens home design brand website [Visit]

#7 Lisa Bun

#7 Lisa Bun Designs

In a nutshell: I’m a graphic and web designer working and living in Chicago. I run Collision Labs, a small design studio in the city, and I have been designing for several years now. I work hard to produce great work and happy clients. Be creative; keep it simple – that’s what I believe in. Outside of work, you can find me galavanting the city, figuring out ways to be more awesome, or still doing something design/work related. [Visit]

#8 MIELCKE & HURTIGKARL

#8 MIELCKE & HURTIGKARL

No one comes out on top on your own. Not in our profession either. You have to be surrounded by talented, knowledgeable, curious and energetic people. Our employees are extremely important in defining the framework and energy that defines us. Without their dedication and passion for gastronomy Mielcke & Hurtigkarl would not be able to exist. [Visit]

#9 eBuzzing

#9 eBuzzing

The global experts in video advertising [Visit]

#10 HackerYou

#10 HackerYou

HackerYou offers Toronto’s best full- and part-time courses for people who want to learn to code. Whether you’re looking to climb the corporate ladder, upgrade your skills, or start an new career, HackerYou is for you. [Visit]

#11 The Girl Tyler

#11 The Girl Tyler

Welcome to The Girl Tyler: Design & Photography is a full-service wedding-enthused company that offers print marketing, still and motion photography, and stationery suite design to brides, grooms, and fellow wedding professionals alike! We’re a family owned company that started with a girl named Tyler and now includes her husband and his brother, too. We love spending our days behind the camera, photographing or filming anything from everyday life to a wedding celebration. [Visit]

#12 Coca-Cola Brasil

#12 Coca-Cola Brasil

Coca-Cola Brazil website [Visit]

#13 Substrakt

#13 Substrakt

A team with the creative passion and experience to help you get the best from considered design and intelligent digital media. [Visit]

#14 jmacaluso

#14 jmacaluso

Hi, I’m John Macaluso. Designer and Front End Developer [Visit]

#15 Pixilate

#15 Pixilate

Pixilate is a small type foundry run by Kemie specializing in unique handcrafted fonts since 1996. [Visit]

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

JustWP.org Award Winners – November 12, 2013

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Some mention them as amazing, some just like it but some also fall in love with them. But for us, we call them amazingly awesome WordPress sites which include every ingredient a designer wants as well as every functionality a developer is looking for.

If in case, you missed out to check our nominees, and want to have a look before exploring the winners below, just simply click here.

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

#1 Notre Studio

Notre Studio

Our Studio is the communication agency that climbs Nord-Isère. Since 2008, we think, recommend, design, print, and deliver plenty of other words “we”. In short, we take care of all your communication. [Visit]

#2 My Poor Brain

My Poor Brain

The portfolio site of graphic designer and illustrator – Tim Smith. [Visit]

#3 Red Stamp Agency

Red Stamp Agency

We’re Vancouver-based, full-service, and the best marketing, development, and design agency you’ll find. [Visit]

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what you built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

JustWP.org Awards Nominees – November 07, 2013, Winners Will Be Out On November 12, 2013

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A good saying is that something which attracts your eyes is the one which you started loving of. And, ever since the time we started JustWP.org, we feel the same love for WordPress. We love it or simply WordPress is what and/or something which defines us daily. With thought like this, today we are in the position to share the first set of nominees for the JustWP.org Awards (nominees declaration – November 07, 2013 and top three winners declaration to be held on – November 12, 2013). Without further ado, it gives us great pleasure to announce the nominees for Site of the Week (Week 1).

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

#1 design build play

#1 Design Build Play

designbuildplay is an independent digital production unit. Established and run by Josh Freeman, dbp offers creatively driven digital development which strives to deliver engaging interactive experiences on every project. [Visit]

#2 Draftmethod

#2 DraftMethod

Draftmethod is a digital creative studio with a focus on creating rich and refreshing content for the digital domain. The primary focus of this studio is to create unique experiences for clients, in order to help enhance their identity. [Visit]

#3 Craig Alexander

Craig Alexander

Five time world champion triathlete Ironman Craig Alexanders official website. [Visit]

#4 Notre Studio

Notre Studio

Our Studio is the communication agency that climbs Nord-Isère. Since 2008, we think, recommend, design, print, and deliver plenty of other words “we”. In short, we take care of all your communication. [Visit]

#5 My Poor Brain

My Poor Brain

The portfolio site of graphic designer and illustrator – Tim Smith. [Visit]

#6 COCAD Haiti

COCAD Haiti

COCAD (Christian Coalition for Action and Development) is a not-for-profit organization that has been providing hope through their out-reach programs in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. [Visit]

#7 Stepto and Son Design

Stepto and Son Design

Stepto and Son are a North London design agency specialising in Graphic Design. [Visit]

#8 Red Stamp Agency

Red Stamp Agency

We’re Vancouver-based, full-service, and the best marketing, development, and design agency you’ll find. [Visit]

#9 Masa Inaba

Masa Inaba

Masafumi Inaba is a London-based graphic designer originally from Japan. The site is Masa Inaba’s portfolio website. [Visit]

#10 Ghost Games

Ghost Games

Ghost is a new EA Studio in Gothenburg. [Visit]

#11 Danyel Perales

Danyel Perales

Hello! I Danyel Perales, designer and front-end web developer from Madrid. Tengo SUV training and experience in multiple disciplines of web design and front-end development HTML5 and CSS3, web pages suitable for all devices – Responsive Design – and custom development or adaptation of themes for WordPress. I like to create clean, reusable code and optimize it for search engine positioning face – SEO on page -. In addition, I am also a graphic designer with extensive theoretical and practical knowledge, attention to detail and passion for my work. [Visit]

#12 National Academy Museum

National Academy Museum

The National Academy is a lively community of artists, architects, educators, students, museum-goers, and those dedicated to the arts in America. Be part of the life of the Academy. [Visit]

#13 Lincolns Land

Lincolns Land

Lincoln’s Land provides an opportunity for every household in America to own a piece of President Abraham Lincoln’s original Family Farm. [Visit]

#14 Luk Loves Whisky

Luk Loves Whisky

For several years, interested in the subject of whiskey with the release of single malt. Focus their attention primarily on Scotch and Japanese whiskey. On his blog I would like to share their opinions and experiences gained in the study of the world of whiskey. [Visit]

#15 Flywheel

Flywheel

Flywheel – Premium WordPress hosting built specifically for web designers, freelancers and creative agencies. [Visit]

Note: Is your website the Next Best WordPress website? Wanna have the whole of world heard loud and clear what built up? If yes, then here you chance, every week on Thursday we list the nominees for the best WordPress website Awards. Among from which, the next Tuesday, we will select the best three websites among the nominees and will award them with the title of JustWP.org Award Winners. More Info

Frameworks Which Can Help You To Create Your Custom WordPress-based Websites

Tired of using other’s licensed WordPress themes for your projects and now thinking of choosing a way further in building your own new WordPress-based website. But, what exactly you would be requiring in order to build the one. Is it just a process constitutes of few processes or is it something really a big game? What options are available in front of you? The possibilities, the problems and many more things can come in between in the process, but if you think that you are really to take the next step then this is the time.

For a beginner theme, you would be requiring theme framework which will work as a solid code foundation for whole of your website which will come with built-in generic features. Making a WordPress theme or website with the help of framework is the most efficient way of today’s world of website development as it guarantees that you will get stable end results. Not only this, but also using the framework will help in saving your time.

Here in this article, I have included five of top frameworks, sharing their features with which you can create your custom WordPress-based websites:

HTML5Reset

HTML5Reset WordPress Framework

  • Standards-compliant HTML5 and CSS3
  • Includes Modernizr the library
  • Very clean and detailed code, focus on CSS optimization
  • Complies with hNews microformat
  • Cross-browser compatible with easy browser-specific classes
  • Widget-ready

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The _s Theme

The _S Theme WordPress Framework

  • Backed by the experience of the WordPress creators
  • Standards-compliant HTML5 and CSS3 code
  • Minimalist and well-commented templates
  • Easy to add and remove capabilities
  • Custom header implementation
  • Custom add-on functions, or “tweaks”
  • 5 ready-made CSS-based layouts
  • Custom template tags to optimize your code and prevent duplication
  • Sample theme options panel
  • Mobile-friendly, with smartphone-optimized drop-down menus
  • Open source

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Hybrid Core

Hybrid Core WordPress Framework

  • Modular structure for maximum flexibility
  • Supports breadcrumbs, galleries, pagers, drop-down menus, etc
  • Custom theme settings UI
  • Search engine optimized
  • Translation-ready
  • Widget-ready, includes 15 custom widgets
  • Easy layout creation and per-post layout control
  • Offers a wide variety of child themes

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Whiteboard

Whiteboard WordPress Framework

  • Widest choice of dynamic classes and IDs
  • HTML5 and CSS3 with seamless degradation
  • Supports menu, background, and header management, several widget areas, etc
  • Easy to remove unneeded parts
  • Built-in Less framework for full mobile support
  • Lightweight and well-structured code
  • Compliant with WordPress development standards
  • Compatible with older Cross-browser compatible
  • Search engine optimized
  • Supports multi-lingual capabilities
  • Open source

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Bones

Bone WordPress Framework

  • Standards-compliant HTML5 and CSS3
  • Extremely detailed, clean, and well-commented code
  • WordPress header optimized for speed and performance
  • Mobile-first approach
  • Graceful fallbacks for older browsers
  • Easy to add and remove features
  • Supports custom post types
  • Custom dashboard functions included
  • Open source

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How To Speed Up Your WordPress Website?

WordPress is a great platform – yes, it is – that’s why hundreds of thousands of different websites running on WordPress around the world, but experiencing a slow speed on your WordPress website is common especially when you are using shared hosting. Still what, you do not want it to remain the same. I know you want your site running but what, unless and until you take proper measures in consideration.

Without taking the proper precautions and measures you could be end up with nothing but a sluggish site which will not be a hassle for visitors but also keep them away. You certainly lose your visitors, clients, potential customers as well as subscribers. Even, this is not it, as Google may also penalize your site and throw your site such far that you can’t even able to find on it.

Here is a breakdown on what all you require:

A Solid Framework / Theme

Framework

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The time when you have your WordPress installed, you did notice that you have got two themes pre-installed in it: the Twenty Ten/Twenty Eleven. Now, what makes you surprise is that these both default frameworks aka are the default WP themes are quite speedy framework to use. They are the light frameworks which in turn will let you to have a speedy site.

Secondly, do keep a note that themes are something that either can make or break your WordPress installation. You do want to have something stylish theme install but also remember technical wise it remains simple. Always try to choose themes with fewest possible images and a CSS-based design. You might want to choose a minimalist theme and modify it according to suit your needs. To check on various theme clubs collections, check on the following link.

A Good Web Host

Hosting

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You do often notice while on hosting provider websites that almost every other is offering Unlimited bandwidth, Unlimited storage offer and probably the first thought comes in your mind is WOW!!! It is certainly a jackpot but remember since it’s a shared host, your site would be running on same IP just like other 4099 sites are running.

Selecting the right host means more than just buying internet storage space for your site. A lot of hosting providers offer lucrative discounts from time to time, in which most of them are nothing but to fool you around, so it’s always better to have a check on what you are buying. You do take proper care of bandwidth, processor speed/type, databases allowed, domains allowed, which versions of PHP, MySQL are installed i.e. in short is your hosting provider matching up with WordPress minimum requirements or not.

Our Recommendation is HostGator as they are good both in product wise and customer support, details of which you can check at the following link.

Using A Content Delivery Network

CDN

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You might while researching heard the term “Content Delivery Network,” but still a large number of people either does not know or get confused while understanding it. You won’t be surprised over learning the fact that majority of sites these days using the CDN’s as they help in reducing page load times of your site.

Understanding more, a CDN takes all your static files i.e. CSS, Javascript and images and will serve to your visitors by letting them download in faster possible manner by serving these files on servers which are close to them as possible. Selecting a CDN provider often sounds as a huge decision as there are many CDN’s providers out there. In order to help you out, we have detailed out the list of the entire best content delivery network around the world, details of which you can check here.

Plugins

Plugin

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You often notice in your plugin list that you do have a collection of those plugins that you are either not using or are inactive. Such plugin also take part in lowering your WordPress site speed. It is always advisable or even recommended that you remove all those plugins that you don’t actually using as WordPress loads all of your plugins, including those inactive ones.

You need to take a special care of fact that you would be always running the latest stable release of both WordPress and your plugins. The older version plugins will nothing but slow your website down. You need to have all your plugin upgraded while with WordPress 3.0+, there are a revamped plugin update feature, which allow you to update plugins faster, smoother and easier. It also offers you to have your all the plugins updated in one go.

Optimization

Optimization

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There are three things in your WordPress site that you need to optimized from time-to-time: images (which can be done automatically), your homepage and your WordPress database. For the images, you can use this amazing free plugin called WP-Smushit which will do the optimization process automatically for all your images as soon as you upload them.

For optimization of your homepage, you have to make sure that you show excerpts instead of full posts, reduce the number of posts on the page (better if it would be between 5 and 7), remove all unnecessary sharing widgets from the home page as well as remove all inactive plugins and widgets and always make sure your homepage as minimal.

You can optimize your database by directly using phpMyAdmin by selecting all the tables followed by clicking on “Repair” and then “Optimize.” You can also scan for outdated tables which still making its place even after removing old plugins. If you think you are not technically able to do the job, then there are plugins also available which can help you make a fix in friction of seconds. You can simply use either of these plugins: WP-Optimize, WP-DB Manager, Optimize-DB or WP-DB-Optimizer plugin for optimizing your database.

CDN’s That Can Make Your WordPress Website Lightening Fast

CDN

You often come and fall in a condition where you experience slow page load speed for your website, at that time a Content Delivery Network or known basically as CDN would be a savior for you as it can help in reducing page load times. Selecting a CDN provider often sounds like a huge decision as with this step onwards it let you runs your website a real faster.

But, before considering on to taking such a step, some of things do often strikes your mind: the speed and bandwidth. Or, in simple and easy words you would be interested in knowing the CDN provider you are planning to opt for offers server locations in which of geographic area? Is it comes fall under the area where your target audience are? Although, most of CDN covers Americas (USA), Europe (EU) and Asia Pacific (Singapore), but if believe to be you are more concerned on opting for areas like somewhere in Africa, then which CDN provider would be right choice for you?

Other question comes as bandwidth as this variant goes totally as per your purchasing power. Say, if your website bears traffic of 50,000 unique visitors per month, then opting for MaxCDN makes a right choice for you. The decision over this totally varies on how much your website actually consuming. You can also consider by thinking like say your website requires 2GB of Bandwidth every month, which means you think for considering the CDN plan which comes with 1TB. Similarly, if your website consuming 30GB per month, then thinking of opting for 50GB will be a right decision for you.

With this article, I shall address some of the potential best possible Content Delivery Network (CDN) options available for WordPress users. You can choose from free CDN provider to full-fledge paid CDN provider as the final choice is totally on you.

1. MaxCDN

1. MaxCDN

MaxCDN gives you the most powerful control panel and CDN product at a reasonable price. With its powerful API, MaxCDN integrates easily with every site, blog or e-commerce operation. Whether yours is a simple WordPress blog (use W3 Total Cache), a full-featured Magento shopping cart (use our Magento plugin), or a completely custom product built from scratch, our MaxCDN technology integrates in minutes.

Pricing: Starter pack will cost your pocket $39.95 annually and will give you 1TB of bandwidth per year. The business plan cost you $79 per month and will give you 1TB of bandwidth per month.

2. CloudFlare

2. CloudFlare

Just like MaxCDN, CloudFlare protects and accelerates any website online. Once your website is a part of the CloudFlare community, its web traffic is routed through our intelligent global network. It automatically optimize the delivery of your web pages so your visitors get the fastest page load times and best performance.

Pricing: Starts with free offering while CloudFlare Pro cost you $20 per month for first website, and $5 per month for subsequent website. It also offers CloudFlare Business and CloudFlare Enterprise plans, which costs $200 per month and $3000 per month respectively for per website.

3. Rackspace Cloud Files

3. Rackspace Cloud Files

Powered by OpenStack, Rackspace Cloud Files provides an easy to use online storage for files and media over Akamai’s content delivery network. The Rackspace Cloud Files allows to use as much or as little storage as you want, store files and media of any size, highly scalable, redundant online storage plus there are no long-terms contracts.

Pricing: Pay as you grow pricing starting at 10¢/GB/Month while Akamai CDN delivery of your content starting at 12¢/GB

4. CloudLayer

4. CloudLayer

CloudLayer Content Delivery Network (CDN) get your content to users faster and more efficiently as it distributes your content through a network with 24 nodes throughout the cloud, putting your content geographically closer to your end-users. CloudLayer CDN includes robust tools for digital rights management and content monetization.

Pricing: Prices starts at $0.12 per GB.

5. Google PageSpeed

5. PageSpeed

Not known by many, the Google PageSpeed can be used as a content delivery network. Meant primarily for developers, although still in its early days result of which it can’t be used for multipurpose usage. PageSpeed Insights products will help you identify performance best practices that can be applied to your site, and PageSpeed optimization tools can help you automate the process.

Pricing: Free

6. Amazon Web Services

6. Amazon S3

Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers.

Pricing: Amazon S3 Standard Storage begins with $0.095 per GB up to 1 TB per month.

7. Amazon CloudFront

7. Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront is a web service for content delivery. It integrates with other Amazon Web Services to give developers and businesses an easy way to distribute content to end users with low latency, high data transfer speeds, and no commitments.

Pricing: Amazon CloudFront starts at $0.12 per month for the first 10 TB for US customers while for other regions, the pricing can be checked here.

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