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10 Great Resources for Mocking Up a Mobile App

Presenting a mockup design for your clients is a great way of showcasing them your mobile applications and responsive designs. There are a lot of great resources and services available that help you do this. In this article, I would like to share with you ten useful resources for creating mockups for mobile designs and…

Understanding AppPresser as a Total Beginner

Hi, I’m Leif, the newest member of AppPresser. Make that ‘new’… as in Noob. That’s because, aside from learning about AppPresser early on and getting my hands on a free eBook being handed out, I knew little about the software or the company. (By the way, you can get that free eBook by filling out…

My Favorite WordPress Plugins

WordPress.org has close to 40,000 plugins listed in its plugin directory. The sheer volume of plugins available to WordPress users can be overwhelming and make it difficult for beginners to know where to begin. In this article, I have listed my 11 favorite WordPress plugins. I am sure that you will all find this list useful.…

From Trials to Triumphs, AppPresser’s Story

Every business has it’s ups and downs, and finding success selling products online can be a windy road. We released our first products in January of 2014, and then launched Reactor almost a year later. We’ve learned a lot about selling products, through both good and bad decisions. It’s been a fun journey, and while…

Meet Drivr, A Green Transportation App

Drivr is a new mobile app that allows you to hire a Tesla as your personal driver through your smartphone. Using a fleet of Tesla vehicles, the focus is on luxury and environmental-friendliness. Through the app, you can schedule and pay for a ride, without having to use cash. The rise of Tesla has been…

Why WordPress works great with a mobile app

Using WordPress with mobile apps is a fairly new concept, and it’s certainly not mainstream. If you ask a traditional mobile app developer about using WordPress with a mobile app, they would probably look at you funny. There is certainly skepticism about how well it can work, and that’s understandable. After doing this for more…

How we customized our BuddyPress app, PressChat

Update: The customization in this post only works with AppPresser 2. If you are using AppPresser 3, please see this post. We recently built a mobile app that integrates with BuddyPress called PressChat. To develop this app, we customized AppPresser and BuddyPress with things like a custom intro screen, changing the login screen, a custom…

How to make a custom app intro

You may have used an app with an intro, which is usually a set of slides you can swipe through that show you how to use the app. Sometimes those slides tell you about the app, and then ask you to sign up on the last slide. For example, PressChat has an intro that welcomes…

The new PressChat app

PressChat is a new app that allows you to talk WordPress with other folks, add photos, check in at WordPress events, and more. Download for iOS or Android, register for free. iOS Android This app is a place for the WordPress community to discuss anything, show off photos from WordCamps and other events, and check…

Is your WordPress website “mobile friendly” to Google?

You may have heard of #mobilegeddon recently, which is the common name for Google’s algorithm change. The change makes mobile friendliness a ranking signal, which basically puts good mobile sites higher in the search results. Conversely, this penalizes websites that are not mobile friendly. Late last year, Google also announced that they would add a…

7 Mobile Statistics That Paint A Convincing Picture

You know by now that mobile is an incredibly important part of your business, whether that’s on the web or in an app. Perhaps you know someone who needs a little convincing, a boss, client, or friend? Share these statistics with them, and let the facts do the talking. 1. More people access the internet…

SEO and Mobile Apps

Every business needs to think about Search Engine Optimization, but what does a mobile app have to do with SEO? Mobile apps appear in search results, and the content of your apps can also be indexed by Google. This can help you dominate the SERPs (search engine result pages) for specific keywords, and help you…

Custom Photo Modal

A modal is a popup that slides in on top of the current page. Mobile apps use modals quite a bit, because they look and work great. Click the image to the left to see an example of a modal. We use modals in AppPresser for a variety of things, including login screens and BuddyPress…

Create a custom homepage for your AppPresser app

This article is for an older version of AppPresser, please see our documentation for an up to date article on creating a page like this. Many mobile apps have custom home screens. Let’s look at a popular icon based home screen layout, and how you can create one for your AppPresser app. Many people like…

Updates to all AppPresser products, March 2015

All extensions, core plugin, Phonegap project files, and theme have been updated. Before you update, please read below. What’s new? Mostly bug fixes and compatibility updates, we squashed so many bugs we lost count in this release.

The biggest mobile app building mistake

We’ve been building mobile apps for a while now, and seeing our customers do the same. There’s a big mistake that we see our customers make time and time again. It’s totally understandable, especially when you aren’t experienced building mobile apps. It’s the fault of the app developers and their clients both, and it’s an…

Custom WP-API Authentication

The WP-API is a JSON REST API that is slated to go into WordPress core. The API allows applications like mobile apps to interact with WordPress. It’s been written about extensively, and it’s documented well. If you’ve worked with the API before, you may have come across the issue of authentication. The API can allow…

Is a mobile app better than a mobile website?

Mobile website vs. mobile app can be a heated debate. Many people feel that you don’t need a mobile app, you just need a website that looks good on mobile devices. Others say that mobile apps have benefits that a website cannot provide. Who is right? Everyone needs a responsive website that looks great on…

Reactor Development: Embedded Webpage

The Embedded Webpage Page Type is available for when you need to include something in your app and none of the other page types can handle the content. Or, you want to include something from a different site from where your WP API data is supplied. This page type should be used only when absolutely necessary.…

5 Cool Things Developers Can Do With Reactor

Reactor is no longer available, but you can get all the same features (and more) with AppPresser 3. If you are a developer, you can build mobile apps for your clients using your WordPress skill set. Building mobile apps with Reactor is very similar to your process when building a client’s website. With a website,…

Everything you need to know about building mobile apps