You see it all the time, the words, “Powered by WordPress”, at the bottom of websites you visit and blogs you read. But what does that really mean? Although it may mean different things to different people, I’ll share with you what it has meant to me. But before I get into it, I’d like … Read more
A couple of years ago I wrote a post Invoicing with WordPress: There’s a plugin for that!, and it has been very popular over the years, however, the solutions haven’t always worked out so great for everyone. I thought it was time to do an update! So I set out to find another solution that … Read more
This topic, website hosting dilemma, comes up with every client I’ve ever worked with. Now available: Managed WordPress Hosting and What to Expect an updated view of WordPress hosting and the pitfalls of GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting. And the discussion usually starts with GoDaddy. Let’s be honest, the prices are appealing and their probably the better … Read more
I often use a WordPress plugin when doing maintenance or construction on an existing website. For a long time I was using “Under Construction“, a very simple plugin, that outputs a very simple and customizable coming soon or under construction page. However, a couple of months ago I decided I wanted a better more robust … Read more
If you’re keeping up with the latest WordPress news, you’ve heard about this “attacker” issue. These attackers are trying to exploit the default username ‘admin’ to gain access to your website. First they verify that your site has the username ‘admin’, second they start trying a number of passwords to access the account. Read more about the known … Read more
If you’re still using the WordPress default username, “admin”, you’re at risk! Hackers will always try to gain access to your WordPress dashboard by first attempting to hack the admin username password. Follow this tutorial to learn how to replace the “admin” user account with a more secure user account! https://vimeo.com/63974005 Use BackupBuddy to backup … Read more
Keeping your WordPress website, plugins, and themes up-to-date is an important step in protecting against hackers. It also helps to ensure that your site continues to function properly. https://vimeo.com/63975040 Use ManageWP to backup your website before performing any updates!
Recently, we’ve had several questions about WordPress post tags. What are tags for? Are tags like categories? How do I add tags? How many tags can I have per post? Are tags required? Do tags have archive pages like categories? One why I like to work with tags is to use them to identify the … Read more
For a resent project, restaurant theme design, I needed to create two Custom Post Types. One to manage the post that would be used in the homepage slider and the second to manage the recipes. This wasn’t necessary, especially with the Genesis Framework we use for developing websites, there is a plugin called Genesis Responsive … Read more
Over a year ago I wrote about three WordPress eCommerce plugin that I was using for client projects, however, a lot has changed over the past year. Over the past 6 months we have built three eCommerce sites for clients with the WooCommerce Plugin from WooThemes. And I have been very impressed by the diversification and … Read more
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