December 3

How to Speed Up a Slow Website

How to Speed Up a Slow Website

  Does your website take more than 2 seconds to load? Are you tired of struggling to figure out why other sites are so much faster than yours? The speed of your website is one of the most important factors in getting visitors to stick around and read what you’ve got to say. Our online.

September 18

The Best WordPress Security Plugins

The Best WordPress Security Plugins

I wrote a post awhile back about ways to protect your WordPress site from being hacked. Since then, I’ve worked with several clients whose sites had already been compromised to help them rid their blogs of infected files and malware warnings. Here are a few reminders for keeping your WordPress site secure: 1. Don’t rely.

July 21

Prevent Your WordPress Site From Being Hacked

It’s a blogger’s worst nightmare. You visit your blog and get a malware warning. Or maybe you try to log into your dashboard and find that your password no longer works. The signs of a hacked WordPress site can manifest themselves in many ways, but one thing’s for sure: It SUCKS to find your hard.

July 20

More Must-Have WordPress Plugins

  I wrote a post a few months ago detailing some of the best WordPress plugins you can install on a new blog. While those are still my favorites, I wanted to point out a few others that can make your blogging life easier. Keep in mind that there’s a tradeoff when you use plugins -.

July 14

How to Update Your WordPress Theme Safely

With the recent update to WordPress 3.4 (now 3.4.1 as of this writing), many WordPress theme creators also released updated versions of their themes. I received quite a few emails from clients who wanted to update to the latest versions but were scared of losing all their customizations. While that fear is understandable, there are.

July 13

Review: MBP Bring My Blog Visitors Back Plugin

This week, I had the opportunity to try a brand new plugin from MaxBlogPress - The Bring My Blog Visitors Back Plugin. I’ve lectured you guys before about the importance of offering RSS subscriptions to your readers, and the fact that you should publish full posts in your RSS feeds. Lots of people tell me.

February 11

Must-Have WordPress Plugins

When I set up a new blog on WordPress, one of my first concerns is getting all the plugins installed. Plugins are ways to improve the look and functionality of a website without manually putting in a bunch of code; for instance, I use a plugin for nearly everything in the sidebars, as well as one.