Jan 18, 2012 Posted by Judith

“Yes, I’m Back in Black”

While the title of this post is lyrics from one of my favorite bands AC/DC, it fits today’s post. We used to change the background color of our sites to black in protest over various causes back in the day. Here we are in 2012 and we are back in black. Today you may run into sites that are completely blacked out in protest of the SOPA (Stop Internet Piracy Act) that our government is toying with. ... read more

Jan 13, 2012 Posted by Judith

5 Characteristics of Successful WordPress Site Owners

Everyone wants online success, right? But why is it that so few actually live the experience? There are many reasons — buying into the hype, not willing to work hard, not willing to learn… I could go on. But for those who do reap online rewards there are certain characteristics they all have in common when it comes to having a successful WordPress Web site.Prioritization of Certain Tasks:... read more

Jan 3, 2012 Posted by Judith

How to Update to WordPress 3.3.1

January 3, 2012: 3.3.1 WordPress 3.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release This maintenance release fixes 15 issues with WordPress 3.3, as well as a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that affected version 3.3. As always, when updating WordPress, themes or plugins, it doesn’t hurt to get in the habit of following the simple steps below… Step-by-step instructions to help you safely and... read more

Jan 6, 2011 Posted by Judith

The Three Stooges of Blog Comments

Not a day goes by that I don’t find myself at some point shaking my head at Blog comments. Those I see on my sites, those I view in client’s WordPress dashboards and those I read on other sites in my daily travels. Even on the sites where intelligent and informative exchanges take place, you can bet that at some point one of The Three Stooges will pop up: The Moes: Moe was a short-tempered... read more

Dec 16, 2010 Posted by Judith

You Know Your Blog Sucks if…

Now be honest… Does your Blog suck? No, really — honest! Increasing numbers of newbie “Bloggers” who think their Blog will produce “additional income” — not based on any reality; just because they think so — are now popping up like “Web designers” did in the 1990s. Very few had skills or had any solid knowledge — some software, a... read more

Oct 6, 2010 Posted by Judith

“Time to Nut Up or Shut Up!”

“Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I’ve come to realize that you can’t have a country without people. And there are no people here. No, my friends. This is now the United States of Zombieland.” This is the opening dialog for the movie Zombieland. What does this have to do with WordPress? Well, as of late I’ve been contacted by quite a few... read more

Oct 4, 2010 Posted by Judith

Not Again! FaceBook Stopped Importing

This is an update to a previous post on the topic of FaceBook external Blog importing that keeps rearing its ugly head. Once again FaceBook has stopped importing my WordPress feeds on valid URLs that up until last week worked seamlessly. I don’t know about you but this is getting pretty old. As you know this is not the first time this has happened. Trying the solution below that orginally worked,... read more

Apr 21, 2010 Posted by Judith

The Facts About SEOing Your WordPress Site

I have discussions daily with site owners who are not happy with their natural or organic rankings. Nor are they happy (or could it be denial) about what I advise when comes to SEO and what they need to do to work towards improving their rankings. There are those that prefer to surmise that what I advise is a “Judith thing” when they can find information elsewhere that doesn’t require... read more

Apr 1, 2010 Posted by Judith

My Stream Premium WordPress Theme

If ever you could love the blues; it’s with this theme! Or whatever color suits you (6 color schemes in all). What is really nifty about MyStream is this premium WordPress theme actually allows you to easily change the background of your theme to reflect your personality — how cool is that? MyStream is a flexible and extremely customizable personal blog theme with massive social media &... read more