Oct 6, 2009 Posted by Judith

Kryptonite for WordPress

Kryptonite was the one substance that could bring down and weaken Superman. Unlike Superman, WordPress’ Kryptonite can be many things. Things we can avoid, things we don’t need to expose WordPress to and thereby weaken its functionality and security. All within our control to control with a little effort and knowledge. Here are a handful of things that can become the Kryptonite for your... read more

Sep 23, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Set Up Your Gravatar

What is a Gravatar? Gravatar (an abbreviation for globally recognized avatar) is a service for providing globally-unique avatars which was created by Tom Werner. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravatar. Having your own Gravatar allows your photo to show on your own Blog posts as well as those of the other sites and Blogs that you leave comments on. If a site is set to use gravatars and you do not have one setup,... read more

Sep 9, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: 3 Easy Steps for Gathering Great Post Ideas

If you have a Blog, you know how you always have to be literally on the prowl for great post ideas that not only are what your visitors want to read about, but that engage them, cover current topics of interest and make them want to read more. This is a challenge for any Blog owner from those just starting out and established larger Blogs alike. If you want to have a Blog that gets bookmarked and better... read more

Sep 8, 2009 Posted by Judith

Have a WordPress Site? Ignore This at Your Own Peril!

I sat here for some time trying to determine a headline that would get folks to read this very important post. I chose the title that I did because it states exactly what I want to get across — if you have a WordPress site, you need to read this post, follow the links within and act — now! Some think these sort of scare tactics are more of a marketing ploy. That’s not the way I wired... read more

Aug 27, 2009 Posted by Judith

Vanity Magazine Premium WordPress Theme

What a fun theme! A fresh and flexible magazine theme with 2 different styles, Aqua and Pink. The theme is packed full of features with a Carousel Article Slider for Top Stories, Banner Campaign Management, Flickr, Video and Feedburner integration, ready for submission of stories to the most popular social network sites with plugin integration. This theme has it all if you want to start or update your... read more

Aug 13, 2009 Posted by Judith

Premium WordPress Theme: Edmond

If you had any doubt that you could take advantage of WordPress for your business site, wash those thoughts right out of your hair! The guys over at iThemes have done it again with a clean, professional and totally CMS theme that any business can use to enhance and improve their online presentation. This Web 2.0 business theme with four different color variations: Blue, Brown, Grey and Steel Bllue. Here... read more

Aug 5, 2009 Posted by Judith

3 Tweemendous Twitter Tools

Try and say that fast 3 times! Here are a couple Twitter tools, including a WordPress Plugin that I’ve discovered recently and are worth you taking a look at:TweetMeme Button: The TweetMeme retweet button WordPress plugin is meant to encourage your audience to Tweet your content on Twitter. And it works! You can see it in action on this site. The button shows a live count of the number of times... read more

Jul 30, 2009 Posted by Judith

Elegant eBusiness Premium WordPress Theme

eBusiness was created for those looking to use WordPress as a CMS. eBusiness uses a Page-Based layout, however, a normal Blog-Style mode is also available. eBusiness is great for business or personal bloggers looking to use WordPress to take their Web site to the next level. It comes equipped with an in-depth options page that gives you increased control over your site/Blog, as well as 3 unique skins and... read more

Jul 28, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Security 101

If your site has ever been hacked, you know it is a very unpleasant experience. The time it takes to remedy and recover is something you don’t want to have to deal with! Here are the three main issues any site owner can address right now:Once your site is up and running, delete the “admin” username account. Since that is the default setup that’s the first user that will be... read more