Sep 23, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress Landing Page Checklist

Have you ever clicked on a sponsored ad for a particular product or service to only land at the site where the product or service you are interested in isn’t the focus of the page — or even on the page for that matter?  This is called landing page lost opportunity causing most folks to dive for the back button! Bouncey-bouncey! Landing page “how to” inquiries come in daily here at... read more

Sep 16, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress Custom Menu Tips

Before WordPress 3.X your site navigation menus were not that easy to customize. You generally had a one menu for your pages (the standard and customary stuff site visitors expect to find that rarely changed) and your categories that contained your posts that you added on regular basis. Your menu order was displayed in the default alpha-numeric order that you could reorder to your liking but it was a... read more

Sep 10, 2011 Posted by Judith

We can’t let them down by forgetting their sacrifices…

“You can dent steel but not American resolve…” ~ President George Bush So many seem to have forgotten … That is why each year I repost my original article (below) written shortly after 9/11. At your... read more

Sep 9, 2011 Posted by Judith

Modern Trendy Blogger Premium Theme

Many clients comment that Premium WordPress themes tend to cater to the professional corporatey type business. Bland color-schemes, no personality — boring! For those looking for a bright colorful theme with personality, Modern Blogger may be just what you are looking for! Modern Blogger PremiumWordPress Child Theme Over the years I’ve had tons of requests for light, fresh and color filled... read more

Aug 26, 2011 Posted by Judith

Bold Fresh Premium WordPress News Themes

Magazine and News themes are very popular due to layout and navigation that basically mimics the front page of a newspaper. You have your hero shots — the photos that draw eyeballs in — then a couple focus stories and secondary snippets of all that can be found within. Video and social media widgets round things off to enhance your site’s community feel and visitor involvement. News... read more

Aug 16, 2011 Posted by Judith

State of the Word 2011

Every year Matt Mullenweg, the founder and creator of WordPress, gives a presentation about where WordPress has been, where it is going, and what the online world is doing with WordPress. This year’s presentation was particularly cool because it showed the organic power of WordPress to help business owners — like you and I — to use this great platform to beat the odds, better our lives... read more

Aug 12, 2011 Posted by Judith

Fabric: Elegant and Easy to Use Premium WordPress Theme

As WordPress becomes more sophisticated themes are becoming increasingly robust and even more feature rich that one could have ever imagined. And that isn’t going to slow down anytime soon. With that comes additional functionality and the use of plugins that can seem complicated. Particularly for those just getting their feet wet when moving their outdated HTML sites over to WordPress. What... read more

Aug 5, 2011 Posted by Judith

Did You See What They Said About Your WordPress Site?

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and forums all offer a venue for site visitors, your current and potential customers alike, to voice their opinions about anything they like. Do you know what is being said about your business, your Web site or experiences with you and your business? Reputation management is the process of keeping tabs on what is being said out in “Webland” that has to do with you,... read more

Jul 29, 2011 Posted by Judith

Don’t Make These Mistakes with Your WordPress Site

I’ve always had a bunch of WordPress Web sites and am the first to admit I don’t have the time to practice what I preach or give all my sites the attention they require and deserve. There is only so much time in a day and I enjoy having an off-line life after all! Because I am a WordPress Consultant that doesn’t necessarily mean all my sites succeed and thrive. Yes, having the... read more