Dec 3, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: 6 Steps to Avoid Hacker Headaches

Regardless of how your site is structured or coded, you need to be aware of and do certain things to ensure your site remains secure and is not a target of hackers. For WordPress, these steps are pretty simple and can, for the most part, be handled automatically or with little effort. The key is to get a system in place and follow it. Today I’ll share with you the basics that anyone who is not a... read more

Dec 1, 2009 Posted by Judith

5 Reasons to Not Blog

Have a Blog? Want to Blog? Should you even consider Blogging? Every business site owner can answer “yes” to at least one of these questions. While one may already have a Blog or want to integrate a Blog, the toughest question of the three is should you even consider Blogging in the first place. Why is that the tough one? Because it is the one that many in my experience fail to answer... read more

Nov 19, 2009 Posted by Judith

Gourmet WordPress Restaurant Food Premium Theme

Tip your chef’s hat for this very classy and professional Gourmet Premium WordPress Theme for any restaurant or food establishment. It covers all the important areas that you will want to showcase on your new site with style and panache! Visitors are greeted by a Flash slideshow of your items to get their mouths watering! Combined with the “Today’s Special” area above the fold... read more

Nov 18, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Easily Change Your WP Logo

One of the things I get asked most about is on a regular basis is how to change theme logos. So I thought I’d put together an easy check-list to help you do just that! In just three easy steps you can replace the default logo image of any theme by following these steps. First we want to determine what your theme’s designated logo info is. Hover your mouse over the theme’s default logo... read more

Nov 12, 2009 Posted by Judith

SocialEyes Premium WordPress Theme

SocialEyes is the theme that brings social media front and center! If you’ve been thinking of starting your own Blog — this theme covers all the bases. And, it comes in both a light and dark version. You’ll have sections just for your videos, Blog and Twitter feeds. Don’t forget about your Flickr stream too! Not to mention SocialEyes comes integrated with Total Social... read more

Nov 11, 2009 Posted by Judith

5 Nifty Free Social Media Icon Sets

Today, I was looking for a neat set of icons to use on one of my sites only to discover that some of the sites I had bookmarked were MIA, 404, gone! So, since I had to start my search again, I thought I would share with you the 5 trick social media bookmarking icons sets I found that you can integrate into your own site: Cheers: Web 2.0 in a Glass! A free set of 12 “social” glasses. Cheers! 25 Free... read more

Nov 10, 2009 Posted by Judith

What Are Twitter Hashtags?

We all know what tags are, right? Those are words used to tag a post or bit of information so one can know what it basically about. Tags also help us to better organize our data. The hash character (#) when combined with a tag, becomes a hashtag. What tags and hashtags allow you to do, especially with all the noise on Twitter, is to search for a particular hashtag thereby allowing you to find the... read more

Nov 5, 2009 Posted by Judith

“Glow” Premium WordPress Theme

Well, Nick over at Elegant Themes has done it again with his most recent release Glow! What I love about Nick’s themes (this site uses his Bold theme) is his attention to detail and little accents that make your site stand out from all the other plain brown wrapper themes that are so prevalent online. Nine Unique Color Schemes Glow comes with three different skins, and each skin with three... read more

Nov 4, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress Blog How To: Get The WOW! Factor | Top 5 Tips

I probably read more Blogs and posts than most folks. But that’s my job and it helps to keep my finger on the pulse of what others are doing that works (and what doesn’t too) as well as what onliners like, react to and are looking for. What I see happen all too often is new Bloggers are lemmings — not leaders. They believe they have something to say (whether they do or not is moot) and... read more

Oct 29, 2009 Posted by Judith

AgentPress Premium WordPress Real Estate Theme

This Premium WordPress Real Estate Theme is the bomb! It has that necessary professional classy look that lends to an agent’s credibility and marketing abilities. Let’s face it, if you want to sell homes or get listings you had better look like you “get” technology and know how to use it for your client’s benefit. AgentPress allows you to do just that! Working with quite... read more

Oct 28, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Greet Site Visitors Automatically

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could greet a site visitor based on where they came from before they landed on your site? How about if you could encourage folks to Digg your site or vote it up? Better yet, what if you could customize those messages to cater to each sites unique demographics? Now you can! I found this neat plugin called WP Greet Box that does just that. It allows you to customize your... read more

Oct 27, 2009 Posted by Judith

Sweet Sixteen WordPress Blogging Secrets

Here’s the sweet spot — the sixteen things you need to do to make sure your new WordPress site or Blog has the best chance for success. A given that is not part of my “Sweet 16″ is having a unique niche, focus, methodology or personality that will separate you from others with sites within the same topic arena. Without that, you face an uphill battle. Now, of course I could... read more