Feb 2, 2011 Posted by Judith

Nitty-Gritty WordPress Site FAQ

Okay… Ohhhh-Kaaaay. Okey-Dokey! Seems I am saying these words more and more often as potential entrepreneurs ask me questions about getting a WordPress site, having a successful Web program, how to market effectively. Why am I okey-dokeying all over the place? Presumably I am asked questions about having a successful WordPress site because I have years of proven experience, skills and expertise... read more

Jan 28, 2011 Posted by Judith

Save the Date: Premium WordPress Wedding Theme

Did you get engaged over the Holidays? Have a Wedding to plan? The “Save the Date” Premium WordPress Wedding Theme can help you to get the word out about your important date so everyone can — save the date! This clean and elegant theme from iThemes will guide you on how best to provide all the details family and friends will be dying to know about! Have pages for the Bride, Groom and... read more

Jan 25, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress How to: Installing Plugins 101

The thought of installing WordPress plugins freaks people out. And for good reason! While plugins can bring very cool functionality and features to your site, many don’t know how they work or even how to properly add them to their site. While in reality it takes only a few clicks to install a plugin — there are resources and considerations you need to cover before you add any plugin to your... read more

Jan 21, 2011 Posted by Judith

You Know Your WordPress Site has AIS When…

What’s “AIS”? American Idol Syndrome. In other words the ability to think you are good at something when clearly you are not. Usually because no one close to you has had the heart to tell you the truth (or they have and you chose to believe otherwise). You think you are the best, talented, doing everything right, with the right look and moves to be Number One! But sadly, those who are... read more

Jan 14, 2011 Posted by Judith

Anticipate! WordPress Plugin

How would you like to have a way to work on your new site in the background while having a very cool front page (or pages) available to site visitors so you can build… anticipation? The guys over at Elegant Themes had just what I was looking for (amazing how that happens) to allow me to do just that for my new pet project, WPVets.org. Other “coming soon” themes are cool if you just want... read more

Jan 11, 2011 Posted by Judith

WTF? Where’s The FAQ!

What prompted this post is what seems to be an increasing lack of FAQs being integrated into new sites. I then find I have to search to find the most basic of information — many times to no avail. Not good. Sites without FAQs can lend to visitors wondering what do you have to hide? Why don’t you have the basics “out there” for everyone to see? Hmmmm…. Maybe you have nothing... read more

Dec 30, 2010 Posted by Judith

“Pretty Critical Vulnerability in WordPress”

That’s what Matt Mullenweg, the founding developer of WordPress said about yesterday’s 3.0.4 update release … “My last message to you this year is an important but unfortunate one: we’ve fixed a pretty critical vulnerability in WordPress’ core HTML sanitation library, and because this library is used lots of places it’s important that everyone update as soon as... read more

Dec 20, 2010 Posted by Judith

Give Your WordPress Site the Royal Treatment

Content is King, Content is King, Content is King… Who hasn’t heard the overused phrase “Content is King”? It has been so overused that it has pretty much lost its original intent! When that phrase started popping up, it went without saying that good content, valuable and unique content, well written and useful content — was King. Now it appears as though many believe that... 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