Jul 7, 2010 Posted by Judith

Theme Your WordPress Registration Page

Customizing your WordPress registration page and login process is something that many WordPress site owners are interested in doing. The most commented posts and what I received many e-mails about are about that very topic. On one of the threads in regard to a plugin that I no longer am able to recommend due to lack of support by its developer and it not being updated for WordPress 3.0, led to requests... read more

Jun 23, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Avoid 404 Horror

You know what it’s like… You go to a search engine or Web site, find a link you are interested in, click on it and a “404 — Page Not Found” error page displays. You could have typo’d the URL or the page, post, directory has changed or is removed. Regardless the reason, you didn’t find what you were looking for. There you are staring at a blank visually boring... read more

Jun 9, 2010 Posted by Judith

Easy WordPress Membership Site Plugin

Are you interested in turning your WordPress site into a successful Membership site? From what I hear everyday from new clients and inquiries through this site — allot of you are seeking the ability to turn your site into a membership site you can manage yourself. Combine the simplicity of WordPress with the Magic Members WordPress Plugin, and this just may be the combo you are looking for! You know... read more

May 27, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Tips on Working with Photos

The quality of the photos you use on your WordPress site can either enhance or detract from not only how your site displays but whether you are perceived as tech savvy and a credible site to be taken seriously. All too often I run across otherwise professional and legitimate business sites that use crummy clip art or clearly do not understand the variables involved in integrating photographic images into... read more

Feb 17, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress Plugin Puts Your Best Foot(er) Forward

Have you heard the term splog? “A splog (spam blog) is a fake blog created solely to promote affiliated Web sites, with the intent of skewing search results and artificially boosting traffic.” What the owners of these “sites” (sploggers) many times use is software to farm copyright protected postings off other Blogs to post on these shallow sites. When they do this, rarely is... read more

Feb 9, 2010 Posted by Judith

3 WordPress Comment Producing Plugins

Do you want to get more comments on your WordPress site or Blog? Of course you do! Here are three plugins that will help not only encourage comments, but add a personal touch while making contributing to the conversation easier to track, follow and comment some more. I use all three here on my site and thought I would share them with you today.CommentLuv: This nifty plugin encourages comments by also... read more

Jan 27, 2010 Posted by Judith

5 Steps to a Lean Mean WordPress Machine

WordPress has unique resource requirements and as with any database driven site, your database also needs to be paid a bit of regular attention to ensure everything is running at optimum efficiency. It’s not uncommon to find WordPress sites that are not being watched after properly choking due to becoming CPU hogs. The first mistake made is that just because you can install WordPress on a Web... read more

Jan 14, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Trick Out Your Registration Page

I know you are interested in how to make that boring WordPress login/registration page have some flair. I know so based on the tons of visitors to a post I did a bit back about the Register Plus Plugin. Here are more alternatives! Wouldn’t be nice if you knew about even more plugins, tips and tricks that will tell you exactly how you can trick out your WordPress login/registration page? It sure... read more

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