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 11, 2009 Posted by Judith

Another Reason to Use Firefox: SEO Blogger WordPress Plugin!

One of the most talked about topics around The IStudio is SEO. That’s why I write about search engine optimization so often. I get questions, track what folks are asking and if I can help, offer tips or even a neato plugins, resources or applications to make the issue less confusing and a bit easier if possible. I’ve used FireFox for years — actually I make a concentrated effort to use... 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 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

Jul 1, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: WP Super Cache Plugin

As your site/Blog grows, resources start getting eaten up like hot dogs at Nathan’s Annual 4th of July Hot Dog eating contest! This is where having a host that offers WordPress specific hosting can make a big difference too. WP Super Cache is a static caching plugin for WordPress. It generates HTML files that are served directly by Apache without processing comparatively heavy PHP scripts. By... read more

Jun 24, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: MyAdsense Plugin

Is adding Google AdSense to your WordPress site a good idea? That all depends on your site. Informational archival type sites and Blogs are more conducive to displaying random ads than say a corporate site or or a site that offers professional services. Not that these type of sites cannot have advertising, it just should be handled a little differently than what AdSense serves up to be effective and... read more

Jun 17, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Put Your Tweets on Auto-Pilot

Twitter is now a phenomenon that is not going to go away anytime soon. As a micro-blogging platform Twitter allows businesses to keep interest parties up to date with current events with a real-time snippet that requires very little commitment or time from followers. What hinders most of my clients from using Twitter and tweeting on a regular and consistent basis is that they think they need to spend even... read more