Feb 3, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Do the Mother of All Backups

Backing up is one of those things that many folks think about when it is too late and you wish you had the backup you never made. Usually when you are in the situation of wishing you had backed up, you are then motivated to get a system in place so you never have to feel that pain again. So let’s take care of that today and help you to avoid being one of the “I wish I had…”... 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 being shutdown due to becoming CPU hogs. The first mistake made is that just because you can install WordPress on a... read more

Jan 20, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress Post SEO Tips

Do a search for your top keyword phrase on Google. How may sites are noted in the upper right-hand corner of Google’s result? Rare is that number under six figures. So, SEO is a consideration that all site owners need to be aware of when creating content for their sites. Contrary to popular belief, SEO is something every site owner can easily integrate in their posts with just a little time and... read more

Jan 15, 2010 Posted by Judith

Just Follow These Blog Tips…

…and you’ll be in a better position to experience ROI, success, accolades, growth, conversions — whatever your stated goals are! You do have your goals written down don’t you? If you don’t know where you want to go; how the heck can you possibly know how to get there? When I read this guest post over on DailyBlogTips.com, I thought to myself “self, you tell clients... 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. UPDATE 06/2010: With the important and comprehensive release of WordPress 3 this month, it is important to only use plugins where the developers are ensuring their plugins are compatible. The Register... read more

Dec 23, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: 10 Ways to Promote Your Site

Part of the fun of this gig (at least for me) is there are always new and inventive ways to promote your WordPress site or Blog. The key is to make sure you are actively promoting your work by doing some simple tasks on a consistent basis in the first place. Here are the 10 ways to promote your site or Blog that once you’ve got these down pat, you can then move on to more aggressive and... 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

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 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 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 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