Jan 13, 2012 Posted by Judith

5 Characteristics of Successful WordPress Site Owners

Everyone wants online success, right? But why is it that so few actually live the experience? There are many reasons — buying into the hype, not willing to work hard, not willing to learn… I could go on. But for those who do reap online rewards there are certain characteristics they all have in common when it comes to having a successful WordPress Web site.Prioritization of Certain Tasks:... read more

Jan 3, 2012 Posted by Judith

How to Update to WordPress 3.3.1

January 3, 2012: 3.3.1 WordPress 3.3.1 Security and Maintenance Release This maintenance release fixes 15 issues with WordPress 3.3, as well as a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that affected version 3.3. As always, when updating WordPress, themes or plugins, it doesn’t hurt to get in the habit of following the simple steps below… Step-by-step instructions to help you safely and... read more

Dec 30, 2011 Posted by Judith

Top 10 WordPress Site New Year’s Resolutions

At this time every year we review our business status and methodologies and come up with resolutions to try to improve our success and profitability in the year ahead.  Excluding your WordPress Web site  from this important effort considering online is more fluid than ever before would be a serious misstep. For your convenience and consideration, I update this post each year so you can get a reminder of... read more

Oct 28, 2011 Posted by Judith

5 Reasons Why Dr. Frankenstein Would Love WordPress

1. WordPress has a normal, intuitive and intelligent “brain” — nothing criminal in there. 2. You won’t have to be ashamed of, guilty about or have to hide from your WordPress site. 3. You won’t have to worry about WordPress killing your best friend or wife. 4. Dr. Frankenstein had a desire to attain the godlike power of creating new life. He would appreciate that one can... read more

Sep 16, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress Custom Menu Tips

Before WordPress 3.X your site navigation menus were not that easy to customize. You generally had a one menu for your pages (the standard and customary stuff site visitors expect to find that rarely changed) and your categories that contained your posts that you added on regular basis. Your menu order was displayed in the default alpha-numeric order that you could reorder to your liking but it was a... read more

Aug 16, 2011 Posted by Judith

State of the Word 2011

Every year Matt Mullenweg, the founder and creator of WordPress, gives a presentation about where WordPress has been, where it is going, and what the online world is doing with WordPress. This year’s presentation was particularly cool because it showed the organic power of WordPress to help business owners — like you and I — to use this great platform to beat the odds, better our lives... read more

Jun 27, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress Enthusiast Paracord Bracelet

WordPress enthusiasts, this one is for you! The first of it’s kind — a WordPress Paracord bracelet! He who is my husband makes a Paracord Bracelet for every taste, color, team or event. You can view his Paracord Bracelets over at ParacordPaulsOutPost.com. When I saw all the different requests he was getting for various bracelets (Thin Blue Line Paracord Bracelet, Thin Red Line Paracord... read more

Mar 24, 2011 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Look Like the “Big Guys”

I talk to prospective WordPressers every day. The first question that they always ask is “is it worth it to move from my HTML site to WordPress?” followed by “Can you really use WordPress for a regular site — not a Blog?”. To which I respond with enthusiasm “No doubt!” NEWS FLASH!WordPress isn’t Just for Blogs Any More See, if you have an HTML site, chances... read more

Feb 22, 2011 Posted by Judith

Static HTML Sites are Soooo Turn of the Century…

I’ve been using WordPress since it’s birth over 8 years ago and Blogging for almost as long. I loved WordPress so much that I turned this very site entirely over to WordPress 8 years ago. Wish I could have done that sooner — but that’s just about when WordPress was born! I no longer recommend static HTML sites to new clients. That makes me unpopular with those unwilling to... read more

Oct 6, 2010 Posted by Judith

“Time to Nut Up or Shut Up!”

“Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I’ve come to realize that you can’t have a country without people. And there are no people here. No, my friends. This is now the United States of Zombieland.” This is the opening dialog for the movie Zombieland. What does this have to do with WordPress? Well, as of late I’ve been contacted by quite a few... read more