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

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 20, 2009 Posted by Judith

Make Your WordPress Site Fontastic!

Ever want to use different fonts in your WordPress site but were not sure how to accomplish that? Wish you could designate different fonts for different sections of your site? Well, yes you can do that with your theme’s global CSS file. But for those who are not CSS whizzes just yet, I’ve found a nifty plugin that may fit the bill. Anyfont is a WordPress plugin that allows you to use any... 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