Oct 20, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress Plugin: Advanced Ticket System Rocks!

You know how it goes… You have an idea for a new site or desire some added functionality on your current site. You look through the WordPress plugin archive and aren’t sure what plugins will do the job you need them to. So you install, activate, deactivate, install, activate deativate and then, as I’ve experienced, you throw your hands in the air and cry “Uncle” because you... read more

Aug 24, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Minimize Social Media Time Drain

Feel like you don’t have enough time to get all your online activities accomplished? Well, if it makes you feel any better, you are not alone! I struggle to get two posts a week in place here @ The IStudio. My other sites now have one post a week schedules. Like you, I simply cannot find any more time. And this includes working on my laptop in my great room every night until 10p. Makes me feel... read more

Aug 19, 2010 Posted by Judith

Premium WordPress Theme “Think Outside the Cube”

Just got an e-mail from Roy over at ThemeJunkie about their latest creation! CubeLight is a sharp professional business portfolio Premium WordPress Theme that can help your enterprise stand out. Business staples like top right corner navigation, 3 areas above-the-fold for your top focuses and a widgetized footer where you can have a lower right-hand contact area, all add up to creating a site that is... read more

Aug 10, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Learn About SEO

Along with all the buzz about WordPress, SEO tops the list on most onliners information overload list. Today, I thought I would provide you with a nice little resource, wrapped up in one post that you can bookmark and refer to as needed. We start with the fact that the Search Engine Optimization of your WordPress site is critical to your long term “findability” so you aren’t a needle in... read more

Jul 20, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Start a New Business

Inquiries flow in daily from folks who, due to the ease of use of WordPress, want to start a new site using WordPress as a way to earn extra income. I get it. Times are tough. But regardless of what platform your site is on, if you seek additional income, you have to approach your endeavor as a serious business first. This is where, unfortunately in my experience, many fall short. While WordPress can... read more

Jul 13, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Change Your Theme Logo

With all the crazy cool Premium WordPress Themes that are being developed now-a-days, less and less customization is necessary to get that slick and professional look you desire. But the one thing every site owner will want to customize is the theme’s logo. Many premium theme developers are now adding easy upload features within their premium theme dashboards to replace the designated default theme... read more

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

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

Apr 13, 2010 Posted by Judith

Referral Madness

Do you know where your traffic comes from? If you answered no, then you are not aware or taking advantage of some great information that is available to you at your finger tips! This info is called your referrers and you would be mad to not take advantage of what these details can offer your Web site marketing strategy. Referrers — are where your traffic is coming from before folks land at your... read more