Apr 6, 2010 Posted by Judith

5 Reasons to Choose Premium WordPress Themes

WordPress is “free.” Many great plugins are free. But, with all the free WordPress themes available, why pay for something you can get for free? How about you get what you pay for? Or how about you are helping to support talented and conscientious developers whose motives are to create a quality product that they are willing to back and support? Still not enough to open your wallet for... read more

Mar 16, 2010 Posted by Judith

Pixel Happy Premium WordPress Photography Theme

If you have been searching for just the right theme to display your photos, whether for your family site or professional portfolio — your search is over. The new Pixel Happy Premium WordPress theme from StudioPress is a new child theme on their new very cool Genesis Theme Framework. It has a bright and fresh look that highlights your photos perfectly!The Pixel Happy Theme features... read more

Feb 9, 2010 Posted by Judith

3 WordPress Comment Producing Plugins

Do you want to get more comments on your WordPress site or Blog? Of course you do! Here are three plugins that will help not only encourage comments, but add a personal touch while making contributing to the conversation easier to track, follow and comment some more. I use all three here on my site and thought I would share them with you today.CommentLuv: This nifty plugin encourages comments by also... read more

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 choking due to becoming CPU hogs. The first mistake made is that just because you can install WordPress on a Web... 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 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

Jan 7, 2010 Posted by Judith

5 WordPress Premium Real Estate Themes

It’s not uncommon to want to start the new year with a new look or to update your current presentation to reflect a more contemporary and up-to-date display. Being I work with many Realtors who are top notch and leaders in their fields, they are always looking for the latest and greatest so they can be ahead of their competitors. Here are 5 WordPress Premium Real Estate Themes for you to review... 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 experimental... 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