Mar 9th 10 Posted by Judith

Give Site Visitors What They Expect

Most folks I work with have ideas of what they want and where they want it when it comes to the layout of their sites. That’s why I stress when selecting a premium WordPress theme that they take the time to go through the provided theme demos to ensure the placement of navigation, information and widgets is how they want to display their site’s information. What happens quite often, however,... read more

Mar 5th 10 Posted by Judith

What Do YOU Want to Know About WordPress?

My inbox is filled every day with general questions about WordPress. What I do is track what I’m being asked and that generally will influence what I post about. What I thought I would do is ask you what you want me to type about. I’ll use your input to plan my posts accordingly. This way you get the information you are looking for — and I won’t have to wonder so much if what... read more

Mar 3rd 10 Posted by Judith

Even with WordPress; If it Sounds Too Good to Be True…

I can understand why online business owners want to believe the hype. Do this and get rich; do that and dominate your market. Get “Top 10 Listings”, “just change your meta keyword tags”, “go live and watch the bucks roll in”. Get a Web site and get found! All supposedly at little cost with little effort. Hooey! I too wish all that were true. It would make my life... read more

Feb 15th 10 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Update to the Latest WP Version (2.9.2)

Update for WordPress 2.9.2: I repost this information each time WP offers a new update so that you can have step-by-step instructions to easily update your WordPress site yourself. Wordpress 2.9.2 addresses a problem where logged in users can peek at trashed posts belonging to other authors. If you have untrusted users signed up on your blog and sensitive posts in the trash, you should upgrade to 2.9.2. ... read more

Jan 27th 10 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