Jul 30, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Update to WordPress 3.0.1

A maintenance release for WordPress 3.0, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard). “After nearly 11 million downloads of WordPress 3.0 in just 42 days, we’re releasing WordPress 3.0.1. The requisite haiku: Three dot oh dot one Bug fixes to make you smile Update your WordPress This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues.” The major fixes include PHP 5.0.5... read more

Jul 9, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress Enthusiast Paracord Survival Bracelet

WordPress enthusiasts, this one is for you! He who is my husband makes Paracord Survival Bracelets. When I saw all the different requests he was getting for various bracelets (Thin Blue Line, Thin Red Line, School Colors, Paramedics, Firefighters etc.) I decided I wanted to have a WordPress Enthusiast paracord bracelet using the official WordPress colors. This bracelet is in WordPress blue, orange and... read more

Jun 28, 2010 Posted by Judith

UPDATE: WordPress How To: Register Plus Plugin

Thanks to the tons of WordPress plugins there are all kinds of nifty special touches you can add to your Site/Blog to customize how it works and looks based on your unique needs and desires. UPDATE 06/2010: With the important and comprehensive release of WordPress 3 this month, it is important to only use plugins where the developers are ensuring their plugins are compatible. The Register Plus plugin... read more

Mar 30, 2010 Posted by Judith

Need More Time? Switch to WordPress!

Not enough time in the day. “I just don’t have the time!” is a statement I hear from clients on a daily basis. I get it. We all have time constraints. (Did you ever notice the time stamp on most of my posts?) The fact is online activities can be one huge time and brain drain. How can WordPress save thee time; let me count the ways… Create drafts as ideas hit you that you can... read more

Mar 9, 2010 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 5, 2010 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 3, 2010 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

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 being shutdown due to becoming CPU hogs. The first mistake made is that just because you can install WordPress on a... read more

Jan 19, 2010 Posted by Judith

NEWS FLASH! WordPress isn’t Just for Blogs Any More

While WordPress has become more of a house-hold word recently, allot of Web site owners still don’t know what it is exactly and how they can use it to enhance their online program. Most I talk to know about WordPress.com the free Blogging platform that is popular amongst hobby Bloggers and those just dabbling to see if Blogging is their thing. Even as recently as just a few years ago —... read more

Jan 6, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress Creates Leaders!

One of my favorite Blogs to follow, which is definitely a WordPress leader, is ProBlogger.net. Recently one of the Bloggers there posted about what many fellow Bloggers struggle with in the course of trying to make their sites successful — following the so-called rules while keeping everyone happy. Sort of impossible, but as you’ll agree, we all still try! The article in question was The... read more