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New Kid on the Block: WP Startbox – A New WordPress Framework

WP Gal — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:43:47 +0000

As a web designer specializing in WordPress blogs and sites, I’m especially excited about the release of a new framework for WordPress. It’s called: WP Startbox. It’s basic layout is relatively simple, and it’s a blog-style layout, however, that’s just the starting point! From there, there are many different things that can be done to spice up the design and make it one’s own. (Click here to view the demo site in a new window.) if you want to see examples of what the framework can do above and beyond its basic starting point, check out this ... [read more]...

PluginBuddy’s BackupBuddy Saved My WordPress Site!

WP Gal — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:35:21 +0000

I can’t stress just how important it is to backup your blog or website! I’ve been having an issue with the backend of my WordPress site for a while now, but just hadn’t had time to really look into it as I have some client projects on the go. My site is definitely due for an overhaul and redesign, however, in the meantime, since this is what I currently have and my clients’ projects come first before my own projects, this is the site I presently have to work with. With that being said, I was starting to get frustrated with not being able to log into the back end and ... [read more]...

SEO Problems When Using BlueHost for Multiple Domains

WP Gal — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:30:42 +0000

No matter if you use BlueHost or another hosting provider, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) should be important to everyone with a website because applying certain SEO tactics and strategies will help you to rank better with the Search Engines, which in turn will make it easier for people to find your website as opposed to someone else’s when they search for keywords related to your site’s content. SEO issues and problems can arise, though, when working with one hosting account and multiple domains. You may need to edit the .htaccess file to overcome these issues, ... [read more]...

FREE CSS Video Series Crash Course from SitePoint

WP Gal — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:53:17 +0000

If you love free stuff, don’t miss out on this! There’s a free CSS video course available for you to download right now! (No, there is no catch!) Working with WordPress requires a lot of tweaking of CSS (style sheets) to get the right look and design that you want, but if you don’t know what CSS is or how to edit CSS, you’re not going to be able to customize your WordPress blog or site. That’s where SitePoint comes in! They’re celebrating their birthday, and are giving away a free CSS course! If you’d like to learn more about CSS (Casc ... [read more]...

WordPress Security Tips: Avoid The Hackers Series (Part 1)

WP Gal — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:19:31 +0000

Ack!! What happened to my blog?? As with everything that becomes popular, WordPress is not immune to the potential breach of security that hackers can inflict, and it certainly has not escaped the attention of hackers around the globe. There is always someone out there who wants to do more harm than good… that’s how I see hackers, anyway. As a law-abiding citizen, I really don’t understand what the whole point to breaking into people’s websites and computers is (and what kind of pleasure is apparently achieved), however, I do completely understand the ... [read more]...

Discover How to Improve Your Page Rank and Site Traffic

WP Gal — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:24:33 +0000

With many dubbing Google as the “King of the Internet”, any changes they make to the way they rank a website catches everyone’s attention, including mine! There are many ways to improve your page rank and traffic on your site, but in this post, I will concentrate on one major tip: decrease your site load time! If you’re wondering why, read on! I guess I should start by defining what a Page Rank is… I know that when I first started blogging, I had no idea what this even meant, or how important it could be! Basically, “PageRank” is one o ... [read more]...

WordPress Plugins: Friends or Foes?

WP Gal — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:30:10 +0000

One of the greatest things about WordPress is the ability to add functionality to it via plugins. There are some awesome free and premium plugins out there that will enhance your WordPress blog or website, and personally, I find it difficult to keep my number of active plugins to a minimum, but there are a few reasons to not install every single plugin you find that you like! Why would you want to keep the number of plugins you use to a minimum? One of the reasons for keeping the number of plugins you use down is because, logically speaking, the more plugins you use, the slo ... [read more]...

What I Observed While in Australia

WP Gal — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:05:44 +0000

This is really just a silly post, but it’s been a while since my last post, and I am alive and well – just still trying to catch up from my business trip to Australia! I did have some time to explore on my own as a “tourist”, and got some awesome photos that are posted on Facebook, and I even had the opportunity to touch two different Koalas! I have a few draft posts lined up and waiting to be completed with some useful information, but for now, here’s a “fun” post about what I observed and learned from my trip: Photo credit: Ursula C ... [read more]...

Auto-Tweet Your Blog Posts with Feedburner Socialize

WP Gal — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:58:01 +0000

A few months back, I wrote an post on Free Google Tools for Websites and Blogs. One of the things I recently discovered is yet another awesome Google tool: Google Feedburner’s Socialize feature. Google now has its own URL shortener, which Socialize makes use of. This also enables you can use Google Analytics to track your traffic from Twitter. I absolutely love Socialize because it automates your workflow. There are other tools as well that do the same thing, such as TwitterFeed, however, I’m a big Google fan, and I love the integration with Google Analytics, which ... [read more]...

Impressive FREE Image Editing Tools (and more!)

WP Gal — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:58:46 +0000

I was recently introduced to some free image editing tools that I thought would be useful/helpful to others, so I’d like to share this awesome resource. It’s called Aviary, and it’s a line of multiple web-based applications (no installation required) that seem awesome, and are now free to use! There are several tools, actually (not just image editing), including: Image Editor Color Editor Effects Editor Vector Editor Image Markup Screen Capture Audio Editor I’ve briefly played around with the Image Editor called Phoenix, and it seems pretty equivalent ... [read more]...