WordPress

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 write new postsâ ... [read more]...

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, which I’ll ... [read more]...

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 (Cascading Style Sheet ... [read more]...

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 repurcussions of ... [read more]...

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 of the methods Goo ... [read more]...

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 slower your WordPres ... [read more]...

I really disklike having any kind of Flash on websites and/or blogs that I own or design, and I know there are many designers and developers out there who agree with me. Using flash also makes SEO more challenging for websites and blogs, which is another reason to stay away from flash if you can. In addition to working by day as a Technical Trainer, working by night as a freelance web and blog designer, as well as dabbling in photography here and there on the side, I also compose my own music. I have a separate website for my music that is also (of course) WordPress-based, and I used to use an ... [read more]...