You may not think that it is important but your church or small business Wordpress site needs maintenance on an ongoing basis. Not only can it prevent a multitude of issues, maintenance can greatly improve the quality of your site. Don’t think of your site as something you put together once and then … Read more about 10 Biggest Reasons Why Small Business WordPress Sites Need Maintenance
Why Update WordPress, Plugins, Themes?
WordPress is constantly changing. The web is also constantly changing. Human beings, however, are creatures of habit and generally do not like change. This might explain why so many new WordPress users ask "Why Update WordPress, Plugins, Themes?" The short answer is "You have to!" But since most … Read more about Why Update WordPress, Plugins, Themes?
The High Cost Of A Free WordPress Theme
There is a saying: "The best things in life are free" This could possibly be true. But believe me when I tell you that a Free WordPress theme could cost you big time! If you really think about it you will understand why free is not always good when it comes to WordPress themes. Free Is Not … Read more about The High Cost Of A Free WordPress Theme
3 Reasons You Should Use A WordPress Child Theme
This post will answer the What? and Why? questions related to using a WordPress Child Theme. But before Why?, lets cover what a WordPress child theme is. WordPress, the best blogging and website tool available on the web, uses themes to control the look and feel of a website. A theme is a … Read more about 3 Reasons You Should Use A WordPress Child Theme
Don’t Overlook The Fact That Your Sitemap Boosts SEO
An often ignored, but important part of search engine optimization, is the sitemap. Most likely, you've spent lots of time on creating original content, incoming links and keyword density. But it is just as likely that you have not given any thought to a sitemap. Given the intense competition for … Read more about Don’t Overlook The Fact That Your Sitemap Boosts SEO
AMP-lify Your WordPress Content For Speed
We have known since its April 2015 update (Mobilegeddon), that Google is seriously focused on the mobile search experience. In fact you could say that they are AMPed. Googles latest mobile push is AMP-Accelerated Mobile Pages. This open source project is geared toward streamlining mobile pages so … Read more about AMP-lify Your WordPress Content For Speed
WordPress Growth Shown By Facebook Instant Articles Plugin
WordPress growth has been amazing as it has has come of age. Facebook's plugin will simplify formatting of WordPress posts for its platform. This move indicates Facebook recognizes the importance of making itself easily accessible to WordPress publishers (which happens to be about 25% of publishers … Read more about WordPress Growth Shown By Facebook Instant Articles Plugin
Five Frequently Asked Questions About WordPress
WordPress is the most widely used blog platform on the web today. With its easy-to-use and open-source nature, it is no surprise that 76.5 billion blogs run on this platform. Although it began as merely a blogging tool, WordPress powers everything from churches to CNN and CBS New York. WordPress is … Read more about Five Frequently Asked Questions About WordPress
Use Feedly And Google Alerts To Curate Content
Whether writing a novel, news article or editiorial piece, as a writer you regularly need to "curate" content for future reference. Writers curate curate content, which is the process of gathering relevant ideas and content about a topic, and storing them for future use. In the process of writing … Read more about Use Feedly And Google Alerts To Curate Content
Accelerated Mobile Pages Are Goal of New Google Project
The AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) Project is Google's latest step toward its vision for the mobile web. There was Mobile-geddon back in April 2015. Now Google aims to speed up the loading of those mobile pages which it is giving search priority to. How It Works To Speed Up Mobile Pages AMP pages … Read more about Accelerated Mobile Pages Are Goal of New Google Project
Five Beginner Steps To A More Secure WordPress
Security is a concern for any software user or developer. Since nothing man-made is perfect, all software inherently has flaws that make it susceptible to hackers. Wordpress is no exception. However, there are some very simple things you can do for a more secure Wordress installation. 1. Create … Read more about Five Beginner Steps To A More Secure WordPress