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Bite-Sized WordPress Maintenance Tips: Delete Old Themes.

Bite-Sized WordPress Maintenance Tips: Delete Old Themes.

This is a new series of posts I am starting. Sometimes tutorials can be really long and tedious. This is meant to make tutorials a little easier to digest and to help you integrate good behaviors into your workflow, business or in this case into your WordPress website. This time we’re talking about maintenance for…

The 1 Reason Genesis Themes Makes It Easier to Get Started With WordPress Quickly.

The 1 Reason Genesis Themes Makes It Easier to Get Started With WordPress Quickly.

Have you ever activated a WordPress theme and been disappointed by that first impression? I’ve been using WordPress for a long time, and I still feel this way sometimes. The theme just doesn’t look or feel like the demo. I can imagine if you’re new to WordPress, this is even a bigger issue for you….

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How to Activate a Theme for your Free WordPress Website

One of the coolest things about a new website is picking just the right theme. To make things easier for you I’ve installed about a dozen of the best themes available for WordPress. This is a tutorial that shows you how to activate the theme you want to use. If you can’t find a theme…

eCommerce with WordPress Update. Questions. Speed!

eCommerce with WordPress Update. Questions. Speed!

I’m almost ready to do a soft launch on my new eCommerce site. Life has gotten in the way a bit so I’m behind by a few days. I’m not making excuses, simply explaining. But now, moving upward and onward. I’m super excited about the speed of the website. That’s the main reason I’m doing…

Bye Bye Genesis Themes, It’s Been Good.
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Bye Bye Genesis Themes, It’s Been Good.

Over the past seven or eight years, Genesis themes have been my default to-go themes for any WordPress website I’ve built. But this post marks the moment I ditched the Studiopress collection of themes. Maybe you are wondering why. I’ve been a proponent of those themes for such a long time and this decision may…

The Beautiful State of a Virgin WordPress Installation.

The Beautiful State of a Virgin WordPress Installation.

When you’re deep into WordPress, you tend to load up every installation with all the stuff you think you need. 42 plugins, your bloated theme, and all kinds of stuff all over the widget areas. I have a WordPress “kit” which I normally use to set up a new site, then I remove the stuff…

Better Than WordPress? That’s Blasphemous!

Better Than WordPress? That’s Blasphemous!

In today’s driving with Oscar video, I talk about a system that is arguably better than WordPress. In some cases, where you don’t need a blog or a platform to extend with plugins and special themes or custom development, this is better than WordPress. I think this is particularly true today, especially with some of…

WordPress Bloggers – This plugin will Increase your Optin Rates.

WordPress Bloggers – This plugin will Increase your Optin Rates.

One of the things that has helped me build trust with clients and develop their business is this plugin for WordPress. I use different ways to grow my email lists and those of my clients. This is one of those ways; installing AND using this plugin I’m about to tell you about. Keep in mind…

How to Customize the Menus on your WordPress website
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How to Customize the Menus on your WordPress website

Soon after you get your free website setup, you will want to change the theme or customize the one that is there. You’ll want to add your own content to the prebuilt pages. Most of the other important things have already been done for you when you receive your site. But menus are special because…