wordpress
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How to Get Free SSL Certificate from Inmotion Hosting
One of the somewhat recent developments on the web is that Google is starting to prefer content that is secured with an SSL certificate. It started in 2014 with an announcement by Google and it has been getting coverage by most SEO authorities for a while, like here, here and here. Now, 3 years later,…
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Server Performance Improvements for WordPress – Turning off Services
My site is proudly hosted with Inmotion Hosting, I use their VPS3000 plan which means I have almost full control over my server. It’s a virtual server, but I have full root access, and technically I can do anything I want on it. This also means that I could easily break something. As I’ve been…
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One Half Million Words!
I published the blog post the other day announcing my 100 Day challenge and I got a nice little notice on my dashboard. This is a notice I wasn” even expecting but it came in as a nice surprise. I use a plugin called WP Word Count Pro. This keeps track of how many words…
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Wp Security Audit Log Tracks Activity on Your Blog
Whenever I used to work on a website with other administrators, we always ran into the same question. Who did this? or Who updated the plugins without running a backup first? Or just, who updated the About page without talking to the marketing team? If you ever wondered that, then this post is for you.…
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GreenGeeks Web Hosting Review – First Impressions
This is the first time I write about Greengeeks web hosting from a blogger’s perspective. Greengeeks recently approached me to test out their system and I agreed. The only way to really put it to the test would be to put a real website on it. I decided to move How To Blog Tutorials to the…
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Envira Gallery Pro Replacing NextGen Gallery
The other day I decided to start replacing the NextGen Gallery plugin with a new one called Envira. Envira Gallery is made by the same folks that make Optinmonster and Soliloquy slideshow. This move was a bittersweet experience because I’ve used NextGen for every single photo project and for all my blogs since it came…
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Genesis Theme $100 Off Summer Sale!
You know I really like the Genesis theme, the guys at Studiopress don’t have sales very often but when they do, they’re pretty awesome. As is this sale for which I just received notice. You can get an amazing deal if you want to get ALL of the Genesis themes. Just have to get it…
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It Takes Money to Make Money
Have you heard that before? Sure you have. It’s a cliche that gets thrown around without much thought behind it. People often misuse it, but many times it is absolutely true. I wanted to show you my latest bill for my web hosting. You can see the amount on the screenshot below. This is a…
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OptinMonster Features and Exit Intent
Optinmonster features lots of awesome tools for you to increase your email subscriptions. It’s pretty much awesome, really check it out at http://oglink.it/optinmonster-notagrouch I cover some of the features Optinmonster has for you there. My favorite is the exit intent feature, but they have added quite a few others that are worth checking out, so…
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It’s official, my new theme is Customizr.
I was going to do a review of three themes and tell you why I picked one over the others. I had quite a few problems with my previous theme so I had to do this. snapshot of the front page. missing a logo and a bit more polish. But truth be told, I don’t…