I’ve been annoyed with the performance of my WordPress blog for a while. It seems to go all over the place, sometimes it’s great, other times it’s appalling. I know it’s affected by traffic and other factors like current server load, network status, and other stuff. A huge part of WordPress performance is the theme…
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…
Free is always enticing. This is why some people go to get a blog with WordPress.com. I have some issues with WordPress.com and I want to talk about those with you today. I’m going to come out and say it directly; you should not start a blog with WordPress.com, Blogger.com, Medium.com, or other free blogging…
Ever wondered how to launch and run a blog successfully? Wonder no more, I’ve started a video series that will help you learn how to launch a blog successfully. This series of blog posts and videos cover all steps and necessary information for you to make the right decisions and start your blog in the…
I hope you’re following my 90 Day Video Challenge on YouTube. I’m into day #39 as of this blogpost. It’s been challenging and fun. When I was going through the earlier videos my friend Harsh reached out and told me about his Youtube subscription plugin. So this is what we’re talking about today. The plugin…
Gravity forms is pretty awesome, you can get it here and get a great deal: Gravity Forms. And you’ll need your own WordPress site to get it to work. WordPress dot com will not work. I use Gravity Forms for tons of different things on all the websites I create. It can work as a…
You may have heard about Leadpages. Leadpages is a marketing platform that lets you create landing pages. It’s pretty awesome and I’ve been using it for the better part of 2 years now. They keep adding new useful features but one of the things that sets them apart is their speed. You have also heard…
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…
This is a quick #WordPress basic tutorial. This setting is usually set to 20. It could be too low for you. Here’s how you adjust it. #instagood #tutorial #1imagetut
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It is well known in the WordPress land that when it comes to WordPress stuff, Orange County represents! This past Monday Zeek Interactive and the folks from OCWP hosted the Orange County WordPress party to celebrate the 10 year anniversary for the poster-child of the open source software world. The party was pretty much awesome…
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…
