I was more than tired of seeing the ‘configuration errors detected’ on my Contact 7 contact form. It didn’t matter what I did to try and fix the errors, I still got the notification. Granted, the form actually worked, but the error notice bugged me. So, I decided to find a new plugin and the […]
Genesis: How to Create Custom Sidebars for Categories, Posts and Pages
Seeing the same sidebar on my site day after day gets boring — even for me — so I can just imagine how blind regular readers become to sidebar messages when the message never changes. There is a solution to sidebar blindness though — create different sidebars for different categories, posts and pages. In this […]
Get More Google Love: Insert Post Last Updated Code
I like to search Google ‘smart’ as I expect most of my (and your) blog readers do as well. When I search Google for a product type, I limit my search to articles posted within the last year. The following graphic shows results for a recent search when I was researching water filter pitcher dispensers […]
Spring Cleaning for Your Blog
The birds are singing, the posies are popping and spring rains are making everything look shiny and new. Here are 10 tips to dust off your blog and give it a fresh spring feel. Update Your About Page Have you gained experience or earned new credentials since you set up your blog? Has the objective […]
How to Optimize Your WordPress Blog
Did you know that each time you save a draft post to your WordPress blog, the mySQL database stores a record of that post? Your WordPress database also contains records of each update you make to published posts, and all those spam comments you thought you were deleting when you clicked the ‘Empty Spam’ button? […]
How to Privately Test Drive a New WordPress Theme
I’m finally getting around to upgrading my last few blogs to the Genesis Framework from StudioPress and have decided to spare my readers the ugliness that usually accompanies such a change. In this video I discuss how to use a plugin that allows you to test drive a new WordPress theme in the background, so […]
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