When you develop a site on your local machine you don’t have to worry about the time and bandwidth used in uploading files, or hiding development sites from view until they’re ready to be published. Having a local version of your site locally also provides you with a staging environment where you can easily test any site changes out of…. Continue Reading
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WordPress.com Versus WordPress.org: Which WordPress Version is Best for Me?
The world loves WordPress, doesn’t it? The headline figures are certainly impressive: WordPress powers around a quarter of the net. If you’re relatively new to WordPress, you might not realize that there are actually two versions of WordPress, though. WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Both WordPress.com and WordPress.org use the same core WordPress software, so it’s easy to confuse them as the…. Continue Reading
WordPress SEO by Yoast vs All in One SEO Pack: Which is the Best SEO plugin?
Fact: Every new WordPress installation requires an SEO plugin to improve search engine rankings. Yes, WordPress already has SEO tools pre-installed, but when you use a plugin it allows you to take full control over what’s being shown to the search engines, and you’re more likely to understand how your articles and website pages look to the search engines. A…. Continue Reading
What is a Gravatar and Why You Should Get One
Have you ever wondered why some people have a nice photo next to their name when they comment on various websites? In some cases, it’s an actual photo of the individual and sometimes it’s a piece of clipart most commonly known as an avatar. And in some cases, the image that appears is a white icon of a person against…. Continue Reading
Battle of eCommerce Platforms: Comparing WooCommerce and Shopify
We know that eCommerce is ever on the rise and more and more sellers and stores are going online nowadays. Naturally, this has led to the growing popularity of eCommerce platforms. Two such platforms or solutions, WooCommerce and Shopify, have gained a very loyal following and user base. However, when it comes to comparing WooCommerce and Shopify, which one beats…. Continue Reading
How to Install WordPress: The Complete WordPress Installation Guide
WordPress, WordPress, WordPress. Lately, you have heard this term thrown around a lot. You’ve been hearing great things about WordPress, the most popular of content management systems (CMSs). Now you’re curious. You want to dive in. You’re ready to take full advantage of the WordPress platform to power your website. But there’s a problem. You don’t know what to do…. Continue Reading
History of WordPress: A What You Must Know Guide
WordPress is most certainly the world’s favorite content management system (CMS). It powers over 70 million websites, which makes a whooping 60% of all websites that run on a CMS. This figure translates to about 25% of all websites on the planet! Travel back in time twelve years, and this wasn’t the case. WordPress was a bare blogging platform that…. Continue Reading
5 Tips to Help Get Your Blog Post Loads of Real Attention
Imagine this: You’ve just finished writing the most epic blog post ever. You’re boiling over with excitement over the buzz your post is going to generate. You hit the publish button and then go watch Game of Thrones. The next day, nobody has visited your blog. Nobody has read your epic post. Why? Because attracting visitors to your blog involves…. Continue Reading
11 Types of Content That Really Drive Traffic
They say that content is king. But to really rule the web, your content has to be epic. Like, really epic. It has to do more than just inform. It has to entertain, grab attention and be able to drive tons of traffic. Unfortunately, a basic blog post isn’t always going to cut it. To fully utilize content marketing, your…. Continue Reading
How to Create a Killer About Page For Your WordPress Blog
The About page is one of the most important pages on your WordPress blog. Yes, the one where you slapped on some info about yourself a year ago and haven’t looked at since. Really, that’s important? Isn’t the About page just something every blogger creates out of a sense of duty? Unfortunately, that is often the case. However, that doesn’t mean…. Continue Reading
