One of the first times I chose a WordPress theme I ended up spending $50 and the theme hardly worked for me. I needed a WordPress theme for a client. This client requested that the theme had fonts and designs that represent their company well, that being a law firm. It needed a space to capture emails at the top,…. Continue Reading
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An SEO Beginners Guide to Permalinks and Slugs
The word “permalink.” Any idea what it means? What about a slug? You may stumble upon these terms while scrolling around your WordPress dashboard or while reading an article on how to improve your search engine optimization, but what do both of them really mean? Read this guide to permalinks and slugs to understand the intricacies that go into these sometimes…. Continue Reading
Getting Started With Google Analytics In Your WordPress Site
Every website, be it a blog or a company site thrives on its audience. Without them, your website will be a futile attempt to achieve your goal. That is why being able to interact with your audience is pertinent for your web endeavors. Of course, this can be achieved by producing good content. But the variety or the scope of…. Continue Reading
What The Heck Are WordPress Frameworks?
WordPress theme development is never easy. It requires a lot of patience, skill and stress. It will probably take you a lot of time and effort to start creating themes from scratch. Not to mention the security dangers and bugs that will come as WordPress updates come every now and then. Of course, if you’re a kick-butt designer, you would…. Continue Reading
How Much Does It Really Cost To Start A WordPress Site
Even though WordPress’ services are generally free, managing a WordPress site really isn’t. Yes, while it is true that up to now, WordPress is free there are a lot of costs entailed in the site management side of things that is no joke. Of course, you can always try out a WordPress.com blog and casually create content in it. You…. Continue Reading
How to Install WordPress Locally on a Windows Computer
WordPress is without doubt the best Content Management System on the web bar none, this is coming from someone who has used all of the popular content management systems around. Installing WordPress on your own server is a piece of cake with the simple one-click install, this is something that even non technical and senior citizens are able to do…. Continue Reading
Making a Church Website With WordPress
More and more church websites are being made with WordPress. WordPress powers more than 20% of all websites in the world. This figure is incredible but not surprising. There are many advantages to making a website with WordPress and churches are taking notice. Churches are saying no to expensive proprietary church website solutions and yes to WordPress, a flexible platform that’s easy for church staff…. Continue Reading
Schedule and Automate WordPress Tasks with IFTTT
Setting up automated tasks for WordPress, like taking a backup every time a post is published or sharing posts in social media networks can be a real time consuming process. What if there was a service that could do it all for you? Something like a mute Siri? Just as you could ask Siri to wake you up at 7:30…. Continue Reading
An Introduction to Custom Post Types in WordPress
If you’ve just started tinkering under the hood of WordPress, you’ve probably come across custom post types or you may have noticed that many themes come with their own custom post types. If you’re wondering what exactly a custom post type is and what is it for, you’re not alone! In fact, the phrase “custom post types” is a bit…. Continue Reading
How to Reduce the Bounce Rate of Your WordPress Website
Your bounce rate is a measure of how quickly people are visiting your site and then clicking away straight away again. While this isn’t always a bad thing (if your main goal is to get visitors to click an advertising banner, you’d hope for a high bounce rate, likewise if your website consists of only one page, you’re always going…. Continue Reading
