Understanding WordPress Child Themes

If you read the blog on Understanding WordPress Theme Framework, you know a little about child themes. For those who didn’t read it, or those that just want to know more about this curious WordPress (WP) feature, let’s take a look at it close up. Let’s begin understanding WordPress child themes, what they are all about. Child themes are integral … Read More

Understanding WordPress Theme Framework

A lot of us have heard of a child theme in WordPress (WP) and other web solutions. We may or may not know exactly what that means. Some of us just need a little clarification. We’ll get into the nuts and bolts of child themes. But before we do, let’s look at the nuts and bolts of theme framework, the … Read More

Assigned vs Custom Domains

With many website solutions out there, you can get convenience, with much of the details left up to the provider. With solutions like WordPress you can get convenience and control over much of the details in your website solution. To illustrate this point, let’s look at a popular provider vs. WordPress. Let’s look at assigned vs custom domains. The Back … Read More

Get WordPress For Successful Digital Marketing

Based on everything we know in today’s digital marketing era, people have a few, main website options. About 60% of all users get WordPress for successful digital marketing, but let’s take a look at each of the contenders. These boil down to 3 main types of providers. The first two types are proprietary and provide the site and its hosting … Read More

Successful Digital Projects Require the Right Technology

It’s not just a digital marketing project, it’s a digital marketing project that deserves serious attention from the get go. Successful digital projects require the right attention. Successful digital projects require the right technology. The internet has been a major, power player for decades. Its digital market place has captured a boggling share of business activity. A business without a … Read More

Difference Between Wix and WordPress

WordPress is the most popular and considered the most efficient content management system (CMS) in the world by most in the know. That said, it’s definitely not the only contender. Wix, for example is an up and coming, popular option that has many powerful features. It’s a platform that many talk about and choose. So, what is the difference between … Read More

Adding WordPress Blog Footnotes

You may be one of those people who blogs pretty often. Maybe you are a journalist or a professional writer of some type. You may have, at least from time to time, wanted to add a footnote or two in your posts. It’s something that many of us don’t think about how to do, until we actually see the need. … Read More

WordPress Questions and Answers

People new to WordPress naturally have plenty of questions. Their questions can cover any number of a rich assortment of WordPress features and functions. Thankfully, they are working with a platform that is all about being user friendly and easy to learn. That said, it’s great to have some of the often raised, WordPress Questions and Answers addressed. We’ll cover … Read More

How to Build Your Personal Online Brand

Do you want to build your personal brand? One of the best ways to do that is with WordPress. You will want to get the best information up and displayed to help you start building a trustworthy reputation as part of your personal brand. WordPress is a tool of choice to start with and accomplish that online. Here’s how to … Read More

WordPress Widgets

If you ever wanted to know what a WordPress Widget was, you can learn about them now. You may already know WordPress widgets are useful elements on a website, but what makes them tick? In a nutshell, they are small, standalone programmed blocks made to perform a specific function. In a WordPress website, you can easily add widgets, for example, … Read More

How to Make a Website Your Marketing Tool of Choice

A website is only as good as the use it’s put to. It is only as good as the time and attention that is paid to it, like most worthwhile things. It doesn’t have a life of its own and won’t perform all on its own. It needs to be attended to and valued. If you have a site, you … Read More

5 Reasons Why You Need to Get a WordPress Website

Since around 2000, websites have undergone stunning stages of change. They have gone from pure html static files, requiring a login to server access, to limited template platforms owned by their providers. They have moved from variations of that stage to state-of-the-art, open source platforms. Open source platforms are often being improved and kept on the cutting edge of web … Read More

Back Dating WordPress Posts

People might not even think it’s possible to back date a WordPress post. Although, it definitely is, and sometimes it’s  recommended. Your can certainly post with a current date and time or schedule for a future one. Dating a post is a fairly simple process. You just go to the “Publish” block in the column to the right of where … Read More

Promoting Old WordPress Posts

Most of the time, when bloggers write a post, it’s viewed as a one time thing and goes to the blog archive page to be forgotten. Most bloggers don’t recognize any value in their old posts. But what if you can get more out of them even when they are no longer ‘shiny and new’? What if it can make … Read More