Bringing WordPress Down to Earth
WordPress 3.3 is coming and there are a number of changes that improve things behind the scenes. One thing I’m really glad to see is the change with permalinks. /%postname%/ will no longer be a custom setting that you manually enter. It will be a selectable option. This one is big because the performance issues [...]
The Aussie X launched their new site just in time for their appearance on the Dragons’ Den. An HTML to WordPress conversion, we used StudioPress’ Genesis and the Associate child theme as the basis for the site and customized from there. The site is also using Gravity Forms and Cart66. W3 Total Cache helped the [...]
I’ll be in Las Vegas next week for Pubcon. Look for me moderating the “CSS and HTML Coding Today” session, and speaking on “WordPress SEO and Installation” where I’ll be talking about the gotchas and glitches of plugins. It’s going to be a great event, if you’re there, come say hi!
Alpa Petroleum has been a long time client of ours. When they came to us to make a complete overhaul on their static html based site, we talked about the ease of using WordPress for your site, and how they’d be able to manage updates themselves. This is a small site and we adapted their [...]
Susie and Otto Collins’ site Relationship Gold has a new face these days. This site was originally a static site with hundreds of pages, grown over time. WordPress Angel mapped out the existing site and urls then converted it into WordPress. This site is using StudioPress Genesis Theme and a customized Magazine child theme. Relationship [...]
Just a quick post. In October, I’ll be speaking at StomperNet Live 10! I’ll be speaking on WordPress (of course!) and SEO on Friday morning. If you’re coming, grab me and say hi! If you’re not – there’s still time to make plans. It’s going to be a great weekend – lots of networking and [...]
One of the questions I get a lot is what will it take to make my blog look like my site or less like a blog (or both). Here are some easy ways to begin making changes to your site. This is the first in a series of posts talking about easy ways to modify [...]
Why Thesis? I’ve been using Thesis on my own site’s and on client sites for quite some time. (This site uses Thesis!) So what do I like about it? I like Thesis by DIYThemes for some of the same reasons I choose to work with WordPress. It’s flexible, yet solid framework. Thesis works with WordPress [...]
Did you know you can use named anchors within your pages to break up your content and make it easier for users to find what they’re looking for more quickly? Google is now using these named anchors and including these links within some search results. Google is generating these links automatically based on your page [...]