I decided to put up an official page for WordPress Coaching services here on WordPress Angel. It’s something I’ve done for a while, just not formally. Over the last few months, after I’ve done a fair amount of coaching so I thought I’d make it official. Here’s some of the types of questions I’ve covered [...]

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 [...]

Back from Vegas and Pubcon, can’t say enough good things about this conference! Here’s a quick recap of what I talked about on the panel and a list of some of the plugins I mentioned. The gist was this: be aware of what plugins you are using on your site. Check out the plugin before [...]

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!

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 [...]

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 [...]

This just out, latest nasty attack aimed at self hosted WordPress: Mashable on the Attack How to know if you’ve been affected: In your permalinks, look for additions that looks like: …eval(base64_decode… Also check your users, you may have an additional admin user – look for one you don’t recognize. Read more details at Lorelle’s [...]

If you’ve recently upgraded to WordPress 2.8.3, you’ll want to head over to WordPress.org and download the latest update and upgrade your install to 2.8.4. There is a security exploit that allows someone to remotely change your admin password through a special url that’s formed in the right way. It basically removes the current password, [...]

WordPress is simple to use, can be complex behind the scenes – there are so many variables that can cause issues – these are some of the most common. Sooner or later, you’re bound to run into this situation: you go to your site, prepared to make a post or update a widget and you [...]

How do I set up WordPress so a guest author can post, without giving them the keys to the kingdom (blog)? First, what’s a Guest Post? This is a common thing – and a good way to expand your reach with your audience. A Guest Post is simply a post made to your blog by [...]