Too many web projects don’t meet their goals. The project could be the wrong solution for the right goal, the right solution for the wrong goal—or, perhaps worst of all, a shiny solution for no goal. The problem is that … Read More
As promised, we’re going to talk about Analytics this week. There are lots of different platforms that people will use for gather data about user traffic volume and flow through a site, but the most common is definitely Google Analytics, … Read More
This edition is a bit more technical than most other ones (see bottom for brief technical notes), but we wanted to recommend that you do something pretty easy and really good for your business: Update WordPress to 3.7! Ordinarily, updating … Read More
One of the great things about WordPress is that it is very easy to allow additional users access to your site in an intelligent way. Well sharing a password widely may seem fast and convenient, it has an array of … Read More
This post is part of the Making Plugins Work for You course.
One of the reasons why WordPress is such a powerful and popular platform for building websites is the plugins available for it. In the context of WordPress, plugins are small pieces of code that add a specific feature to your … Read More
This post is part of the Making Plugins Work for You course.
Once you start taking a look at the different plugins available for WordPress, it becomes easy to see why this platform has become so popular. The seemingly endless possibilities for adding new features can spark all kinds of creative ideas … Read More
This post is part of the Care and Feeding of a Web Developer course.
Now that that we’ve taken a look at WordPress plugins, including how to install them, where to find them, and some scenarios when an existing plugin might not be the best option, it’s time to explore the different options for … Read More
Now that we’ve introduced the concept of landing pages and how they can benefit your business, it’s time to take a look at how you can create one for your WordPress site. As usual with WordPress, there are a number … Read More
The multi-user capabilities of WordPress make it the ideal platform for publishing content from a range of users. By utilizing the different user roles and capabilities in WordPress, giving others access to your site in a secure way is very … Read More
Change your site’s appearance with a point-and-click visual editor. A lot of WordPress owners are generally happy with the appearance of their WordPress sites, but would like to be able to quickly make changes to the font, size, or color … Read More
