When setting up websites for new businesses, I get this question extremely often. But a bigger, scarier question is: does it matter?
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Old version of TimThumb detected in your theme folder. Click here to update.
WOO themes use a theme framework and that makes it easy to update. Who cares about easy to update? You do. Why do you care? Because it makes it easier to fix security breaches like this one with a single click.
Responsive Design
Responsive Design. What does it mean? In my non-techy world, that the design (of the website) adapts to the screen it’s on. So that if you have a monster widescreen, an iPhone or a laptop, the screen adjusts accordingly.
BuddyPress
BuddyPress can turn your WordPress site into a full-blown socially-connected, discussion, Facebook-like, powerful community site.
Traffic School
Ready for Traffic School? Course guarantee: You will double your site’s traffic within 6 months or your money back. If your site is brand new, you’ll go from 0 to at least 3,000 visitors per month in 6 months.
Kindle Convert
I’m a writer and I promote writers and their work. I’m old school (pen and paper) so the thought of a Kindle was horrifying. Here’s why I’m a convert.
Genesis Child Themes on ThemeForest
I knew that StudioPress had put a few Genesis child themes on ThemeForest, but I didn’t realize there were non-StudioPress-built Genesis child themes there. Just a handful for now, but hopefully more to come!
Genesis 1.6 Released — and why you care.
StudioPress just released version 1.6 of their Genesis Framework for WordPress. The fact that they have an update at all says quite a bit. Here’s why.
wordpress.com stats broken? Have no fear, JetPack is here!
The features of WordPress.com are now available to WordPress.org (self-hosted) sites
ThemeForest Premium WordPress Themes
ThemeForest has a collection of premium WordPress themes that’s hard to beat.
From Writer to WordPress: How One Creative Made the Transition to Tech
I was interviewed by the Intuit Small Business Blog. We talk about going from the writer’s world to the promoting-the-writer’s world.
12,000 emails per month to a list of 2,000 subscribers — completely free
MailChimp, my preferred newsletter/mailing list/mass emailing software, just upped the ante: you can now use their service, completely free of charge, for your mailing list of 2,000 subscribers and send 12,000 emails per month.
Pitchapalooza
Would-be authors pitch book ideas to a panel of publishing experts. Presenters got advice from the panelists; the winner receives an introduction to an agent.
This letter is to inform you that it’s time to send in your search engine registration
Several clients have been sending me these emails that look quite official and sound threatening (“Failure to complete … ” etc.). It sounds very much like it’s your domain registration (which is their trick), but it’s not.
