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How to limit the number of posts a user can publish on your WordPress site
Why would you ever want to limit the number of posts a user can publish? I saw a question about limiting post creation for authors just the other day in our Advanced WordPress Facebook Group. Then, hours later, a client of mine asked about it for their own site. Then, yesterday someone else asked about...
iThemes Sync And InfiniteWP are different and for different people
Two different products that sound the same when you read feature lists. But they're not. The challenge most WordPress products have Most WordPress products struggle in exactly the same way. Regardless of how well they're coded, regardless of how well they're supported, the folks behind most of the WordPress plugins that are premium (or commercial...
How complicated is a Chargify WordPress integration project?
The short answer is really short. It's not that complicated at all. But let me show you. Wait... what is Chargify? Chargify is a subscription management service. In other words, it helps you charge customers on a recurring basis. You know, like charging a customer every single month, for access to your protected content on...
Meet Syed Balkhi (by the numbers) and wish him happy birthday!
Do you know my friend, Syed Balkhi? No? He doesn't pay me to be his PR. I'm just so impressed with him and how hard he works, and how generous he is with his knowledge, that I want to make sure you know him. He's the guy behind List25.com, WPBeginner.com, and tons of WordPress plugins....
The Best WordPress Membership Plugin of 2015
This summer I went on a search... The idea was simple. Thirty plugin reviews in 30 days. I would first have to see if there really were more than 30 membership plugins. Truth: there are. By my limited research, there were over 45 different membership plugins for WordPress. But some are really new. Others are...
Learn your own story, Then learn how to tell it
Do you know your own story? Have you learned how to tell it? A couple weeks ago in Dallas After three months at home, away from conferences, talks and events, I headed out to Austin and Dallas for meetings and a conference. While...
Dripped Content And Notifications in WordPress
There was a time when very few WordPress products supported content dripping. Today many do. Yet, they still struggle. The Call was for Dripped Content Some time in 2010 I experienced three distinctly different dynamics with online information that changed my thinking on dripped content. The first was that I started selling my first eBook on...
Remembering Alex King
Last night Alex King passed away. While very sad, his legacy will outreach what we're feeling today. The Name Alex King The name Alex King was the first one I learned in the WordPress community. To be clear, I didn't even know a community existed. It was 2005 and Google routed me to his website and...
Creating the Structure for an Online Course
\"We are like tea bags—we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.\" Creating an Online Course... The challenge people have, when it comes to creating an online course, isn't normally the selection of a tool or platform. I spent the week with the guys from LifterLMS, and I can assure you their...
The business problem many men don't have
Note, the issue below is not only a female thing. Men experience it too. The stories are illustrative, not proof. I've coached hundreds of folks—men and women—my opinion is based on that. Last week I was at BIF2015 This past week I was at BIF2015. It's a conference that's been going on for over a...
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