WordPress Tips
How I Use Canva to Create Featured Images
Shifting from Adobe to Canva felt like betrayal The first time I used Abobe Photoshop or Illustrator was almost 30 years ago. And I used them every day for more than 20 years. But slowly over the years, I started…
Read MoreEmbracing Gutenberg Completely
I've moved to Gutenberg completely In Mid-January I changed my theme to Blocksy and started the re-design of all my pages from my favorite page builder to Gutenberg. Before I get into the why and how of the transition, let…
Read MoreLet’s Talk About WordPress Affiliate Marketing
There are a lot of perspectives to consider when we're talking about WordPress affiliate marketing You can't really spend much time on Twitter, Facebook Groups, or reading some blogs to hear the strongly opinionated take that people doing WordPress affiliate…
Read More14 Things To Do After Launching a WordPress Site
Your website launch isn't the end of the journey, it's just the start. Here are the 14 things you can't forget to do after launching a new WordPress site. Your Post-Launch Strategy Most of us get super excited when it…
Read MoreHow to Speed Up WordPress Sites: Not an Ultimate Guide
One tip to speed up WordPress sites If you're read any of my posts, you know I don't write ultimate guides to anything. I don't enjoy reading 10,000 word posts (even if Google thinks they're better) and so I don't…
Read MoreA WooCommerce Membership Site in Under 10 Minutes
Building a WooCommerce membership site doesn't have to be tough I know that a lot of folks out there will tell you that building a WooCommerce membership site is not only tough work, but complex work. I disagree. Often, I…
Read MoreCustomizing the WordPress Dashboard Is Now Easy
Make WordPress more friendly for non-technical audiences I've been having a conversation with a few folks about the challenge that comes with building WordPress solutions for non-technical customers. And the conversation regularly goes back to customizing the WordPress dashboard. So…
Read MoreWhy I no longer allow comments on my blog
You've heard the debate about comments on blogs, right? The conversation comes up a lot about comments on blogs. I used to tell people that I really appreciate comments on blogs. But that was back in 2013. And things aren't…
Read MoreThe Value of Flexible Thinking
Have you heard of the Mann Gulch Fire? In the mountains of Montana there was a wild fire. In those days every fire was put out. Every fire was worked on. So naturally, firefighters were sent to put out the…
Read MoreHow to build a simple quiz-Based recommendation engine
What is a recommendation engine? If you've been online and browsed the web much, you've interacted with recommendation engines. They might not all feel like recommendation engines, but that's what they are. To make sure we're on the same page,…
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