14 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 ...
How 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 ...
A 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 ...
Customizing the WordPress Dashboard Is Now Easy
Make WordPress more friendly for non-technical audiences I've been having a conversation with a few folks abkeypresout the challenge that comes with building WordPress solutions for non-technical customers. And the conversation regularly goes back to customizing the WordPress dashboard. So ...
Why 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 ...
The 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 ...
How 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, ...
The Quick Website Fix
How many times have you needed a quick website fix? You need some text changed on your website. You call that a quick website fix. Doesn't everyone? But the more you go searching the web or Facebook for a recommendation ...
My Site’s WordPress Plugins List
A couple weeks ago I told you that I had changed my theme. One reader wrote back and said, essentially, that's nice but can you get us your WordPress plugins list? I had two immediate thoughts: Are there any extraneous ...
Anonymous Personalization: Creating a more engaging experience
Is anonymous personalization an oxymoron? Anonymous personalization sounds crazy. Most of our approach to personalization comes after we identify someone. So how can you do it when a website visitor is anonymous? Before I get into it, let me ask ...