For as long as there have been search engines there has been search engine optimization. The idea of “free” search traffic has an innate appeal to everybody with a website. Many of these people have sought to get a piece of that traffic in one way or another. You used to be able to build […]
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Some Quick Tips for WordPress Security
According to W3Techs, WordPress now powers a full third of all websites. That’s a pretty insane level of market penetration, but if you look at the platform’s past growth it’s not terribly surprising. While WordPress’ popularity speaks highly of its ease of use and reliability, there are a few downsides to being so widely used. […]
3 Easy Tests for Your Mobile Website
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who exists in the modern world that mobile devices have become close to surgically attached for many people. Whether they’re talking, texting or trolling on Twitter, you don’t have to look far to find somebody with their nose buried in a phone. The number of people using […]
The One Minute Website Speed Test
You’ve probably heard the news about website speed, user experience and conversions. I wrote another post about it, along with instructions on how to solve some common problems. That post is more focused on WordPress, but the same rules apply for any site. Here are some of the scary stats: A one second delay in […]
Letgrow.org: A WordPress Powered Community
Let Grow was founded as a community for parents to come together around the idea of raising resilient and independent kids. I built this site using WordPress in conjunction with BuddyPress (social networking) and bbPress (forum) to allow users to communicate and share online as well as connect in the real world. The design is […]