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Making it Work From Home
Reading time: 3 minutesHaving a job where you work from home is an incredible challenge. For people used to being in an office, it can be difficult to make the switch easily. Combine that with the knowledge that your loved ones (significant others, kids, pets, room-mates) are sitting feet away from you, and it’s a wonder that anyone…
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Theme Release: Downbeat 2.0
Reading time: 2 minutesA long time ago, I released a version of my core WordPress theme, called Parthenon. It was well received, but I ended up making so many changes to it that I eventually scrapped that theme – and the name – in favor of something more fitting to it’s purpose: to be the baseline for my…
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WordPress 4.1 Release Candidate Available
Reading time: 1 minuteJust in time for Christmas, the amazing WordPress contribution team is getting geared up to release WordPress 4.1 on December 16. Right now, we can settle for the “WordPress 4.1 Release Candidate” In case you missed it, here’s what to expect from WordPress 4.1: A new theme, Twenty Fifteen. It’s more blog focused, and is very…
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5 Essential WooCommerce Extensions, Add-Ons & Plugins
Reading time: 2 minutesWooCommerce is one of the most powerful WordPress eCommerce solutions on the market. Out of the box, it does everything you’d expect an eCommerce system to do: Host products Have a scannable product listing Take orders for products Accept payments through PayPal Allow people to use coupons But, sometimes, you need to think outside of…
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Redirection: An Easy Way to Handle 301 Redirects
Reading time: 3 minutesSince I’ve switched to my new design, I’ve also done quite a bit of cleanup work on the content side of things. I pruned a lot of old articles that weren’t bringing in search traffic (and weren’t related to the site anymore), cleaned up a lot of the categories, and set my permalink structure to…
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New Year, New Design, New Focus
Reading time: 3 minutesWow! What an incredible year 2014 has been. You may have noticed that this year was a bit… quiet on the [studionashvegas] front. To be honest, it was that way for a reason – I stepped back and took a long, hard look at a few things, and used it as a year of experimentation…
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Using a Child Theme in WordPress
Reading time: 1 minuteIf you’ve ever had to – or plan to – make customizations to your theme, it’s imperative you use a WordPress child theme when you do.
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Using Conversion Pixels in WooCommerce
Reading time: 1 minuteWith Facebook Ads and Google AdWords a mainstay of most marketing campaigns, it’s important to correctly track the clicks and conversion pixels coming from those networks. WooCommerce will not track a conversion pixel by itself… however, there is a fantastic free plugin that will do the job for you.
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Podcasting with PowerPress
Reading time: 1 minuteMost brands would benefit from having some sort of podcasting element on their site or blog. And the easiest way to do that is with PowerPress – the de facto podcasting plugin for WordPress.
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Help! I’m Locked out of WordPress
Reading time: 3 minutesToday we talk about the options we have in case the worst happens – we find ourselves locked out of our WordPress admin account unable to login.
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