Category: WordPress

  • Two Recently Updated Plugins YOU Should Be Using

    Every now and then, just because I’m the biggest WordPress dork I know, I like to just peruse the plugin database to see what’s been updated recently.  After all, how can you use new plugins if you don’t know they’re there?  I’m glad I looked when I did – I found a few plugins that…

  • WordPress 3.2: A First Look

    I’ve just downloaded a local copy of the brand spanking new WordPress 3.2beta1 – and let me be the first to say… it’s gorgeous. Simplicity is the motto here, and the UI design team has done an outstanding job in streamlining a lot of the elements down.  I mean, take a look at this new…

  • 50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 8: Proper Permalinks

    This post is the eighth of an ongoing series entitled “50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog”.  During this time, Mitch will be providing small snippits of code, plugins, and things you can do to make your blog more attractive, attain new readers, and keep old ones coming back time and time again. You can…

  • 50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 7: A Sitemap

    This post is the seventh of an ongoing series entitled “50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog”.  During this time, Mitch will be providing small snippits of code, plugins, and things you can do to make your blog more attractive, attain new readers, and keep old ones coming back time and time again. You can…

  • 50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 6: Quicker Blogging with Shortcodes

    When it comes to blogging, one of the biggest reasons people stop is the lack of time it takes to effectively update a blog. I’m always on the lookout for tips that I can give to people to help them blog quicker without sacrificing content.

  • 50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 5: Tags vs Categories (and more)

    This post is the fifth of an ongoing series entitled “50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog”.  During this time, Mitch will be providing small snippits of code, plugins, and things you can do to make your blog more attractive, attain new readers, and keep old ones coming back time and time again. You can…

  • 50 Days to a Better Blog–Day 5: Switching to Drupal

    I can’t even type this post with a straight face – nothing but love to all of my Drupal friends, though! It has its time and place, but for a blog, WordPress is always the way to go. The real Day 5 Post is coming soon.

  • 50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog–Day 4: Caption Styles

    This post is the fourth of an ongoing series entitled “50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog”.  During this time, Mitch will be providing small snippits of code, plugins, and things you can do to make your blog more attractive, attain new readers, and keep old ones coming back time and time again. You can…

  • 50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog–Day 3: Sharing is Caring

    There’s no better feeling than putting the last period on your post. We want to share it on Twitter or Facebook, but is there such a thing as “too much”?

  • 50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog-Day 2: Caching

    I want to cover a lot of different topics during this series, and one that seems to be drilled into people’s heads is the idea that they should be doing things to “make their page load faster”. There are a few good solutions, but the one I recommend the most is to find a good…