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Why I’m Considering Ditching Thesis For My Own Custom Theme

January 30, 2012
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Long-time readers of this blog will be aware that I have been a vocal supporter and proponent of the Thesis framework for WordPress for quite some time. This site runs on Thesis, and I am always keen to recommend it to others (for crying out loud, there’s a giant ad for Thesis in my sidebar). [...]

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Speeding Up WordPress, Part 1: Basic W3 Total Cache Configuration and Content Delivery Network

September 28, 2011
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A while ago, I wrote up a small post posting the results of the “blog speedup” I did for my friend Jenn. What I didn’t do was actually explain HOW I did it. This post will dive into the settings and steps needed to make your WordPress blog super-duper fast. NOTE: This will only work [...]

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Making Jenn Fast – How I Sped Up A WordPress Blog

July 25, 2011
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Speed matters, right? It’s a proven fact that the speed of page load has a direct impact on Google rankings and visitor conversion. Well, it’s about as proven as anything is on the Internet, which basically means that a lot of us think it sounds logical, so it must be true. Regardless, having a faster [...]

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I just got a WordPress blog…now what do I do?

February 24, 2011
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WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today. With it’s famous “Five minute install method”, getting WordPress up and running for your blog is relatively trivial. However, after the base install, there are several things that should be configured for the most awesome WordPress experience possible. Note: The tips in this post [...]

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WordPress Lockdown! Part 1 – Renaming the admin account

February 9, 2010
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WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today. However, it’s very popularity can work against it – due to the fact that many people install WordPress but don’t know how to properly lock it down, it’s a prime target for hackers who want to exploit it. Making your WordPress blog nice and [...]

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5 WordPress Plugins You Shouldn’t Do Without

February 8, 2010
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One of the biggest advantages of using self-hosted WordPress for your blog is its extensibility with plugins. There’s hundreds (if not thousands) of different plugins you can install into your WordPress installation to provide additional features ranging from social media integration to post ratings to weather-forecast widgets. It’s easy to go overboard with plugins (which can be [...]

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Zemanta

January 19, 2010

While poking around a bit today on the Lijit site, I came across a promo for a service/site called Zemanta. Described as a tool to “help you to blog smarter by suggesting related content, in real-time, for what you’re writing,” Zemanta seemed like something I wanted to check out. Zemanta is a free service. It [...]

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