More about WordPress & Websites

5 things to help improve your WordPress website SEO
1. Make Sure Your Website is Visible to Search Engines You will want to make sure that your website is visible to search engines like Google and Bing. WordPress has a built-in option to prevent search engines from crawling your
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3 quick website optimization tips
Spend about an hour a week working on these few SEO tasks so your website can be better optimized and gain more visitors. 1. Update your website content regularly Google and other search engines love fresh, relevant content. Write about
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Tune up your WordPress Website – July Maintenance
Time to tune up your website WordPress.org Codex (the WordPress.org online manual) recommends regular site maintenance and has come up with a monthly schedule of tasks you should perform to keep your site running smoothly. They have created a monthly Site
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Have your WordPress Plugins been abandoned?
The consequences of plugins that do not get updated by their authors WordPress was conceived as an open source platform. That means that you can download and install the application for free. Complementing this is the work done by plugin
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What I learned at Chicago Wordcamp 2017
Wordcamp Chicago – talking everything about WordPress This weekend I attended the Wordcamp conference in Chicago. Two rainy, windy days with traffic backed up on the highways and a lot of attendees who forgot their umbrellas! The annual conference was, as
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Pen & Ink Illustrations
Pen & Ink Illustrations by artist Kathleen Nelson I am so lucky. My friend and client Kathleen Nelson regularly sends me notecards with her fabulous artwork on it. A skilled artist, Kathleen, draws just about everything from animals to gardens
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Did you update your WordPress version today?
A new WordPress version is now available for update. There is a new WordPress version available —v4.7.3. This new version patches a few security vulnerabilities and also contains a few fixes for several issues. It is important to update your
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Time to install an SSL on your site
What is an SSL? Last June I wrote a post about the need for SSL certificates. You can read it here: What is an SSL and why you need it. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer, a standard security technology) is a security measure that
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Did you know there are 2 types of WordPress software?
WordPress.COM or Wordpress.ORG If you are considering having your own blog or website, you might want to check out WordPress — a content management system that lets you maintain and manage your site. This means you can write posts, add pages,
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