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How to resize and prepare images for use on your WordPress website
Images are a key to a blog or website. Bad quality images will make your site look unprofessional. Images that are too large will slow down the load time of your site. Images that the wrong dimensions and shape will mess up a page layout Once you have selected an…
5 Best Ways to Get Help with WordPress
I built my first WordPress website in 2011. At the time, I was not aware of the many avenues available for support and learning within the WordPress community and struggled to find answers and teach myself everything from css to html to plugins and ftp. Over the years I have…
Why I Love WordCamps
I attended my first WordCamp in Baltimore in 2014. I found out about WordCamp by accident. I had hired a developer in Florida to do some php work for a client of mine, and he mentioned in passing that he was presenting at WordCamp Tampa. I googled “WordCamp” and discovered…
Help! The Facebook Image from My Website is Wrong!
If you have ever tried sharing a link from your website and Facebook, you may have encountered an issue where the image that Facebook is reading from your website is not the image you want to be featured. When you share a link on your Facebook timeline, you will usually…
The Blogging Challenge: Blogging For One Month
I met the sister team from @sumydesigns, Susan Sullivan and Amy Masson at WordCamp US. They impressed me with their commitment to blogging about website and WordPress design and development. As a result, I have set myself a goal of blogging every day (or almost every day!) for the month…
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ACK! HACK!
5 Ways to Protect your WordPress Website We very rarely have to deal malware on our client’s websites because we keep the software updated and run scans regularly. WordPress website can be vulnerable to hacking when old plugins and WordPress core files are not kept updated. Sometimes, website files have…
What Kind of Car Do You Drive – WordPress Hosting Conversation
I recently posted some information on the Facebook Advanced WordPress Group about blacklisted plugins on Go Daddy Managed WordPress Hosting plans, including several backup plugins. My intention was to share this information with the community and advise you how to choose managed WordPress hosting plans in case you may be…
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Lesson from Hillary – Use Your Email Properly
Politics aside, using personal email for business is a bad idea. Debating whether or not Hillary knew or didn’t know or realize this, if her advisors did or didn’t tell her to avoid this mistake, is not the purpose of this blog post, but it is has reminded me how email…
Solving Problems
My mom just arrived for a visit. She is one of the best problem solvers I know. If something is broken, my mom can fix it! She is not only very talented at “tinkering” with things, she is also smart about asking for help and knowing where to find answers….
Jumping In
The ball just dropped in Times Square. There’s no time like the present to jump in and begin a new challenge. How many times have you put something off because you are not “ready?” I recall mornings when I rose early to swim in the open water, training for a triathlon….
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