Category Archives: WordPress
HTML5: The future of the Web
In 1999 I built my first website. Back then my browser was Netscape, my Internet was dial-up, I didn’t own a cell phone and Facebook didn’t exist. Since then the Web-world has seen a lot of changes. As a website … Continue reading
Help! My website is down
At some point every website owner goes into panic mode. Your website is down! What’s wrong? Is it a hosting issue? Did you forget to renew your domain name? Is there an outdated WordPress plugin? Have you been hacked?!! Don’t … Continue reading
WordPress Custom Post Types Plugins
Your WordPress website comes with two primary post types: blog posts and pages. You can extend your WordPress functionality by creating custom post types for the specific needs of your web project. A post type can be pretty much any … Continue reading
Enhance Your WP Security: Change your Admin Username
Hackers know that many WordPress installations leave the default “admin” user name with a simple password. And that knowledge makes your website vulnerable. You can improve your site’s security by creating a new username that is unique to your site. … Continue reading
How to add a Menu to WordPress Theme Footer
Use Multiple Menus in your WordPress theme When WordPress 3.0 was released the ability to edit site menus from the WordPress dashboard was introduced. The WordPress menu feature allows you to create multiple menus. You can easily set a customize … Continue reading
Changing your WordPress Permalinks
In this post we’ll walk through changing permalink settings on a new WordPress Installation and how to do 301 redirects when changing permalink settings on an established site. Continue reading
WordCamp Presentation Ruth Maude: SEO for WordPress
The sessions from WordCamp Toronto, held this past November, are available now on WordPress.tv. Here is my Presentation
Update the Copyright Date of your WordPress Theme
Happy New Year! New Year’s is often a time for “stock taking”, looking at what is working well for your business and what changes or improvements you can make for the year ahead. When the calendar changes to a New … Continue reading
SEO for WordPress – WordCamp Toronto 2011
Today I spoke at WordCamp Toronto, a WordPress conference. Here are my slides from my presentation “SEO for WordPress: How to do better in Google”. Continue reading
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Akismet – dealing with comment spam
Akismet is the first WordPress plugin that you’ll encounter because it comes bundled with the WordPress core installation files. Akismet was created by the creators of WordPress to fight comment spam. “Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best … Continue reading →