Images are everything when it comes to a good blog post. Images add visual interest, add to the story or compliment the story you are trying to tell. Images can break up the "wall of text" and help the reader actually read all the way through your post. Images are good! Here's how to properly …
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What does BLOG stand for?
It might seem a little strange, but after I launch a new client website I subscribe to their blog. I want to see what they are writing and how they are using it. I read everything in my feed reader and I can usually zip through several hundred (really) posts in a short period of time. One of my …
New Years Resolutions For Your Website
I've had this post planned for a while but every year it just doesn't feel right unless it's the first day of the year (or in this case the first biz day of the year. That's kind of funny as I'm not a big maker of resolutions and even if I was I have always felt that you don't wait for a starting …
How to write a “basic” post in Gutenberg
In this post I’m going to show you how to write what I see as a “basic” post using the Gutenberg editor found in WordPress 5.0+. I’ll cover from start to finish what you’ll need to do using just the simplest of techniques. What is a “Basic” post? Good question. I’ll suggest that most of …
Understanding Gutenberg
Warning: I'm going to be writing, videoing and maybe even podcasting a lot of posts in the coming months on the topic of Gutenberg. It's the new editor inside of WordPress 5.0. You can follow all the "gutenberg" related posts here. While I wanted to dive right in and start the in-depth …
WordPress 5.0 (Gutenberg) Drops
"Drops", "pushed", "launches" - choose your lingo. The fact is that like it or not, you are going to wake up and there's going to be a new version of WordPress ready for you to update. Or maybe your site will auto update. Or maybe you heard about this and fearing the worst you've installed an Anti …
How to properly do lead capture
Ok, I know that sounds kinda of lame for a title but bear with me - I'll make it way less salesy. Let's start with this. Fill out this form, please. Yeah. Right. You see, simply asking for your email address is pretty much going to be a No Go, no matter what our relationship is. Heck, I …
How to do EVERYTHING in Gutenberg
I'll keep saying it - there's a HUGE change coming to WordPress. If you have a site that I built, I've also included a section in the backend titled "Need Help?" In it you'll find a variety of helpful videos that will walk you through most anything you need to do on your site. Here's what that …
Plugins: When to update and why
When it comes to WordPress, I generally see two different kinds of site owners... The ones that never (ever) update their site. We're not talking about updates like posts or pages, we're talking about the updates to WordPress core, Themes and Plugins. I've logged into existing sites (not …
A FAQ on making your site Secure, SSL and https
So last week I had a wonderful question from a past client on making her website secure. Ok, truth be told, it wasn't as in-depth and thought provoking as you might be imagining. It was more like Yeah that was literally, it. In case you were wondering, I answered that "SECURE" wasn't a …
350 Words
All to often I'm asked the simple question. How many words should I write? I guess I buried the lede with the title on that one, eh? Well, actually I didn't. Because 350 words isn't always correct. If you want a quotable snippet, Your post should be the minimal amount of words …
Free SSL Certs
If you haven't figured it out yet, there's almost always a cost to FREE, not necessarily a monetary cost but a cost none the less. Free Advice usually isn't the best advice - right? Free TV (your local broadcast) comes with commercials - right? Free WiFi usually comes with an ad screen from the …