Is that “killer” plugin killing your blog?

Within the WordPress dashboard is something akin to a candy store for website owners: all-you-can-eat plugins. One click solves any website problem, real or potential. The best part? Everything’s FREE! Except…it’s not. Not always. Learn the real cost of plugins & get strategies for minimizing their impact on your site.

WordCamp Atlanta heads up

The 2014 WordCamp Atlanta theme is “WordPress for Everyone,” and it really sums up what WordCamp is all about. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve heard say that before they attended their first WordCamp they were reluctant to go because they thought it would be aimed at people who were involved with WordPress … Read more

Headings? Meh…who cares?

People who know HTML know that they have six levels of headings to help effectively communicate the content on the pages they build. Even if you don’t know HTML, however, you should know the point of properly-formatted headings and be able to create them yourself. The explosive growth in the number of do-it-yourself web site … Read more

Keeping Things Clean

dear web site owner: Microsoft Word hates you

Actually, it’s more than Microsoft Word that will give you grief when copying and pasting content into WordPress or other web site Content Management Systems (CMSs). Sorry. It could be your e-mail client, your web browser, or any number of apps commonly used to communicate text and images. Have you ever copied content, pasted it … Read more