Category Archives: Plugins

Load WordPress FAST with Dreamhost, Amazon CloudFront and W3 Total Cache Plugin

Posted on July 29, 2010 by CScholz

Turns out, my favorite Wordpress-friendly, green web hosting company, Dreamhost, is the first to roll out this powerful new feature: Amazon CloudFront integration for optimal Wordpress load time performance. Wordpress developers, here are the steps involved: Continue reading →

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Privately work on a new theme with this WordPress plugin

Posted on June 30, 2010 by CScholz

Have you discovered a new WordPress theme you would like to use on your site, but want to work on it privately until it’s ready for the world?  With this Theme Preview plugin, you can start working on a new … Continue reading →

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3 great plugins allow you to add tables, add a Favicon, and update multiple plugins at once

Posted on June 4, 2010 by CScholz

In this post, I am showcasing a few plugins I’ve tested that add functionality to your WordPress website: 1) Add custom tables with MCE Table Buttons plugin This plugin allows you to insert a table to your specifications right within … Continue reading →

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Design Portfolio: Featured Content Gallery

Posted on December 24, 2009 by CScholz

This screenshot of Patt Lind-Kyle’s home page shows one of my favorite WordPress add-ons: the Featured Content Gallery (FCG).  This plugin allows WordPress users/designers to add a rotating image gallery to the home page that links to featured blog posts … Continue reading →

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The art of SEO: basic concepts for WordPress users

Posted on October 28, 2009 by CScholz

You’ve probably already heard that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a very important part of your total website marketing plan.  I recently spent some time consulting with our local SEO guru, Coryon Redd from Batteries4Less.com.  My head is spinning with … Continue reading →

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Update to the latest version of WordPress

Posted on October 26, 2009 by CScholz

This post is for those who maintain their own WordPress site/s (or are employing someone other than myself do it for them). Recently, I wrote an article about how to backup your WordPress site properly.  If you are not in … Continue reading →

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Mobilize your WordPress site

Posted on October 19, 2009 by CScholz

This is an essential plugin for Wordpress geared for mobile users. Once installed and activated, this plugin will automatically detect if your user is viewing your site with a mobile device or on a desktop and convert the site view accordingly. Continue reading →

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Back yourself up: The 3 top reasons to back up your WordPress site

Posted on October 14, 2009 by CScholz

Why backup? 1) hosting companies disappear 2) servers crash 3) code gets corrupted Ok, so I convinced you.  Now if you’re like most people, you’ve got 2 tasks ahead: To backup your database, use the WP-Database-Backup plugin.  Before I discovered … Continue reading →

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Stats for WordPress: Analytics or WP stats?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by CScholz

One of my clients just asked me if there was a way to see how many people were visiting his Wordpress blog each day and my answer is yes! There are 2 ways I recommend:

1) Google Analytics and 2) Wordpress.com stats

Google Analytics is by far the most in-depth, comprehensive stats provider. It is very useful for when you want to employ search engine optimization techniques. However, sometimes it’s just TMI (too much information!).

Wordpress.com stats is a wordpress plugin that gives you the basics in your dashboard – how many visits, keywords people used to find you, the links they clicked on while they were there, etc. Here is a screenshot of my wp.com stats since I started my e-newsletter:

Which to use? Both. Continue reading →

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The problem with using Feedburner for email marketing

Posted on October 12, 2009 by CScholz

The one major drawback with using Feedburner for email marketing is that you cannot edit the email template (which means you can’t add custom links back to your site or any custom branding besides your photo). Let Catherine create a custom branded e-newsletter for your business. Continue reading →

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