TECHNOLOGY TRANSLATED, Making IT Makes Sense
Well formed URL’s are important to usability and SEO. WordPress permalinks give us awesome control over the structure of our base URL’s. Combined with well written headlines, we can create catchy, easy to remember, user friendly URL’s across our site. However, the base install of WordPress will add the word “category” to your url structure …Read More
If you’ve read any of my posts on Woopra or PrettyLink Pro you would be correct in coming to the conclusion that I’m a bit of a stats junkie. You would also be correct in assuming that I’m a huge fan of both Woopra and PrettyLink Pro. If you don’t already use it, I’d get PrettyLink …Read More
I’ve run across a few WordPress sites recently that have been spontaneously throwing “Error Establishing A Database Connection.” Some of the fixes are pretty simple but in a few cases the root cause was a bit more obtuse. Below are a few things to look into that might help fix the issue if it’s happening …Read More
I love plugin discussions! No matter how many times I hear them I always pick up on some plugin that turns out to be useful to me, either on my site or on a client site. But no matter what site I’m working on there are a hand full of “utilitarian” plugins that I always …Read More
Many sites don’t need incredibly deep page navigation though there are situations that justify a hierarchy beyond the typical 2 – 3 levels. Deep page navigation can be cumbersome for layout’s which use top navigation drop-downs so another solution needs to be found. I’m not typically a fan of left hand navigation but there are …Read More
One of my few gripes with WordPress has been the absence of easy linking to pages and posts internally. Fortunately Aaron Woods has come to the rescue. I’m not sure why I ddin’t find this sooner but if you are looking for a quick and easy way when writing a page or post to link …Read More
It’s been recently announced that I will be speaking at the Optimization Summit in March. I’ll be conducting a full day WordPress workshop on Wednesday March 24th. You can use my discount code : vsellis for a $25 discount. If you are in Dallas or just want to come in for this event it’s going …Read More
All too often when we start to build a site (or rebuild one) the inclination is to begin with design. But the content we populate the site with is the true foundation, whether it is purely informational, geared toward selling, entertaining or serving whatever purpose your site has. The video tutorial below is a high-level …Read More
I don’t frequently “plug a plug-in” but I just uncovered one today that I can only classify as absolutely essential and almost life-changing if you live and breathe WordPress… “Additional Image Sizes” by Walter Vos. First off I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know about this sooner (I’ll get over it). In a nutshell this plugin …Read More
