Category: blog

  • WordPress Plugins and how many is too much?

    WordPress plugins and how many is too much? We get quite a few “Hey my site is slow, can you help?” calls.   Of course, the answer is always “yes, we can” and our first suggestion is that they actually host with a hosting company that specializes in WordPress hosting.  If you are serious about your […]

  • New – WordPress Newsletter and E-Mail Campaign Management

    New –  WordPress Newsletter and E-Mail Campaign Management

      We love the MailChimp service, so it is sort of unfair to pick on the chimp and put him behind a “do not enter” slash, but we want to make a point. We like to manage our email and mailings lists from a single dashboard, the WordPress dashboard, eliminating the need to use another […]

  • Another Happy Customer: ericerbes.com up and running

    The best part of working with the WordPress community is the interesting people and sites you get to work on and see.  Eric is a comic strip creator out of Portland, Oregon.  He has a great WordPress site,  ericerbes.com, where he displays his talents.  We encourage you to visit. Eric, like most WordPress users, administers […]

  • ADMIN – A WordPress Security Risk

    Why is ADMIN a WordPress Security Risk? We are filling out our blog with ideas from other WordPress Developers.  Lee is a developer and web maestro and tweeted out this message.  To use WordPress developers, the message is obvious, to those struggling with the beast themselves here is the message plain and simple terms: Every […]

  • How to host your own Videos on WordPress

    Want to Host your own Videos on WordPress? We think the quick answer is an Amazon CloudFront or S3 scalable storage.  Here’s the deal:  you have made these great videos that are worth money,  they help people achieve something awesome but you don’t know where to put them.  If you put them on You Tube, […]

  • Why would I pay more than $10/month for hosting and move to Amazon AWS services?

    I see all these hosts sites for $4.50 per month, $9.95 per month, etc. –  why would I pay more than that per month for hosting? Great question, and for the vast majority of websites the answer is, you shouldn’t. In fact, that is how they make their money because 90% of most hosted accounts […]

  • Our recommendations for the best blogging tools (and one of them is free!):

    We have set up a lot of blogs and websites for users that know little more than how to turn on their computer! One of our specialties is recognizing our customers’ capabilities and workflow and designing a package and site that is easy for them to maintain, expand, and grow. The WordPress dashboard can be […]

  • Membership Sites and Email Lists We recommend MailChimp

    Most membership sites have access to their members via email and should have at least two separate email lists,  one  for premium subscribers and one for general marketing for those that want to stay in contact with you. This second list should be used on a regular basis, at least once a month, with an […]