HostGator reported on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at 11:00 AM CST USA, that their Provo datacenter had a network outage. The outage turned into a solid downtime of 13 to 15 hours for some hostees, including myself. In fact, my dedicated server is still having hiccups – short downtime spells. This is what I had
[Continue Reading...]Implementing Fonts in WordPress Using the @font-face Method
I’m a stickler for telling people to stop using Google Fonts. Everyone knows that some services of Google have been slow or down at times. It’s not often, but it is an annoyance because the end user can’t do anything. Most web hosts allow you to host your fonts in house, so why not do
[Continue Reading...]Change Default Role Names In WordPress
For people who are customizing their WordPress backend, sometimes the little things like how to change default role names are needed. This is good for membership sites, multi-author blogs, companies, and more. By default, WordPress has the following roles: Administrator, Contributor, Editor, Author, and Subscriber. In order to do this, you have to add create
[Continue Reading...]Does Spelling and Grammar Matter In SEO?
Does spelling and grammar matter in SEO? Yes, it does matter. Even though blogging isn’t something that has to be perfect, being understood is extremely important. Every blogger brings to the table their own blog voice, and that includes their own style of writing. This is influenced by the blogger’s past education and the individual’s
[Continue Reading...]Podcast Presentation: Podcasting for WordPress
I enjoy talking about different types of content creation, like podcasting, so when WordCamp Dayton came around, I was excited to be a part of the event. A lot of people aren’t quite sure how to implement podcasting as another way to broadcast their content. It can be quite powerful if used as it allows
[Continue Reading...]Podcast Presentation: WordPress SEO – Getting Back to the Basics
At WordCamp St. Louis 2014, I was honored to speak on WordPress SEO: Getting Back to the Basics. This is a very dear topic to me as I see a lot of sites, even well known ones not doing it right. They are the same people that complain about their rank going down, or losing
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