Over 13 years ago, on March 27th, WordPress came to be. It was forked from b2 cafelog by Mike Little and Matt Mullenweg. From there, WordPress grew from being just another blog platform, to a full-fledged content management system. For me, I’ve been there through it’s journey. In fact, I see WordPress much like it’s
[Continue Reading...]#WordPressWednesday 2016 Volume 5
This week’s #WordPressWednesday includes a few guides like include security and web accessibility, a showcase of themes, BuddyPress news, and more. Before getting into this week’s #WordPressWednesday roundup, I’ve got to explain to new readers what this special post is all about. This post originated out of the need to create a quick summary of
[Continue Reading...]8 Tips for Overcoming Self-Doubt as a Blogger
If you’ve been blogging for a while, you’ve encountered self-doubt. It could be because you’re not getting the traffic, or meeting your goals. It could be that you’re having problems coming up with great topics, or you’ve come to the point that blogging is a chore. There’s a lot of reason that you could run
[Continue Reading...]Dear WordPress “Helpers” on Facebook
Dear WordPress “Helpers” on Facebook, I say “Helpers” instead of support because this refers to people helping out in forums on Facebook. You’re starting to not be of any real help. I think a lot of people are getting too big for their own britches when it comes to offering WordPress help. There’s just a
[Continue Reading...]Ask Nile: How Do You Feel About SEO Plugins for WordPress?
I thought it was strange to come across this question from a reader, but I’ll answer it. They asked, “How do you feel about SEO plugins for WordPress?” The fact that I’ve worked in the past for Yoast, who created the Yoast SEO plugin, which is used by millions of websites around the world, has
[Continue Reading...]Blondish.net Podcast 2016 Episode 1: Building Better Roundups and Lists
Kicking off the first podcast of the 2016 season on building better roundups and lists. I’ve written about building better lists and talked about roundups before. Since it’s been a very long time, and some things have changed in the blogging and social media world, I thought that it would be great to cover this.
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