WordPress

  • Trying Out the New Yoast

    Trying Out the New Yoast

    We’ve been using the Yoast SEO plugin for years, for our own websites and our clients’ sites, and we’ve seen plenty of updates. The new Yoast SEO plugin, however, is different enough that it needs a new tryout. In case you’re not familiar with Yoast, here’s the basic info. The Yoast SEO Plugin Once you…

  • 10 Things I Learned at WordCamp KC 2016

    10 Things I Learned at WordCamp KC 2016

    WordCamp is always a pleasure, and WordCamp KC has a special place in my heart since we’ve been sponsoring, speaking, and organizing there from the start. This year, Josepha and I went to make friends and learn things, and I learned a lot. I also made some new friends, including Angie Pedersen, whom you see…

  • Why You Don’t Want a DIY Website

    Why You Don’t Want a DIY Website

    I’m speaking at WordCamp Kansas City today, and looking forward to it. Unusually for me, I’m doing a presentation for beginners: “The Care and Feeding of Your New WordPress Website.” The presentation was inspired by a very enjoyable project I did earlier this year with an intrepid nonprofit creating a DIY website (with a little…

  • Finding Just-Right Plugins

    Finding Just-Right Plugins

    I met with a client recently to troubleshoot her ecommerce website. We quickly made certain that she still likes the look, that her traffic is good — up 41% compared with the old website — and that organic search is in fact bringing most of her traffic. We walked through a few checkout scenarios and…

  • WordPress Widgets

    WordPress Widgets

    Widgets allow WordPress users a lot of freedom. Rather than having to set up a separate page to hold information and direct visitors to it, you can add information and functionality to pages by putting a widget in place. This post will explain the basics of widgets so that you can add widgets to your…

  • Content in a Website Redesign

    Content in a Website Redesign

    5 Content Questions to Ask when You Change Your Design When you redesign a traditional website, you typically have to start from the beginning. You can copy and paste your words into a document and use them again, but you’re building your website from scratch, so this can be a big effort. Right now, we’re…