One goal for many businesses is to improve their search engine rankings. Sales are driven by leads, which are driven in part by search, so this goal is understandable. However, there is a lot of misinformation regarding SEO out there. Here are five common SEO questions and their answers. Do Meta Keywords Matter Anymore? No. […]
5 Common SEO Questions
When FTP Uploads Are Not Visible in WP Media Library
UPDATE March 23rd, 2018: Add From Server was closed as a plugin on the WordPress repo as of earlier today. No details yet on whether this was an action by the plugin author or the Plugin Review team. UPDATE March 28th, 2018 The plugin author had the plugin removed temporarily and stated the following: “Plugin […]
Lessons from Canlis for the Web Industry
The other day I heard a podcast interview that blew me away. In this episode, Chase Reeves interviews Mark Canlis, co-owner of Seattle’s destination restaurant, Canlis. The restaurant has been operating at an extremely high level of quality and service for over 60 years. Do yourself a favor, go listen to the podcast right now. […]
Build A Quiz In PHP: What Metal Band Are You?
In 2013-2014, I had a series of client projects where I needed to build a quiz in PHP. Taking what I learned from that, I designed a quiz of my own, where you answer multiple choice questions and determine what heavy metal band your personality resembles. The subject matter can be changed to whatever your […]
Avoiding Stock Photography Cliches
Imagery is a huge part of effective storytelling. In traditional stories, pictures and words are intrinsically linked. In the original versions of Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows and Winnie the Pooh, the illustrations were just as much a part of the storytelling experience as the words. The drawings Hugh McLeod provided for […]
Flash Websites Downgraded In Search Results
Google announced that starting July 14th, 2014 Flash websites will be downgraded in search results on devices that do not support Flash. Presumably this would affect mobile usage only, as Flash is not supported in iOS or Android 4.1 and above. On mobile the new search results would state that the site uses Flash, and […]
How To Improve Page Speed In WordPress
Today, I’d like to share some tips for improving your page speed in WordPress. Performance and optimizing for page speed are now as much a part of web development as writing code. There are several reasons performance matters. The most important is user experience. The faster your WordPress website loads, the less likely a user […]
Importing Large XML Files in WordPress with WXR Splitter
Importing large XML files in WordPress can be a pain. Fortunately, there is a great tool, WXR Splitter, that allows you to split a cumbersome XML file, and import multiple smaller files. Why might you need to split your XML files in the first place? When migrating a site from staging to live deployment (or […]
Seven Business Lessons From Pro Wrestling
Here’s something that my close friends know about me, that most people don’t — I’m a huge pro wrestling fan. I grew up right when wrestling was becoming big in the late 1980s. I watched the WWF and NWA on Saturday afternoons, stayed up late to watch Saturday Night’s Main Event, and would watch pay-per-views […]
How To Flush Your Page Cache
Here’s a situation I’ve encountered before when setting up new websites with a brand new domain and a new server. When setting up a new site, sometimes when going to the correct web address, you still get a default CGI page from the server. This can be due to several things, but if everything else […]