WordPress isn’t just for blogging anymore. More and more we are getting requests to build full-on CMS installations with WordPress, complete with complex ecommerce, donation, and reservation systems. One problem we’ve encountered is the need to make sites secure to receive personal information and process transactions. Savvy consumers know that when they enter their credit [...]
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You may have noticed the Google +1 button showing up on your favorite websites and blogs. (e.g. Mashable) This is Google’s response to Facebook’s über popular Like button that appears on just about every website on the planet. There are a two plugin options for adding it to your WordPress self-hosted blog. Install a Google [...]
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Introduction I’ve built and run dozens of WordPress websites. (Blogs, ecommerce sites, business homepages, etc.) As a content management system, (CMS) WordPress is famously stable. Even when there are major problems you can almost always fully recover. That said, it is a good practice to back-up your self-hosted WordPress blog occasionally. If nothing else it [...]
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Because I’m a daily blogger and I’ve written quite a bit about social media strategy, I tend to attract questions from beginners. (Which is awesome!) I thought it might be helpful to post my most frequent questions so I can easily refer people to this post as opposed to retyping it. Q: I want to [...]
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