I've written about plugins a couple of times on my blog. I've talked about my favourites, ones for backing up your site, how to pick a good one and even my serious love affair with Editorial Calendar. I haven't talked much about the ones that I consider essential however. Here are a few plugins that …
Business Goals for Better Websites
I get a lot of inquiries about web design and development that start like this: "Well, I have this idea ..." Ideas are great! The best, even. My problem with this statement is that often times, I am the first point of contact that budding business owners and entrepreneurs have about their business idea and …
Basic SEO Tips
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a huge buzzword these days and important part of your website. SEO is the practice of optimizing your site to ensure that your natural traffic (or traffic from search engines) is as high as possible. [Definition paraphrased from Wikipedia.] A lot of peole put a lot of importance into SEO, …
Editorial Calendar Plugin for Better Blogging
Ever find something that, every time you use it, you think "Wow, this is just awesome." I think that every time I sit on my new couch (not having a college dorm futon after 30, is awesome, amiright?). Right up there with the new sofa, is the Editorial Calendar plugin for WordPress. The concept is …
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DIY Logo
Your logo is probably the most important part of your brand. If you have any budget at all, spend it on this. However, a lot of people just don't have the money when they are first figuring out their business. If you absolutely must do a DIY option (ahem, until you've saved up enough to …
Custom WordPress Site or Out-of-the-Box Theme?
Lots of people know that they want a WordPress site because they are easy to update and great for SEO. However there are many different kinds of WordPress sites. You can have an out-of-the-box site with WordPress or a fully-custom designed and built site. I wrote a little bit about the difference between the two …
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Client Case Study | Karen Hutton
Sometimes you get a client that you want to invent new projects for, just so that you can keep working together. That has been the case for me, working with Karen Hutton: Photographer. Light-Bender. Purveyor of Awesomeness. (All true, by the way.) I've so enjoyed working with her but, in our first chat, I could …
My Favourite WordPress Plugins
Plugins can make any WordPress website better! They help add custom functionality to your website and can make the workflow of that backend of your site much more efficient. Below are some of my favourite WordPress plugins and explanations on how they can make your website and workflow more efficient. I've included two lists: plugins …
How to Use Special Characters in WordPress
One of my own personal pet peeves is seeing editor markup in blog posts. (Editor markup is stuff like using two hyphens instead of an em dash.) I know, it shouldn't matter and I'm persnickety, but I think that using actual special characters, adds a really nice level of polish that a lot of people …
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The Best Design Feedback Tip
Several weeks ago, I wrote a blog post entitled How to Give Great Design Feedback. I still think that post covered some gems: making sure that you don't fire off your first impression, have adequate time to go through the site, write it all in one email and check all the links, but it the …
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