Today, I want to talk about something a little different: Launch paralysis. What is launch paralysis? Good question! Essentially, it's a term (that I made up) to describe what happens right before launch day. To explain further, I'll tell you about when I relaunched my website, earlier this fall. I had a bit of downtime …
Make Images Pinterest-Friendly
Pinterest is a great medium for getting your work, and especially your blog posts, out to a wider audience. Having just started blogging more regularly, myself, I've been pinning my recent posts to my Pinterest board. When I started to pin my own posts though, I noticed that the caption that Pinterest was giving my …
How to Pick a Good Plugin
WordPress has A LOT of plugins. Usually, if you want to do something with your website, there's a plugin for that. There are also a lot of bad plugins out there. So, how do you know whether or not the plugin you want to install on your site is a good one? How well-rated is …
3 Tips for Hiring a Designer
Hiring a designer to work with can be a daunting task. To make things worse, web designers can have a reputation for being a bit flaky. So how do you know that the designer you're picking is a gem? Below are a few things to know, when picking a designer (or a developer, for that …
Volunteering at Ladies Learning Code: CSS Fundamentals for Beginners
In a few weeks, I'm going to be a mentor instructor for Ladies Learning Code: CSS Fundamentals for Beginners. You should come learn to code! I think that it's really important for everyone to know just a little bit of code and I'm really excited to help out with the event. If you're nervous, don't …
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My New Website
Earlier this week I launched my new website! I had a bit of time this summer to redo it and I'm so glad that I did. It's now fully responsive and has lots more information about my services and process. It also displays more of my recent work! With the new site, I'm also committing …
Tweetables in Your Blog Posts
I was recently working with a client who asked me how to create "tweetables" for her blog posts and I realized that she might not be the only one wondering about that. A "tweetable" is a link, that when clicked on by your readers, allows them to tweet a phrase of your choosing. Obviously, this …
The Designer/Developer Relationship
Last week, I gave my first "real" talk at WordPress Meetup. I gave a short talk in December, but this time I gave a longer, 25 minute talk about the relationship between developers and designers. When I first started developing websites, I thought that I would have an easier time working with designers because I …
Women Talking WordPress
There has been a lot of talk and debate lately in the WordPress community about the treatment of women and women's involvement in the community. Though debating is great, I think it's important to try to improve things. One of the main reasons that women sometimes feel marginalized in any community it that there is …
Process: How to Start a Website Build
One of the things that always used to intimidate me when starting a website build was just plain where to start! I am nearing the end of the website build that I've dubbed the behemoth (can't wait to share!) because it will be my masterpiece this year ... it's a doozy! But while that one …
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