How to Remove Dates from SERP Snippets in WordPress to Increase Clickthrough...
Ben posted recently about how removing the date from SERP snippets on older posts helped us recover a lot of traffic we had inadvertently lost several months previously. In this tutorial I’ll show you...
View ArticleShould I upgrade to WordPress 3.2?
The latest big WordPress release came out yesterday, and many people will now be wondering “is it worth upgrading?” The short answer is yes, of course, but for the sake of argument, let’s take a look...
View ArticleWordPress Tip #7 – Use the Excerpt
The WordPress post editor contains an Excerpt field, which is described as ‘optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme’. These excerpts are traditionally used on...
View ArticleUsing Google Web Fonts with WordPress, the Right Way
I posted a few weeks ago about how Google Web Fonts has been vastly improved, making it really easy to use non-standard fonts on your websites. Today I’m going to show you how to use Google Web Fonts...
View ArticleTop 10 Resources for Getting Started with WordPress Themes
I’ve been spending a lot of time recently on the members’ forum of the Pro Web Design Alliance, and one question that keeps cropping up is how to get started with WordPress theme development. People...
View ArticleIncluding content in WordPress posts using custom shortcodes
Often when you’re promoting a product or service, you’ll have a banner ad or call to action that you use in several different places around your website. This is easily achieved if you want it in the...
View ArticleUsing Action Hooks to Make an Advanced Parent Theme
In this article I’m going to show you how to add action hooks to a WordPress theme, to create an advanced Parent Theme. The benefit of using parent and child themes is that when the parent theme gets...
View ArticleWordPress Security – 26 Essential Steps to Protect Your WordPress Site
If you have one or more WordPress sites, as many of us do, I hope you have never been the victim of a hacker. I have, and at best it’s inconvenient and embarrassing. But it can be quite damaging to...
View ArticleBest Time-Saving and Money-Saving Tip for WordPress Users
If you are a WordPress developer, I have want it to you that could save you hours of time every month, and could be worth thousands of dollars in increased profits every year. I should say that this is...
View ArticleShould You Rebuild Your WordPress Site?
Does your WordPress site seem slow and outdated? If you’re thinking better performance means a complete website overhaul, think twice, advises Tammy Martin. Why Refacing Your Website May Be Better Than...
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