» My Wordpress Site is Stuck In Maintenance Mode!

I’ve been upgrading Wordpress installations for clients this weekend. Ever since the Wordpress update process was included in the dashboard I’ve never seen it work successfully. Being this is a brand new next generation version of Wordpress (3.0), I decided to try the update option and once again it failed me.

This time I came up on a problem… not only did the update fail, but now the site was stuck in maintenance mode. This was a first, but fortunately I found a quick fix. Here is what you do in the event your wordpress site get’s stuck in maintenance mode. Read more…

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» CMS With Wordpress – My Latest Endeavor

If you haven’t noticed, but the blog here has been a little quiet. Couple of reason…

1. Very busy with work, family, life, etc..

2. I started a new blog dedicated to creating Wordpress CMS Websites, not blogs but regular content management system websites.

This new project is called CMS With Wordpress (http://cmswithwordpress.com). I’ll still blog about Wordpress related material here on my main business blog. CMS with Wordpress is being set up more as a tutorial website to configuring things to be a real CMS, not just a poorly constructed blog that is pretending to be CMS website.

Enjoy and Happy 4th of July!

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» Effective Blog Design

Was reading an article in the Search Engine Journal about effective blog design. Some of the tips included Prominent RSS Feed placement and Sharing Tools. Design wise what they ran home the most was don’t over clutter the site with tons of options to share with every possible network. This was part 1 and don’t thing part 2 has been published yet.

I’m going to try to pick up where SEJ left off. I agree your blog needs legs and the social sharing buttons are important. I like to use the Social Bookmarking and Share This! because they are relatively compact. Read more…

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» Bookmarklet to Reclaim Your Privacy On Facebook

If you follow Social Media or are a Facebook user then I’m sure you’re familiar with the whole Facebook privacy controversy.   I’m always concerned about my online privacy especially on Facebook. Read more…

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» Optimizing Website Page Speed

Ok, we know page speed is important because fast sites equal happy users. And from my last post we know how to run a test for page speed. But the big question remains is how does one go about optimizing their site using the feedback from the speed tests? Read more…

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» Analyzing Website Page Speeds

Page loading speeds are important to websites, especially now that page speed is part of the Google search algorithm. To analyze the page speed or load time of your website, here are 3 free and easy ways to analyze your websites page speed.
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» Page Speed Now Part of Google Search Algorithm

According to Google Webmaster Blog, Page Speed is now part of the Google Search Algorithm.  So what does that mean exactly? It means that if you have a website that loads slow you get less points and for real fast sites… more points. Read more…

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» Does Your Business Need a Content Management System?

I recently posted an article  that discusses what exactly a content management system is. The next topic regarding content management systems that I want to address is whether or not your small business needs a CMS. While I do think that content management systems are a great fit for most businesses, they don’t necessarily fit every small business.
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» An Hour a Day Will Keep You Blogging Away

Blogging takes time but it doesn’t have to absorb a lot of time.  I recommend devoting an hour a day.  This hour is NOT to be entirely devoted to writing, but an hour that focuses on the other important facets of a successful blog. To help inspire you, here are some blogging activities that can easily be done in an hour on a daily basis. Read more…

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» Wordpress 2.8.6 Security Update

Yet another Wordpress security release!  However, this Wordpress Security update can be skipped for many who are the sole bloggers on their site… Read more…

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