Let me tell you a little story. A story about how keeping off-site backups of my site (and my client sites!) saved my skin. Recently, my host experienced a... cataclysmic failure. It was a complete freak accident that I don't think anyone could have seen coming, but it resulted in almost every website they host going offline. Unfortunately, it took them quite a while to get back online - they went down Friday evening and my server wasn't restored until Tuesday morning. Not only were the websites down, but nobody could access their hosting account at all. No FTP, no cPanel ... Keep Reading
5 Quick Tips to Speed Up WordPress
You can literally never go wrong by making your website faster. It's helpful for your SEO - Google will rank slower websites lower than quick ones, especially on mobile. It's also crucial to making your website user-friendly (and help boost sales!). Now, there are all sorts of tactics you can use to speed up WordPress. But here are some of my tried-and-true absolute favorites. And you can do most of these in less than an hour. Heads up! This post contains affiliate links - some of the plugins or services I've linked to might give me a little "kickback" if you sign up. As always, though, I ... Keep Reading
Tutorial: Archiving WordPress Posts
There's a lot to be said for archiving WordPress posts instead of deleting them. By creating an archive, you can remove old, out-dated content from your blog, but keep a record of it. You can track your topics over time, go back and recycle older content if it becomes relevant, and guide your readers to the content you want them to see. However, WordPress doesn't have a tool to archive your posts - at least not in the traditional sense. Yes, there are category and date archives. Those don't hide your posts from view, just create new ways to sort your content. In order to properly archive ... Keep Reading
Moving from WordPress to Tumblr
In the process of moving away from having a bunch of websites scattered all over the web, I reached an interesting problem: I didn't know what to do with my old blog posts. I didn't want to lose over two years worth of blogs, but I didn't know what my options were. One option I researched was moving all of my posts from Qwirkie, which is powered by WordPress, to Tumblr. While not a fan of the platform, I thought it would be a quick and easy way to ensure the safety of my blog. I quickly found, however, that it's not easy to move from WordPress to Tumblr. A quick Google search yielded ... Keep Reading