Solution for WordPress Site Security, Backups & Spam Comments
The best way to protect your WordPress site is to make sure you have regular backups archived and automated that can be rapidly deployed. This way if your site gets hacked or crashes you can easily...
View ArticleSetup Goals in Google Analytics
It is critical to always have a least 1 conversion goal setup in Google Analytics. If you look in your Google Analytics are there currently no goals or only a contact form goal? I recommend that more...
View ArticleChilly Hilly 2015 Bike Ride Around Bainbridge Island
Had the chance to participate in the 2015 Chilly Hilly bike ride put on by the Cascade Bike Club. We rode from Bellevue to the Seattle ferry docks where we caught the first ferry over to Bainbridge...
View ArticleOptimizing Images for Web Without Photoshop
Here are the resources I would use if I was in a pinch and didn’t have Adobe Photoshop for some strange reason. Clear any existing Meta Data embedded in an image:...
View ArticleOne Last Epic Day for My 14/15 Season at White Pass
I had just gotten back from a week trip I took for my friends wedding in San Diego. Such an awesome trip got to spend a little time in the Manhattan/Hermosa Beach area too which was cool. While I was...
View ArticleEnfold Designer / Developer / SEO Theme Review
When you go to themeforest looking for a premium WordPress theme it is best to start by sorting them by best selling. When you do this for the past year or two it seams the #1 theme has been Enfold....
View ArticleHow to Troubleshoot Google Indexing Issues
I fairly often get approached from website or business owners who are having trouble with how Google is indexing or not indexing their website(s). Most often a new website has just been launch and now...
View ArticleFixed: Google is Only Indexing a Few of Our Webpages
I’ve published some content before on how to fix issues with how Google is crawling and indexing your site. From those older posts I get people who reach out to me an ask for me to help them solve...
View ArticleCan’t Add Social Media Profiles to Google Search Console
Today my live chat on my site rang with a visitor who was having issues with Google Search Console (formerly Google Webmaster Tools). He sent me this photo: Turns out he was trying to add his social...
View ArticleStop RKHunter Warning E-mails on Media Temple DV Server
This is an issue with new Media Temple DV servers that took me a minute to find out how to disable the e-mails from being sent or change where they get sent. Note: Do not turn these e-mails off unless...
View ArticleConsidering codeable.io? Developer Q&A with New Client
How codeable.io Works Someone I had met at a networking event reached out to me and congratulated me on becoming a WordPress developer for codeable.io recently. They wanted to reconnect and admitted...
View ArticleGet Your Work Done with a StandStand Portable Standing Desk
As I’ve posted about before I recently started picking up WordPress development jobs at codeable.io and the other week I had a job come through to help out with the site https://www.standstand.com Upon...
View ArticleSummer Shi Shi Olympic Peninsula Camping Photos
Haven’t posted for a bit and I think where I last left off I was leaving the Packwood a-frame with my life back in the wagon. I was headed eventually to San Diego for the summer to take care of some...
View ArticleHow to White Label WPCurve
According to WPCurve themselves they do not offer a white label program and that much is true. My goal is not to mislead you with this post but to present creative solutions for meeting the needs of...
View ArticleSorry, No Calls for New Clients
My friends and associates have been laughing with (at) me about how I go about responding to new client leads who e-mail me or call my voicemail requesting me to give them a quick call. These people...
View Article2 Red Flags Not to Say to a Web Developer
I’ll admit I’m very picky-choosy about freelance web development tasks/jobs/projects that I end up estimating and working on. Just one bad job can lead to me being unproductive for days or weeks. This...
View ArticleFreelance WordPress Developer Service Marketplaces Ranked
If you need to hire a freelance WordPress developer you better be looking in the right place. There are many online marketplaces where developers set up profiles to be hired for jobs large and small...
View ArticleMy Story: I Work from my Laptop from Anywhere
Dreams do come true. From a very young age I set a goal for myself that I wanted to be able to work from my laptop remotely from anywhere. The past year I’ve done exactly that and is one of the biggest...
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