MainWP Blog - Todd Jones

Does this sound familiar? You have researched the idea and decided that you are ready for implementing some type of recurring revenue model. I like that too. You decided the quickest and most efficient way to get started is to launch a WordPress Care program. After all, you have several dozen current clients, and they don’t update their websites. Like, ever. In fact, last year, you had to fix a website that wasn’t updated and got hacked. So, you know Continue reading the post...

When I was a small boy, my dad decided to build a storage shelter. Nowadays, you can just buy one from Lowes or Home Depot. We lived in an unincorporated area outside of the small town where I grew up. Our house was on a small creek where my brother and I would catch crawdads. We weren’t catching them for a boil. Ah, the rural country life. Back to my story. My dad decided we needed a storage shelter. We Continue reading the post...

Speeding up our WordPress project with starter themes and frameworks I like innovation as much as anyone. It is a mark of creativity. Heck, when I was a kid, I liked creating stuff. What did you create when you were a kid? One of the cool things about building WordPress websites is the opportunity to create something. That is why many of us got into this business, to create. Not only do we get to play around with design and Continue reading the post...

I like coffee. I can remember having coffee with a friend on regular occasions a few years ago. We would just sit around talking about things going on in our lives, our country and our world. Sometimes we disagreed, but it was fun. We would lose ourselves in conversation. We would lose track of time. Do you ever do that? As much as I love coffee, buying coffee in the grocery store can be problematic. Have you seen how many Continue reading the post...

October is, quite possibly, my favorite time of the year. The air is cooler and crisper here in the Ozarks of Arkansas. The leaves change colors to showcase a display of autumn colors across the mountains and valleys. It is the perfect time to get in a car and go for a cruise throughout our little state. There always seems to be a lot of oranges and yellows as well as the browns. It’s simply gorgeous. The Autumn colors surround Continue reading the post...

What kind of creative things did you do as a kid? Did you? I did a lot of stuff I look b ack on and think, “what was I doing?” At the same time, I smile because I was finding a way to be creative. I can remember coming up with basketball tournaments. One of the reasons I did that is so I could create the tournament brackets. So, I made up a tournament to rival the NCAA Basketball tournament Continue reading the post...

Quit giving sliders a bad name! Consider the curious case of sliders. What a curious case it is. I have actually dennounced sliders, but I decided to take another look. Repeat after me: Sliders + homepage = bad. . . . #uxdesign — Todd – #TheAboutPageGuy (@tejones) October 3, 2016 Nevertheless, in the past, when I have asked, my website developer friends have also given them the thumbs down. @tejones No slider. They suck. — arush@indieweb.social (@cswordpress) February 6, 2015 @tejones Continue reading the post...

Who is your favorite Superhero? I liked several as a kid. One I have always liked was Batman. I am sure that had to do with the 60’s and 70’s show starring Adam West (I follow him on Facebook!). I have watched all the iterations of the Batman movies that were in my lifetime. George Clooney, Val Kilmer, Michael Keaton, Christian Bale, and most recently, Ben Affleck have all donned the caped crusader’s Bat suit.. (I’ll give Ben a pass Continue reading the post...

Note: The following is a Q&A with WordPress Entrepreneur Brian Casel. Let me ask you a question. Are you working more hours on your WordPress projects and making less money? Brian Casel It is easy to get caught in the WordPress freelancer trap. You move from one project to the next, often not making money when the dust settles and find you are working every last hour of the day to complete said project. Each project takes more time than Continue reading the post...

It happened to me again today. I work at a coffee shop downtown in my little town where I enjoy the best coffee and some community. Kyle, the shop owner, wants it that way. A few months ago, the same store hosted a coffee brewing class. I signed up. I don’t spend a lot of extra money, so, I figured I would do something fun. The other person in the class was a guy named Scott. Scott is a “salt Continue reading the post...