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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...

This post is the first edition of the World of WordPress Roundup. We will take a look at a few things within the WordPress community. Don’t let DIY builders scare you! The roundup today talks about DIY builders in a couple of different articles. Both Jonathan Perez and Chris Lema discusses what may become a WordPress designer’s dilemma. It’s really not. Should DIY Builders scare WordPress developers Jonathan Perez – Sure Fire Web Services Jonathan opened this discussion on his Continue reading the post...

W3 Total Cache is one of the more popular caching plugins with over 1 million active installs and there is a current report of high risk explot that has been disclosed: No update on W3 Total Cache SSRF reported over 4 months ago. Fix is basically adding 1 character #responsibledisclosure #wordpress #plugin — Klikki Oy (@klikkioy) September 23, 2016 I’m not a security expert so I’ll send you over to SecuPress for more information on the vulnerability so you can Continue reading the post...

Once, when I was working for an Website agency, we got a new customer, primarily because the SEO efforts were failing with the previous site. Being the only person who claimed to know anything about SEO remotely, the owner started discussing with me about making sure the site would perform well. I studied the old site, and frankly, was quite surprised by some basic things that were not completed for SEO. When developers hand a website to a client, we Continue reading the post...

Today I am happy to announce the all new MainWP Users Facebook group. A place for MainWP users to gather and discuss MainWP, WordPress and running multiple WordPress sites. About the Group The MainWP Users group is independent of MainWP and is being administered by Ivica Delic, a longtime MainWP user and active Facebook groups admin. His admin duties include groups such as the WordPress Speed Up Group as well as many others listed in Quality WordPress Groups and I Continue reading the post...