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Using the Simple Cache Plugin on your Child Sites

Sometimes you need a very simple plugin option to enable page caching on your child site. One of the best very basic page caching plugin options is the Simple Cache. Once you have installed and activated the plugin it will add a sub-menu item into settings in wp-admin. Settings > Simple Cache By default, the settings for Simple Cache will be very basic. If you enable the advanced mode. You will be able to exclude URLs that you want to exclude. If you are using WooCommerce on your child site then some of the URLs that you would want to

Sebastian Moran August 13, 2020 No Comments

WordPress Business

Here is how I created my recent nurture funnel and a checklist for you to download

Recently I launched a new nurture funnel for my product, Website Copy Framework. I wanted to get potential buyers into my funnel and nurture them to buy the product. In this article, I am going to talk about the things I did and how I did them. At the end of the article, I provide you with a little checklist. Setting up my nurture funnel. To get started, you will need to have a specific product or service. For me, my product is the Website Copy Framework I launched last fall. For you, it could be anything such as a

Todd Jones August 7, 2020 No Comments

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How to Connect ConvertKit to your site

ConvertKit is a solid email marketing and automation platform. The ConvertKit platform is very easy to integrate with WordPress. There are a number of plugins to be able to integrate with ConvertKit, also you can integrate with Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, and WooCommerce. ConvertKit does also integrate with Memberpress, aMember, Easy Digital Downloads, and Paid Memberships Pro. After you have created your account in ConvertKit you will be able to find your API credentials. The main ConvertKit plugin settings can be found from; Settings > ConvertKit If you also have the WooCommerce ConvertKit plugin you will be able to

Sebastian Moran August 6, 2020 No Comments

WordPress Business

August Setlist: the future of WordPress, remember Bing, and a handy screenshot tool

Around the bend, we are headed for August. I’m not quite sure what the rest of 2020 will reveal. So many questions remain. One thing that remains is how we feel when we hear stories. Stories and music make life easier. So today’s setlist includes some oldies, one of which goes back to the early 1960s. We are talking about the future of WordPress, the re-emergence of Bing, and a handy tool to capture screenshots. The times they are a-changin.’ There is a classic song from Bob Dylan that I often think of when I think about change. The song

Todd Jones July 31, 2020 No Comments

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Handy Code Snippets for WordPress 5.5

WordPress 5.5 was released on the 11th of August. The new release of WordPress includes a number of new features. MainWP has a very solid extension to be able to save and activate code snippets on all connected sites. All of the new features in WordPress 5.5 have filters that can be used to disable those features if they are not needed. WordPress core now supports native lazy loading since most browsers now support native lazy loading. To be able to disable the lazy-load feature in WordPress you can use this code snippet; add_filter( ‘wp_lazy_loading_enabled’, ‘__return_false’ ); One of the

Sebastian Moran July 30, 2020 1 Comment

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How you can use video email marketing to create an unfair advantage for your business

I remember getting an exclusive email from a copywriting influencer one day. Needless to say, my jaw was on the floor when I got the email and video from Tarzan Kay. Have you ever gotten something like that? She sent me an email with a personalized video. First of all, the fact that she knew my name was pretty cool. I mean, she has thousands of people on her email list. Why did she specify me? It was pretty cool. That was when I realized that we could actually have videos in our email. Now, what she was doing was

Todd Jones July 24, 2020 No Comments

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How to use the BunnyCDN to Improve Site Load Times

BunnyCDN is one of the most feature-complete CDNs that can be used to improve your site’s load times. BunnyCDN has 41 data centers which means your site assets will be replicated and served from the edge server nearest to the site users’ location. BunnyCDN includes automatic image optimization and on the fly modifications and compression of static sites assets by using the Bunny Optimizer. In order to be able to use BunnyCDN on your sites, you will need to create an account. After you have created an account you will need to create a pull zone. When creating a pull

Sebastian Moran July 24, 2020 No Comments

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Using OptiMole to Image Optimize Your Child Sites

OptiMole is a very easy to use service with a straightforward to use WordPress plugin. Using the OptiMole plugin and service will make it very easy to improve the front-end load times of your child sites. In order to be able to use OptiMole, you will first need to install the plugin on your site. Once the plugin is installed and activated from Media it will add a new menu item. On the new settings page for OptiMole, you can create a new account which you will need to enter your email address. Check your email for the new email

Sebastian Moran July 20, 2020 2 Comments

WordPress Business

Planning your content? Don’t neglect these 5 types of content

It’s always interesting when people talk about their content strategy in the content marketing industry. Everyone has their own variation. I tend to see things from 30K feet. In my way of thinking, there are certain types of content you need to have to make sure you don’t have gaps in your content calendar. Today I am going to talk about five types of content that tend to get overlooked when planning a businesses’ content. 1. Tell a story of how your client won with your help What is the one thing that will help you close a sale more

Todd Jones July 17, 2020 No Comments

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How to Cleanup EWWW Image Optimizer Plugin Data

There might be a good chance that might have used the EWW Image Optimization plugin on your child sites years ago to optimize site images. It also means that older versions of the EWWW image optimization stored image optimization records in the postmeta database table. The EWWW image optimization plugin now uses two custom database tables to store images and queues in. In order to be able to remove postmeta records easily created by the EWWW IO plugin, you will need to install the plugin. EWWW IO plugin has a tool to be able to migrate older records from the

Sebastian Moran July 14, 2020 No Comments

Using the Simple Cache Plugin on your Child Sites

Here is how I created my recent nurture funnel and a checklist for you to download

How to Connect ConvertKit to your site

August Setlist: the future of WordPress, remember Bing, and a handy screenshot tool

Handy Code Snippets for WordPress 5.5

How you can use video email marketing to create an unfair advantage for your business

How to use the BunnyCDN to Improve Site Load Times

Using OptiMole to Image Optimize Your Child Sites

Planning your content? Don’t neglect these 5 types of content

How to Cleanup EWWW Image Optimizer Plugin Data

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