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There’s a lot of content created every day — and most of it gains almost no attention. Austin Mullins, Copyblogger Ten years ago I had just moved back to my home state. I lived in a larger city in a state to the west for over 13 years but moved home to start over. It was a tough time. Finding a job seemed impossible. Nevertheless, I landed a job with a car dealership. They would pay me a salary the Continue reading the post...

At some point, you may be tasked with setting up a feature on your child site for being able to sell event-related tickets directly. One solid plugin which can assist with creating events and tickets sold on your child site is called, aptly, Tickera. To set up Tickera, you will need to install the Tickera plugin on your child site. Once the plugin has been activated, it will walk you through the built-in setup wizard. The setup wizard is familiar Continue reading the post...

In this month’s World of WordPress, we talk about marketing and Joost, a full site editing plugin, and the legacy of Alex Mills. Let’s ride. Let’s ride Nic Cage Joost steps away from leadership role (Why) I’m stepping down from my WordPress marketing role Earlier this year there were some raised eyebrows when Joost de Valk accepted a position with WordPress to be the Marketing & Communications Lead. The experiment is over. Call it a misunderstanding. Call it a difference Continue reading the post...

WordPress 5.2 introduced a fatal error recovery mode. A fatal error on a site would have normally resulted in a white screen of death, where the front-end of the site is white and would be the result of a fatal error conflict being caused by the active theme or one of the active plugins. The fatal error would have caused the sites wp-admin not be loadable. In WordPress 5.2, when a fatal error is detected, an email is sent to Continue reading the post...

When it comes to content audits, the articles on the interwebs are pretty complicated. They are full of tools and steps and spreadsheets. Certainly, the best way to run a content audit, or any audit really, is to evaluate each piece of the puzzle at the ground level. One thing people often do with content audits is to evaluate technical SEO data points. These may include things like Meta Description, Meta Description Length, Image ALT tags, heading used, you get Continue reading the post...

Today we have a Q&A interview with Adam Lacey, the founder of Split Hero. On May 17, Adam Lacey announced on the Split Hero website that the product is now live. The product aims to help people test landing pages quickly and efficiently as well as more straightforward. I asked Adam a few questions about the product. How did the idea for Split Hero come about? Adam Lacey Split Hero has been my brainchild for about 2 years. It all Continue reading the post...

If you have a child site which has post content and comments enabled, it is a fact of life that you will inevitably deal with spam comments. Luckily, there are a number of ways to deal with spam. Some of the plugin options include Akismet and  Antispam Bee. Antispam Bee Antispam Bee will add a setting section under Settings > Antispam Bee You can find more information about Antispam Bee on their docs. There is a bulk setting key for Continue reading the post...

You have had it happen before. You are completely engaged in a blog post. The writing is excellent, the authority is on par, and the story sucks you in. You get to the bottom of the article, and you are totally challenged to try something new in your business. But, nothing. That’s right. There is no invitation to a follow-up, no invitation to try their product, no invitation to sign up for an email, nothing. It all just seems like Continue reading the post...

WooCommerce is among the most widely used plugins in WordPress to enable eCommerce on a site. Since WooCommerce has filters, actions, and hooks, that means making site changes using code snippets is easy. Code snippets can easily be added on any connected child site using the MainWP Code Snippets extension. For example, if you do not have Add to Cart redirect enabled, the Continue Shopping link will redirect the customer back to the product that was added when clicked. In Continue reading the post...

Let’s face it, newsletters are great. They are a wonderful way to provide interesting content to subscribers on your child sites, spread the word on deals, and effectively message users. Email newsletters still work and are well worth taking the time to create and send. Use the server where your child sites are hosted for what it is meant for; Query the site database Render as PHP Generate the content Allow customers to purchase products Allow users to view a Continue reading the post...