Moving WordPress files from one location on your server to another, while changing your URL requires some special steps. Watch to video to learn out how.
Leave a Comment May 9, 2011
Let’s Cut the Crap: Is WordPress Really Best for You?
I was recently interviewed by Jay Ehret from The Marketing Spot on his internet show, Power to the Small Business. We talked about how small business owners can use WordPress to effectively and efficiently to manage their own website. Jay asked me questions like: What is a content management system? Can anyone put up their own [...]
Leave a Comment May 7, 2011
Could Your WordPress Site Fail Because You Chose the Wrong Hosting Service?
2 Comments April 15, 2011
Need to upload or download files from your server? Learn how to use FileZilla.
7 Comments March 6, 2011
Living in a State of WordPress Confusion
Just this last week I was at a day-long conference for realtors and dropped in on a beginning WordPress session. The questions were pretty typical. And as happens most times, some of the same questions: What is differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? Of course, the speaker or moderator gave his spiel on “WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org”. [...]
4 Comments July 30, 2010
How To Make Sure You Get the Right Hosting for Your WordPress Website or Blog
I just wanted to quickly jot down a checklist for you if you are looking at self-hosting WordPress. This results from many clients who have come to me with what was promised as full hosting services, only to be found that the web developer is providing subdomains on their own account, or find they find [...]
1 Comment June 18, 2010
WordPress 3.0 Released! How My “push the update button” Adventure Turned Out
On May 1st I was at WordCamp San Francisco, which was the initial launch date of WordPress 3.0. Well, stuff happens, and the official launch didn’t happen until yesterday. Although I had been working on the beta versions on a test site of mine, I still looked forward to the official release: the bug-free version [...]
1 Comment June 11, 2010
Buying a Domain? Beware!
I was just reading a colleague’s post on using your own domain at WordPress.com. For example, www.yourdomain.com, rather than www. yourdomain.wordpress.com. Good advice, but it got me thinking of domains. Especially the horror stories I hear. You may be like hundreds, if not thousands of other people out there, and have bought a domain, or [...]
1 Comment May 28, 2010
Ending the Confusion: WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
It’s choice time. Time to decide which WordPress option is the right one for your blog or website. The only problem is, well, you’re kind of confused—and afraid you’ll screw up. One of the most frequently asked questions from my clients is, “What the heck is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? And should I [...]
