Q: How Should a Blog Post be Written?

A: However you want to write it. It’s your blog post. I’m asked this question by most learners during WordPress orientation sessions. There is no right or wrong way. Just write. Forget the SEO elements. Good optimization is important but it’s no good at all if your keyword and longtail phrase research gets in the … Read more

DoubleClick Timestamper Plugin for WordPress

DoubleClick affiliate links need to have the Unix Epoch timestamp in the ord=[[timestamp]] query string. This WordPress plugin creates a [[timestamp]] shortcode which outputs the timestamp wherever the shortcode is placed. So now you can easily insert timestamps into Double Click affiliate links. With the timestamp shortcode placed after the “ord=” part of the affiliate … Read more

We’ve Been a Little Quiet of Late…

Normal service will resume soon. Have a LAMP guide on its way. Was going to publish it as an eBook but will test it on my loyal readers first. It’s been ready for publication for the past year and half but new server management tricks crop up and I keep editing the unpublished document accordingly … Read more

Style Genesis Menus with Gradients and Images

Using Dynamik's CSS builder to build and preview changes live

Mention the Genesis theme framework to the web developers I know and you will always hear good reviews. The idea behind WordPress theme frameworks is that they make theme design simple. A parent theme loaded with easy to access features provides a canvass that can be molded into different designs. Those designs are built as … Read more