Smashing Magazine has a great list of usability tips for web designers. Usability is one of those things that is often overlooked by small business and non-profits because they don’t have the resources they perceive necessary to engage in usability testing. But really, there is loads of information out there about usability that small organizations [...]
WordPress 2.9, Can’t Wait
November 1, 2009 By 2 Comments
Is the WordPress Theme Directory a Barrier to Acceptance as a CMS?
October 21, 2009 By 1 Comment
I’ve grown a little frustrated with the WordPress Theme Directory. On the one hand I very much appreciate what they are trying to do, setting standards of excellence for theme development. Add to this the ez search-and-click install available since 2.8 and you have the most user friendly blogging system available. Here’s the problem, I [...]
SEO Basics
October 20, 2009 By 2 Comments
This post reviews some of the basics of SEO for small organizations and non-profits. I review meta tags, title tags, and no follow links.
Flutter vs. Pods: A Conversation
October 8, 2009 By 3 Comments
A friend of mind attended Wordcamp B-Ham and taped (that’s old school lingo for podcasted) a panel discussion about Pods and Flutter as two competing options for making WordPress a CMS. Admittedly, I’m biased. You can read my review of WordPress Pods CMS here. But here’s my two cents anyway: If all you’re looking for [...]
SEO Link Building: Quality First
October 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
There’s always been a bit of tension between quantity and quality in link building campaigns. Do I build a widget that can get me thousand of links with minimal effort? Or do I focus on getting big links for a few dozen sources? Here’s a video from SEOMOZ.org on the growing importance of link quality. [...]
Smart Podcasts
October 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’m a podcast junkie. Every morning my super smart Beagle pup, Cooper, and I walk for about 45 minutes. It is a perfect time for listening to a podcast. I have a few staples like Boagworld, Marketing Over Coffee, and Six Pixels of Separation, but I’m always hungry for more. I just stumbled on a [...]
Pods Tutorials Down
September 18, 2009 By 3 Comments
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