Styling Posts by Post-Count Using PHP Conditional Count Script
For my first post of the year, I’m going to show you a little trick I learned using PHP post-count functions to style my Wordpress posts differently based on the post count – i.e. where that post falls in the numbered order (in relation to the other posts).
Landing Page SEO Best Practices: Blue Elephant Edition
Ever wonder if you’re following Search Engine Optimization Best Practices when building out that nifty new landing page? I’ve created some guidelines to help you along when you’re building out a new page on your website or tweaking an existing page on your current website and you really, really want to make sure that you’ve optimized that particular page for a specific keyword.
Best Blog Commenting Systems & Platforms
Today we’re going to talk about blog comments and why they’re an effective tool for engaging blog readers and developing relationships. A couple of months back, I decided to shift from using WordPress’ native system to manage my blogs comments to a 3rd-party system.
For …
Guest Co-Hosted Today on Digital411 w/ Erika Pryor, Nate Riggs, and Tiffany Odutoye
This morning, I got the amazing opportunity to be on Internet radio. The show, Digital 411 is a part of Talktainment Radio’s Saturday lineup and is hosted by Dr. Erika Pryor. The topic of conversation for today’s show was centered around better blogging practices and …
Popular Posts With Thumbnails In WordPress (Without A Plugin)
Today’s post should be (emphasis on should) be much shorter than some of the marathon posts I’ve been writing around here lately. This post is a sequel to a post I wrote a long time ago entitled Recent Posts With Thumbnails in WordPress (Without a …
Recent Posts With Thumbnails In WordPress Without A Plugin
Today, I wanted to break my focus a little bit from SEO and get into the world of WordPress design—specifically the topic of adding thumbnails to your WordPress blog’s recent posts without the use of a plugin (it can be done). WordPress Plugins are cool, …
WordCamp Columbus Feed
I spoke at WordPress WordCamp Columbus over the weekend. It was a great experience! My thanks goes out to Jason Blanton and his team for putting the event together, and to Nate Riggs for getting me involved!
The SEO panel session lasted about 45 minutes, …
Speaking at WordPress WordCamp Columbus!
I will be speaking tomorrow at WordPress WordCamp Columbus! I am part of a panel that will focus on WordPress-related SEO strategies. I am very excited for this opportunity and hope to convey my passion for WordPress and SEO to all of those in attendance!…
10 Plugins That Every WordPress Blog Should Utilize
WordPress is in my experience, the#1 blogging and free website platform out there. There are many others like WordPress, such as Blogger, SquareSpace, TypePad, Moveable Type, etc. However, the open-source capabilities and the vast community of users that WordPress offers far exceeds that of their …
SEO-Friendly META Description Tag for WordPress
In this article, I will explain how to make your WordPress META Description more SEO-friendly using WordPress Conditional Tags. If you followed my last post, I spoke about Optimizing Your WordPress Title Tags to make them more search-friendly. Basically, you should be able to use …
Optimizing Your WordPress Title Tag
Optimizing your WordPress site’s title tag should be very easy, however by default it’s not. If you don’t know anything about SEO or PHP, then it may be difficult for you to get your WordPress Title Tags to format that way you want (and in …
