To get the most of your website it is important to create an environment of engagement. It sounds difficult but there are a few simple steps you can take to encourage website visitors to get involved with your organization online. Keep Content Fresh It all starts with making your website a valuable resource. Having great . . . read more
What is Coworking Coworking is a shared office environment where a variety of professionals come together in a community atmosphere to grow their businesses. They are often popular with freelancers, remote workers, independent professionals and entrepreneurs. Over the last couple of years I’ve become a big fan of coworking. The increased connections, learning and community . . . read more
Getting your members more engaged on your website will give them a better understanding of the benefits your organization brings them and tie them closer to your organization. Marshall Jones, Executive Director of The Wine and Food Foundation of Texas (WFFT), shares three tips on how he successfully engages his business members (community partners) online. . . . read more
Its easy to forget to set a featured image when creating a new post or page, and honestly, it may not seem terribly important. But it can be a good idea to make sure this image is always set if you use the featured image in post lists for your theme. More importantly, SEO plugins . . . read more
A great way to make your theme more user friendly is to provide a custom orientation video in the WordPress welcome panel on the dashboard (the top panel on the dashboard)
Have you worked on a WordPress site that is not yet live, and need to move that site to a new permanent domain name? Or need to migrate your site’s domain name? It should be straightfoward to just change the Site Address in your WordPress settings, but take a closer look and you will notice . . . read more
I often hear people say that they HATE networking. Some people hate it because they feel they are having the same boring conversation over and over. Others are shy and don’t like to start conversations with strangers. The great thing about being the event planner and host is that you have the opportunity to create . . . read more
Redirect List is a simple and lightweight plugin that performs HTTP redirection and supports matching of GET query parameters without regular expressions. 301 or 302 HTTP redirect. Specify from and destination urls in a list manually. Does not require creating a custom page. Match url regardless of GET parameters. Match url only if no GET . . . read more
A friend recently complained to me about a renewal letter she received from a nonprofit organization. She had been an active member and promoter of the organization but was recently starting to feel they were not valuing their members. After receiving an automated renewal notice where the only personalization was her name at the top . . . read more
I recently installed Clicky analytics on this website. Now, there is a great Clicky WordPress plugin available, but it was just as easy to take the Clicky code snippet and paste it into a Text Widget that I place in the bottom sidebar (widgeted area). This works for Google Analytics as well. Why not install the . . . read more
