What the heck is FTP and why should I care? FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, but let’s not worry too much about the name. Your WordPress site is composed of files. There are files for: The main WordPress installation. Your theme. Every single plugin. […]
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CPU and Memory on your Self Hosted WordPress Blog
I am using godaddy to host two of my sites, both are wordpress sites. I recently received an e-mail from godaddy saying my cpu usage and physical memory usage is very high (reaching my current maximum limit). They offer the option to buy more resources, […]
Registration is Open! Learn How to Make a WordPress Theme
I’ve chosen a winner for the scholarship (congratulations, Kelly!), and now public registration IS OPEN!! This course is for you if: You use WordPress. You like making graphics and tweaking CSS. You’re pretty good at HTML and styling. But you have NO IDEA how the […]
Win a Scholarship & Make Your Own WordPress Theme for FREE!
A few weeks ago, I announced my new and upcoming Colour Coding e-course. This first e-course is all about learning how to make your very own WordPress theme. This e-course, which should hopefully be ready in late October, will be a paid course because of […]
Add an ‘About the Author’ Box Below Your Posts in WordPress
Hello, Ashley! I have noticed that you have, and a bunch of bloggers, have a mini-bio at the end of the posts. I was wondering if that’s a plug in you’re using or if you have to edit your functions file (?) or css. I’d […]
How Many Plugins is too Many?
I was wondering if there is a limit to how many plugins a website should be running? I have 14 running right now (Askimet, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.) and I’m wondering if at any point the amount of plugins will end up bogging down my […]
Automated Review Archives, Resizing Images, & Sending Followup Emails to Publishers
BBB Question Roundup I’m including three BBB questions in this post! I’ve started to realize how much of a backlog I have! Included in this post are: How do you put together and organize your review pages? What’s the best way to resize images in […]
How Best to Configure the WordPress SEO by Yoast Plugin
I just read your article on focus keywords and you said that the focus keyword does not affect your SEO. So the YOAST plugin is not really an SEO optimizer, but rather an SEO analyzer? I know with Google’s Hummingbird update that meta-tags are not […]
How to Display WordPress Posts in 2 or 3 Columns
Hello! This is more advanced but I was wondering if you could do a PHP tutorial on how to split posts into two or three columns on the home page? Kind of like: http://www.happyindulgencebooks.com/ Thank you! I’m going to do my best to answer this […]
Do You Need to Worry about Failed Login Attempts? (iThemes Security)
I’ve been receiving tons of notifications about bad login attempts from users. Should I be worried? I’m currently using iThemes security. Thanks, Ashley! Della Hi Della! People are going to try to gain access to your blog for malicious reasons. That’s just a fact. If […]