Gravity Forms Plugin – #1 Choice for WordPress Contact Forms & Questionnaires

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I started out using the Contact Form 7 plugin on my sites and my client sites.  It is great for simple forms, but you really need to know html code in order to set up a more in depth form or questionnaire.  It wound up becoming annoying. A client of mine told me about Gravity [...]

My WordPress Site Has Been Hacked – Now What?

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So, you have created a wordpress site, paid a good amount of money for a designer to make the site look “pretty”.  You have added lots of page content and spent hours writing blog posts and articles.  All in all, you have put a lot of time and effort into the site and a hacker [...]

The Difference Between WordPress.org and WordPress.com

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WordPress is now one of the most widely used Content Management Systems for blogging. However there is often confusion between the two types of WordPress platforms and which one is best for a bloggers goals. This is why it is important for you, the small business owner to understand the difference BEFORE you start blogging. [...]

Protect Your WordPress Site Against the TimThumb Vulnerability

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I have recently been alerted about yet another way for hackers to get into a WordPress website and cause havoc, so I wanted to take the opportunity and let you know about it and how to protect your WordPress site from being vulnerable.  This involves the popular image resizing script called TimThumb. TimThumb is an [...]

Tips on Choosing the Best Hosting Company for your WordPress Website

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The decision you have to make when it comes to choosing a hosting company for your WordPress website, is important. You want to choose a host that is there when you need them and gives you everything you need for your website building and maintenance purposes. Your business needs a reliable, and easy to use, [...]

12 Fabulous SEO Tips for a WordPress Website or Blog

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Getting WordPress installed and a theme customized is not the end of the road when it comes to WordPress SEO.  Yes, WordPress has things automatically integrated that will help with search engine optimization such as categories and tags (which you really need to use by the way), but there are many additional things that can [...]

Why Akismet is Essential for a WordPress Site

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So, you have your first WordPress site… you log into your dashboard and begin installing and configuring the backend with some great plugins and you notice the “Akismet” plugin which automatically comes with WordPress.  But you ignore it, thinking it has no real relevance.   A few days later, you have a few blog posts up [...]

What Goes Into Building a WordPress Site

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When it comes to your WordPress site, it is important that you if you decide to work with a designer that you understand how they will view your site. You need to know what they will be looking for and what components they feels are most important and why. Understanding these guidelines will help you [...]

Having a WordPress Site is Great for SEO

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Using WordPress for your website can be extremely effective when it comes to search engine optimization. The main reason why this is true is because the WordPress platform itself is extremely SEO friendly in terms of how search engine spiders crawl a WordPress website. The WordPress platform offers a built in structure that guarantees online [...]

The Importance of Backing up Your WordPress Website

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There is no doubt about it – you NEED to backup your WordPress site on a regular basis! It goes beyond just saving your page content or blog entries.  A good backup includes all of your WordPress core programming files that are on your web host server and also the data files which are located [...]