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Archives for October 2013

Site Review: WP Engineer

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Do you work with WordPress? (If not, you know you should, but that’s besides the point.)  If you work with WordPress in any capacity, you should keep WP Engineer in your regular reading, whether that is email subscription or RSS reader.

I am a firm believer that if you are a blogger, especially on a relatively small scale (like a one-man show), you need to be able to fully manage your site.  In WordPress-speak, this means being able to implement simple customizations to fit your needs.

WordPress has a very powerful and customizable framework, much of which goes unnoticed by the general public.  Because WordPress chooses to only provide options and settings where they are absolutely necessary, many non-coding types find themselves using loads of plugins to fit their custom needs.

The debate over “to plugin or not plugin” is an every continuing one.  And at the end of the day, I think there is a time and a place for plugins.  But I see a lot of users implement plugins where a very simple customization would do the job more efficiently.  Why?  Because the site owner doesn’t have the knowledge of implementing simple code snippets to solve small problems.

That’s where WP Engineer comes in.

There are lots of little ways to get under the hood of your WP installation, and WP Engineer can help you with that.  Content categories include:

  • WordPress Hacks
  • WordPress News
  • WordPress Plugins
  • WordPress Themes
  • WordPress Tutorials
  • Miscellaneous

https://wpengineer.com/

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Filed Under: Editorial

How To Avoid Distractions and Stay Focused as a Freelance Blogger

By Chad Butler 2 Comments

A big challenge for old and new freelance bloggers is avoiding distractions and staying focused.  This can be especially true for those that are in the “transition phase” where you might be working a day job while trying to build your business as a freelance writer or blogger.  That is a particularly difficult time where you might find yourself to tired on any given day to stay on a consistent schedule.  But those are the times to build good habits and stay focused.

Here are some of the things that I find to be effective ways of staying on task as a freelancer.  [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Blogging Tips Tagged With: blogging, freelance, tips

Clean Water and a Personal Consultation with Brian Gardner

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If you’ve been in the WordPress or blogging world for even a short period of time, I am quite certain that you know Brian Gardner.  If you don’t, Brian is a partner of Copyblogger Media, a blogging powerhouse.  He is quite well respected in the industry, and has great insight.  To get a personal consultation with someone at this level is, well… priceless.  You normally could not gain that kind of access even if you had the money.  [Read more…]

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