Yet another reason to host your own website

There are a billion good reasons to host your own website, and really only one reason not to: having someone else host your site is easy. Really, really easy. Using a site like Blogger, Tumblr, or Posterous makes being a webmaster dead simple. But far and away, the biggest problem is this: You have absolutely [...]

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Gravity Forms

There are a shocking number of parts to even a fairly basic website. Non-web developers would probably be quite surprised if they knew everything that went into creating a new site from scratch. One of my least favorite tasks is the creation of forms. I hate making forms. There, I said it. The basic contact [...]

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Goodbye, Google Analytics Plugin

I’ve always been a fan of keeping WordPress plugins to a minimum. Don’t get me wrong – there are some plugins that I just can’t live without – I even have a great list of recommended WordPress plugins that I install on every single custom blog setup that I do. Fortunately, with the Thesis framework [...]

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Who needs a website anyway?

Sure, it’s 2010, and all the cool businesses have a website. Many of those websites even offer products and services for sale. But your business is doing just fine, you say. Is it? I’ll be very clear when I say this. Every business needs a website. Every single one. If you’re doing business in 2010, [...]

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WordPress 2.9 is Available – Download Now

The folks over at Automattic have released an update to WordPress – version 2.9 . Since there are security updates included ( along with some new functionality ), it’s important to get updated right away. And don’t worry, Thesis 1.6 works just fine with the new version of WordPress. So take a few minutes, and [...]

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