Tag: WordPress

What are you paying for when you buy GPL themes and plugins?

June 22, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

In the last few days, I’ve written two posts about WordPress themes and prices. I have not, however, highlighted exactly why you would pay for these themes when they’re under a GPL license. And comments and emails have come in suggesting that all of these themes (and plugins) should be free since they’re GPL. That’s a common misconception. So I’m hoping to address it today. What is the GPL and why is it important? Whether or not you know it, pretty much every bit of software you’ve ever used has been licensed. Most folks have never read a single software license in their lives. Trust me, if I didn’t have to do it for work, I’d never do it. …

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What are you paying for when you buy GPL themes and plugins?

8 ways you can optimize your WordPress site

June 19, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

We’ve got you covered when it comes to WordPress themes, and you know you can count on us for a great WordPress tutorial or two, but what if you want to make your WordPress site perform better? There’s plenty you can do to boost your site’s performance; check out these pro tips! 01. Cache your site If you do nothing else, install a caching plugin like WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache. This will serve your dynamic WordPress site, as if it were static HTML content. Instead of regenerating a page for each visitor, your site will be generated once by the PHP engine. Install a caching plugin like WP Super Cache Enable server-side caching. Use zlib and apache’s .htaccess file to compress your files using …

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Get Your WordPress Site Reviewed by Team Yoast

May 26, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

If you are using WordPress, I’m sure you have already come across WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast, the most popular SEO plugin for WordPress with 10,499,462 downloads so far and counting. Now, team Yoast is offering custom website review services, they check each and every element of your site depending on the package you select and make sure that your website is up to the mark to compete with the best of your competitors. Whether you’re a publisher, run an e-commerce site or have a service portal, we can help. We check your website on hundreds of points. We’ll then give you actionable feedback on your website and help you prioritize what changes to make first. The team behind Yaost knows their job as …

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Cms Security Handbook: The Comprehensive Guide For WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, And Plone

May 26, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Protect your business. Protect your customers. Here’s how: websites built on open source Content Management Systems (CMSs) are uniquely vulnerable. If you are responsible for maintaining one, or if you are the executive or business owner in charge of approving IT budgets, you need to know what’s in this book. Here’s the lowdown on very real security threats, how attacks are carried out, what security measures you need to take, and how to compile a disaster recovery plan. Don’t wait. Your business may depend on the action you take. 2011 | 432 Pages | ISBN: 0470916214 | EPUB | 14 MB DOWNLOAD

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How to Add a Color Tinted Full Width Google Map in WordPress

May 22, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

How to Add a Color Tinted Full Width Google Map in WordPress By Henry Jones / May 21, 2014 /

Tutorials shares A Google Map is a great feature to include on a “Contacts” or “About” page. It adds a layer of interactivity and allows your visitors to quickly see where you or your business is located.

However, if you really want your design to standout, simply embedding a standard Google Map won’t cut it. So in this short tutorial, I’m going to show you how to easily make a Google Map look more integrated with your branding and website. We used this technique in our Hayden WordPress theme and you can easily see there is a world of difference between this approach and a standard map…

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