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Simple e-commerce for small business through WordPress can be a challenge. We want something that is affordable, easy to setup, easy to maintain by our client and let’s face it; it  just has to work. We will look at the real-life … Continue reading A Tale of 2 Shopping Carts →

Learn how to think like a searchbot. Search engines want to know about your content. Learn to speak the search engine language. A search engine bot wants to index your large blog. How fast can you make the bot index? … Continue reading Advanced SEO: Thinking Like a Searchbot →

As WordPress developers we hold great power and responsibility when working on client projects. All of the components of a website: Architecture Design Content Usability SEO Overall Goal Achievement – funnel down for our execution. If any of the components … Continue reading Developer: You are the Project Manager (Whether You Like it or Not) →

Solid user support documentation of themes and plugins is key for Users Experience. Many theme and plugin developers have frustrated users. Users are digging through websites, forums and surfing the web for answers on how to setup, use or modify … Continue reading Tips for Improving Support Documentation for Themes & Plugins →

A follow up on a popular talk I gave at WordCamp Chicago 2010 (“Hijacking WordPress Administration”), this session introduces techniques for tailoring the visual editor inside a theme. It will cover adding custom stylesheets based on post type to the … Continue reading Editing the Visual Editor →

A brief, no-nonsense look* at how I took a leap of faith and launched my own WP-powered business and theme framework, StartBox. Gain valuable insight about our incredibly helpful and supportive community, learn how each of us are more skilled … Continue reading Developing For Success -or- Any Fool Can Do This →