Overcoming Obstacles to Speak at WordCamp
Overcoming the obstacles that stand in our way for speaking at WordCamp may seem difficult, but with the proper planning and some tips, it’s possible!
Promoting Your WordCamp
We’ve assembled a list of ideas for you to use in getting the word out – and selling tickets – for your WordCamp.
How & Why to Get Involved in WP
The WordPress Community is Amazing One of the aspects of my work I love the most is the WordPress community. Great code is good, but great people are amazing…and it’s the people who make it all possible. Great code is good, but great people are amazing…and with WordPress it’s the people who make it all possible….
What to Expect at WordCamp
Attending WordCamp? Here are some thoughts… Whether you’re attending WordCamp for the first time or your 100th, you’re bound to have fun, learn a lot, and widen your circle of WordPress friends. From my first WordCamp (Buffalo 2014) to my most recent, and from being an attendee, speaker, and organizer, I can tell you firsthand…
How to Favorite WordPress Plugins
WordPress. Plugins. Favorites. Did you know that you can make your WordPress experience even better by favoriting plugins? If you use many free plugins, then favoriting them in the repository can save you time. A lot of time. There are a few ways you can add plugins to your site: Download them from the repository, then upload…
I Love You More than WordPress
I Love WordPress. But I Love You More. I have made such a wonderful group of friends through WordPress. It’s gotten so that when I’m reading Facebook or Twitter on my phone and laugh out loud, it’s definitely one of my WordPress friends (you know who you are) that inspired the laughter. I eat, breathe,…
WordPress: A Labor of Love
WordPress gives me all the feels, but at the end of the day, it’s still work — a labor of love. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” ~Confucius All due respect to Confucius, but loving what you do doesn’t make every day full of…
Meagan Hanes: What Being a Woman Web Designer Means to Me
I’m a woman web designer – what this means to me. Being a web designer/developer is, for me, one of the most interesting and fulfilling careers available today. I love helping clients understand and implement the technology combination they need to achieve their dreams, and often times help by asking interesting questions that benefit the…
I’m a Web Designer, and I’m a Woman [gasp!]
It’s true. I’m a Web Designer, and I’m a woman. (I’ll wait a minute for that to sink in.) I did some research (OK, I did a quick Google search) to find the gender statistics on women in web design. It looks like it has been a few years since this has been written about….
The Importance of Doing WordPress Backups
It’s easy to get lazy about doing WordPress backups. WordPress backups are important. Fail to backup your site, and you will regret it. To quote Casablanca, “Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.” Ok – maybe slightly dramatic, but still true. Backing up your website is easy to…