All websites, not just WordPress, need to be regularly maintained for them to run smoothly and to lessen the chances of experiencing errors and performance issues. Since WordPress is an open-source CMS (Content Management System) platform, its components such as themes and plugins are mostly by third-party developers. These have constant updates that you need to check for regularly to make sure everything will run with little or no glitch at all. (Read about my friend, Marge's horrible … [Read more...]
Why you should use WordPress as your Ecommerce Platform
There are a lot of ways you can start your eCommerce business nowadays. Magento, Zencart, Opencart are the heavy hitters of ecommerce, and then there's Shopify, which is gaining grounds on popularity. WordPress is and may always be associated with blogging, but again, I have to stress it out that it is a powerful Content Management System (CMS) and it is not JUST for blogging, creating an eCommerce site on WordPress is definitely very possible, in fact, in my opinion, is the easiest to set … [Read more...]
Free Essential WordPress Plugins
There are literally thousands of free plugins for WordPress that you can install and use, but if I were to list down what I think are the essentials, these are the ones that I am recommending: … [Read more...]
What’s new with WordPress 3.9
Wordpress 3.9 (or "Smith") update is out! Check out this infographic for a list of new (or upgraded) features: … [Read more...]
Before You Install a WordPress Plugin
Please use this infographic as reference before installing any WordPress Plugin. A friendly reminder from The Techie Mom and web designer extraordinaire, Fancy Girl Design Studio. … [Read more...]