
Who is this Guy?
I’m a Web Business Development and Internet Marketing Consultant specializing in the use of WordPress and WordPress Multisite. My development … [Learn More About Me...]

FooPlugins Launch Experience
In my last post I talked about the process of setting up a legal business. That business is FooPlugins.com and has been launched. I wanted to write today to share how the launch went and what to expect next from us. I've said it before, but I want to reiterate. Without you and my amazing business partner, I would not have been able to learn, build, and launch this WordPress plugin business. … [Read More...]

Creating the Legalities of a WordPress Business
In the process of setting up a legal entity for our upcoming business launch, I reached out to several people seeking advice on how best to create our business structure. I'm really grateful for the willingness of everyone to share their knowledge and experience. This will be the first in a series of posts. Here's a few things I've learned so far... The K.I.S.S. Method With all the opinions I … [Read More...]

Oh yeah, and the P is capitalized.
The title of this post was the last sentence included on the WordCamp San Diego speaker submission page. It struck a cord with me and here's why. What It Means (if you don't know) WordPress is spelled with a capital "P". It's not Wordpress, or wordpress, or Word Press. It's WordPress. I assume that sentence was included on the speakers page as a way of saying "If you intend to speak at this … [Read More...]

The Startup Business Juggling Act
Starting a business is hard. Rule #1. Keep a firm grip on your balls. Rules I Follow to Achieve Success I've been thinking of our latest startup project a lot. 24 hours a day really. I never stop thinking of all the little details that will help us to achieve the success we envision. In light of a few posts I've read recently from others in the WordPress business space, specifically a recent … [Read More...]
Tutorials Archive

Page Attributes in the WordPress Admin Area
This is a quick message to let you know I’ve published a detailed tutorial on WordPress Page Attributes. What they are, what they’re for, and how to use them. Read more here.

How to Put Your WordPress Site into Maintenance Mode and Why You Would Want To
Sometimes you need to hide your entire website from public visitors. Maybe it’s because you’re still experimenting and deciding what theme you want to apply, maybe you’re still hard at work creating the initial content for the site, of maybe you’ve been traipsing around in the code and completely horked your site (yes it’s happened [...]

What are Shortcodes in WordPress and What Do They Provide?
If you’ve heard the term Shortcode while browsing around the WordPress world, or if you’ve seen the term used within instructions for a WordPress plugin and have been wondering what exactly a shortcode is and what it does, then you’ve found the right tutorial. Shortcodes are an awesome tool for both WordPress developers and WordPress [...]

How to Easily Find Images and Links for Your WordPress Website
You probably already know that adding images, videos, and relevant links to your blog posts and website articles is something you should be doing. If you didn’t know this or the reasons why, stay tuned here. If you’re already doing this, you may be adding these links, video and images in an inefficient way. In [...]

How to Hide Individual Pages from the Search Engines
In a previous post I showed how you can hide individual pages from your WordPress page navigation menus. I also warned that they can still be indexed by search engines and therefore seen by unintended people through search results. Why Do Search Engines Still Index My Hidden Pages? Because we haven’t told them not to…yet. [...]