“I built my own website, no problem. It was so easy!” “I don’t know that much about html, but I just went for it.” “Don’t waste your money on a contractor. You can build your own site.” “It’s so easy these days to just make your own site! Just use WordPress.” Anyone who’s been inRead more

More than likely, you’ve heard of the new website-building platform, the Grid. Whether you’re submersed in the tech world or not, the Grid is quickly gaining lots of attention. It’s a fairly simple-sounding pitch: upload your own text and images, and the Grid magically makes them into a website for you—no web designers necessary. AlmostRead more

60% of the entire CMS marketplace is dominated by WordPress. That’s millions of people. And when you have a market with so many participants, you better believe there’ll be some huge add-ons available. In WordPress’ case, it’s plugins. We’ve created a stripped-down list of essential plugins perfect for a bare-bones website. Here are seven ofRead more

If you’re looking for a free or premium WordPress theme, there are thousands to choose from. As we browse through them, it’s easy to forget about the back-end stuff that could make or break the search potential of your new website. I’m talking about SEO-friendly stuff. That one portfolio theme is so ridiculously sleek andRead more

CMS stands for Content Management System, the software on which you build and manage websites. And there are a lot of them to choose from. When it comes to building websites, most CMS’s that would interest beginners run on PHP, the back-end language of choice. Although there are other CMS’s like Joomla, Mambo, and MoodleRead more

In today’s digital world, the idea of “social” is constantly morphing into something new. Companies have to maintain their presence across a wide range of social media networks, including hotshots like Facebook, Twitter and Google+, but there are also a range of smaller, or more specialized social platforms. If you haven’t run the gauntlet yet,Read more

As someone who practices SEO every day on the lovely WordPress blog you are currently reading, I have experimented with what techniques make the site more efficient. Some of these tactics include micro level changes like alt tags and post titles, and macro level changes like reducing page load time and editing code to makeRead more

Often confused with document management software, content management systems are an entirely different breed of web-based publishing and editing software used to create websites and blogs. While they’re not something we can offer to you (sorry), these publishing solutions are widely popular (and one such CMS, WordPress, is used by us right here on this veryRead more