Last year, Google changed it’s algorithm so that websites that were mobile responsive would rank better. If your website isn’t mobile friendly, you might have seen a small decline in your Google ranking. Now Google has announced that beginning in May, they’ll start rolling out an update to mobile search results that increases the effect…
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CloudFlare HTTP/2 – Your Website Just Got Faster
This morning I got an email saying “Your Website Just Got Faster”. That’s the kind of email I love to get. I had been using Cloudflare for a while for it’s added security and speed. Since site speed helps your SEO, I was extra happy to get this news. I have a free account, so…
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Come See Me In NYC!
I’ll be speaking at WordCamp NYC this year on Saturday, Oct 31st at 10:15am. Find out more about how you can participate in this incredible 3 day conference of WordPress classes here: WordCamp NYC
Font Inspriation
In my new venture to learn more about web design (as opposed to development), I’ve recently been looking into typography and came across this excellent article full of real life inspiration. http://designinstruct.com/inspiration-web-design/google-fonts-examples/ The article features only free Google Fonts, which I love. The article not only shows you design examples but also gives you the…
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Genesis: Add Previous / Next Arrows After Single Posts
Add this to your functions.php file to add Prev/Next arrows after your single post. Simply use a different Genesis Hook to add them somewhere else. /** Genesis Previous/Next Post Post Navigation */ add_action( 'genesis_after_comments', 'eo_prev_next_post_nav' ); function eo_prev_next_post_nav() { if ( is_single() ) { echo '<div class="prev-next-navigation">'; previous_post_link( '<div class="previous">%link</div>', '< Previous' ); next_post_link( '<div…
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Use Icons Instead of Text in Your WordPress Menu with Font Awesome
First Choose to use the Plugin or Just a Little Script First, if you don’t already know about Font Awesome, you should really check it out. It makes it super simple to use great icons on your site that scale to whatever size you need. I did a quick post about using a plugin to…
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Spring Cleaning for Your WordPress Website
It’s finally that time of year – the snow is starting to melt and we are beginning to see signs of Spring. I know you are used to making sure your home is in order this time of year – but when’s the last time you did a little spring cleaning on your website? See…
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