Podcast

  • Tips Tuesday – Hosting, Pinterest Sharing, Solving Problems with Blog Posts

    Tips this week include:
    • Update on the paid social share buttons case study and why I’m not releasing it yet
    • The new Pinterest share case study has begun
    • Why I’m researching new hosts
    • An update and new posts for my hobby to money-making site
    • Why I have to get theme performance testing done and what’s coming for the Webmaster Training
    • Why it’s time to delete one of my long-standing recommended plugins
    • What country is getting massive bad bots through and if these are probes for a DDoS attack
    • Why SiteGround dropped showing IP addresses in AWStats
    • Why you need to log out when you’re not using WordPress and the toll it takes on your site if you don’t
    • A new site and property verification in Google Search Console
    • Hard proof of why we all need to scream for SiteGround to give us our resource meters back
    • What’s coming in the next two Genesis releases
    • How to find your audience’s biggest pain points and why you should

  • Tips Tuesday – Social Share Buttons, WordPress 5.1 Changes, Designer Tips

    Tips this week include:
    • Best and Worst Free Social Share Button Plugins test results are in!
    • Where to find the full 120 page case study report
    • The best settings for Scriptless Social Sharing
    • An update on the next case study for paid share buttons and Pinterest buttons
    • A new post series on turning Heartwood Art from a hobby site to a money maker
    • Who’s helping me have a ball on Instagram Stories
    • The best mount for your phone or tablet to do video
    • A whole bunch of tips on the serious changes coming in WordPress 5.1
    • UpdraftPlus just got faster for our backups
    • Where to find more ADA Compliance testing help

  • Tips Tuesday – Video is Huge, 2 Free Webinars, Social Share and Pinterest Case Study Update

    Tips this week include:
    • Why I’m focused on video creation for the Heartwood Art site
    • A free webinar on how to take better photos with your phone
    • Testing on the free social share button plugins case study is complete, ensure I didn’t miss yours
    • Who my secret influencer is that will be helping with the Pinterest sharing plugin case study
    • The two other case studies on my to do list and why I’m dedicating 2019 to this endeavor
    • Google’s new video grid on mobile
    • Live indexing on Google and Bing and what else I’m hoping it will do for us
    • The next DIY SEO live workshop is this Thursday and we’re switching gears for on-page SEO
    • Multiple reasons why you need to stop displaying share counts
    • A free webinar on how to future proof your theme design with a focus on Genesis
    • The road I hope Genesis doesn’t take that was suggested by the new Shaper counsel
    • Gutenberg can once again allow you to register custom colors for text and backgrounds
    • Why I’ll be getting the Pro version of the FooGallery for my new wood videos

  • Tips Tuesday – Sticky Bar Plugins, Gutenberg Phase 2, Safely Update Plugins

    Tips this week include:
    • The behind-the-scenes story on my new woodworking venture
    • Why I changed my mind about the new theme on the wood site
    • My speed tests are complete and what’s next on the case study test list
    • Why I’m postponing all Gutenberg related stuff
    • What’s in the new roadmap for Phase 2 of Gutenberg
    • A webinar on page building with Gutenberg this week that all designers will want to attend
    • A great guide to check your site for ADA compliance
    • Whether it’s okay or not to update to Genesis 2.8.1
    • How to safely update plugins with WP Rollback in play
    • How to backup your plugins prior to update
    • What to do while that backup is running
    • What sticky bar plugins me and my clients are looking into
    • When, and when not, to put ads on your site

  • Tips Tuesday – Site Speed, Protect Images, Google and PDFs, WP 5.1 Security

    Tips this week include:
    • The surprising tester that is back in my speed test top 2
    • Why your host type matters so much for speed
    • An update on the social share buttons case study
    • Inside scoop on my recent chat with the folks at Mediavine
    • My progress on the new woodshop
    • Why you might need to consider dumping sidebars from your next theme
    • The firestorm on Instagram and why you must start watermarking all of your images
    • My take on the recent Pinterest meltdown
    • Big changes coming to Google images
    • What Google pulling snippets from PDFs has to do with your robots.txt file
    • Why you need to care about Dominos getting hit with a lack of ADA compliance law suit
    • What’s in the new Gutenberg Blocks repository
    • The premade style blocks I’m checking out
    • Major security concerns over a new feature coming to WordPress 5.1
    • Why you should use Chrome to surf the web
    • Whether or not you can use trademarked phrases like Super Bowl in your posts

  • Tips Tuesday – Site Security, MediaVine Research, Genesis 2.8, Gutenberg Phase 2

    Tips this week include:
    • Why better security equals a faster site and cheaper hosting
    • A progress report on the Heartwood Art woodshop makeover
    • Why you need to keep all of your social media accounts active and the bullet I dodged
    • Why I’m taking a course on affiliate marketing
    • The SEO I’ll be setting up on my new YouTube channel
    • Why I’m tickled pink with the investment I made in my new video camera
    • The new social sharing buttons case study is underway and what else I’m testing
    • Why working with influencers is so important
    • Finding new life for this podcast on Instagram
    • New MediaVine research I’m doing for better speed on sites with ads
    • When are we moving to Gutenberg?
    • What they’re working on in Phase 2 of Gutenberg that just cranked up
    • Why you need to ensure you know how to use the native Text and Image widgets we have now
    • The release schedule for WordPress 5.1
    • Why webmasters need to set up dedicated test sites for WordPress
    • What the big Collection #1 Data Breach was all about and how to protect your online accounts
    • What’s in Genesis 2.8 that promises a new theme experience for us and theme developers
    • Whether it’s okay to update to Genesis 2.8 yet or not
    • Proposed revision to CSS Coding Standards for WordPress sites

  • Tips Tuesday – Site Speed Up, WordPress 5.1 Beta, Survey Results, TinyMCE Advanced Update

    Tips this week include:
    • What the BlogAid survey results revealed and the new classes I’ll be offering
    • The plugins I’ll be testing in my social share button case study
    • What caused a super delay in posting on Heartwood Art
    • The big interface change in the TinyMCE Advanced plugin
    • What’s in the WordPress 5.1 beta version just released
    • Why I’m thrilled with Yoast’s proposal for speeding up WordPress

  • Tips Tuesday – Surveys, Genesis 2.8 Beta, Gutenberg Classes, Share Buttons Study

    Tips this week include:
    • New surveys are out for BlogAid groups
    • An update on what I found in my play time with Gutenberg and Genesis
    • An update on my theme revamp services and Gute classes
    • Why I’m investing so much into my new woodworking business right up front
    • What I’ll be using for client interviews and livestreaming soon
    • How you can help with my new share button case study
    • An update on using Google reCAPTCHA v3 with Contact Form 7
    • A reminder to delete the new WP theme after updating to WP 5.x
    • What’s coming in the first meeting of the new WordPress Governance project
    • A peek into what’s in the new Genesis 2.8 beta theme built on Gute blocks
    • Why we need to pay attention to Beyonce getting sued over what’s missing on her site
    • Tips on your image Alt Text for Google and Pinterest
    • How Beaver Builder is changing in the post-Gutenberg era
    • How some site DIY and ignorance can cost you more in the long run
    • How to avoid HTTPS gotchas down the road