Podcast

Tips this week include:
• Heartwood Art is in full production mode
• How long it takes most site owners to get into their production groove and why
• Completion of the Genesis Theme Speed Tests
• Why I need your help for my fully loaded site speed tests
• My upcoming session with Kate Ahl on different pinning methods
• How my new host interviews are coming
• An update on the timeline of the release of the new Gutenberg course
• Cloudflare fixed the bug their plugin was having with PHP 7.2
• Why you should never let any plugin developer change your site security
• What’s up with Google’s recent change to how they pick up dates to show in snippets
• Genesis releases version 2.9 and whether it’s safe to update
• StudioPress releases a whole gaggle of 3rd party themes that have been updated to take full advantage of Gutenberg and find out which top seller is not among them

Read More about Tips Tuesday – Genesis Themes, Gutenberg Class, Theme Speed Tests

Tips this week include:
• How site audits pay for themselves, big time
• The best paid social share button plugins to use
• The big changes coming to the Webmaster Training program
• Why I’ll be focusing on the new design block suites for my upcoming Gutenberg course
• 2 new posts in the Hobby to Money-Making Site Series on how to create an editorial calendar and all about branding
• Whether or not you want to do basic tips posts on your site
• Why I’m seeking advice and tips about Amazon affiliate links
• Why you need to update Chrome immediately
• The conflicting replies SiteGround gave folks about rebuilding their resource meters
• A super scary hosting security issue that very likely affected you
• What’s up with a lack of, or delayed emails for comment notification from your site
• A check on how many plugins you have

Read More about Tips Tuesday – Money Making Sites, Social Share Plugins, Host Security Issues

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

Read More about Tips Tuesday – Hosting, Pinterest Sharing, Solving Problems with Blog Posts

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

Read More about Tips Tuesday – Social Share Buttons, WordPress 5.1 Changes, Designer Tips

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

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

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

Read More about Tips Tuesday – Sticky Bar Plugins, Gutenberg Phase 2, Safely Update Plugins

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

Read More about Tips Tuesday – Site Speed, Protect Images, Google and PDFs, WP 5.1 Security

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

Read More about Tips Tuesday – Site Security, MediaVine Research, Genesis 2.8, Gutenberg Phase 2