WordPress 3.5 is here and it’s time to upgrade again. With any major release, there are bound to be glitches with themes and plugins along the way. Known WordPress upgrade issues can be found on this post over at wordpress.org How To Upgrade To WordPress 3.5 I’m going to outline how I upgrade clients and […]
Easily Create Your Own Quote Images In WordPress [Video]
Quote images are taking over the social sharing space. From Pinterest to Facebook, can you go a day without seeing a quote image fly through the stream? As a service business owner with limited graphic ability, sometimes it’s difficult to take advantage of the latests trends in image sharing. When it comes to online visibility, […]
How to Install The Facebook Recommendations Bar
The New Recommendations Bar Earlier this week, Facebook announced a new recommendation bar. There’s been a recommendations box around for a while now. The bar is different… You’ll see the new Facebook “bar” pop up in a little while down on the right corner. At the moment it’s a nice, unintrusive like button. As you […]
Nomophobia – Why Your Local Business Can’t Ignore Mobile
(or almost 2/3 of the UK have gone mobile crazy) Nomo…what? Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile phone. It apparently affects 66% of the population. I’ll be honest, I don’t get it. People who know or work with me know I am closer to the mophobia side of the spectrum. My mobile […]
Cookie Solutions For WordPress – UK Cookie Law Deadline 26th May
The new EU Cookie law comes into force on 26th May 2012. I have been having much fun looking for cookie solutions for WordPress. I’ll be honest, I think this new EU Directive is absolutely ridiculous. Protecting privacy? No, just making life difficult for small business owners who have enough red tape to jump through […]
Top 3 Free WordPress Backup Plugins – Back Up Your WordPress Site Today
Is backing up your WordPress website a scary thought? Backing up doesn’t need to be complicated, here are three free WordPress backup plugins that help. My Top 3 Free WordPress Backup Plugins I’ve used these three plugins on various WordPress websites of my own, and currently have all three installed here on MLBO. A tad […]
SEO Copywriting – Where Do I Put My Keywords?
When you write for the web, where do you put your keywords? How often should you use your keywords? These keyword placement questions crop up a lot when writing for SEO. Yesterday I highlighted my two favourite tools for SEO copywriting and on-page optimisation. Today, I’ll highlight two tools I use that answer those burning […]