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Is Your WordPress Database a Disaster? Get a grip on your tables and options to improve performance

May 19, 2017 by Sallie Goetsch 1 Comment

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This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Checking Up on Your Website

Over time, your WordPress database accumulates clutter. A bloated database can cause performance problems, and it may also make backing up and restoring more difficult. Continue Reading Is Your WordPress Database a Disaster? Get a grip on your tables and options to improve performance

Filed Under: Using WordPress Tagged With: Site Management, Tutorial, WordPress Database

Are You Sure Your Website Is Still Working? Ten things to check to make sure nothing is broken

May 15, 2017 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

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This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Checking Up on Your Website

Unlike your car, which has warning lights and beeps for every conceivable problem, your website won’t always tell you when something is wrong. Take some time right now to check for problems, and save yourself embarrassment and lost business. Continue Reading Are You Sure Your Website Is Still Working? Ten things to check to make sure nothing is broken

Filed Under: Using WordPress Tagged With: Site Management, Usability

Help! My Custom Post Type Disappeared from the Admin Menu!

April 29, 2015 by Sallie Goetsch 5 Comments

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I built five custom post types for a client project…but not all at once. When I discovered that the fifth one wasn’t showing up in the admin menu, I found myself on a merry chase. Learn more about the problem and the solution. Continue Reading Help! My Custom Post Type Disappeared from the Admin Menu!

Filed Under: Using WordPress Tagged With: Site Management, Tutorial

Your Website Is Not a Brochure. It’s a Machine.

March 24, 2015 by Sallie Goetsch Leave a Comment

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Most people persist in thinking of the Web as flat. Building a website is like building a car. It’s made up of moving parts, and its purpose is to take you somewhere. The first thing you have to do is decide is not what it should look like. It’s where you want it to take you. Continue Reading Your Website Is Not a Brochure. It’s a Machine.

Filed Under: Content Strategy Tagged With: Discovery, Site Management

Setting Up DNS and Email on Page.ly

September 12, 2012 by Sallie Goetsch 1 Comment

Manage domain aliases at Pagely (2012)

Page.ly has changed more than its hosting panel lately: they have a new policy on e-mail, which is to say, they no longer provide email service to their clients. This makes things considerably more confusing for the non-technical, so I’m providing a tutorial for my MediaBistro students and anyone else interested on how to get things set up. Continue Reading Setting Up DNS and Email on Page.ly

Filed Under: Hosting and Servers Tagged With: Site Management, WordPress Hosting

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