Final Thoughts on WP-Spam Free

Earlier today I made the decision to turn off the plugin WP-SpamFree. WP-SpamFree is a powerful anti-spam plugin for WordPress that stops comment spam and trackback spam. This plugin stops the spam before it gets to the database, so there is no cluttering up of the database. The plugin also comes with a SpamFee Contact […]

52 Beautiful Examples of HDR Photography

HDR or high dynamic range imaging uses a greater dynamic range of luminance between light and dark areas of an image that standard digital photography methods can not produce. HDR uses multiple pictures and imaging processing to create HDR photography. I have collected some of my favorite examples of HDR photography. All pictures are licensed […]

Finally Some Time Off

Last week was another busy one for me. Between work, school and working with my clients, I have not had much time for myself. To be honest, I was starting to get burned out and getting tired of not having a social life. So this week, my wife and I decided to take some time […]

110+ CSS Resources and Tutorials

Cascading style sheets (CSS) were created to define how HTML elements will display. CSS can be implemented on the index page or as a stand alone file. In most cases, I would recommend using an external style because you can easily make changes to the style sheet by updating the code and simply replacing the […]

How to Add Author Bio to WordPress Without a Plugin

If you been reading my blog over the last month you may have noticed some design changes on my post pages. Today I wanted to tell you about one of those changes. That change is the author bio box at the end of the content of the post. I added the box to give a […]

Book Review: Problogger Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

Over the last week I read Darren Rowse’s and Chris Garrett’s book ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income (affiliate). The authors take the reader from the beginning of blogging and what is blogging for money through running a successful blog. Out of all of the tech books I have read, this […]

Weekly Link Love March 21st

This week’s link love is a bit short. I left for Houston, Texas Saturday morning and did not  have much time to read a lot of blogs this past week.  All of the articles listed below will help any webmaster, web designer, or blogger build a better website and gain more organic search engine traffic. […]

Daily Delicious Links March 19th

40 Powerful CSS Tools And Generators To Automate Your Workflow | Graphic and Web Design Blog “Showcase of 40 useful and powerful CSS tools and generators.” (tags: css) 40 Free Minimalist And High Quality Fonts | Graphic and Web Design Blog 40 Free Fonts for that enjoy minimalist style. (tags: FreeFonts) Search Engine Ranking Factors […]

Daily Delicious Links March 18th

Today’s Delicious post is a short list today. I thought I share with everyone a list of Photoshop Cheatsheets and Must short cuts. Most profession photoshop users shortcuts as much as possible, this will cut done on some of the time it takes to work on projects.  I also found a link to 15  excellent […]

How to Comment Out PHP Code

At one time or another, every blogger using WordPress will come across an issue with a plugin or theme that is causing errors. If a bloggers wants to fix these types of issues they need to learn PHP to make any database coded changes to the system.  Lately, I have been going through my plugins, […]

Guest Post: On-Page SEO Tips

Last Monday I submitted my first guest post over at Famous Bloggers. My post was over On-page SEO. In this article I go over the steps for proper on-page SEO that every website should practice on their site. SEO on your web page is important because if properly done, the search engine will for you […]

Famous Bloggers Guest Writer’s Contest

As of March 1st Famous Bloggers started a guest post contest. Famous Bloggers understands why guest blogging is so important. They want to give back to there guest writers by awarding top guest posts for the month march. The contest is open to anyone who writes on a topic in their blog categories. Topics include  […]