The Need For Speed

This site covers how to start a blog, build traffic and make money blogging. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!When it comes to first impressions, your blog has four seconds to load before the majority of new visitors decide not to bother reading it. […]

Choose Your WordPress Theme Wisely

Several of you have indicated that you’re considering a change in templates, whether that’s a move from a 3-column to 2-column design or something even more drastic. Before you decide on a new look, check out this Morning’s Must Read: 7 tips for choosing a WordPress theme.

WordPress Made Easy

Although I’m not a site designer, I do tend to tinker with my templates on a regular basis. Unfortunately, I also mess up my templates on a regular basis, too. Same goes for my entire WordPress install, although I have far fewer problems with that these days thanks to Lisa Sabin-Wilson’s book WordPress for […]

BFTM’s New Look

I feel pretty, oh so pretty…
I almost forgot to ask: what do you think of the new design?

Should I Go Full Monty?

Even prior to BFTM’s nifty, new site design (thanks to my beloved pals at Apothegm), I’d been posting only entry excerpts on the front page of this site.
As this Morning’s Must Read explains, there’s a good argument in favor of excerpts: avoiding search engine penalties for duplicate content. (There are plenty of other boring […]

Make A Free Favicon For Your Blog

At any given point in the day my browser shows a sea of tabs all competing for prime real estate on my laptop monitor. My bookmarks are equally cluttered despite my intention to someday tidy them up. Between these two little habits of mine it’s easy to lose track of a website, unless they have […]

Is Your Blog Design Like A Bad Comb Over?

Bloggers with bad designs and men with comb-overs share one thing in common: neither realize how ridiculous they look. Is your page hideous? Don’t be so hasty with your answer.

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