Get Your Livefyre Commenting System Walk-through
Here at For Bloggers, By Bloggers, we have talked a lot about Livefyre, our preferred commenting system. And we proudly use it here on this blog. If you compare Livefyre to the WordPress vanilla...
View ArticleTHE Plugin to Speed Up WordPress Blogs
WordPress as we know is a database, but sometimes we forget how a database operates and that leads to our blog sites slowing down. We know that too many plugins grind our sites to a halt, but what...
View ArticleDon’t Be a Victim: 5 Myths About WordPress
In our digital-happy world, news travels at breakneck speed. “Thought leaders” and “experts” are around every corner, with advice sprinkled with untruths, half-truths, exaggerations and over-promises....
View Article4 WordPress Freedoms: How Many Have You Claimed?
It’s Independence Day here where I am, on American soil. Beer, potato salad, strawberry shortcake and sparkling fireworks. It’s about freedom, man. Used in the right way, WordPress is all about...
View ArticleHow to Get Better Control When Embedding Video in Your WordPress Posts
If you use WordPress, you know that you can easily embed video by simply pasting the embed code into a post. But what if you want more control over the size of the video, or even the way it looks?...
View ArticleHerding the Cats In Your WordPress Dashboard
If you have a blog with a lot of users, from admins to authors to editors, sometimes you just need a little more control over certain things in WordPress. Yes, roles have things they can and can’t do,...
View ArticleWordPress SEO Plugins, Post Penguin
Most people know that search engines are your best source of getting traffic to your site. With all the recent fuss over Google Penguin (an algorithm update), some bloggers are wondering if SEO still...
View ArticleBlog Comments and Experimentation – Or Why @Livefyre Is Here to Stay
So, if you’re a regular reader of this blog (and thank you!), I think I owe you an apology for any dizziness we may have caused you in the last couple of months. As a regular visitor, you’ll know that...
View ArticleGetting More From Genesis When You’re Not a Developer
Do you use the Genesis Framework (affiliate link) on your blog? Can’t code for toffee? Have no idea what a hook is? This post is just for you. It can be heartbreaking to download a new theme and...
View ArticleCode-free List Building: An Elevatr Review
A few months back a friend of mine Eugen Oprea approached me and asked if I would mind testing a plugin for him. Having known Eugen for a while, and knowing that he’s one of life’s good guys made my...
View ArticleHow To Tailor Your Blog Post For Search Engines
Have you ever wondered how to use SEO (search engine optimization) for your blog posts or, if you are structuring them in the correct format? I used to worry about that when I was writing blog posts,...
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