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For a presentation I was giving recently, I wanted to find examples of WordPress sites that didn’t look like your typical WordPress sites. I wanted to show the versatility of WordPress, since many people still think it’s just used for blogs and think all WordPress sites look the same. So here’s a few of my [...]

Backing up your WordPress site is a necessity, but it can be hard to find an affordable, easy-to-implement solution that covers all the bases. I’m always on the hunt for the best solution, and the method presented here is just one of several possible solutions. Here are some of my ideal criteria for a backup [...]

Since I’ve had a few clients that have been using the Thesis theme, I’ve learned a thing or two about it, and have written a couple posts in the past. On one of those posts I received a question about changing the color of the comment box in Thesis and thought I would respond with [...]

Many WordPress themes do not yet provide a way to have totally different sidebar content on different pages of your site. Some may provide a little flexibility with, for example a sidebar for the blog and a different sidebar for static pages, but sometimes you need more comprehensive control – for example you may need [...]

WordCamp San Diego took place this past weekend, and as usual it was a day of learning, community and fun! Tickets to this event sold out extremely quickly so many folks missed out. Below you will find links to all of the slides from the presenters so if you missed the event you can still [...]

Many WordPress users like to use a custom permalink structure  which includes the blog post category in their url for additional SEO value. If you create relevant, keyword-rich category names for your blog, having them in the permalink can be useful. If you are one of these people, you NEED this plugin in your life!


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  • @nybinc: Thanks for sharing this information Lucy, it really cleared up my confusion. [...]
  • iamabdus: Awesome, thanks Lucy for the great tutorial. It helped me a lot to backup my sites. [...]
  • Shaun Snapp: Very cool Lucy. I have been looking for a replacement for Amazon S3 which runs me around $100 per mo [...]
  • Jon: What an excellent way to use Dropbox! Already a user and this makes perfect sense, thanks for the p [...]
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