Getting Started with Google Analytics & WordPress

By Robby McCullough | July 15, 2014 |

I think most webmasters/bloggers would agree, one of the most amusing aspects of publishing on the web is watching how the web responds. Out of the box, WordPress does not track any meaningful analytics on how your content is being accessed! Even if driving large amounts of traffic to your site isn’t your main goal, staying familiar with…

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WordPress Makes It Easy To Publish Poorly Written Posts

By Justin Busa | July 3, 2014

In case you missed it, Jeff Chandler published a post this morning titled “WordPress Visual Page and Website Builders Make It Easy To Create Ugly Sites“. In my opinion, saying that a WordPress page builder makes it easy to create ugly sites is like saying that WordPress itself makes it easy to publish poorly written posts.

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3 Ways To Build WordPress Layouts Your Clients Can Edit With Ease

By Justin Busa | July 2, 2014 |

We’ve all seen it done plenty of times. What am I talking about? The WordPress editor, stuffed with HTML or shortcodes to build a custom page layout. That may be fine and dandy if you’re a developer and the only one working on a page, but what if the page you built was for a client that wants to make changes once you’re done?

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GPL Or Bust

By Justin Busa | June 25, 2014 |

The timing for some of the recent posts regarding open source software, the GPL and how it all relates to WordPress, couldn’t be more perfect. While the much more high profile VersionPress was deciding whether they should adopt the GPL, we were doing the same. Following their story provided a lot of insight and eventually lead to us adopting the GPL for our products as well.

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Creating A WordPress Plugin Is Easier Than You Think

By Justin Busa | June 9, 2014 |

Until a few years ago, I hadn’t written a single WordPress plugin. I had created and customized many themes for our clients, but for some reason, I kept telling myself that creating a plugin was beyond my capabilities. In hindsight, I couldn’t have been more wrong. If you’ve ever felt this way, let me tell you something. Creating a WordPress plugin is not beyond your capabilities. Anyone that has skills enough to write basic PHP and modify a theme can create a plugin.

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10 Things You Might Not Know About WordPress

By Robby McCullough | June 5, 2014 |

One of WordPress’ most powerful features is its simplicity. Mainly due to the text-editor-like post editing dashboard, anyone familiar with MS Word or Pages can jump right in and start publishing on the web. While this simplicity is awesome, some super powerful WordPress features get hidden away behind the scenes. Today, I wanted to dig…

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Behind The Scenes At Beaver Builder

By Justin Busa | May 6, 2014 |

Wow! Where does the time go? It has already been a month since we launched Beaver Builder into the wild and things have been going great! We’ve met some great people, learned a plethora of new things about the WordPress community and released a handful of updates to the Page Builder plugin and theme. In short, it has been a fun ride!

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Make Your WordPress Site Fast as *$#@!

By Robby McCullough | April 24, 2014 |

Wear and tear is inevitable. Shoes, cars, tools, homes, and everything else degrades over time. Well, software is no different. Ever notice how a four-year-old computer just doesn’t have the same pep in its step like when it was new? Or, how that contacts app on your phone seems to get bogged down more and…

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Tips For Setting Up A Solid WordPress Website

By Justin Busa | April 17, 2014

So you installed a fresh copy of WordPress and are ready to build your website. Great! Now what?

When I setup a new WordPress site, I like to follow a simple set of guidelines to ensure that I’m covering all of my bases. Doing so helps to prevent future issues that may arise from ignoring this kind of stuff. Everyone has their own opinion when it comes to how you should setup a fresh WordPress install, this is mine.

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