Before beginning, I want to mention that this post was inspired by Chris Lema's series on WordPress membership plugins, especially his post on why many stand-alone membership plugins won't work. If you are studying membership plugins for WordPress, Chris's posts are a must-read. What is the
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Why I No Longer Use Themeforest
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I Wish Twitter Would…
Dear Twitter, There are obvious reasons why mentions and links are included in the character count of a tweet. If they weren't, Twitter would become a spammer's playground by letting them send links to every user. I get that. However, I would love to be able to engage in multi-person conversations
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If you do business online, you've probably heard of Fiverr, home of the $5 gig. Things you can have done on Fiverr range from graphic design, marketing and advertising, programming, and whole bunch of other (sometimes strange) things. The lure of Fiverr is that each "gig" is only $5. When a gig has
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My dive into the world of WordPress came back in 2012 when a friend and I were looking to start a small business here in the Cleveland area. Once the initial planning was completed and we had an idea of how we were going to operate, I felt we needed to have a website, like any business should. Not
Best WordPress Themes for Beginners
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