Blake Imeson

Anyone who has had a blog hacked or files/database corrupted, knows the horrible feeling in your gut and the awful mess trying to recover. To solve this I have found a great way to make sure you don’t end up in a bad situation. The 2 WordPress Plugins 1. WP-DB-Backup – Allows you easily to [...]

This is my slideset from two interactive  seminars I did in Midland, MI courtesy of Caryn Shick and  the Entrepreneurship Meetups going on there. It references my previous post: Ultimate Guide to Self-Hosting WordPress

So you’d like to start a blog or site using WordPress and hosting it yourself. It is easier than you think. In a previous post I highlighted why you should host WordPress on your own domain. This is the next step. How. This is a very extensive and thorough guide, click the link below to [...]

This is a follow-up post to the question of what kind of site is this where you name is the URL? Thanks for the great questions Brittany! Question: How did you create your site / how can I start my own? Answer:  There are two good routes. 1. Free – Use WordPress.com and register a [...]

Now that I finally have time off from school I am updating all of the various sites I manage both personal and for clients. So far three updates went flawlessly, I think six or so left to go. Automattic has really hit a home run with this update. I am using Ozh Admin Drop Down [...]