by Ethan Waldman | Sep 3, 2013 | WordPress
I had quite a scare the other morning. Yes, even Cloud Coaches get the blues. I fired up Firefox and headed over to the WordPress backend URL for my website, ready to type up a new blog post, and… Nothing. White screen of death. 500 server error. Holy shit! Keep...
by Ethan Waldman | Nov 15, 2012 | WordPress
Wow, that's a mouthful of a title! Seriously though: It's not BS. I want to tell you about how I used a (free) service called CloudFlare to dramatically speed up my website. The Backstory I've been a happy BlueHost customer for many years now, but I've noticed that as...
by Ethan Waldman | Oct 16, 2012 | WordPress
One of the biggest disappointments facing new online business owners is that they find out that WordPress isn't as easy as it was cracked up to be. WordPress is easy if you've come from having to hand-code your own website, but it's certainly no cakewalk if you've...
by Ethan Waldman | Aug 1, 2012 | WordPress
One of the most annoying things about blogging regularly is finding and using great images for your blog posts. Recently, I started using a free plugin called PhotoDropper for WordPress that greatly simplifies the process (dare I say it even makes it enjoyable). There...
by Ethan Waldman | Apr 17, 2012 | DIY, WordPress
This week I want to talk about something that challenges one of the assumptions that I see people making every single day. This is breaking a viewpoint even I haven't questioned in the past. Allow me to explain. The WordPress Myth With the notable exception of Seth...
by Ethan Waldman | Mar 15, 2012 | WordPress
WordPress can be really scary. You never know when that next plugin or update is going to crash your site. The user interface is really user friendly, but a couple of wrong clicks and you can find yourself staring at a page of code. That's why when I set out to speed...