by Anthony Hortin | Jul 29, 2014 | News
Late last year I wrote a post about a great guide that I was referred to for setting up WordPress on Amazon Web Services. The guide was written by Jeff Reifman, who's an extremely talented technology consultant living in Seattle, Washington. He's a longtime ex-Microsoft Group Program Manager, freelance writer and activist.
Well, Jeff's written up another handy guide that I'm sure more than a few of you will be interested in. It's called Publishing with WordPress and in it, Jeff steps you through all the important (& sometimes technical) steps in actually getting your WordPress site online and managing it once it is. He even talks about some of the various ways in which you can earn money from your site (I'm making sure I read that section myself!). …Continue reading
by Anthony Hortin | Jun 24, 2014 | News
I get a lot of emails asking for advice on which plugins or themes to use, or which hosting service is best. There's a huge number of hosting services out there, some better than others, and at times it can be hard to distinguish between them before signing up. When it comes to themes and plugins, it's even harder because there's even more to choose from. With over 30,000 plugins in the official Plugin Directory, and over 2,500 themes in the Themes Directory, it can make for even more difficulties. And that's not taking into account the thousands of theme and plugin shops that are all over the web.
So, to try and help you with this task, I thought I'd share with you some of the more common plugins, themes and services that I use on a regular basis, both on my own sites and when I’m building client sites. …Continue reading
by Anthony Hortin | May 29, 2014 | News
It's a little later than I would have liked, but it's finally updated! Easy WP Guide version 2.7. Yay! This updated version covers all the new features and changes that came with the latest version of WordPress, version 3.9. As well as the updated content, there's also a couple of new chapters, bringing the total page count to 132 pages. That's an extra 9 pages of awesome and over 1100 more words from the previous version! …Continue reading
by Anthony Hortin | May 22, 2014 | News |
UPDATED: Prize winners announced below! Thanks everyone for entering and for supporting Easy WP Guide!
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With the success of our last giveaway and to celebrate the release of Divi 2.0, Elegant Themes has stepped up again and kindly offered another 3 Developer Subscriptions for you, our lucky readers. …Continue reading
by Anthony Hortin | Apr 21, 2014 | News |
UPDATED: Prize winners announced below! Thanks everyone for entering and for supporting Easy WP Guide!
Disclosure: Some of the links on this page are affiliate links. We only promote affiliate programs that we believe will be relevant and useful to Easy WP Guide readers. If you follow an affiliate link to a company or product and then end up buying something, I get a small percentage of the sale for referring you. No need to worry though, your price doesn’t change, so you don’t pay any more for the product or service. Buying stuff you were going to get anyway through affiliate links is a great way to support this site and keep it running.
Well, I gotta say, when I first launched Easy WP Guide back in May 2011, I never thought I'd see the downloads tick over to 100,000! A big thanks to those folks who have supported & shared the site with your colleagues, friends & clients. Also, a big thanks to those that have donated some coinage. One of the big costs with the site is the hosting, due to the traffic that goes through it. Last, but never least, thanks to everyone who's downloaded a copy (or two) of the guide. It's fantastic getting emails from people telling me how much they love the guide and how useful it's been. …Continue reading
by Anthony Hortin | Apr 17, 2014 | News |
WordPress version 3.9, named “Smith” in honor of jazz organist Jimmy Smith, is now available for download from the WordPress website or by clicking that big ol’ update button within your WordPress Dashboard. You'll find there's a number of great updates in this latest version. …Continue reading
