New WordPress feature to make your site load faster
Google has long said that the speed with which your site loads will affect how well it ranks in the search results. It’s not a…
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GreenMellen featured on StudioPress
We always love to be recognized for the work we do. This time StudioPress has featured our very own GreenMellen website on their showcase gallery….
2012 Web Trends
As we begin to drift into the final, chilly months of 2012, what better time to reflect on the trends that have made web design…
Making the most of Google Webmaster Tools
One of the tools we use quite often here at GreenMellen is Google Webmaster Tools. It’s a suite of free tools that can be very…
15 questions to ask before you start a web project
“Hey, Ali. We need a website for our new start-up. How much do they cost?” Oh how I wish this was an easy question to…
DPI/PPI doesn’t matter at all on the web
I often hear people talking about the proper dpi/ppi to use when creating images for websites. Here is the simple answer: it doesn’t matter at…
How building a WordPress-powered website is like building a house
A few weeks ago I was talking with a client and they were having a difficult time understanding how all of the pieces of their…
Our YMCA has one of the worst good-looking sites ever made
We love our local YMCA. Both of my girls play soccer there, we’ve done various swim lessons, and my wife and I work out there…
How to make it all come together
Over the years, I’ve discussed a lot of ideas to help your business flourish online and today I’m going to show you what it looks…
Firefox 4 released; much faster, some new features
While I’m still a big fan of Google Chrome, Firefox 4 came out today and has some nice improvements. The first is speed. Chrome still…
Thoughts on the Google Chrome OS laptop
As many of you know, Google has been giving away thousands of free laptops to help promote and troubleshoot their upcoming “Chrome OS” operating system….
More clicks = better rankings in Google?
I was talking to @jasonbhuffman on Twitter about search engine optimization on his church site, and he told me this: I was informed that on…
The basics of Google Analytics
Most of my clients use Google Analytics. In fact, most people I meet online use Google Analytics. However, many of them don’t know how to…
Don’t be like a “University Website”
A few weeks back, the popular comic strip xkcd posted an image titled “University Website“. It was simply a Venn diagram that showed the difference…
My favorite WordPress plug-ins
Three years ago I wrote up a list of my favorite plug-ins, and decided that it was well past time to give the list a…