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Should outgoing links open in a new window?

It’s a question we are asked quite a lot, and the answer is… “maybe”. To understand what this question is asking, take a look at…

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Come join us to talk about customizing WordPress themes

Tomorrow at 11:30am at our monthly Meetup we’ll be discussing simple ways to customize your WordPress theme. It’s a different approach than the process we…

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SEO and single page websites

One of the hotter trends lately are single-page websites; long scrolling pages that put all of the site’s content on a single page. Many of…

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The Website SEO Checklist

When taking a look at a new site, we have a variety of things that we look at as we work on creating a plan…

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Come join us at WordCamp Birmingham

WordCamp Birmingham is coming up in a few weeks (August 16) and we’re getting excited about it! Jenny Munn and myself will be leading a…

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WordPress 4.0 Available for Beta

WordPress is preparing to launch version 4.0 on August 13, 2014. The first beta versions are already available for testing. Despite the major version number, this…

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Meeup: WordPress Plugins

Today there are over 31,635 WordPress plugins in the WP Directory. The GreenMellen team joined up with the All Things WordPress Meet-up and worked up a…

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Let’s talk about WordPress plugins

We’ve talked about our favorite plugins a number of times on the site, and tomorrow (June 12) we’re going to be talking about them at…

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Our 10 years with WordPress

WordPress will be turning 11 soon, but tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of when I first tried it out. My original blog post is no…

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Big Changes in JetPack Plugin Release 3.0

We love JetPack.  This feature rich plugin was released today with a couple of brand new features and a redesigned interface for managing modules and settings. What’s New:…

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GreenMellen speaking at Georgia URISA on May 13

Ali and I are excited to be heading to speak at the Georgia chapter of URISA (Urban and Regional Information Systems Association). We’ll be speaking…

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WordPress 3.9

Yahoo!  Wordpress 3.9 is here. [wpvideo sAiXhCfV] WordPress 3.9 updates include: Updated TinyMCE: Have you ever pasted copy from a MS Word document into WordPress…

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How to get your WordPress website found on Google

Every business struggles at one point or another with how to be found by Google. Wading through the overwhelming amount of information online about marketing…

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How to Run Promotional Campaigns and Build Your List using WordPress

You’ve got a great product and you’ve got a great site, but how do you build an email list so that people know about you…

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Wordcamp Roundup

What is Wordcamp? WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are informal, community-organized events that are put together by WordPress users like…

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