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Choosing the right WordPress theme

With literally tens of thousands of WordPress themes available online, finding the right one can be a difficult task. Here are a few tips to…

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WordPress turns 10

10 years ago Matt Mullenweg released the first version of WordPress.  It has since grown to power nearly 70 million websites, and an amazing 18%…

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My favorite mobile apps right now

Our buddy Joe Turner just picked up a Nexus 10 tablet and was asking what my favorite apps were, so I thought it’d be a…

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Moving a massive site to WordPress

This past weekend I was finally able to get Google Earth Blog moved from Movable Type (the old blogging software it was on) to WordPress….

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Protect your WordPress site now

As we speak, WordPress sites across the internet are under heavy attack from a botnet of roughly 90,000 computers.  Fortunately, you’re rather unlikely to have…

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A first look at WordPress 3.6

WordPress version 3.6 is expected to be released within the next month or so, and we’ve been playing with the latest beta versions of it…

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Your Complete Marketing Glossary to WordPress Blogging

When you dig into the world of blogging and WordPress and websites you’ll discover that there are a lot of strange new words to learn

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WordCamp ATL 2013: WordPress.com and .org

At WordCamp Atlanta this year I was given the opportunity to present a beginner-level session on understanding the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.com.  Thanks to…

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Are you coming to WordCamp?

One of our favorite events every year is the two-day WordCamp conference.  It’s held in various cities around the world, and it’s coming to Atlanta…

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Our favorite WordPress plugins

At GreenMellen, we love WordPress.  It makes website development much easier and allows us to build awesome (mobile responsive!) sites for our clients.  One of the…

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Creating tiled galleries with Jetpack 2.1

Being a WordPress development company, we’re big fans of the Jetpack plug-in for WordPress.  It offers some excellent features for your blog, including social connections,…

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Best apps for your new phone or tablet

If you just received a new phone or tablet as a gift, you’ve probably been digging in and downloading lots of great apps for it….

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WordPress 3.5 is here

After months of development and beta testing, WordPress version 3.5 has been released. Here’s a quick look at what’s new: New default theme – “TwentyTwelve”…

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Be free to change your mind

Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, recently made a powerful statement that has a lot of people thinking.  According to Jason Fried at…

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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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