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[Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog

SocMed Sean

SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean [Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog Before getting started, I know this is a really looooong post, and I apologize in advance. I hope this is an especially valuable post for anyone running a WordPress blog. Do good plugins really slow down my site?

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Is it Shortsighted Not to Host Your Own Blog?

Waxing UnLyrical

Why do people ask whether or not you should host your own blog? Some of these come with built-in networks; that’s one of the reason LinkedIn Publishing has taken off the way it has. So when you have a bunch of “hosts” out there, all ushering you into the window seat, why bother with the hassle of creating your own?

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[ANSWERED] Using Lazy Load To Speed Up WordPress While Maintaining Pinterest Pinnable Images

SocMed Sean

SocMedSean - Social.Media.Sean [ANSWERED] Using Lazy Load To Speed Up WordPress While Maintaining Pinterest Pinnable Images This was a great question that came from the Mediavine group on Facebook. We want our WordPress sites to be blazing fast…like a Porsche on the track! Again, I don’t recommend it.

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Six Reasons WordPress Is A Great Website Platform For Small Nonprofits

SocialFish

It seems like there are more nonprofits using WordPress not as a blog, but as a website platform. Easy To Use – If you can edit a Word Doc, you can publish webpages with WordPress. Easy To Use – If you can edit a Word Doc, you can publish webpages with WordPress. It’s built entirely with WordPress.

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Blogger to WordPress – Why Make The Change?

Firebelly

Recently a lot of websites and blogs have made the transition from Google’s Blogger service to an independently-hosted WordPress installation. It can be a tricky process, because transferring isn’t easy when you have hundreds of posts published already. So, what’s so great about WordPress? Wordpress 3.0

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How to build a WordPress website for your nonprofit

SocialFish

You’ve decided that you want to start using WordPress as your nonprofit’s website. You’ve outlined a blog strategy, defined specific goals, decided on topics, and have determined who will publish content. Where would you begin if you wanted to start blogging with WordPress today? Choose A Hosting Provider.

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How to import Posterous to self-hosted WordPress

The Way of the Web

With the news that Posterous will be closing on April 30, 2013 , many people are now looking to export their content and start to publish on a different platform. WordPress is particularly suited to self-hosting, as it’s so widely used and most hosting services will offer a simple one-click install to get you up and running.