There might come a time when you have a WordPress page that you want to keep hidden from SEO crawling robots that index for google and yahoo. But why you ask? Can’t I just make a page private? Well yes, but say your creating a landing page for an email blast an you are not utilizing a login or registration system on your site, non-logged in or registered visitors can not view the page. Maybe you even want to have a page where a client can view proofs of artwork, or a private portfolio or news system, and again you don’t necessarily want them to log in or to register to view it. Continue Reading »

So now that WordPress 3.1 has been released, i’ve been going through a few more of the WordPress installations that i’ve done, doing the updates to the new version. In doing so I’ve found a few more of the not so standard plug-ins that I have found very useful. Again, these are more notes to myself so I have them all in one place, but if your a WordPress Dev you might find these useful for your next project. Continue Reading »

Below are some of the WordPress plug-ins I use all the time. I’m mainly posting them here so I never forget their names because of the thousands of plug-ins to choose from in the WordPress add plug-in search box. But as a side note, I thought I would share them with the world, as they are extremely useful for WordPress site administrators, too. The compatibility notes are as of March 2011, so you may need to check for updated versions upon installation. Continue Reading »

Mornings are mindless for me. I drive into work gripping my coffee, silently cursing  at all of the slow idiots that live in North Muskegon and anyone past or present that had any part of making the speed limit 25 on Ruddaman Drive. It’s even worse in the winter. Every retiree comes out at quarter to eight in a big hurry to go nowhere — really slow. Continue Reading »

Well, that’s what she said anyways. I myself am finding that writing something random and trivial to the grand plans of the universe, quite easy. This is the first post. Basically a test to make sure the blog is working, so don’t hold your breath for anything important right here. Basically just filler — but check back soon for more content, as I will be transferring all my posts, and blogging like a mad man very soon.