Your Website Engineer: Resource for your WordPress Websites and Blogs
By Dustin R. Hartzler | WordPress Website Engineer
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Podcast Description
Join us for an entertaining and informative look at creating a high quality website for your business or personal blog by using WordPress. If you already have a website, this podcast can help you update it to Web 2.0 standards. A website doesn't have to be the hardest part of owning a small business. With this show, I will show you how you can take charge of keeping your website maintained and always up to date. This show focuses on WordPress and how it is the best solution for small businesses looking to create a website.
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077 – Websites for on the Go Travelers | - Welcome Back from Vacation – Thank you to everyone who took the time to send suggestions – Amazing trip – highly recommend seeing different cultures / experiencing different languages / different food! – Our every day recap is at DustinAndMelody.com Announcements Listen to me on: – Jontus Media: Why WordPress is the Perfect Platform for your [...] | 23 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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076 – Make Custom WordPress Modifications with Div Layer | Hello from Austria. I’m sure I’m having a great time as I prepare this post in Dayton, OH before I leave on my trip. I’m excited to share a great interview with the developer of the Div Layer plugin Announcements 1.) BlogWorld NYC: I will be travelling to New York City for Blog World Expo and I’d love to meet up with anyone who lives in [...] | 16 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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075 – How to Hire a WordPress Developer | Greetings from France! As this show is published I will be a week into my nearly three week long journey throughout Europe and today I find myself in southern France. Follow Up from Darrell D. from DramaticTraffic.com Darrell recommended s2Member for listener who was looking for a membership option. He also recommended checking into iThemes for themes that allow you to have different layouts for your blog posts and [...] | 9 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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074 – What are Trackbacks and Pingbacks? | WordPress News Discussion about the confusion between WordPress.com and WordPress.org Question from Howard In anticipation of moving my yahoo store, www.Goodlifelabs.com over to WordPress in June, I’ve set up a practice site www.dailyspiritualmaintenance.com I just created an email account for this site and want to install an email opt-in auto responder app. Which one do you recommend? Also, I noticed that some blogs ask customers [...] | 2 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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073 – Setting a Facebook Thumbnail Image | Thank you for those who left reviews in iTunes. It makes my day and motivates me to create the best podcast I can. If you haven’t had a chance to leave feedback, take the next 3 minutes and let me know what you think about the show. WordPress News WordPress 3.3.2 is now available: wordPress.org/news Flshback Trojan on Mac OSX came from Hijacked WP blogs: http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/malware/296886-flashback-spread-via-hijacked-wordpress-blogs Resources I use<br [...] | 25 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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072 – What is HTML5? | Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Your Website Engineer Podcast. Today’s episode is jammed packed with great information. Thank you to everyone who has left a comment or a rating in iTunes. I would appreciate it if you have a few seconds to go over and leave a quick rating or review. WordPress News 3.4 Beta is now in the wild. To download head on over [...] | 18 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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071 – 8 Ways to Secure Your WordPress Site | You can now hear Your Website Engineer Podcast’s on Stitcher Radio! Always have access to the latest episode on the go. WordPress News WordPress 3.4 Beta 1 is now available for download. If you like playing with the latest builds, be sure to download it and try it out. WordPress Stats WordPress 3.3 has been downloaded over 12 million times. 16% of all websites run on WordPress in 2012. Indonesians are [...] | 11 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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070 – The Dirty Secrets of Email Marketing | In this episode, I talked with Daniel Miller of Benchmark Email about the dirty secrets of email marketing. Even though our comments were tailored towards Benchmark Email, you can use any of the tips with your own Email Marketing provider. You will learn the following: - Why the from name and subject line are important - How to survey your readers without them knowing - Is it [...] | 4 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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069 – How to Change Your Blog Layout | Facebook Fan Pages to Timeline Facebook is rolling out some big changes on Friday, March 30th. 1. Cover Images – the dimension for this image is 851px by 315px and there are some rules about what can not be used as a cover image. Here they are straight from Facebook: Price or purchase information, such as “40% off” or “Download it on socialmusic.com”. Contact information such as a website address, email, mailing address, or [...] | 28 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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068 – Create a Newsletter Autoresponder | House Keeping Items - Be sure to check out YourWebsiteTips.com for new website tips and tricks released every Wednesday and Friday. - I am lining an interview with someone from Benchmark Email, so if you have any questions about newsletter campaigns, email those to Dustin@YourWebsiteEngineer.com Listener Audio Questions Bobby T. forsythchurchofchrist.net/ Bobby had a question about the differences between Park Domains, Addon Domains, and Subdomains. I defined the [...] | 21 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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067 – WordPress Plugin Showcase: Benchmark Email | On this week’s show I had the priveledge of interviewing Sean and Randy from beAutomated.com. In the past we’ve talked about different things about plugin strategy and WordPress security. Today we talked about a great FREE plugin that they created to interface with Benchmark Email. The plugin allows website owners to capture names and [...] | 14 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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066 – Your WordPress Questions Answered | In today’s episode we answered the following questions. - Steve wants to know What’s the best way to filter through spam comments. - Tammy wondered why I don’t endorse GoDaddy. - Linda wanted to know how to add Amazon Associate products to her site - Reuben wanted to know about throttling issues from his BlueHost account. Download This Episode | 7 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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065 – 6 Ways to Improve SEO Page Ranking | In today’s episode, I had the honor of talking with Randi Thornton (@SEOGoogleGuru) from SEOGoogleGuru.com. She shared great content of what you can do to optimize each page / post of your WordPress website. Link to full article published by Randi. Links that we discussed: Yoast SEO Plugin SEO All in One Plugin Google Keyword Tools <a href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ [...] | 29 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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064 – WordPress Redirects for Affiliates and MultiSite | The all new WordPress for PlayBook™ app allows you to write posts, edit pages, and manage comments on the go. Both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.9.2 or higher) sites are supported. Download the app and start blogging on the go in no time. To find out more information go to blackberry.wordpress.org Joe from Joe-Cannon.com asks: 1. How do I create a 301 redirect? 2. Is there any difference – for affiliate [...] | 22 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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063 – Scalability of WordPress Sites | This week I dug into listeners questions. The three questions were: - What should I charge a business to build a website? - Why can’t I install WordPress on my hosting account provided by my ISP? - How scalable is WordPress? Download This Episode | 15 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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062 – 5 Online Tools for WordPress Developers | In this week's episode, I lay out the online tools that I use to keep my life and business in order. | 8 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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061 – Hidden Features In WordPress | In today's episode we talked about the hidden features found in the Screen Options panel. | 1 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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060 – How to Tell if a Website is Using WordPress | Update on SOPA Wikipedia – On January 18, 2012, the English Wikipedia, Reddit, and an estimated 7,000 other smaller websites coordinated a service blackout, or posted links and images in protest against SOPA and the Senate bill, the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), in an effort to raise awareness. In excess of 160 million people saw Wikipedia’s banner. A number of other protest actions were organized, including petition drives, with Google saying it [...] | 25 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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059 – The Day the Internet Stopped Working | What is Sopa? Gizmodo has a great description here. Stop SOPA/PIPA FightForTheFuture.org/pipa Sites that are blacked out today, Jan 18th: wikipedia twitpic google (image blacked out) WordPress mozilla Download This Episode | 18 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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058 – How to Add an Admin User to the WordPress Database | How to add an addon domain Chad called in with a question about adding an addon domain to his BlueHost hosting account. Listen as I walk him through how to set up his new site. To Add an Admin User to Database - In your cPanel, navigate to phpMyAdmin - Find database for your WordPress site Edit the wp_user table - User the “Insert” tab add the following information: 1. user_login – this is [...] | 11 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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057 – 11 Website Resolutions for 2012 | Show Agenda: - Limit unauthorized login attempts (LockDown) - WordPress 3.3.1 is now available (WordPress.org/news) Resolutions to start this year: 11. Move to WordPress! 10. Review SEO information 9. Monitor website traffic 8. Start blogging 7. Create social media accounts 6. Brush up on your typing 5. Auto renew all domains 4. Switch hosting provider 3. Add contact link on every page 2. Update and engage, then rinse and [...] | 4 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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056 – How to Create a Favicon for Your Website | Thanks for tuning in to the last show of 2011. It has been a pleasure serving you by providing great content this year and I am excited to see what’s in store for 2012. Show Topics - Answered Lance’s questions about www.artisteer.com - Answered David’s question about attachment.php - Spent the bulk of the show discussing Favicons Attachment Notes can be found here Article about Favicons can [...] | 28 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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055 – Choose the WordPress Hosting Company That’s Right for You | This episode focuses on several different types of hosting companies that I have tried and how each of them work and which type of hosting may be right for your site. Link to article to fix WordPress malware code: http://www.blogtips.org/godaddy-hacked-again-another-way-to-cure/ Code to Remove Date for Sticky Posts Look for code that’s similar to this: Posted in on by <?php the_author(); [...] | 21 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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054 – Organic Ways to Improve WordPress Loading Time | 1. Resize images to the correct size. If an image has been uploaded to the server at the full 3000×2000 pixel resolution, it’s going to take awhile for that picture to load, especially with slow internet speed. We always right size every image on your site to ensure the fastest loading times. Another cardinal sin of inexperienced webmasters is to upload and serve an image far larger than what is required for the [...] | 14 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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053 – My WordPress Site was Hacked! | You can now hear Your Website Engineer Podcast on Stitcher SmartRadio. The latest episode will always be available and you never have to sync or clutter up your devices hard drive with lots of podcasts. Available for all smart phones WP No Category Base Use Hover.com for domain registration and use coupon code “HARTZLERDM” to save 10% on your order. Request a malware review from Google [...] | 7 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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052 – Your Website Engineer Podcast Anniversary | Welcome to the one year anniversary of Your Website Engineer Podcast. I am so excited to continue to share the news of WordPress with you. Here’s what I talked about in this show. - Plans for the next year - WordPress in the News (specifically WordPress 3.3 new features) - BufferApp - For bi-weekly website tips, head on over to YourWebsiteTips.com Download This Episode | 30 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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051 – Cloud Computing Expo | This week Sean and Randy join me from beAutomated.com to share with us what happened at the Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA. Here’s a quote from Sean: Before beginning my notes, I wanted to express how delighted I am to have confirmation that our niche business building custom WordPress plugins provides immense value to businesses and organizations of all sizes. Independent Software Vendors (ISV’s) like ourselves accumulate years [...] | 23 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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050 – WordPress Custom Page Templates | Today’s Agenda - WordPress 3.3 beta 3 is available - Answer George’s Question - Apologize for my sites being down - GreenGeeks a sponsor of the show. Go to yourwebsiteengineer.com/hosting and use the coupon code YWE to save $30 - How to develop custom page templates Custom Page Templates Now this approach will work on most themes - Using an FTP client, go to wp-content/themes/YourThemeName/page.php and duplicate this file - [...] | 16 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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049 – WordPress Contact Forms Revisited | One of my new favorite tools: Cloud App Gravity Forms: gravityforms.com Free WordPress Newsletter: wpMail.me Would you be interested in subscribing to a twice a week newsletter? The goals of the newsletter are to share with you 1 tip a week about how to do something in WordPress and 1 tip a week to share with you: - What content you definitely need on your website - New plugins [...] | 9 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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048 – WordPress and Phone Numbers | This week I had the pleasure of having Sean and Randy (custom plugin developers from beAutomated.com on the show. Our discussion was centered around all the necessary information needed before a programmer (either, software, plugin or theme developer) can actually start coding. We dug in and looked at one specific field on a form – the phone number. Here are ten specific questions that could be asked of this one small [...] | 2 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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047 – Mobile WordPress Sites | WP Touch - WordPress plugin that makes your site automatically mobile - Works best for blog sites - Only shows posts - Cannot view pages Create a mobile landing page - First download the template file - Next create a directory to send mobile users to. – Go to cPanel and choose sub domains – Add a new one, common ones are ‘m’ [...] | 26 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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046 – WordPress Custom Login Screen | Today’s Outline: - Audio Feedback from last weeks show. - Problem subscribing via iTunes - Maps Plugin - QR Codes - Custom Login Screen Alternative way to subscribe to Your Website Engineer Podcast: One other way that you can subscribe through iTunes is to go to ‘Advanced’ then ‘Subscribe to Podcast’ then in the box paste: Maps Plugin: codecanyon.net/item/5sec-google-maps/152372 QR Codes Link: codecanyon.net/item/5sec-qr-codes/154873?ref=webfactory grcode.kaywa.com Custom Login Plugins: wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-admin-branding/screenshots/ <a [...] | 19 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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045 – How to Use cPanel with WordPress | WordPress News: - 9 Million Downloads WordPress 3.2, or “Gershwin”, was released just 92 days ago on July 4, 2011. As of today the WordPress download counter shows that version 3.2 has seen over nine million downloads, which comes to approximately 97,800 downloads each day. The last version, WordPress 3.1, was downloaded just over 15 million times during its four month release. Do you think WordPress 3.2 will see more downloads than [...] | 12 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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044 – WordPress Plugin Management | This week I had the privilege of having Sean and Randy from beAutomated as guest on the show. They shared some great information about plugins that even I didn’t know. We discussed the WordPress core API features that are able to used by theme and plugin developers. beAutomated has a great blog post about what we talked about and you can find it on their site. Download This Episode | 5 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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043 – WordPress eCommerce Solutions | Today’s discussion is about two different eCommerce plugins for WordPress. The two that I talk about in this episode are: - WP e-Commerce - WooCommerce The main reason for integrating shopping carts into your WordPress site is to make is as easy as possible for your customers to purchase from you. Some benefits of these plugins: - You can add shipping rates - You can manage inventory - [...] | 28 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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042 – Add Custom Fonts to Your WordPress Website | podcastawards.com/ Technology category Podcast name: Your Website Engineer Podcast url: yourwebsiteengineer.com I answered the following question on the show this week: How do you measure the number of followers? 1. TypeKit.com - This is a free / paid option (pricing) - Sign up for an account - They will provide you with a code to paste into your header.php file - Then you will be able to browse through [...] | 21 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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041 – 7 Online Tools I Use to Run My Business | Today’s show is a little bit different. Today I want to share with you some of my favorite online services that I use every single day to run my business. Note: some of the links are affiliate links and I will receive a small commission. You won’t pay any extra for the service, in fact, you will get the best deal by using the links below. Enjoy! <a [...] | 14 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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040 – Transfer WordPress Website Hosting | Elegant Themes FooBar Replacement http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-heads-up-bar/ Transferring to Another Hosting Company 1. Pick new hosting company yourwebsiteengineer.com/hosting 2. Sign up for a new account if you use green geeks use TODAYOFFER 3. You will get a confirmation email with: Username Password Server Name Server IP 4. With this information [...] | 7 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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039 – Understanding Your DNS Servers | Today’s episode features Sean and Randy from beAutomated.com. These guys always have great topics to discuss on the show and today is no exception. Today’s topic is understanding Domain Name System (DNS) * Probably the biggest cause for confusion has been the routine push by web hosting companies to get their customers to move their name servers along with their website files and database. * [...] | 30 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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038 – Enhance Your WordPress Site | Today’s show focuses on small enhancements to your WordPress website.- Highlights from State of the Word - Theme sales - A new plugin to buy - And ways to bring new life to old blog posts If you would like to be part of the show there are three ways you can contact me: - Call and leave a message on the listener feedback line at 740-666-4865 - Use the contact form [...] | 24 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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037 – Editing Your WordPress Site Offline | The main topic of today’s show is how to use a free tool to make changes to your WordPress website while being offline. Broken Theme – Seth warns the listeners about the broken Mystique theme – Stay Away. Use Graphene Multiple Databases? – DeChamps writes in to let me know how he uses multiple databases for his WordPress installations. Is this a safe way to do this? Let [...] | 17 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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036 – What Can I Do If I Install WordPress in the Wrong Directory | In today’s episode, I take some time to answer some listener questions: - Is my theme as robust at Thesis or Headway? - How do I get stats like my WordPress.com blog - What can I do if I install WordPress in the wrong directory? Plugins for Stats: JetPack Google Analytics What should I do if I installed WordPress in the wrong directory: Options #1 1. Install a new copy of [...] | 10 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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035 – Increase the Performance of Your WordPress Site | On this week’s episode, we continue the discussion about WordPress performance. My good friends Sean and Randy from beAutomated.com join me again as we talk about performance of plugins and themes. I think you might find it surprising that if your website takes too long to load, it will even affect your Google ranking! Sean and Randy recently released a blog post about this very topic and you can [...] | 3 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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034 – How Fast is Your WordPress Website? | Hi Everyone, thanks for tuning in to another episode. This week I have a special guest on the show, Phil Graham (passbandllc.com). We had a great discussion about different ways you can speed up your WordPress website. Here are some links that we talked about on the show: linode.com WP Super Cache W3 Total Cache nginx.org WPEngine.com CloudFlare.com Download This Episode | 27 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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033 – How To Back Up Your WordPress Website | Today’s show topic is about backing up our WordPress websites and how to restore your site if something goes horribly wrong. Backup Source Files - First back up your theme file - Using an FTP client login to your website - Navigate to wp-content/themes/ - You will then see all of your theme files - Depending on FTP client, drag these files to hard drive - Once on your hard drive, you can [...] | 20 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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032 – Another WordPress Update | Updates to WordPress 1. New Minimum Requirements – WordPress now will only run on PHP 5 and MySQL 5. 2. Goodbye, IE6 – dashboard won’t work well with IE6, so it’s time to upgrade! 3. New Default Theme – Twenty Eleven is the new standard theme that comes with every new installation. 4. Distraction Free Writing Mode – WordPress 3.2 now has a distraction free writing mode so you can focus [...] | 13 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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031 – WordPress Website Security, Keep Your Site Safe! | This week’s episode is all about security and to help me, I had Sean and Randy on from beAutomated.com. These guys are experts when it comes to WordPress security. I highly recommend doing everything that we talk about in this episode. 1. Security is one of the major purposes behind custom software development, alongside functionality, performance, interoperability, and support. 2. Security separates amateur from professional developers. Know your [...] | 6 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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030 – Which should I use for my WordPress site, Thesis or Headway | This week I answer some listener’s questions and discuss the benefits of using the Thesis theme or the Headway theme. Download This Episode | 29 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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029 – 12 Types of Sites Built with WordPress | 12 Types of Sites Built with WordPress This week I found a great article that had twelve different types of sites that could be build using WordPress. It was a great article and opened my eyes to a few new applications as well. Read the full article. Squeeze Pages, OptimizePress Membership Site, Wishlist Member Review Site, MyReviewPlugin Video Blog, WooThemes Portfolio Forum, bbPress e-Commerce Store Wiki, WordPress-Wiki Social Network, BuddyPress Business [...] | 22 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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028 – How I Keep My WordPress Updated on the Go | What to expect in WordPress 3.2 http://skattertech.com/2011/05/wordpress-3-2-what-to-expect/ Backing up to DropBox http://skattertech.com/2011/05/how-to-backup-your-wordpress-blog-with-dropbox/ If you don’t have a DropBox account, you can sign up here. Here’s how I am keeping my WordPress sites updated while I am away. - Computer (Web) - Computer (Mac Software MarEdit) - iPad App - iPhone App - Email blog posts to WordPress Download This Episode | 15 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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027 – Give Your WordPress site some CommentLuv | Are you looking to drive more traffic to your website? Well, this interview will teach you how. This week I interviewed plugin developer Andy Baily. This is a great add-on plugin that will enhance your followers experience when they leave comments on your website. You can find Andy at commentluv.com, on Facebook and on Twitter Download this Episode | 8 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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026 – Custom Plugins for WordPress | This week Sean and Randy on from beAutomated.com joined me on the podcast. Their company focuses on building custom WordPress plugins for clients. We had a great discussion about why you would have a custom plugin developed. Differences between plugins and themes 1. Themes are the design, CSS code, images, minor PHP “loop”, and minor layout based functionality (such as drop down menus) 2. Plugins are best for ALL [...] | 1 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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025 – WordPress No Longer Supports IE6, Yes! | House Keeping Items - I’m going on vacation and will be out of town for the next 3 weeks - If you have recommendations for where I should go while in Hawaii, let me know - I’ve recently rebrand another podcast that is all about the tools that I use to run my business. If this sounds interesting, check it out by searching for “Dustin Hartzler” in iTunes. Broad Step [...] | 25 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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024 – Why WordPress is the Best CMS | Today I have two special guests on the show from beAutomated.com and we discuss why WordPress is the best content management system. Benefits of WordPress 1. Purpose of a CMS Keep content/data, design and functionality code separated and globalized Empower the webmaster to make changes themselves with ease Connect with current and future social media and other pre-built outlets Inherit functionality that comes from the core and from the community extras 2. Joomla! Next most popular (AlexaRank) Powerful, [...] | 18 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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023 – How to Choose an Email Distribution Company for WordPress | Today I would like to continue our discussion from last year about how to capture email addresses. If you missed last week’s show, press pause, and go to YourWebsiteEngineer.com and look for episode #22 AWeber Constant Contact MailChimp Benchmark Email Aweber Newsletters - 150 easy to customize templates - dedicated areas for your logos - email blog updates automatically - track who opens your emails (and who doesn’t) - integrates [...] | 11 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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022 – Opt In Forms and WordPress Websites | Building a high-quality, responsive mailing list is hard work. It takes more than just slapping a few thousand email addresses into your database and then blasting out offers. If that was all you had to do, everybody would have one. Truth is, acquiring addresses is just part of the process. You must also recognize that you have a relationship with the person behind each of your addresses. When you manage that [...] | 4 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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021 – Is WordPress Too Easy? | Today’s episode features a guest, Eric Wignall from Wignall Media. We talked about how great WordPress is and our concerns that WordPress maybe too simple to use. Listen in as Eric and I have a great discussion. You won’t want to miss this episode! Download this Episode | 27 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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020 – Add Google Maps to Your WordPress Website | Today I am going to talk about importance of maps on your website. We need our websites to be simple for the end user. This is extremely important to location based industries. But what if you work from home? Should I put that on my website? Check out map-generator.net Download this Episode | 21 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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019 – Seven Ways to Drive Traffic to Your WordPress Website | Today I am going to talk about different ways to drive traffic to your WordPress website 1.) I go to places like LinkedIn and Twitter to join in the discussion 2.) I release a new podcast every week giving away free valuable information 3.) I syndicate all my content to multiple places so people can consume the way that works best for them Recommended Blog Directories – Blogarama<br [...] | 14 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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018 – Themes and WordPress Websites | Today I am going to talk about installing free and premium themes for your WordPress website. Episode Outline: -What are themes -How to install them -Where to find them Download this Episode | 9 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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017 – Switching Hosting Providers for Your WordPress Website | Hosting I use: - After taking all of these points in mind, I have found a host that meets all of my expectations - GreenGeeks.com - They have great prices ($7.95 per month if you purchase one year at time) - Unlimited domains and databases - And they are a neat company in that they are 300% green - We’re the World’s #1 Green hosting provider. The energy used to power [...] | 30 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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016 – WordPress and Contact Forms | Today’s Agenda - The importance of Contact Forms - Contact Form 7 - Gravity Forms The Importance of Contact Forms: - People need to contact you - The mailto link isn’t the best solution – Open another browser – Copy your email address – Write their message and send – Lots of [...] | 23 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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015 – WordPress and Search Engine Optimization | WordPress is a great choice for serious bloggers, but like any out of the box solution it has a few limitations when it comes to search engine optimization. The good news is that there is a world of free and inexpensive WordPress SEO plugins to solve any problems you might be having. They will help your WordPress site stand up and be noticed in the search engine crawling wars. Not [...] | 17 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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014 – WordPress 3.1 Questions and so Much More | Today’s Agenda WordPress Updates, Answer Questions, My Upcoming Training Course, Site of the Week WordPress Update The long-awaited fourteenth release of WordPress is now available. WordPress 3.1 “Reinhardt” is named in honor of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Version 3.1 is available for download, or you can update from within your dashboard. This release features a lightning fast redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages, [...] | 9 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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013 – Email Accounts with WordPress Websites | No Email Account - Some businesses do not have an email account - How are people supposed to get ahold of someone after hours? - Suppose you are looking for something that’s not uber critical – Type out your question and paste it onto contact forms and when someone gets back with you, you have an answer Personal Looking Email Accounts - Had a client this week [...] | 3 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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012 – Interview with Plugin Developer Brad Vincent | This week I sat down with Brad Vincent, a WordPress plugin developer to talk about one of his plugins that I discovered this week called Blackbird Pie. This is a neat plugin that allows you to display individual tweets on your website. The coolest part about the plugin is that it pulls in the background image and styles from twitter. Here is my example of this [...] | 23 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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011 – Why I Can’t Stand Using GoDaddy | GoDaddy.com makes registering a website domain one of the hardest computer tasks for non-computer geeks. They have so many different options and pricing and upselling offers, it’s hard to know what needs to be selected. In this episode, I will explain why I do not like using GoDaddy and what are the best ways to register a domain and hosting. Hosting: GreenGeeks.com Domain Registration: Hover.com Use Coupon: HartzlerDM for 10% savings <a [...] | 16 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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010 – Security Update and Great New Plugins | WordPress Security Update WordPress 3.0.5 is now available and is a security hardening update for all previous WordPress versions. This security release is required if you have any untrusted user accounts, but it also comes with important security enhancements and hardening. All WordPress users are strongly encouraged to update. The release addresses a number of issues and provides two additional enhancements: Two moderate security issues were fixed that could have allowed a Contributor- or [...] | 9 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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009 – Switch From WordPress.com to WordPress.org | Ok so you have been listening now for awhile and you realize that you need to transfer your website from WordPress.com to WordPress.org because of all of the great value it gives you. 1.) Set up hosting with YourWebsiteEngineer.com/hosting 2.) Click on the order now button. 3.) You have two choices, enter your new domain name or existing domain name. 4.) Provide the information that greengeeks needs to register your [...] | 3 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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008 – Never Google Search for Free WordPress Themes | Today we talked about an article that has been swirling around the internet the last few days. You can read the entire article here. We also talked about a critical plugin that you should install and run immediately, especially if your theme is one that you found free on the internet. The plugin is TAC and you can find more information here. Listener Feedback Hotline: Question #1, Doug, Virginia<br [...] | 26 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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007 – WordPress Update and Questions oh My! | In this episode I stress the importance of updating to the newest version of WordPress 3.0.4. I also answer questions from three different listeners. Why Should I Update WordPress? Version 3.0.4 of WordPress, available immediately through the update page in your dashboard or for download here, is a very important update to apply to your sites as soon as possible because it fixes a core security bug in our HTML sanitation [...] | 19 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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006 – Best Practices for Setting Up a WordPress Website | Today I want to share with you some best practices for setting up your WordPress Website. Now this podcast is going to be assuming that you either just set up your WordPress site or you currently have one up and running already. Download this Episode | 12 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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005 – Which Should I Use: WordPress.com or WordPress.org | Today I would like to talk to you about the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. The distinction between WordPress.com and WordPress.org can cause some confusion for people. Let’s clear it up. WordPress.com is brought to you by some of the same folks who work on WordPress, the Open Source blogging software. WordPress.com utilizes the same WordPress software which you can download at WordPress.org. With WordPress.com the hosting and managing [...] | 5 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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004 – Top 10 Reasons to Use WordPress for Small Businesses | Episode Outline: In this episode, I am going to share with you - Why I like WordPress - Top 10 Reasons you should use WordPress You no longer have to shell out thousands of dollars to establish your business online. As a WordPress developer, I have been telling anybody and everybody that, when it comes to building your first small business website, WordPress is the only way to go and of course this [...] | 30 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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003 – Everything You Need to Know About Website Hosting | What is Hosting? Hosting is like renting an office. You can do it yourself out of your garage, or you can pay for better facilities with all the essential plumbing and security features. For an office this would mean renting at a business centre. For your website this means paying for space on a highly specialized computer server within a dedicated hosting facility. Types of Hosting The high configuration computers that host [...] | 21 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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002 – Seven Tips to Find the Perfect Domain Name | Episode Outline: - Why the title of the show has changed - Why you should do your research - And 7 Tips for Choosing Your Domain Name for your website The 7 Tips for Choosing Your Domain Name are: 1.) Do Your Research 2.) Your Domain Name Should Be Your Website Name 3.) COM, ORG, NET, etc? Listen to the show for the rest of the tips. Download this Episode | 10 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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001 – Introduction | Welcome to Your Website Engineer Podcast. In this episode, I am going to share with you some information about myself, the purpose of this podcast and how I am going help you create a high quality website for a fraction of the cost of hiring a web designer. Call to Action: At the end of every show, I am going to have a call to action. It’s going to be one thing you [...] | 3 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Best wordpress podcast in existence
I have listened to EVERY web dev podcast on iTunes- this is by far the best of all of them. The perfect level of intermediate-level Wordpress topics and lessons. I have an seo and web dev company here in Aus, everything is built on Wordpress.. My dev's do the hard stuff, I know all the basics and normal stuff for clients, this podcast perfectly
Bridges that gap between beginner and advanced. - also, you're late with this weeks episode! Hurry up punk.
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The most up to date and relevant podcast for web press site managers. I find it great for the mid- to advanced- level wordpress editing I do.
Thanks Dustin for your great work
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