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Brandon Yanofsky

Brandon Yanofsky is a WordPress developer and entrepreneur. You can read more of his WordPress tips and tricks on his site myWPexpert.com, or check out his WordPress maintenance service at WPRadius.com.

Plugins vs. Themes: Do You Know the Difference?

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July 2, 2015

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Do you know what the difference is between a WordPress theme and a WordPress plugin? For the longest time I did not. Many may say it doesn’t matter knowing which is which. But let me tell you a short story from back when I was a beginner…when knowing the difference would have helped. When My Site Stopped Working The first few WordPress websites I built, I honestly didn’t have a clue what I was doing. Around this time, I started building a real estate website. I first went searching for a WordPress theme that was made for real estate websites and found […]

Your Assumptions Are Wrong: A Lesson from WordCamp Denver

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June 16, 2015

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Three WordCamps in three weekends? Seems a bit crazy but I did it: Miami, Orange County, and this past weekend, Denver. Here’s what I learned from Denver. Break Free of Your Assumptions “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” – Isaac Asimov Our brains love to take complex ideas and simplify them so they are easier to understand. From what I’ve read, it is a primary driver in our species’ ability to survive. This is where our assumptions come from. Problem is, assumptions can be hard to break, and can […]

“Just Do It” Says Shia LaBeouf At WordCamp Orange County

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June 9, 2015

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It all started with an origami crane. I meticulously assembled it while waiting in line for lunch. This origami crane was the entry in a raffle for an iPad mini, offered by SiteGround hosting; but the prize wasn’t what I was after. I honestly didn’t even care what my crane would look like when I was finished. Instead, I enjoyed the process of making the crane. I’ll come back to this crane in a moment, but as WordCamp Orange County carried along, I saw one theme underlying the entire event. It was passion. Passion for the Community The WordPress community is full […]

Squarespace or WordPress: Which Is Right For You?

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June 4, 2015

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You’ve probably been asked, “Which is better: WordPress or Squarespace?” Seeing as we are part of the WordPress community, you and I are obviously biased towards WordPress. Many times we will instinctively say WordPress is better without having an exact reason. Luckily, there really is no real answer to this question. Instead, the question needs to be rephrased as, “Which is better for the user and the project?” Let’s examine this. Who Should Use Squarespace? Even as a WordPress developer, I won’t hesitate to say that Squarespace is one amazing platform. There are many projects for which Squarespace is the […]

Fear and Loathing in Miami (WordCamp Edition)

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June 1, 2015

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Torque asked me to cover WordCamp Miami. I got the email basically as I was getting off my plane in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,  and instantly, I felt like Johnny Depp’s character in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (minus the copious amount of drugs and Benicio Del Toro as my lawyer). This was only my second WordCamp, and the only other I’d been to was tiny in comparison. So I didn’t know what to expect, let alone what to write about. Yes, during every talk, I took pages of notes, and lots of pictures, but why rehash what everyone said? […]

A Glimpse Inside the Dark World of SEO

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May 19, 2015

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If you read Internet marketing blogs or follow SEO news, you’ll notice story after story about how crazy the SEO world is getting. One week, Google says your site needs an SSL certificate to rank higher. Not long after, it says that your ranking will drop if you’re not mobile friendly. But beneath all of this, there is a strange story, one that almost seems like it’s from the pages of a George Orwell novel, involving a large monolithic organization, a group of rebel SEOs trying to outsmart the organization, and a group of citizens none the wiser to what’s going on. It’s the […]

5 Awesome WordPress Plugins You May Not Have Heard of

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May 8, 2015

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There are thousands of awesome plugins out there. Many of them, like WordPress SEO by Yoast or W3 Total Cache, are well known and widely used. There are, however, some out there that are just as amazing, yet not as well known; and, with more than 37,000 plugins in the WordPress Plugin Repository, and even more available as premium plugins, it’s easy to overlook them. Today, I want to shine a spotlight on five awesome plugins that you may not have heard of, but will want to start using once you learn about them. 1. Webmaster User Role If you’ve done work for clients before, you’ve […]

The Real Issue With ThemeForest

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April 30, 2015

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One of the most controversial companies in the WordPress ecosystem is Envato, the company that owns the theme and template marketplace, ThemeForest. ThemeForest’s best selling product category is WordPress themes, and they are a behemoth in this space. As Envato’s blog states: “In September 2014, ThemeForest was the 88th most trafficked website in the world (according to Alexa.com), at the time ahead of Netflix.” But in a poll run by Jeff Chandler of WPTavern.com, only twenty-eight percent of respondents said “ThemeForest is a great place to find a variety of good looking themes.” Fifty percent said “it is a marketplace […]

6 upcoming WordCamps you just have to attend

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April 23, 2015

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One of the most satisfying things you can do is get involved in the WordPress community. There hasn’t been a community I’ve been a part of that is as supportive, approachable, and friendly as the WordPress community. I’ve already written about the various ways to become involved in the WordPress community—from helping on support forums, to contributing to WordPress core. One of the best ways to engage and get involved with the WordPress community (or any community for that matter) is to gather together, share ideas, and network. That is what WordCamps are all about. What is a WordCamp? Haven’t heard of WordCamps before? The official […]

How to avoid clients from hell and make freelancing fun again

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April 15, 2015

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Every freelancer has had to deal with a client from hell. One that, as The Oatmeal describes, makes you “begin to fantasize about other careers, like someone who digs ditches for a living or gives baths to the elderly.” While most clients are great to work with, clients from hell can throw our lives into complete disarray, causing anxiety, problems sleeping, and frustration. So much so that freelancers needed to find a way to vent about it on ClientsFromHell.net. It can be hard to admit that you are dealing with a client from hell, and even harder to fire them. […]

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