In many social circles, responding to a question with, “have you tried Googling it?” is tired and cliche. So much so, there’s even a web app that generates a snarky, let me google that for you, animation. Modern search engines are phenomenal tools. They can uncover anything from weather to sports scores to cat videos. By mastering the ability to search the web, one can learn just about anything. While “Googling” something has become commonplace, in this post I want to discuss some advanced search and discovery techniques to help one search—and learn—more effectively. Search Basics Okay, let’s start from […]
10 Reasons Website Performance Matters To Your Business
When you have a business or a product to sell, it would be easy to assume that all you have to do is get a website online to be able to yield the benefits. However, like anything, if your website doesn’t work in the right way, then it’s unlikely to fulfill its purpose. Many may not consider the performance of the website to be important, but nothing could be further from the truth. Although some people are more patient than others, if your website isn’t up to spec, then you could find that the benefits aren’t as forthcoming as you […]
Using VueJS Components With The WordPress REST API
In my last article for Torque, I gave an introduction to using the JavaScript framework VueJS with the WordPress REST API. In that post, you learned how to combine the WordPress REST API with VueJS and jQuery AJAX to show and edit single posts. It was also an introduction to the Vue constructor and template syntax. This week, I want to introduce components and some additional data attributes. Components allow for greater code reuse throughout the application. As a practical example, this article will show how to create a post list and a single post component. Since this is VueJS, […]
Things to Keep in Mind While Picking Your Maiden WordPress Theme
Your theme sets the tone for not only your website but your business as well. Zeroing in on one theme from so many out there isn’t an easy task, trust me. There are thousands of free themes out there with more being added every day, and that can be overwhelming. These tips will help make the theme repository more accessible and will lead to a beautiful theme. Premium Themes Are Worth It The first thing you need to consider is whether you’re going to go with a free or premium theme. According to LinkedIn, the total number of themes downloaded from WordPress […]
How to Speed Up Your WordPress Development With WP-CLI
WordPress features an intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) that enables users to develop their sites with ease. However, putting ease of use first sometimes results in less than ideal efficiency, and WordPress falls into that trap in some aspects. Working with the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) tool will enable you to tackle administrative tasks more efficiently. For instance, if you wanted to create a child theme manually, you’d need to go through several steps. Using WP-CLI, you can get it done with a single command. In this post, we’ll discuss some of the different ways you can use WP-CLI to speed up WordPress development, […]
Build A Site With Me: How to Customize a Theme
I’ve written about WordPress for over a year now for Torque, but I’ve never built my own site. In fact, I would consider myself a beginner when it comes to creating something using the CMS. If you are also a beginner, build your site along with me. Last week, I wrote about how to install a theme, now I will go through the customization process. You have that beautiful theme, it’s time to make it look just the way you want it. Remember, you can always go back and modify your site. Customize your theme You went through the stressful […]
Creating Incentivized Optins With Easy Digital Downloads Discount Codes
A lot of WordPress plugins, including Easy Digital Downloads and WordPress SEO offer discount codes in exchange for allowing anonymous usage tracking. It’s a smart offer to make as the data is valuable. But, it’s also a great option for users of the plugin. This article is based on my experience setting up such a system for my plugin Caldera Forms. I will show you how I set up Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) on our site to dynamically generate the discount codes. I will also show how I set up the emails that provide the codes. This should be a […]
Build a Site With Me: How to Install a WordPress Theme
Today everyone needs a website. Whether you’re a writer, musician, or dentist, WordPress is the best option to build your online empire. Though I’ve been a part of the WordPress community working for Torque for over a year, I’ve never actually built my own site. So, it’s time for me to learn the basics, and take you along on my journey. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to take you on a journey through the things you may be too afraid to ask. The things you never say out loud, but search regularly for on Google. Let’s start with selecting and […]
20 Tools to Turn Your WordPress-Powered Site into A Money Making Machine
One of the main objectives of an online business is to make the visitors convert into customers by taking a certain number of actions on the website. These actions might include registering for a free trial of a product, providing contact data or signing up for a newsletter. Blogs fall into this category as well because they also need to connect with the visitors and make them convert into leads or customers. WordPress is a perfect platform to accomplish all these tasks because it has an incredible, user-friendly design and impressive functionality. Making a WordPress blog a money-making machine requires some […]
6 Outdated SEO Strategies You Should Stop Using Immediately
Here at Torque, we are big fans of SEO and have already published plenty of material on the topic: How to Do an SEO Audit of Your WordPress Website 44 of the Best SEO Tools and SEO WordPress Plugins of 2016 WordPress SEO 101: How To Find The Right Keywords For Your Site SEO Copywriting – An In-depth Guide to Rank High and Wow Readers Are we obsessed? Maybe. But why? Because proper SEO can greatly help you increase traffic, improve your search rankings and overall make your site more successful. However, it’s also a field that is constantly changing […]
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