Tag: wordpress

WordPress Cleanup Checklist

WordPress Cleanup Checklist

Whether you’re a seasoned blogger or just getting your site off the ground and going crazy with uploads and creating content, it’s always a good idea to keep your WordPress site storage in check. “But I have unlimited disk space!” That is probably not the 

Mindful WordPress Security Practices

Mindful WordPress Security Practices

Secure WordPress Practices With WordPress, one of the easiest tasks to complete is to harden your site but it’s one of the most overlooked tasks! In this day in age with data breaches and hacks running rampant, it’s never too late to implement security practices 

BCH Managed WP Services FAQ

BCH Managed WP Services FAQ

If you were part of our beta testing this past summer, you already know the wonders that is our BCH Managed WP Service. Let us help you manage those mundane WordPress tasks for you! From offsite backup management to extra security scans, let us worry 

Analytics Boot Camp Day 4: Technology

Analytics Boot Camp Day 4: Technology

Howdy, Boot Camp Attendees – Get this – we’re almost halfway through the Standard Reporting tab! Soon, you’ll be a total pro at Google Analytics (GA.) Tonight’s installment covers the Technology, Social, and Mobile menus, which we find under Standard Reporting, Audience.

Boot Camp – Understanding Google Analytics

Well hello there, Google Analytics Boot Campees! When you look at your Google Analytics Dashboard, does your heart sink, your eyes glaze over, your brain feel a little overwhelmed? We completely understand. There is a metric honkload of information presented, and not always in particularly 

Quick Image Insertion Tutorial

Quick Image Insertion Tutorial

This is a quick tutorial for inserting images into WordPress 3.3.1. The functionality to insert an image shifted from the toolbar itself to a hard-to-notice button in the top left corner of the post editing screen, as shown here, just above the beige “Add Media” 

Monetization Boot Camp Day 5: Advanced Topics & Wrap-Up

Howdy, and welcome to the final day of our Personal Blog Monetization Boot Camp! We hope you’ve found the information we’ve present a useful starting point for earning income with your blog or website. Today, we’re going to cover some advanced topics, balancing life with 

Monetization Boot Camp Day 2: Affiliate Programs

Welcome back to Boot Camp, attendees! Today’s topic: Affiliate Programs. We’ll talk about finding programs, signing up, inserting links onto your blog, publicizing your unique URL, and more. While the financial results will vary from site to site, the underlying principles are the same.

New Feature – Free Premium CommentLuv!

Hi folks! Just quick update to let you know of another super-cool bonus of hosting your WordPress site with Black Chicken Host: We now have an unlimited license for CommentLuv, one of the best-known comment-oriented traffic-drivers, and we’re offering it to our customers free of 

WordPress Plugins – Pros and Cons

WordPress Plugins – Pros and Cons

Many bloggers use WordPress (and we do, too!) which is a fantastic tool to use for an online presence. In addition to very nice built-in functionality, there is a robust community of developers who write add-on features for WP called “plugins.” Plugins can do anything