Why Christmas? The Christmas Site 18 Years in the Making and Still Growing

Why Christmas home page in 2018

Today’s guest post is by my friend James Cooper. I’ve loved his Why Christmas? website for years, and I’m honored he accepted my invitation to write about how it came about.

Hi, let me introduce myself, I’m James Cooper, a freelance web designer/developer from the United Kingdom. I’ve known Deborah “online” for  several years; first through the old Godbit forums and now via Twitter.

I’m grateful she’s asked me to tell you about my Christmas site on her blog!

Much of my Novembers and Decembers are now taken up with running some Christmas sites, including my main one, Why Christmas?—it’s about the biggest Christmas information site on the web. Continue reading Why Christmas? The Christmas Site 18 Years in the Making and Still Growing

Photo of the Week: Gravity-defying White-breasted Nuthatch

small gray and white bird perched upright at the bottom of bird feeder.

One of the most common winter birds you’ll find at feeders in southeast Michigan in the winter is the White-breasted Nuthatch, an acrobatic bird that defies gravity as it walks head down, spiraling a tree trunk. Or it perches perilously from a feeder as this White-breasted Nuthatch was doing at my feeder this weekend. It… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Gravity-defying White-breasted Nuthatch

Share Your Favorite Plugin: Better Plugin Compatibility Control

Favorite plugins highlighting Akismet, Better Plugin Compatibility Control, Contact Form 7, and .

Imagine you’ve found the perfect plugin.

You’ve been searching on the WordPress plugin repository (also known as the plugin directory) for the last 20 minutes, and finally found the plugin that provides exactly the functionality you want on your WordPress website.

You’ve taken the time to:

  • Read the plugin description
  • View the screenshots
  • Read the FAQ
  • Check the reviews
  • Confirm the plugin was updated recently

Good to go, right?

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