On Getting Started with WordPress

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At our Metro Detroit WordPress meetup last week, I was one of the WordPress experts helping fellow members with questions about WordPress and their sites.

The members I spoke with were starting out with WordPress or had recently created a site, but had a number of questions on where to go next.

What about self-hosted WordPress, WordPress.com, blogs vs. websites, training, and keeping my site safe and secure?

They wanted information and answers to their questions so they knew they were getting started on the right track. Continue reading On Getting Started with WordPress

Share Your Favorite Plugin: Two-Factor

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When my smartphone crashed in January 2019, I quickly discovered the issues involved with having a two-factor authentication method that only sent info to an app on my smartphone.

Since my phone wasn’t working, I couldn’t access many accounts as well as WordPress websites where I depended on authentication from a mobile app.

Argh! Continue reading Share Your Favorite Plugin: Two-Factor

Quick Tip: Reset Time to Live (TTL) After Changing Domain Records

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Last night at our West Metro Detroit WordPress meetup, we spoke about web hosting and changing hosts.

One of the side conversations was about updating domain records when you change your host.

And what you can do to make the process run quickly and smoothly. Continue reading Quick Tip: Reset Time to Live (TTL) After Changing Domain Records