Sticky Posts and The Six Ws

In honor of Mrs. Williams, my 7th grade English teacher, I’m trying out a new kind of post format here: The Six Ws, (a.k.a. The Five Ws and One H.) She introduced me to them by quoting Rudyard Kipling and the tale of “The Elephant’s Child“: I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all [...]

Why Google Loves WordPress and You Should, Too

You’ve probably heard me say it, but now you can hear Matt Cutts (the head of Google’s web spam team) say it: “Google Loves WordPress” The good news is Matt is a funny guy – very fun to watch/listen to. (Further proof that we geeky tech people really can have interesting personalities…) Which is a [...]

What Are Categories and Tags and How Are They Used?

Categories are the broad topic divisions of your content, and tags are the more granular, specific topics you write about. Both are used to help make your content more accessible and your navigation easier, and both apply only to posts (not pages.) While you can add both categories and tags on the fly, it’s a [...]