8 Recent Thoughts on WordPress

Hey, you may already know this, but WordPress is my life. Yes, I work with it on a daily basis. And no, I don’t know everything. But I enjoy finding those solutions to problems I have yet to conquer. So, just for the heck of it, here are eight thoughts I am having right now on WordPress as I sit here.

1. Themes are a constant challenge. Their coding and CSS isn’t always obvious. Still convinced it’s worth paying for one.
2. Permalinks are great. But if you move a site, and you suddenly start getting 404 errors on all of your pages, except your homepage, it can be a permalink problem. Simply go in and reset to default, save, then reset your custom permalink. That may just solve the problem.
3. Bluehost is still my favorite hosting site. Three issues this week, all resolved within 15 minutes via the 24/7 chat.
4. Nothing more gratifying then helping someone on Twitter solve a WordPress issue by sending them to a blog post I did.
5. Looking forward to the WordPress workshop I’ll be presenting tomorrow, WordPress and the 3 Bears – Themes, Plugins and Widgets.
6. Blogging is not dead.
7. Cringe when other so-called WordPress developers and “experts” say you can create yourself an awesome online presence in just a few hours.
8. Still don’t like the over-used cliches rockstar or sucks in any kind of reference to WordPress, or as a matter of fact, anything in life.

So, a bit of meandering, but just imagine what all my thoughts are in a day’s time!

In Memory of the Nuz – the Cat from Cat’s Eye

Last Tuesday was an incredibly sad day in our household, and in our lives. Our wonderful Nuz, after almost 17 years, left us. I could spend the time sharing my deep grief or the wonderful memories of Nuz. But instead, Judy, my wife and life partner, wrote a wonderful blog post on her blog about Nuz. So I am simply asking you to click this link and share the life of Nuz with us.