Search Engine Verify WordPress Plugin
I've just released another plugin. This one enables you to easily add those meta tags you get from Google, Bing and Yahoo that verifies you are the authorised owner of a website.
The three meta tags the plugin adds to your home page are;
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="******" />
<meta name="msvalidate.01" content="******" />
<meta name="y_key" content="******" />
Naturally you get to specify the content values. You get those from the webmaster area of each search engine; Read more about Search Engine Verify WordPress Plugin →
WordPress Video Tutorials
I have to admit I like video tutorials, especially when they're done well.
That'll be why I'm really pleased that the guys at WordPress have kicked off their very own series of WordPress video tutorials, which you can find at http://wordpress.tv/
The most interesting bit for me is the how-to category at http://wordpress.tv/category/how-to/ where the videos are broken down into sections including;
- Admin
- Discussion
- Publishing
- Users
- Widgets
- Themes
- Media
- Blog Management
- Set-up
Each section has a collection of videos that take you step by step through the subject. Needless to say these are top quality videos on pretty much all the popular topics. Read more on WordPress Video Tutorials →
When Do You Stop Working On a Website
Ok, so you've got your website up and running, it's been indexed in Google, and it's getting some traffic. How do you know when to stop working on it?
Apart from the obvious answer that maybe you don't stop working on it ever, you stop working on it when it's achieved its goals. What? You don't have a goal for your website? Hmmm… so how are you going to decide what you should be working on? How will you tell whether your website is a success?
Goals are an essential part of any project. They should be set as part of the project planning process really, but at the very least you should have a goal as soon as you're up and running.
You don't have to set complicated goals for your website, you can have one goal and it can be as simple as something like a certain number of visitors per day or a specific amount of income per month.
To be honest, the goal itself doesn't matter nearly as much as having a goal in the first place, because without a clear goal you're just guessing, and that means you'll be all over the place. Read more of When Do You Stop Working On a Website →
Hi there. My name is Peter Coughlin. I am a freelance web developer living in the UK, and at the moment I am specialising in WordPress customisation.