How to Use FTP

Most people avoid using FTP by using Fantastico to install WordPress or by using WordPress to upload all of their content. While those methods are fine, there may be an occasion where you will need to use FTP (file transfer protocol) to upload files to your site,...

Organize Your Website Passwords

Every time I begin work with a new client, there is a process of gathering all of the accounts and passwords needed to start development. But what if the project was an emergency, not development? Knowing what passwords you need to access files on your site, and what...

Marie Teather on Launching

This video is a discussion between Anne Samoilov and Marie Teather about Marie’s experience with launching and the Fearless Launching program. It is a great inside look into the world of running your own business online, and what it really takes. I have a...

How a Membership Plugin Works

I get a lot of questions about how membership sites actually work with WordPress. People understand that it is a plugin that creates the site, but they don’t understand the actual mechanics of how that works. That is why I am writing this post today!...

Lessons Learned from Downtime

If you haven’t read Pat Flynn’s article, entitled So THIS is What Happens When Your Server Goes Down for a Week (link opens in new window), you should check that out first. I just wanted to introduce two more important concepts from my point of view that...

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