Andy Boyd – JDM Digital

October 2017

Change WordPress Password via phpMyAdmin

If you are unable to change or reset your WordPress password, there is a way to change it directly from the WordPress database using phpMyAdmin. Here’s how.

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February 2016

WordPress Plugin Install with GitHub Updates

You are probably used to the way you install and update plugins and themes via the WordPress.org repo. However, sometimes nerds like us at JDM Digital want another way to do it. If the plugin is something we’re still actively working on and you want to install it on your site, we recommend you use …

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August 2014

6 Filters for Better Analytics Reports

Six Google Analytics filters to help filter out the noise and build better analytics reports.

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August 2014

SPDY: Experimental Protocol for a Faster Web

SPDY (pronounced “SPeeDY”) is a protocol developed by Google for web content delivery. SPDY manipulates web traffic, with particular goals of reducing web page load latency and improving web security. As part of the “Let’s make the web faster” initiative, Google is experimenting with alternative protocols to help reduce the latency of web pages. One …

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March 2013

Clear Your DNS Cache

How do you clear your DNS cache so you can force a machine to fetch the latest version of that domain/IP address?

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January 2013

Speed up WordPress via jQuery

I think WordPress is just awesome, but before we get into an argument, let’s take a look at how just about anyone can speed up with WordPress site simply by how they handle the world’s most popular JavaScript library, jQuery. Brace yourself. This is gonna get nerdy. Don’t use <script> to jQuery in your header.php …

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June 2012

Before you Upgrade, Backup

Whether your company’s website is built on WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or any other CMS, just about everybody recommends you backup your database and files before you upgrade the core. That’s easier said than done, so let’s take a look at a few ways to backup all that precious stuff before you upgrade and possibly shoot …

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May 2012

Responsive Web Design in a Post-PC World

I think we all can agree that websites and the internet are here to stay. The growth of smart-phones, tablets (let’s be honest, iPad), and netbooks are increasing every year. In fact, it’s estimated there will be 1 mobile device for every person on earth by 2016. So let’s agree we’re in a “Post-PC” world …

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April 2012

New Google Algorithm; Marketers Shake Fists

I’d take the 130+ angry comments on Search Engine Land’s article on Google’s new Anti-Spam algorithm as an indication that search marketers are getting pretty frustrated. It was a change that many search marketers had hoped for but are now saying low-quality sites continue doing well in Google’s search rankings, and sometimes even having better visibility than before Google’s anti-webspam changes.

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December 2011

8 WordPress Plugins for User Experience

At JDM, we’re big fans of WordPress for most applications (business & blogging) and we love looking at people’s picks for the best plugins to extend this flexible CMS. After half a decade of experience, here are JDM’s picks for the very best WordPress plugins to improve user experience.

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December 2011

WordPress 3.3 is Leaner and Meaner

A new leaner and meaner version of WordPress has recently been released and is available for download/upgrade. WordPress 3.3 “Sonny”, named in honor of the great jazz saxophonist, Sonny Stitt, sports some new drag & drop media management functionality as well as some great administration updates that streamlines the tasks admins work with all the time.

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December 2011

How do I get a cool comment badge?

JDM’s website (or websites, really) use avatars to generate those cool badges in comments, but we’re not the only one’s that use them. In fact, we use something called Gravatars (a combination of ‘Avatar’ and Global’) that means you only have to setup your avatar once (on the Gravatar site) and it will work on any website that uses that API.

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