WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler

155 – Take Control of Your Social Media with CoSchedule

20 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s lesson, learn how to manage all of your social media accounts visually with a service call CoSchedule.

154 – 7 Considerations for Mobile Ready Email Campaigns

13 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we take a look at seven different ways to optimize your email campaigns for mobile devices.

153 – Share Your Posts with Subscribers

06 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we take a look at different options to share our posts with our audience; both via email and RSS.

152 – How to Change Your WordPress Theme

30 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Changing your theme is a lot of work. Follow these steps to make sure you don’t miss anything when it comes to refreshing your website’s l...

151 – How to Get More Traffic to My Site

23 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s podcast, learn how you can increase the number of people who come to your website to read your content and note you don’t have ...

150 – What Happened to My Search Result Data?

16 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we dive in and learn why more of our keyword search terms are falling into the (not provided) bucket, what that means, and new ways t...

149 – How to a Pick a Perfect WordPress Theme

09 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s show, I share the exact steps I use to as I try to sort through the thousands of themes to find a perfect template for a project.

148 – How to Properly Modify Genesis Child Themes

02 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Learn how to easily make changes to your purchased Genesis Child, plus how to use the new Evernote web clipper and which plugin to use for tracking si...

147 – Keep Your Site Secure and Take Secure Online Payments

25 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we look at how we can make our WordPress installation much more secure with a free plugin and how we can take credit card pa...

146 – Inspiration from Creator of Pressgram and Using WordPress for Corporations

18 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I want to provide you some inspiration from the creator Pressgram and an interview about using WordPress for the enterprise....

145 – Run WordPress on Your Computer with Desktop Server

11 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview Gregg and Marc from Server Press about their solution for running WordPress on your computer: Desktop Server.

144 – 9 Reasons to have a WordPress.com account

04 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I share 9 unusual ways to use a free WordPress.com account.

143 – Beef Up the Security to Your WordPress Site

28 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I sit down with Brennen Byne of Clef at WordCamp Grand Rapids as we discuss a revolutionary new way to log in WordPress webs...

142 – The Business Side of WordPress

21 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I get a chance to talk to Matt Mederios, another WordPress podcaster about the business side of WordPress.

141 – State of the Word 2013 Recap

14 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we take a look at Matt Mullenwig’s keynote address from WordCamp San Francisco and all the exciting things that are ha...

140 – New Kid on the Block, Flywheel

07 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I interview Dusty Donaldson from Flywheel and learn how Flywheel is creating a great solution for WordPress users.

139 – The Importance of Supporting Retina Images

31 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in this week to learn about the importance of supporting retina images and how to easily add retina graphics to your website.

138 – Different Places to Host Video Files

24 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we talk about three different services to host your video content and why each one serves it’s own purpose.

137 – eCommerce Options for WordPress

17 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I take some time to dive in and look at 5 different WordPress plugins that can help you sell digital or physical goods on yo...

136 – WordPress Membership Plugin Comparison

10 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode I take an in depth look at seven different WordPress membership plugins to help you find the perfect one.

135 – Claim Google Authorship for your WordPress Site

03 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

One of the easiest ways to improve your SEO rankings is to link your Google+ account with your WordPress site. Today I’ll explain how.

134 – The Benefits of Using Jetpack

26 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I take a look at each one of the Jetpack’s 25 modules and explain the benefits of using each one.

133 – Stay Informed with Your Website Stats

19 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week I talk to Dan Norris from Inform.ly about different ways to analyze your data about the visitors who are viewing your website.

132 – Speed Up Your Website with NginXpress

12 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Today I talk with a friend of mine who has developed a script to run WordPress on an Amazon server and you can help us beta test!

131 – How to display Google Sitelinks in Search Results

05 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered on how to get sublinks to show up underneath your website in Google results? You’ll find out in this week’s episode...

130 – Your Questions Answered

29 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I answer questions about subdomains, Jetpack statistics plugin, how to upload files and automatically bill clients.

129 – 10 Most Overlooked WordPress Features

22 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, we take a look at the 10 most overlooked features that are built in to WordPress and how to use them.

128 – Keep Your Sites in Sync with DB Manage Pro

15 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we look at a new tool you can use to keep a development site and a live site in sync.

127 – Software Tools for Developers Part 3

08 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I interview 4 different interviews of WordPress developers to hear what tools they use for their development.

126 – Take Your Website Mobile with WPtouch

01 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes responsive design isn’t the way to go. In today’s episode we talk to the co-founder of WPtouch.

125 – Make Your Site Compatible with Pinterest

24 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I am pleased to have Cynthia Sanchez, a Pinterest expert, to share how we can make sure our sites are Pinterest friendly.

124 – Guard Your WordPress Site Against Attacks

17 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I share about the recent Brute Force Attack on over 90,000 IP addresses

123 – How to Interpret What a Client Wants

10 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I share the details of how I get information from a client before starting their project.

122 – Help Someone Start an Inexpensive Website

02 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode I’ll teach you how to help a friend out by building a WordPress website but not have to charge them a lot of money.

121 – More Great Places for WordPress Images

27 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week we expand on last week’s discussion about where you can find high quality images for your WordPress site.

120 – How and Where to Find Images for Your WordPress Site

20 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Today we take a look at the different options for adding high quality images to your blog posts

119 – The Easiest Way to Add a Shopping Cart

13 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this weeks episode, learn how to create correct sized images, my webinar service and how to quickly and easily create a shopping cart on your websi...

118 – A Practical Guide to Picking Out Plugins

06 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

With over 22,000 free plugins in the WordPress repository, it can be difficult to find the perfect one. Learn my step by step approach!

117 – 6 Reasons to Learn How to Code

27 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The world is in desperate need of more programmers. In this episode learn six reasons to start coding today!

116 – Keep Your WordPress Database Lean & Mean

20 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Join us today as we take a look into how to remove some of the bloat from our WordPress database.

115 – Become a More Efficient WordPress Developer

13 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

You can become a more efficient WordPress Developer by implementing these 11 steps.

114 – Is Your WordPress Site Accessible?

06 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Join me today for a chat with my friend Wade Wingler about the benefits of having a accessible site. If you haven’t thought about this before, i...

113 – The Power of Adding a CDN to Your Website

30 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Join me today with special guest Justin Dorfman from MaxCDN to explain the importance of using a content delivery network to help speed up your websit...

112 – How to Work Through Theme or Plugin Conflicts

23 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, learn to paste blog posts without formatting, extend your gravity forms plugin and properly troubleshoot theme or plugin iss...

111 – The Importance of Conferences

16 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Join me as I share my reason for attending live conferences, plus hear from four other attendees!

110 – Is WordPress.com the Solution for Hosting?

09 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I talk with Sean and Randy from beAutomated about the value of looking at wordpress.com to host their company website.

109 – Important Things to Focus on in 2013

02 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I share the top things that WordPress website owners and WordPress developers should focus on learning / doing in 2013.

108 – The Dangers of the functions.php File

26 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview with Dave Clements, we talk about the dangers of putting custom code in the functions.php file.

107 – Five Reasons Your Site Loads Slowly

19 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I share a resource for checking how quickly your website loads and point out five different things that cause some websites ...

106 – How to Teach Someone WordPress

12 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about the brand new version of WordPress along with new plugin favorites area, plus I share how I teach my clients to use WordPress.

105 – How to Charge for Maintenance of a WordPress Website

05 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, learn how to charge your customers for the maintenance of their WordPress websites. I also spend time talking about my week ...

104 – Become a Full-Time Freelance Developer

28 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I have an inspiring story to share. Join us to hear Chad Warner is slowly phasing out of his “real job” into a full-time freela...

103 – A Website Developer’s Nightmare: Passwords

21 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I share two new tools and my strategy for setting up new accounts for your friends or website clients.

102 – WordPress Custom Post Types

14 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Hear my reviews on the WordPress iPad app, understand the benefit of using Google Libraries and see the benefits of using custom post types.

101 – What is Your WordPress Backup Strategy

07 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I share two new tools, answer a few questions and spend most of the time discussing WordPress backup strategy.

100 – Your Can’t Live Without WordPress Plugins

31 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s show is a little different as we had a round table discussion to hear what are the can’t live without WordPress plugins from o...

099 – Keys to Enjoy Web Programming

24 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I spend some time chatting with Sean and Randy of beAutomated about how we as developers can enjoy web programming.

098 – Software to Run Your Website Development Business

17 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today I share the software tools I use to run my website development business. Some items I mention: mac, espresso, coda 2, flow, forklift, acorn, ado...

097 – Software for Everyday WordPress Users Part 2

10 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Back by popular demand, I’ve recorded another episode that highlights tools that 4 different developers use to keep their WordPress site updated...

096 – How to Migrate Data within WordPress

03 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

I spend some time answering a question about the JetPack Plugin and spent the majority of the episode outlining the way that I move content from a dev...

095 – Software for Everyday WordPress Users

26 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I interview 4 different WordPress developers and learn what tools they use on a daily basis to build websites.

094 – Sell Digital Products on your WordPress Site

19 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I talk about GoDaddy’s recent security breech, share a cool tool for managing multiple WordPress accounts, explain how...

093 – How to Update a Live Site

12 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I cover the most recent WordPress security release, share a new live blogging tool, discuss the JetPack Plugins and spend ti...

092 – Version Control your WordPress site

05 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, we dig into the importance of version control, who should use it and how it has save catastrophes from happening.

091 – Nine Ways to Find Paying WordPress Clients

29 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Join us to learn about my upcoming webinar, my free giveaway, my favorite mobile RSS readers, and how to find paying WordPress clients.

090 – Live from Grand Rapids!

22 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I recorded a live question and answer session with some of my new friends from WordCamp Grand Rapids

089 – 2012 State of the Word Update

15 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Hear Matt Mullenwig’s 2012 recap of WordPress. WordCamps have expanded from 1 in 2006 to 75 in 2012 and he shares new features in WordPress 3.5

088 – Backup Your WordPress Sites with Backup Buddy

08 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode features an interview with iThemes founder Cory Miller. We talk all about backups, especially with BackupBuddy.

087 – Move Your Blogger Site to WordPress

01 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to learn how to transfer your blog from Blogger to WordPress. It’s not hard to do and with the benefits of WordPress, you’ll be gla...

086 – How to Handle Affiliate Links within WordPress

25 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode I discuss a solution for a support ticket plugin and I share three different methods of handling your affiliate links in your...

085 – The Difference Between Theme Templates and Frameworks

18 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today I break down the differences between themes and frameworks and which one is better for developers.

084 – Nine Website Faults That Will Cause People to Hit the Back Button

11 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Listen in to discover nine website faults that many users make when building a website. Remove these items and make your audience happy.

083 – Introducing the WordPress WP App Store

04 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to the interview with Brad Touesnard as we discuss the WP App Store. Brad is crushing it with a great idea to make it easier to add themes and ...

082 – Calculating Website Bandwidth and Memory

27 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Calculating Website Bandwidth and Memory doesn’t have to be difficult. Join us today to to hear how to calculate it and don’t overpay for ...

081 – Change the Background of Your WordPress Site

20 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Listen this week to hear about the downfalls of the Facebook Plugin, a new service called bmobilized, information about transferring domain names betw...

080 – What is the Purpose of Your WordPress Site

13 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in this week to learn about the new Facebook Plugin, how to fix spam on images, how to find a great theme, what questions to find a person to out...

079 – Increase Your Community Interaction with LiveFyre

06 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today I interview Jeremy Hicks, who works for Livefyre. We talk about the plugin you can use to increase your community interaction by making it easy ...

078 – How to Use Feedburner for Your WordPress Site

30 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s podcast, I share the benefits of using FeedBurner for WordPress sites. Don’t miss out on this powerful way to syndicate you con...

077 – Websites for on the Go Travelers

23 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I share some of things that I learned while traveling to Europe and trying to maintain my sites while on the go and my frustrations o...

076 – Make Custom WordPress Modifications with Div Layer

16 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

This interview is with a senior at Penn State University that has created an awesome plugin. Listen in to hear how you can take your site to the next ...

075 – How to Hire a WordPress Developer

09 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today I outline the different ways to hire a WordPress developer. Sometimes we need help with a project and today I share tips on how to hire the corr...

074 – What are Trackbacks and Pingbacks?

02 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today I break down the differences betweent trackbacks and pingbacks are and how they work on your WordPress website.

073 – Setting a Facebook Thumbnail Image

25 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I explain how to link a Facebook Thumbnail image to each page that will show up in your social media profile’s page.

072 – What is HTML5?

18 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

New technology for website developers is on the way and you don’t want to be left in the dust. What is HTML5 you ask? Listen in to find out.

071 – 8 Ways to Secure Your WordPress Site

11 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Listen in as I share eight ways to secure your WordPress site. These tips are easy to do and will prevent your site from being hacked.

070 – The Dirty Secrets of Email Marketing

04 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I talk with Daniel Miller of Benchmark Email about the secrets of email marketing and how to create a great campaign.

069 – How to Change Your Blog Layout

28 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s an audio guide to teach you how you can change your blog layout using WordPress. One of the solutions doesn’t require any coding.

068 – Create a Newsletter Autoresponder

21 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s topic is how to create an email newsletter autoresponder. Set up a autoresponder once & continue to engage with your audience.

067 – WordPress Plugin Showcase: Benchmark Email

14 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The Benchmark Email Plugin is the best plugin I have found to capture email addresses for a email marketing company, hear from the developers of the p...

066 – Your WordPress Questions Answered

07 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I catch up on my listener feedback hotline. If you are interested in leaving a question for the show, be sure to call 740.66...

065 – 6 Ways to Improve SEO Page Ranking

29 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, I had the honor of talking with Randi Thornton. She shared great content of what you can do to optimize your WordPress websi...

064 – WordPress Redirects for Affiliates and MultiSite

22 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode focuses on how to create redirects for affiliate links. Learn the best way to handle affiliate links to make money from your blo...

063 – Scalability of WordPress Sites

15 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I dug into three listener questions. What should I charge for a website? Why can’t I install WordPress on ISP? And how scalable...

062 – 5 Online Tools for WordPress Developers

08 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Today I wanted to share with you some of my online tools that I use to run my website development business and keep my life in order.

061 – Hidden Features In WordPress

01 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode we talked about the hidden features found in the Screen Options panel. These settings are tucked away, so you don’t wan...

060 – How to Tell if a Website is Using WordPress

25 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Are you a curious developer and wonder what platform a website is built on? Well wonder no more. Add this extension to chrome and you’ll know ex...

059 – The Day the Internet Stopped Working

18 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, I talk about all the websites that will be blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA and how the passing of legislation coul...

058 – How to Add an Admin User to the WordPress Database

11 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Out of need to figure this out to get into a client’s website, I explain exactly how I added a new administrator account to a mySQL database.

057 – 11 Website Resolutions for 2012

04 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

This year, I want you to focus on the 11 things that you should do to have the best online experience possible.

056 – How to Create a Favicon for Your Website

28 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Every website needs to have a favicon for brand recognition and to easily identify a website tab that is open.