Even though we cover a lot of the ground when it comes to performance and security, there are other services that might add some value to your wpPERFORM site. One of those services is CloudFlare, and it's fully compatible with wpPERFORM. For background on what CloudFlare does, check out their own overview of CloudFlare. They offer both free and paid plans to protect and accelerate your web … [Read more...] about Using CloudFlare To Optimize Your Site
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Enable Jetpack Development Mode To Use Jetpack Without a WordPress.com Connection
By default, Jetpack requires a connection to WordPress.com to use any of its features. With the release of Jetpack 2.2.1, the plugin supports the Jetpack development mode so that a user can make use of those modules which do not require a connection to WordPress.com without enabling such a connection. While the feature primarily serves developers who want to work with Jetpack in a local … [Read more...] about Enable Jetpack Development Mode To Use Jetpack Without a WordPress.com Connection
How To Activate Jetpack In WordPress
Jetpack by WordPress.com is a powerful plugin that combines many features into a single tool. Moreover, because Jetpack is developed and maintained by Automattic, a company that's strongly behind WordPress, the plugin receives regular updates and support. This article covers how to activate Jetpack in WordPress, including basic configuration. In normal operation, Jetpack requires a connection … [Read more...] about How To Activate Jetpack In WordPress
Custom CSS for Your WordPress Site
It's easy to create custom CSS for your WordPress site on our network using the Jetpack by WordPress.com plugin. This article is focused on using Jetpack's Custom CSS feature, so we'll assume you've already activated Jetpack. If not, skip over to our article on activating Jetpack for WordPress and get that initial step resolved. With the plugin activated, you'll be ready to create custom … [Read more...] about Custom CSS for Your WordPress Site
Caching On wpPERFORM
Opcode Caching Page Caching On wpPERFORM.com, we've included aggressive WordPress caching to optimize the performance of your WordPress powered site. Caching has a dramatic impact on the speed at which we serve up your site. It also has important ramifications for how you and your users interact with your site. For general background on caching in WordPress, check out the Codex article on … [Read more...] about Caching On wpPERFORM
Customize Your WordPress Login Logo and Dashboard Logo
When you visit the login page of a WordPress powered site, you'll see prompts for a username and password. Above those prompts is a WordPress login logo. On wpPERFORM.com, we've changed that login logo to our own image, but it's easy for you to have a custom login logo for your site. We also support a custom dashboard logo, which you'll see on the left corner of the toolbar in your dashboard. … [Read more...] about Customize Your WordPress Login Logo and Dashboard Logo
Setting a Custom Favicon & Apple Touch Icons
Setting a custom favicon is one of the finishing touches to personalize your site and make it stand out from others that use the same theme. In the age of mobile devices, setting a custom favicon might be just one of the custom icons you need to complete the personalized look. You may want to go the extra step of specifying custom touch icons for phones and tablets. We make it easy to do both of … [Read more...] about Setting a Custom Favicon & Apple Touch Icons
The Critical Shortcoming In Genesis SEO
The Genesis Framework comes with built-in SEO, which is the ability to manage settings important to search engines for your WordPress powered site. Let's be clear about something: Genesis SEO is rock-solid at managing those settings and putting them in the HTML markup of your pages, where search engines grab and make use of them. But it has a big shortcoming, and after hearing about a little … [Read more...] about The Critical Shortcoming In Genesis SEO
Core Loading Order In WordPress
There's a great visual guide outlining the core loading order in WordPress over on WordPress Answers on StackExchange, developed by Rarst, a longtime contributor in the WordPress community. This is important information for those that want to understand the basic workings of WordPress. Consider the screenshot below from Rarst's visual guide. This shows that active plugins are loaded … [Read more...] about Core Loading Order In WordPress
Domain Mapping For Your Top Level Domain
Already understand domain mapping? Jump ahead using one of these quick links: Use the WWW prefix? Do you own domain variations based on other TLD's? Update your DNS record Stop Everything! My Primary Domain Doesn't Use WWW Use Cloudflare To Manage Your DNS Zone Wait for propagatiom We're happy to map your primary domain to your wpPERFORM.com site at no charge for and up. Here's an … [Read more...] about Domain Mapping For Your Top Level Domain