Open Links in New Windows

I read a post on ProBlogger.net a while back that debated whether or not to have hyperlinks open in new windows. Up until that point I always set my links to open in new windows. A point was made in the article that we should let the visitor decide how they want to handle the [...]

I Created a WordPress Theme

I know you are thinking… you did what? But it’s true. I have reached a milestone in my life. I just created my first ever WordPress theme. I am also very pleased with how it turned out. It took me about 8 hours to complete but most of that time was spent [...]

Choosing Your Blog’s Colors Wisely

I’ve always known colors had meaning but I didn’t fully understand what each color represented. When designing, I usually just use the color combinations I like the most and not the colors that communicate appropriately. For instance, I like blue with grey, orange with grey, green with grey, crimson with grey, and so on. Can [...]

How to Redirect Non-WWW to WWW

Search engines consider http://joshstauffer.com and http://www.joshstauffer.com to be different websites. Therefore if you have others linking to both versions of your site you are splitting up your link juice. To correct this you can use a simple 301 redirect in your site’s .htaccess file.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^joshstauffer\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.joshstauffer.com/$1 [R=301,L]