The Entry-Meta in the post footer displays the "Filed Under:" and "Tagged With:", which clutters up the screen and has low visitor usage. Unfortunately, most sites have excessive category and tag usage, and these pages are thin-content and low-value to visitors. The primary category should be displayed in the breadcrumbs. If relevant, additional categories can...
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How to do email marketing right for food blogs
The one thing you truly own in food blogging is your email list. Social media? That can disappear over night. Algorithms change. These are the people who you've received permission from to enter their most sacred inbox. And most of you (well, us too) have been doing it wrong. Hands up if you've been sending...
Use Foodie-Pro-Style Recipe Index with Cook'd Pro
FacetWP is a beautiful setup for the recipe index, but overly complicated, and costs money. It also encourages visitors to stay on a single page that's dynamically updated, rather than jumping into categories and posts. Navigating to categories and posts is preferred because it generates additional pages-per-visit, decreasing bounce rates. Having visitors on the category...
Types of Customizations
The single biggest question we get when someone is looking to update their theme is "what about my customizations". The problem is that we have no idea what customizations you're talking about - how they were done, when they were done, why they were done. Our recommendation is always let go of your previous setup and install...
