This is my Concrete5 review, the second of my content management system (CMS) reviews comparing alternatives to Wordpress.
The system can be found here: http://www.concrete5.org
I have never come across Concrete5 before and don’t have any preconceptions about the system.
So here is my Concrete5 review.
My 30 day challenge was begun on 15 Feb, exactly 65 days ago. I’m now 74 days into a 30 day challenge and it’s not complete; not a good sign. In a previous post I did say that despite being a “30 day” challenge, the main aim was to use some of my spare time to do something useful to build a niche site.
With that in mind I’m going to briefly recap how far I’ve got with it and what the next steps are to make it start to get some good traffic and make a bit of money.
I read an interesting article on the Harvard Business Review Website recently about research that finds that Coffee Breaks Don’t Boost Productivity After All.
Can it really be true that all of the standard thinking that you benefit from regular breaks from work is misleading?
The findings of this report say that you only get the expected benefits if you do something work related.
going outside for fresh air during microbreaks showed no statistical relationship to vitality and fatigue levels. Helping a coworker did, though. The idea seems to be that when you’re in the middle of work, you’ll do better and feel better if you focus just on work.
I live in England and our standard break involves a cup of tea. Wherever you are, you’ll probably have a standard 10 minute break routine. But whether it’s tea, coffee or going for a brisk walk, it could be a good idea to alter your thinking.
Rather than trying to disconnect from work completely and relaxing, how about using your break to think about work in a different way.
This is my CMS Made Simple review, the first of my content management system (CMS) reviews comparing alternatives to Wordpress.
CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) is an open source PHP based CMS first released in 2004. It was designed primarily for editable static-ish websites rather than blogs. However CMSMS has plugins which enable other implementations such as blogs and ecommerce.
The system can be found here: http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/
Last time I made a website using CMSMS it was on version 1.6. Now it is on version 1.11, so I’m interested to see whether there have been major changes to the usability of the system over the last few years.
So here is my CMS Made Simple review.
I’ve been building websites for several years now, and my default setting, like many others, has become to use Wordpress for nearly everything. Wordpress has such a wide user base now that it powers “over 60 million” websites (source wordpress.org).
In reality the true number of Wordpress powered sites is probably far more than 60 million, but whatever the actual figure, it’s a large portion of the web.
It set me wondering whether we all use Wordpress so much because it’s the best, or just because of the internet herd mentality that says we need to do what others are doing.
Managing a lot of different Wordpress sites can be a daunting prospect. I don’t have nearly as many sites as lots of marketers and yet I still always used to struggle with keeping up to date with Wordpress, Plugin and Theme updates.
InfiniteWP and ManageWP [affiliate link] are both applications that take away a lot of the hard work of managing your Wordpress sites. You don’t have to log in to each admin to check for updates; with each service they’re all managed from central control panel.
In this article I’m going to discuss the similarities and differences between the 2 services and tell you why, while I’m signed up to both services, InfiniteWP is now my “go to” Wordpress utility.
Here’s a little game – only ever play once as it’ll kill your productivity.
I was at rugby training the other day and I was struck by how similar the advice for rugby players is to the advice I’d give to people starting up and running an online business.
Whether you’re an expert or a novice, you can take the advice of a rugby coach and apply it to your online business.
Following on from my recent post about “The Tricks of Effortlessly Efficient People” I’m going to quickly detail the software I use to keep track of my ever growing list of tasks and how I use them to keep the important things to the fore, and distractions “forgotten but not gone”.
In that post I mentioned the four main types of task I encounter:
I use a few different pieces of software to track different types of tasks. I’ve tried a lot of different ones over the years, but these are my current favourites.
Some people seem to be effortlessly efficient and get things done without having to think about it.
Well it may seem that way, but behind all super-efficient people there is some sort of list making and prioritization going on.
These people are just better at covering up the process they use to prioritize their tasks.
Some may be able to keep their tasks in their heads, though I would speculate that not many busy people are able to do this. Others may use a simple diary or notebook. Those at top levels in corporations may have a secretary or PA to look after these details for them.
In this post I’m going to discuss the types of tasks you may need to keep track of, whether in your personal or work life, and suggest ways you may be able to become effortlessly efficient.
I've been working in the online world for over a decade, and still finding lots to learn.
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