093 – How to Update a Live Site

Announcements

Lock Down Your Website Webinar Replay is now available.
WordPress Security Update 3.4.2 has been released

Tools / Plugins

WordPress VIP LiveBlog
– Post updates right from the front-end of your site (no need to use the /wp-admin dashboard)
– Viewers of your Liveblog get new entries served to them instantly and automatically, without needing to refresh their browser.
– Your authors can drag-and-drop photos right into the Liveblog area, without needing to navigate to separate browser tabs or windows.
– There’s no need for a separate site dedicated to liveblogging: every post can be a liveblog, even existing ones.

Listener Feedback

• Mystery Caller – Jetpack Plugin. Try Jetpack Lite. To see if Jetpack is slowing your site down, use P3 Profiler.
• Andy Lehmen – Video Intro – watch my new intro
• Dustin – GIT is awesome. If you are interested in learning more, check out this YouTube video: youtube.com/watch?v=vaNGbk6HN9Y

How to Update a Live Site

Steve from http://FrugalLancaster.com is interested in finding out the best way to update a live WordPress website.
– Update the live site
– Put up a maintenance plugin
– Create a sub domain for the development site
– Develop locally on your computer

Call To Action

Email me if you’d like to be part of the show that I’m putting together. I’d love to hear about what tools you use to create websites. FTP Clients, HTML Editors, Wire Frame Diagrams, you name it, I want to hear about it!