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Bob Dunn is a WordPress blogger and trainer with a design and marketing background. He is known for his uncanny ability to make WordPress understandable to non-geeks. On his blog, bobwp, he teaches WordPress with videos, screenshot tutorials and real-world advice.
Whether you post once a week on your WordPress blog or daily, there is nothing more satisfying then pushing that ‘publish’ button and sending your words of wisdom out to your loyal readers. Formatting done? Check. Photos placed? Check. Ready to hit publish? Check—er, wait. Is there something you’ve overlooked? Is your post ready for [...]
If you have a blog with a lot of users, from admins to authors to editors, sometimes you just need a little more control over certain things in WordPress. Yes, roles have things they can and can’t do, but what if you need something more specific, or a way to share information with everyone? Here [...]
If you use WordPress, you know that you can easily embed video by simply pasting the embed code into a post. But what if you want more control over the size of the video, or even the way it looks? That’s where the plugin Viper Video Quicktags comes in. It’s easy to install, set up [...]
It’s Independence Day here where I am, on American soil. Beer, potato salad, strawberry shortcake and sparkling fireworks. It’s about freedom, man. Used in the right way, WordPress is all about freedom, too. The beauty of it is the control you have over your own blog—not only in the content, but in the design and [...]
In our digital-happy world, news travels at breakneck speed. “Thought leaders” and “experts” are around every corner, with advice sprinkled with untruths, half-truths, exaggerations and over-promises. We hear something and we believe it. Someone posts or tweets or puts it up on Facebook. Then a keynoter at a conference throws it in and, bam, it’s [...]
Unless you live in a remote cave or have been on an extended vacation on Mars, you probably know that WordPress 3.4, also known as ‘Green,’ was released last week. A lot of under-the-hood work has made it faster and better, but WordPress users are talking about a few cool features in particular.
Here at For Bloggers, By Bloggers, we have talked a lot about Livefyre, our preferred commenting system. And we proudly use it here on this blog. If you compare Livefyre to the WordPress vanilla commenting system, social sharing and realtime conversations are only two of the reasons to use Livefyre to turn your readers and [...]
It’s plugin day again on For Bloggers By Bloggers WordPress Wednesday. With so many to choose from, there is something for everybody. Here are some that come in handy for very specific needs. 1. Pricing Table Have you ever a blog or website with those cool pricing tables that compare multiple packages of similar products [...]
The WordPress community is full of free resources, just for the asking. And new stuff is popping up all the time. Today I leave you with just a few. Things you might not know about WordPress If you are logged into WordPress.org, you can now favorite your most helpful plugins. Share them on your profile [...]
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