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I spend most of my waking hours working on all things WordPress, so I explore and test new plugins constantly. But when it comes down to it, I use certain proven ones over and over. Many of the must-have lists include the usual suspects: Akismet, All in One SEO, Google Sitemaps, etc. You know what [...]
You thought your blog was working fine. You were in love with the original colors. Man, that bright yellow text on a black background was eye-popping. Back in the 90′s, that is. Okay, that’s an exaggeration. But have you been wondering lately if your blog is pulling its weight? Bringing you leads, getting your readers [...]
A while back I did a post on the discussion settings in WordPress. I explained how these areas are often overlooked, or neglected. We set up our blog, get the basics going, then write our little brains out. Occasionally, we find another useful widget or plugin to install. But often it stops there. In your [...]
At For Bloggers By Bloggers, even though we use the Headway theme on this site, we’re huge fans of the Studiopress developers (I use it on some of my other projects, and Bob uses it on his own site). The guys behind the awesome Genesis framework (which we used on here prior to our [...]
We all do it, if not regularly, or at least very often: embed images into our blog posts. It’s simple and straightforward. But have you ever been reading a post, and you find your mouse resting over the image, and damn, it’s a link? You know if you click it something is going to happen. [...]
Picking a theme for your WordPress blog can be overwhelming. There are literally thousands and thousands of them out there. But it is one of the most important decisions you will make for your blog. Why? Because, at some point you will want to change themes. I have done this several times myself. But we [...]
In the Monday post, Danny had some handy ideas for helping your blog rise above the masses in the new year. And that got me thinking. What we would we do without New Year’s? I see it a lot this time of year. Clients send slightly frantic emails. They want site redesigns, a new theme, [...]
It’s choice time. Time to decide which WordPress option is the right one for your blog or website. The only problem is, well, you’re kind of confused—and afraid you’ll screw up. One of the most frequently asked questions from my clients is, “What the heck is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? And should I [...]
Unless you have been asleep for the last two days—or living under a rock— you know it’s time to upgrade WordPress again (the self-hosted WordPress.org version, as opposed to the hosted WordPress.com one). And with 3.3, also known as “Sonny,” you will find some new goodies. So let’s dig in, shall we?
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