WordPress Wednesdays | Blogging Experiment

Why does Matt Cutts hate WordPress? What is it that he just can’t stand about this popular CMS and blogging platform? Well here it is… Matt Cutts can’t stand it when webmasters DON’T take full advantage of ALL the features WordPress affords its users. HE HATES IT! But don’t worry…He ...

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2011 Update: This post is old! Be sure to read about our new and updated Best WordPress Themes of 2011. It’s a new year, and it’s time for a new list of the best wordpress themes. We all know there is site after site touting theme after theme, and because ...

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I did, and I wanted to share with you a quick and easy way to get it back. So there I was pruning some pages that had been created as holder pages - and while quickly going the motions: delete, delete, delete…I saw to my utter disbelief and despair that ...

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If you don’t have an iPhone, buy one. If you can’t afford one just yet, save your money then buy one. This won’t be a post on why I love the iPhone, but let me just say that this one piece of technology has literally become the brain of operations ...

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For those interested in learning how to add a forum to your WordPress site or blog, bbPress is a nice program from the creators of WordPress to help you do just that. Like WordPress, bbPress’ focus is on web standards and due to the fact that WordPress is becoming the ...

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2011 Update: Be sure to read about the Best WordPress Themes of 2011. When it comes to running a successful blog, having the right theme is critical. Not being a “designer” myself, I marvel at the creative work produced by WordPress developers. Since it’s always nice to have a few ...

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In this installment of WordPress Wendesdays I want to talk about a plugin I have used with great success. As the post states, about 84% of all comments are spam according to Akismet.com. I was shocked when I read that number. In order to deal with the growing onslaught of ...

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What’s A Widget Anyway? Last week we discussed WordPress sidebars and include files. This week we’ll explore how we can prepare our sidebars (or any other area of our theme) to accept widgets. In case you haven’t done your homework, the WordPress Codex defines a widget as being: …like a ...

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Sorry I missed last week folks but my bad back (the curse of walking upright) struck and, even with a laptop, it’s hard to write when you’re horizontal. This week I’m back among the (mostly) vertical and thought I’d jump in to a topic suggested by Rebecca Laffar-Smith: Is it ...