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November 27, 2012

Easy Tables with a Plugin

Sometimes you just need a table to display your content properly. The WordPress page/post editor is good most of the time but getting things to line up just right can be a challenge. Here’s how I use tables to solve some alignment problems.

November 19, 2012

Adding FAQs To Your Blog

Adding a Frequently Asked Questions or FAQ section to your blog is a great way to arrange important features, resources or even present information on your About page. Typically, these are arranged on the page so that the questions are visible but the reader must either click the question or hover over it to open […]

November 12, 2012

Pretty Link Plugin Finally Issues Update

For what seemed like an eternity, the link-cloaking plugin, Pretty Link finally released a long awaited update last week (November 7, 2012). In the interim, there was a problem with the version number and the WordPress repository update system where you constantly received reminders in your dashboard that you had version 1.60 and you needed […]

October 1, 2012

Blogging Mistakes: #5 — Letting the Weeds Grow

Part 5 of 10. For the first few months of your blog everything behind the scenes will look new and well kept. But after awhile, if you don’t pay attention, the weeds will start to grow and that’s when trouble can set in. In this installment of Blogging Mistakes, we’ll look at the maintenance that […]

August 27, 2012

When Free WordPress Themes Aren’t Free

If you are a relatively new blogger, I bet you’ve Googled “free wordpress themes” to search for that great looking theme to match your niche. Am I right? Before you make a huge mistake with your new blog, read on to discover when free WordPress themes are not free.

August 20, 2012

WordPress Plugins that Help Dress Up Your Blog Posts

I’m sure you have great information in your blog posts, but do you make that information “look” interesting as well? Do you make the post visually appealing and inviting or do you just write the words and hit the publish button? I regularly use a number of WordPress plugins that help me “dress up” my […]

August 14, 2012

Essential WordPress Plugins for Genesis Themes

My favorite WordPress themes these days for building client sites are those from Studio Press using the Genesis framework. The problem for people who are not very experienced in customizing themes is doing some simple tweaks. Fortunately, there are several great plugins to make those tasks much easier. Here are a list of my favorites:

July 20, 2012

Too Much Trackback Spam? CommentLuv To The Rescue

UPDATE: CommentLuv is no longer being supported due the health of the developer. I recommend you stop using it and switch to a spam blocker like CleanTalk. Trackbacks and pingbacks occur when someone else links to your blog from theirs. A notice is then sent to your dashboard and to your comments area (unless you […]

July 16, 2012

Essential WordPress Plugins — CommentLuv

UPDATE: CommentLuv is no longer being supported due the health of the developer. I recommend you stop using it and switch to a spam blocker like WP SpamShield. In last week’s post, I laid out 3 reasons why I believe my blog traffic doubled in two months. One of those reasons was a plugin called […]

July 2, 2012

WordPress Blog Sitemap – Does Your Blog Need One?

Typically WordPress blogs have several methods for page navigation including a menu bar either at the top, in the sidebar and/or in the footer. In addition, you can add search to your blog through various widgets (Search, Recent Posts, Category, Custom Menu, Archives, etc.). So with all that navigation available to your blog’s readers, why […]

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