For many who have already blogged using a platform like Blogger, the Categories and Tags can be a little confusing. I like to describe it this way: A Category is like the drawer of a filing cabinet. The drawer is labeled: Owners Manuals. Inside the draw are sub-categories labeled: Kitchen Appliances, Outdoor Equipment, Consumer Electronics. [...]

First off, let’s answer the big question: What is WordPress? Almost everyone has read a blog, either professional or personal. We’ve all seen myname.wordpress.com and because of this, many people assume WordPress is for bloggers. While WordPress makes it easy to blog, WordPress is really a Content Management System (CMS). This means it’s a software [...]

I was recently approved as a contributor at Blissfully Domestic. BD is a huge network of women bloggers who cover all aspects of life in an organized, beautiful environment. I’m really excited about participating in the BD community and would love if you’d visit me there! My latest post at BD: My first contribution at [...]

WordPress offers several permalink options, and while their standard numbering system produces the shortest urls, most bloggers like to use the Month/Name or configure a custom structure for search engine optimization. However, pulling the title of your post into the url can make for a very long link, and ofttimes that includes words a search [...]