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Defining WordPress Terms, Part 5 – Plugins and Widgets

Plugins WordPress is a very robust, albeit simple, content management system. The WordPress install is like a starter kit. It comes with everything you need to set up a basic site. However, many of us need or desire additional functionality. Fortunat[Continue Reading]

Defining WordPress Terms, Part 4 – Publishing

This week I’d like to cover the options found in the Publish box of your post editor. Many of these options can also be found in the page editor, so we’ll cover them all in one place. When you start out creating a new post, the Publish bo[Continue Reading]

Defining WordPress Terms, Part 3 – WordPress Author or User Roles Explained

Business web sites and personal blogs will normally have just one login or user. However, multi-user blogs or companies who wish to assign responsibility for certain areas of the site to different members of a team may choose to have more than one us[Continue Reading]

Cleaning Up Facebook’s Live Feed

Wow, it seems like all I’ve blogged about the past few days is Facebook. All these crazy changes have people asking “How do I get it back to the way it was??” For me, the Live Feed is most like the previous version of the Facebook H[Continue Reading]

A New Facebook Sharing Tool for Bloggers

Ok, so Helmi over at Huzzer Magazine just posted about Facebook’s newest sharing tool, and it’s just for bloggers! I’m so excited and can’t thank him enough for posting about it! There are several plugins out there that will a[Continue Reading]

Shortening Permalink URL’s for SEO and Shorter Links

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 y[Continue Reading]

In giving tips and lessons to fellow bloggers, the question I am asked most is: What color is that? Yes, of course it’s red, but which red? Again and again I have delighted in showing people Pixie and seeing the excitement when they realize jus[Continue Reading]

Publishing Your First WordPress Post

While hitting the Publish button seems a simple task, there are a few options you might like to know about. In the Publish box at the top right of the page you’ll find: Status: Visibility: Publish: Each of these will show the current status of [Continue Reading]

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