Make Your Life Easier and Save Some Time by Creating Your Own WordPress Installation Profiles

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Wouldn’t it be easier if there was a way for you do an install of your favorite and recommended WordPress plugins for all your new sites or any sites your clients ask you build for them? Well it is that easy! Earlier today I came across a great article on WPRMU.org about a plugin that [...]

Adding Message Boards to Your WordPress Site with Simple:Press

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Some of the great things about WordPress is how easy it is to use and how easy it to add new features by using plugins. Without WordPress, website owners would have to rely on the knowledge of developers and designers to code what they want for their sites and this can get expensive. One example [...]

Add Recent Photos to Your Sidebar

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Almost everyone knows that you can add recent posts and comments widgets to a WordPress sidebar. But what if your site is a photoblog or you share a lot of images on your site? Wouldn’t it be great if you could share your recent images on your sidebar? If you are looking for a feature [...]

Now You Can Drag Drop Images When Uploading to WordPress

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Anyone that runs a WordPress blog knows that uploading a lot images can be time consuming. For me, its can be a hassle, some of my articles tend to have several images. Uploading images can take a few minutes to almost 30 minutes to load a handful images. There a few ways to get around [...]

Paginated Content on Your Site May Be Seen as Duplicate Content

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Earlier today I came across a great article from Yoast about paginated archives might be considered duplicate content by Google.  But luckily Google has a fix for this and its simple. All you have to do is add the elements rel=”next and rel=”prev” to your HTML links. Using these element will indicate a relationship between [...]

The Differences Between Self Hosted WordPress.org and Free WordPress.com [Infographic]

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One of the questions I get a lot is “what’s the difference between self-hosted WordPress.org and free WordPress.com?” I imagine, this is a common question for almost anyone that offers WordPress services. I generally tell them that WordPress.org is self hosted (paid for by the client) and WordPress.com is a free service hosted by WordPress.com. [...]

The Anatomy of a WordPress Theme–Cheat Sheet

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As a WordPress user and a designer, I can’t seem to leave a theme alone. I have to add my personal touch. This could be simple as adding custom web fonts or just changing the width of the content columns. Whatever changes you want to make to the design of your theme, you need to [...]

Add Your Google Plus Profile to WordPress without a Plugin

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In the last few months, the Google Plus Network has gotten so popular that some of the social media and problogger giants have made the transition to Google Plus. Some have gone as far as to shutting down their profiles or gone private on other social media site and only use Google Plus. If you [...]