I’m in the process of testing some problems with the upgrade to WordPress 2.8. I’m not the only person reporting them, but I think I’m one of the few who can test on 3 different hosting services with 3 different server configurations.
Quick Summary of WordPress 2.8 Issue
It appears that some people are reporting [...]
Continue Reading →As soon as I teach a small business owner about WordPress, I get two questions. WordPress is really free? Once I explain about the altruistic and collaborative model of doing business, I get the next question…
Where can I get a good WordPress theme?
And naturally, everyone asks me about free WordPress themes. There are [...]
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Update: I’ll be posting a new report on Dreamhost, but just to let you know. I just moved 3 of my own sites to [...]
Continue Reading →Your page navigation menu uses the WordPress wp_list_pages tag to display all of your Pages. There are, however, some Pages that are necessary, but you would prefer not to include in your navigation menu such as “Privacy Policy” or “Thank You for Shopping With Us” or “Legal Disclaimers.” How do you tell WordPress to exclude [...]
Continue Reading →I recently got a nice email from someone who is apparently using WordPress to create his first site. And he’s keeping it simple (which is not a bad plan if you are just starting and not very comfortable with the technology).
He writes:
Hi Carolyn…
Very nice work on your guide…I am a total technophobe [...]
Continue Reading →I promised my class and a consulting client that I’d have my recommendations for the intial WordPress set up and settings for search engine optimization (SEO) by today. I’ll be writing more on this subject and a great deal more on search engine optimization with WordPress in particular and CMS sites in general, but for [...]
Continue Reading →Love the layout of a Wordpress Theme but hate a background color? Here’s a simple guide to changing your style sheet backgrounds.
Continue Reading →In response to a request for help in the comments for my Beginner’s Guide to WordPress post, I created this quick reply on how to change the default photo or image in your WordPress theme. Unfortunately, I discovered I couldn’t use all of my formatting in the comments section, so here’s the brief [...]
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The Beginner’s Guide to WordPress 2.9 is now available!
If you are using the latest version of WordPress, you will want the latest guide, so click here to go there.
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I’m teaching additional classes for the Entrepreneur Institute so here’s the beginner’s training guide to the new version of [...]
Continue Reading →Beginner’s Guide to WordPress 2.6 without Blogroll/Links Instructions
We created this guide for clients who are new to WordPress and not terribly comfortable with computers in general. The current version does not include information on creating and managing your blogroll or links. We will post the longer version with that information soon. [...]
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