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Wordpress Theme Sources You Can Trust

April 25, 2009

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 a number [...]

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How to Exclude Specific Pages From Your Page Navigation

March 27, 2009

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 [...]

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Creating a Single Page and Privacy Policy Site in Wordpress

March 20, 2009

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 and this made [...]

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Essential Wordpress SEO Set Up and Settings

February 9, 2009

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 [...]

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How To Change Your Wordpress Theme Background CSS

January 24, 2009

Love the layout of a Wordpress Theme but hate a background color? Here’s a simple guide to changing your style sheet backgrounds.

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How to Change the Header Image or Photo of Your Wordpress Theme

January 19, 2009

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 version. I’ll [...]

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Beginner’s Guide to Wordpress 2.7

January 7, 2009

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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 Wordpress 2.7. Yes, they’ve completely changed the Administration [...]

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Wordpress 2.6 Beginners Guide

November 18, 2008

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. We will also [...]

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How Much Should A Web Site Cost?

November 4, 2008

The cost of getting on the Internet depends upon your goals and needs. The price can range from free up. Here’s a quick guide to help you with you online marketing budget.

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