Google XML Sitemaps plugin for WordPress
Mar 30, 2010
If you’re like most bloggers you want your blog to be visited by as many people as possible, and getting all of your posts indexed by the major search engines is the most effective way to drive traffic to your blog. To make that task easier, Google, Bing and Yahoo have agreed to use XML sitemaps to aid them in indexing [...]
Removing the default category in WordPress
Mar 1, 2010
Addinga new category in WordPress is easy, but changing the “default” category and removing the ”Uncategorized” category can be a pain if you don’t know how to do it. Well, here is how you do it: 1 – Decide which category you wish to designate as the new “default” category. If the “Uncategorized” category is the only [...]
Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu plugin for WordPress
Jan 10, 2010
If you run a self-hosted WordPress blog, you probably agree that WordPress’ default Admin user interface isn’t exactly the easiest thing in the world to use. I used to absolutely dread firing up WordPress in order to write a post, install a plugin, or perform some type of maintenance function on my WordPress installation, but not anymore. Now I [...]
WordPress For Dummies (2nd Edition) by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
Dec 21, 2009
Title: WordPress For Dummies (2nd Edition) Author: Lisa Sabin-Wilson Publisher: Wiley Publishing ISBN: 978-0-470-40296-2 Pages: 408 I have been building websites using the WordPress blog platform for some time now, and I have always been quite impressed with its amazing combination of power and simplicity. Since there are numerous resources for helping build and maintain [...]
5 must-have WordPress plugins
Nov 16, 2009
WordPress is the most popular blogging platform out there, and for good reason. Besides being extremely easy to use, it is also quite flexible in what you can do with it. If all you want to do is run a personal blog on which you can share little tidbits about your life with your family and [...]