Articles tagged with: WordPress

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[22 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 142 views ]
7 Social Networking Tips for the Busy Entrepreneur

You keep hearing about the power of social networking…how it can help you get your message out, get you new clients and JV partners, build stronger relationships with your audience and increase your income. But…and it’s a BIG BUT…who’s got time to keep track of all those sites and IDs and profiles and friends and…oh geez…nevermind.
Well, procrastinate no more, my friend – here are some tips to make social networking work for you:
1. Choose 1-3 social networking sites to use. There are dozens of social networking sites available, and …

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[11 Jun 2009 | 5 Comments | 231 views ]
WordPress 2.8 is Available! (and my list of plug-ins that don’t like it)

WordPress 2.8 has hit the streets, folks, and there are some serious goodies awaiting you!
WordPress 2.8 Highlights
* Theme Browser and Installer
* Ability to add Custom Headers
* New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new Widgets API
* New ways to customize dashboard widgets
* Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors.
* Configurable Views on Management Pages.
* Faster Loading Admin Pages
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[26 May 2009 | One Comment | 185 views ]
Let Your RSS Subscribers Choose: Full Text or Summary?

WordPress automatically sets up two feeds for you: your posts feed and your comments feed. You have a choice on the posts feed to publish the full text of your post, or a summary. Which do you choose?
Some of your readers may prefer full text feeds, while others prefer a summary. So which group do you defer to? Publishing a summary feed forces people to click through to your site to read the entire post, which of course, helps your traffic stats, but might irk some of your readers. …

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[5 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | 304 views ]
Upgrade WordPress Yourself? Yes, You Can!

Upgrading the version of WordPress you were using used to be a rather arduous task, requiring knowledge of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and server access, which quite frankly, was just a bit much for a lot of folks. End result? Upgrading WordPress to the latest version was relegated to the ’someday I’ll get to that’ list.

With the recent release of WordPress 2.7, upgrading WordPress has become a two-click process anyone can do – even you! No geekiness required.

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[13 Jan 2009 | Comments Off | 810 views ]
Color Schemes for the 2.7 Dashboard

If you, like me, have a hard time with the two available color schemes for the WordPress 2.7 admin interface – take heart! Help is on the way.