So you know the basics about how to edit pages and posts, but are you making the best use of all the features WordPress has to offer? Here’s a quick overview about some of the basics that can take you to the next level. The Quick Install One of the nicest things about WordPress is…
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WordPress 102 Class – Are you in the NY area?
If you’re in the area, please sign up for my WordPress 102 class on Tues, May 24. Sure, you know how to edit pages and posts, but are you using all the features that make WordPress incredible and are you getting the most out it? Even if you’ve been using WordPress for a while, you…
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How to Choose a Theme
I’ve gotten a couple good questions about this lately so I thought I would give you my two cents about choosing a good WordPress theme. There are so many out there, how do you narrow down the choices? Main things to look for in a theme What is the site speed? This is especially true…
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How to Change Your Review on WordPress.org
In case anyone else is looking for help, I was able to change my review by using this as a base: https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/PLUGIN-SLUG-GOES-HERE#postform So in my case, I wanted to change my review for Tab Slide, which is here: http://wordpress.org/plugins/tab-slide/ I can see from that url that the “slug” for tab slide is “tab-slide”, so I…
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How to Create Menu Items That Don’t Link
Every once in a while I’ll have a customer who wants a menu item that doesn’t actually link. I don’t recommend this because if you are going to have, say, different pages for all your services, I believe it’s good to have that overall Services page to give an overview. But if you don’t want…
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Why am I Getting Comment Notifications for My Client’s Site?
I recently had a new developer ask me why they were getting email notifications when people posted comments to her client’s site. She had set the correct admin email address in settings, but comments were still coming to her. Comment notifications are sent to the blog author, not the site owner, so if you created…
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How To Set An Image So That Clicking On It Pops Up Larger Image
Some people have noticed that on my blog, I have images that are small, but when you click on them, they popup to show the image in more detail. Say you have this adorable picture of a puppy, but you want people to be able to click on it so they can see how truly…
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