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How To Use The WordPress Gallery Shortcode
In: WordPress
10 Jul 2010WordPress has an in-built image gallery feature which does not yet seem to be common knowledge even though it’s incredibly simple to use. So let’s say you are writing a post that you want to include an image gallery in. 1) Using the usual upload/insert image button, upload any images you want to include in [...]
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- Tags: gallery, images, shortcode
Free Webinar – Introduction to WordPress
In: WordPress
2 Jul 2010My online workshop series is launching July 14th with a free introduction to WordPress. If you’ve been shy to get WordPress set up on your site, this is your chance to have a guided tour to installation, plugins, themes, widgets, publishing content and more. Or perhaps you’ve been considering WordPress for your site and want [...]
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Notes and Resources from OC Wordcamp Marketing Presentation
In: WordPress
26 Apr 2010This past weekend I gave a presentation at OC Wordcamp, discussing using a WordPress site for marketing your business, service or product. As promised, here are the some of the key points, along with links and tools that were mentioned. If anything is missing, leave a comment! When developing a strategy for your site, the [...]
Speaking at OC Wordcamp – WordPress for Marketing
In: WordPress
22 Apr 2010I’ve been given the opportunity to speak this weekend at OC Wordcamp (thanks Brandon!) on the topic: WordPress for Marketing. I will be discussing ways to optimize your blog to market yourself, your business or service. I’ll be covering things like: Some plugins you can use to help make your site ‘sticky’ How to discover [...]
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This post follows on from – How To Choose A WordPress Theme -Free, Premium or Custom When choosing a theme you must consider design, layout and functionality. When considering these, keep in mind the general type of theme you are looking for (see previous post). If you are looking for a free theme, you need [...]
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- Tags: css, design, functionality, layout, php, themes
How To Choose A WordPress Theme – Free, Paid or Custom?
In: WordPress
21 Feb 2010One of the biggest sources of frustrations I hear from clients when using WordPress is choosing a theme that looks good and does what they want it to do. The next couple of posts will attempt to provide some guidelines to help make this process easier. Selecting a theme is about more than the way [...]
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