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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 to find [...]
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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 it [...]
Mobile Blogging With Wordpress
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15 Feb 2010Mobile networks are finally getting fast enough, and smartphones nimble enough to enable you to do some real stuff on the go. Wordpress now has apps for the major players so you can have ready access to your blog away from your computer.
Wordpress for Blackberry
The new Wordpress app for Blackberry allows you to write posts, [...]
Wordpress For Business Presentation
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13 Nov 2009I was kindly invited by the SoCal Wordpress Meetup group, run by Natalie MacLees, to give a presentation at their next meeting in Los Angeles on November 19th. It’s free, but you must RSVP at Meetup.com. I’ll be talking about using Wordpress for business – marketing, SEO, relevant plugins etc. There will be lots of [...]
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How To Get Rid Of Captions In Wordpress
In: Wordpress
31 Oct 2009In version 2.6 Wordpress introduced the captions feature which meant that when you uploaded an image, the text you entered as the ‘alt’ text, previously only visible to search engines, was now used as a caption under your image, visible to all.
I personally have found this quite annoying and should you agree, here’s a couple [...]
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- Tags: captions, disable, plugin, Wordpress
Notes from Wordcamp Los Angeles
In: Wordpress
15 Sep 2009I attended my first WordCamp this weekend and had a great time listening to some info-filled presentations and mingling with my fellow nerds. :)
Here’s some nuggets I gleaned from the day….enjoy.
WordPress will soon run the world. Their other products include:
bbPress – lightweight, WP-style forum
BuddyPress – social network in a box
BackPress – shared code library for [...]
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- Tags: buddypress, cloud, ecommerce, green, mixergy, search, seo, video, wordcamp, Wordpress, wordpress mu
Matt Cutts – Wordcamp San Francisco 2009
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24 Aug 2009Matt Cutts is a blogger and head of Google’s Webspam team. On his blog he gives a lot of great information regarding SEO and ranking well in Google. He gave a fairly in-depth talk at this year’s Wordcamp San Francisco, basically about how awesome Wordpress is for SEO purposes. The video of his talk was [...]
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- Tags: google, matt cutts, san francisco, seo, video, wordcamp, Wordpress
6 Great Resources For Finding Wordpress Themes
In: Wordpress
18 Aug 2009Hunting for Wordpress themes can be a challenging task. Not only are there aesthetics and functionality to consider – does my theme look good and work the way I want it to? But there’s also the issue of reliability. How well is the theme supported, is it stable, have bugs been worked out, is it [...]
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- lucy: Thanks for your input Doron! Good to know those differences between Frugal and Thesis. I tried to sk [...]
- Doron Orenstein: Great article Lucy! Another 'blank canvas' theme I like is Frugal (http://frugaltheme.com/). Thesis [...]
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Notes & Resources from Wordpress for Business Meetup
In: Wordpress
20 Nov 2009The Southern California Wordpress Meetup was a lot of fun as usual. Natalie Maclees was our gracious host and even provided dinner for everyone. Wordpress provided swag, and Packt publishing gave away a free copy of their “Wordpress for Business Bloggers” book. We had a full group of awesome WP lovers at various levels of [...]