Warning: You Look Desperate

Consider these scenarios: A friend introduces you to someone. First thing out of their mouth is, “Will you marry me?” You walk in a new restaurant. The owner greets you with, “Would you like dinner delivered to your home every night?” Crazy, right? What would you think? You don’t know the person your friend introduced [...]

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Should It Be a Post or a Page?

Yesterday, a client asked if it mattered whether she put her content in as a post or a page. This is a question I’m frequently asked by those new to WordPress, so I told her I would answer her here at the site so everyone else wondering could get the answer without having to ask. [...]

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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.

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3 Reasons NOT to Copy/Paste from MS Word

Lots of people are used to using Microsoft Word, and when they want to write something, immediately they open up Word and start writing. You might be one of them. That’s all fine and dandy, as long as what you’re writing isn’t your next blog post.

Why?

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How to Install New Plug-ins in WP 2.7

Whenever I run across a handy WordPress plug-in, I do my best to let you all know about it. Plug-ins provide extra functionality and in WordPress 2.7, they’re spectacularly easy to install. Here’s a mini-tutorial on how to go about it.

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Measure Your Blog’s Success

Do you wonder sometimes if your blog/site is making any progress? It takes time to build traffic and in the beginning, it can feel like no one is paying any attention. If that’s where you’re at – take heart, it gets better! If you’ve been at it awhile, but still feel like you’re kinda flyin’ blind, then it’s time to start measuring your progress.

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