Sticky Posts and The Six Ws

In honor of Mrs. Williams, my 7th grade English teacher, I’m trying out a new kind of post format here: The Six Ws, (a.k.a. The Five Ws and One H.) She introduced me to them by quoting Rudyard Kipling and the tale of “The Elephant’s Child“: I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all [...]

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Make Your WordPress Site/Blog More User-Friendly for SmartPhone Users

March 5, 2010 was the day I left my 26-year tenure as “a PC” and purchased an iMac. Since I opted for the desktop Mac, rather than the portable Mac Book Pro I’d been drooling over for months, I also upgraded my cell phone to an iPhone. O-M-G!! I’m in love with them both. Then [...]

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Look Mom! No Hands Plugins! Video Embedding Is Super Simple Now.

Once again, WordPress rocks my world…this time in the arena of embedding video in posts and pages. With the advent of 2.9, we can now embed video from: YouTube Vimeo DailyMotion blip.tv Flickr (both videos and images) Viddler Hulu Qik Revision3 Scribd Photobucket PollDaddy Google Video WordPress.tv (only VideoPress-type videos for the time being) So, [...]

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How to Install Plugins You’ve Downloaded as .ZIP Files

The WordPress plug-in directory is not the only place you can find great WordPress plug-ins, so when you run across one you’re interested in trying out, go ahead and download it to your hard drive (I suggest creating a folder just for Plugins and saving it there so you can easily find it later.) It [...]

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The Easy Way to Put YouTube Videos On Your WordPress Site or Blog

You want to put videos on your blog, but you don’t know how. You think it’s probably fairly technical, so you leave it on the to-do list for later, because you don’t have the time to learn something technical right now. Here’s the good news: It’s really very easy to do! The one thing to [...]

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How to Upgrade Your Plugins (and How to Know When They Need It)

WordPress, itself, is not the only easy upgrade process available to you these days. All of the plugins you have installed on your site/blog are easy to upgrade, as well. I want to say this automatic upgrade capability came along with version 2.5 or 2.6, but you know, I just can?t remember. Matters not – it?s here now, and it?s a beautiful thing.

Keeping your plugins upgrade to their latest versions is just as important as keeping WordPress, itself, upgraded. Check out this 3-minute video to see just how dead simple this is!

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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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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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DIY SEO: Step 7 – The Wrap-Up and the Handy Checklist

This is the ninth and final post in our DIY SEO for WordPress series.

Whew! You made it! You rock!

By now you have some serious DIY SEO for WordPress tools in your toolbox to help you get the attention of the search engines. By no means are you now an SEO expert – sheesh, neither am I – but you’ve got the basics now and let me tell you what – that’ll take you far.

I know all this might seem a bit overwhelming when you think about applying all these tips and tricks to your posts, but I’ve made a handy little checklist to help you.

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DIY SEO: Step 6 – Commenting

Commenting is one of the easiest ways to drive traffic to your site. Assuming you’ve got great content waiting for your visitors when they get there, it’s also a great way to initiate conversations and build community in your target market. You can use commenting to get the attention of and build relationships with other bloggers which might turn into JV partnerships down the road. And of course, allowing comments on your own blog gives your visitors, customers and referrals a way to connect with you and give you feedback about your content, products and services.

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