The results of the WordPress Swag giveaway are here. We had more than 200 people re-tweetings, Facebook sharing, commenting and more. For me, that means it was a success and not just because everyone wanted some WordPress goodies. I do want to say that perhaps there will be a giveaway in a month or two
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6 Steps to Preparing Your Site for Guest Bloggers
So, you have decided to dabble in accepting guest blogging. Perhaps you have accepted posts, but have been only accepting the articles via email and posting them yourself. STOP! You are making more work for yourself. Guest blogging is like regular blogging… it should not be a chore. You should be accepting posts, reviewing, and
[Continue Reading...]You Can Blog Without Thesis – Really, You Can!
Blogging is awesome and these days there are so many people I need to visit that I literally need to put it on a schedule. That is not including all the return comments I need to do. I started using WordPress a long time ago because I saw a lot of potential. Before a lot
[Continue Reading...]What Is The Best Way To Display Posts On Your Front Page For SEO?
I recently submitted my blog to BlogDistributor to try them out. After waiting for the site to be reviewed, I got back a noticed saying to resubmit when I fix the issue of the fact my articles do not all display full posts and only display excerpts from the front page. The reasoning behind the
[Continue Reading...]Would You Pay To Learn How To Use WordPress?
Recently, I came across a gentleman who runs a site called Understanding WordPress. The class is a six week course that charges $25. Of course, this is a minimal fee and could be beneficial, but is it worth it if it is not with an accredited schooling facility? For example, I took my Microsoft Courses
[Continue Reading...]On WordPress Security Straight From Matt
A couple months ago at WordCamp Chicago 2009, Matt Mullenweg had been asked by Dan Schulz on how to make WordPress more secure. Finally what he has said has been written in more detail at WordPress.org in the article How to Keep WordPress Secure. From the getgo, I had known that the primary way was
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