Book Review: “WordPress for Dummies, 2nd Edition”

Posted by Dr.D | June 30, 2009 .

By Lisa Sabin-Wilson (Hoboken,NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2009, 394 pages) Second Edition is quite an improvement over the already excellent original. It is the essential book for those using WordPress in publishing a blog. This edition is updated to feature version 2.7+ which reflects the last major program change. The writer introduces one to the [...]

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45+ Essential WordPress Plugins

Posted by Dr.D | June 28, 2009 .

(Logo via CrunchBase) BlogPerfume Provides a list of essential WordPress plugins along with evaluations and images for each one. This is one of the best articles that I have ever seen on the subject—check it out! Lots of useful info! *Top

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Re: WordPress 2.8 Upgrade

Posted by Dr.D | June 13, 2009 .

(Image via CrunchBase) I just upgraded all of my WordPress blogs to 2.8 last night. As usual I have a ‘testsite’ that I try everything on first before proceeding to make sure everything works. Also, a good database backup is always in order. WordPress has a list of plugins that are compatible with the new [...]

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Start Your Own Blogging Community

Posted by Dr.D | May 23, 2009 .

Found this at BlogPerfume. Here is a site- Blogs.mu -that gives you the opportunity to host your own blogging community. You can start out for free but for less that $1 per blog you can use your own domain and eliminate the advertising or even add your own. I have looked at a number of [...]

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Book Review: "Building a WordPress Blog People Want to Read"

Posted by Dr.D | March 6, 2009 .

By Scott McNulty (Berkeley,Calif: Peachpit Press, 2009, 263 pages) This is a great book for those starting out with WordPress. McNulty goes into detail on every facet of properly setting up a new WordPress blog. It has lots of illustrations to demonstrate every step. A real find for any beginner–wish this book was around 3 [...]

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New WordPress Plugin: PicApp for Pictures

Posted by Dr.D | January 14, 2009 .

Here is a new WP Plugin for adding pictures and images to your blog. PicApp has 1,000′s of pictures available in their library for immediate use. From their website: “The images are fully licensed, come from the most prestigious content partners such as Getty Images, Splash News, Corbis and alike, these are full size images [...]

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10 Ways to make Your WordPress Blog Faster

Posted by Dr.D | November 20, 2008 .

Image via CrunchBase Vladimir Prelovac has posted a guide with 10 useful tips and tutorials on how to speed up your WordPress site. Here is a summary of the tips: 1. Check the Connection 2. Check your (Vista) System 3. Check the Plugins 4. Check your Theme 5. Optimize Database Tables 6. Turn off Post [...]

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Plugin: WP Easy Uploader

Posted by Dr.D | November 12, 2008 .

Image via CrunchBase A couple of weeks ago I put the WP Easy Uploader plugin on my WordPress blogs. What a great time saver this one is! Now I can upload the entire program for a plugin or new theme into my WordPress files with only a couple of clicks. In order to try out [...]

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