Archive for the 'All things WordPress' Category
WordPress for Dummies
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking with Lisa Sabin-Wilson, author of the new book, WordPress for Dummies, for Tech Talk Radio Australia.
Unfortunately my recording didn’t work out as well as I’d hoped :-( and the interview was cut down to about six minutes; my producer, Andrew McColm has promised to do [...]
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Tags: Blogging, Lisa Sabin-Wilson, WordPress, WordPress for Dummies
All things WordPress
WordCamp Melbourne is ON – Well Done James!
WordPress for Dummies is OUT (just about – Oct. 29) – Well Done Lisa!
Now all we need to do is get the book to the land Down Under…
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There is an ongoing argument about whether SEO is dead or not. Some even talk about SEO 2.0.
I don’t really care; I just want the Web to be easier to navigate and safer to use, and for this to happen we need to pay attention to Web standards.
If you’re a blogger, does the product you [...]
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Tags: All things WordPress, Google, SEO
WordCamp Melbourne
James Farmer of Edublogs fame has suggested a WordCamp Melbourne for later this year – fantastic idea.
So let’s help him!!!
If you weren’t here (San Francisco) for WordCamp 07, you can watch videos of sessions on the WordCamp 07 schedule page by clicking on whatever topic takes your fancy.
Australia already has some really cool bloggers – how great would the [...]
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Tags: All things WordPress, Tech Talk Radio, WordCamp Melbourne
If you want statistical information about your blog, for a period earlier than WordPress provide under “Blog Stats” all you need to do is add “&enddate=07-06-01” [year, month, day] (without quotation marks) to the URL. This only works on the “Top Posts” page.
Although WordPress.com offers statistics to bloggers on their “Blog Stats” page, mostly you [...]
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WordCamp 2007
WordCamp 2007 is now over {sad face}, but I just wanted to say thank you to Matt, Maia, Team Automattic, all the brilliant speakers, and all of the WordCamp sponsors: Layered Technologies, mediatemple, DreamHost, and ServerBeach – for giving us a chance to learn all things WordPress – all in the spirit of the open source [...]
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Before you begin your online publishing project, one decision you need to make is whether to publish a blog or a Web site.
Web sites have static pages; this means your home (front) page remains the same every time someone visits, as does the rest of the site.
Blogs are mini Web sites with one major difference; [...]
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Step 1: Open a WordPress.com account
Go to http://www.wordpress.com
Click on “Start your free WordPress Blog”
Fig 1: WordPress home page
Step 2: Setting up your WordPress Account
Fig. 2 Get a WordPress.com account: Get a site or just an account
To set up a WordPress account, you will need to:
a. Decide on a username
Choose your username wisely, as it will be reflected in [...]
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What is WordPress?
WordPress is free software that allows anyone to be an online publisher. It comes with tons of options, all made to ensure your experience as a publisher on the Web is easy, fun, free of cost, and compliant to Web standards. You can choose to make it public or private.
Although most people use it to [...]
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WordPress WordCamp 2007
Automattic is holding a weekend workshop for WordPress users and developers.
WordCamp 2007, in typical Automattic style, is all about getting people together so they can share stuff, learn stuff and have a great time; at minimum cost – $25. Space is limited so register – quick!
Great speakers, talking about cool subjects include:
Barry Abrahamson: Systems Wrangler for Automattic
Michael Adams: [...]
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