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Move WordPress to a New Server the Easy Way

23rd August 2011 By
BackupBuddy

As popular as it is WordPress still has it's quirks. With all the one click installs and ready made themes when you need to do something more technical it can be scary. There is a huge amount of help available from the likes of WP-Beginner to WordPress.tv, but when things go wrong it can be tough. After all you built a blog to share content, you're a writer, not a programmer, and solving technical issues can be a pain. Even though I have a pretty good technical knowledge of WordPress the … [Read more...]

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How to Remove the Admin Bar in WordPress 3.1

25th January 2011 By

A new release for Wordpress is due shortly. The WordPress 3.1 update will see the addition of easy linking to existing posts, rather than having to find the post and paste in the URL there will be a menu option to select the post or page to link to for easy inclusion. TinyMCE is the WYSIWYG editor that allows you to format posts, there was a new version released earlier in the year which had improvements and this is to be included. The forgotten password work-flow is also to be … [Read more...]

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How to Publish Your Worpdress Blog Post from Anywhere part 3

28th December 2010 By

This is the third and final part in the series on "How to Publish Your Worpdress Blog Post from Anywhere", see part 1 & 2 if you missed them. In part 3, I take you through how to set up your Wordpress blog so you can post by email. Using "Markdown" as described in the previous posts, will allow you to email a ready formatted blog post from anywhere with any device that sends plain text emails. Finally you are not confined to your laptop, PC or Internet café to get your next blog entry … [Read more...]

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How to Publish Your Worpdress Blog Post from Anywhere part 2

5th December 2010 By

In the first part of How to Publish Your Worpdress Blog Post from Anywhere we covered using Markdown to enable you write blog posts quickly without having to rework them for formatting. Using Markdown will certainly sped up your ability to post articles on your blog but Wordpress, by default, cannot interpret Markdown. Therefore we need to install a plugin which will help Wordpress do just that. The Markdown for Wordpress plugin is freely available and easy to install. The video below will take … [Read more...]

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How to Publish Your Worpdress Blog Post from Anywhere part 1

28th November 2010 By

When writing a blog post your concentration should always be on the content and quality of what you are producing. You will be writing the post to attract new customers, excite your readers or express your expertise in a particular field. Taking time formatting your post will detract from achieving your goals. In this three part series I will take you through an easy way to write your posts without having to worry about HTML, the application you write with or spending unnecessary time reworking … [Read more...]

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It’s The Content That Counts

24th July 2010 By
Adnams.co.uk

This week saw the launch of our new look website at work Adnams.co.uk. A proud moment for me as it was the culmination of 6 months of work involving many different people within the company. It was also based on a vision of allowing customers to easily move from one sector of the business to another online. Exposing parts of the business to them that they may not necessarily have been aware of. Allowing them to communicate with the company easily and through many touch points. Using images, … [Read more...]

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The easy way to install WordPress Plugins

31st January 2010 By

In my next video guide to the non-technical way of setting up a Wordpress blog I introduce you to installing Wordpress plugins. The three I have chosen for this demonstration enable you to install Google Analytics, create Google XML site maps and further improve the Search Engine Optimisation of your blog. Any questions please feel free to comment below. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4rq4JvQYVo … [Read more...]

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How to stop spam comments in WordPress

18th January 2010 By

When starting out a blog there is nothing more disheartening than to think you have just received lots of comments on your last blog post only to find that most of them are spam! Although it takes time to build traffic to your new blog for some reason spammers have no trouble finding it at all. In the following tutorial I take you through the process of setting up the Akismet plugin that helps prevent spam comments. It comes already installed with Wordpress and takes only a few minutes to … [Read more...]

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WordPress 2.9 more than just an update

20th December 2009 By

Wordpress just gets better with every release and the recent major update, version 2.9 is no exception. This release now includes a solution for what has been for me one of the most trying parts of a content management system, image editing. No matter how simple a web site is to update, for those with no technical knowledge, image manipulation and uploading can still prove a challenge. I have seen many client sites over the years suffer because of poor image management. Let's face it, it's a … [Read more...]

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5 Essential WordPress plugins for a new blog

15th December 2009 By

For those of you that know me you will know that I won't hesitate to recommend Wordpress to any business looking to build a new website. It's design flexibility through Themes, built-in content management and multitude of plugins, not to mention the fact it's free, should put it high on the list for consideration. With choice and flexibility sometimes comes procrastination. Deciding what the site should look like and which plugins you need, or think you need, can leave you looking for the … [Read more...]

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