Using WordPress Tutorial Series

One of the many reasons to use WordPress for your website is because it makes it easy to update your site and publish fresh new content.

This page contains articles from my Using WordPress tutorial series. This series covers topics for beginners showing visual examples of how to use WordPress to manage and update the content on your website.

WordPress 3.3 Is Here – What’s New?

December 14, 2011

WordPress 3.3 was just released. What’s inside? Some nice improvements – watch my video for a quick tour. I’ll show you around the new interface changes, and some of the new features as well. Quick list of new features in WordPress 3.3 for users Here’s a short list of the new features in WordPress 3.3. [...]

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Part 4 – Building The Most User Friendly Local Directory Sites

December 12, 2011

Welcome to the fourth post of a seven part series on building websites that target local keywords and create revenue generating opportunity for part-time web entrepreneurs. So far I have discussed in detail how to identify a niche and setup a business plan to capture local search traffic with the intent to create value and [...]

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What are Theme Frameworks?

November 16, 2011

Think of the theme framework of your website as a freshman dormitory. Simple, basic, has exactly what you need, nothing more. You can decorate, hang posters and rearrange what is inside for style and flair, but the core structure of the room will remain unchanged, just like the theme framework of your WordPress website. A [...]

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Is Your Company’s E-mail Marketing Campaign on Target?

November 14, 2011

If your company’s e-mail marketing efforts have had some trouble gaining traction, there is no better time than the present to take some time and review what you’re doing. The simple fact is e-mail marketing can open up countless doors for your small business. Before opening those doors, however, it is important that your company [...]

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What is a WordPress Child Theme and Why Do You Care?

November 9, 2011

Child themes derive their functionality from the parent theme, and then override the styles and functionality you want to modify without directly changing the parent theme. This way, when there is an update to the core features in the parent, you can update the theme without affecting the customizations that you’ve made in the Child [...]

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Adding a Photo Gallery to Your WordPress Website or Blog

September 13, 2011

This is the first guest post by WordPress designer Laura Heuer of Green Castle Web Design. A photo gallery or photo slide show can be a beautiful addition to your website.  When made correctly, a photo gallery is a valuable business tool that can effectively promote and draw attention to your products, services and portfolios. [...]

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Crazy fast WordPress and SmallBiz Theme page load speeds

September 13, 2011

The good folks at ReadiPress have set up and optimized WordPress and the SmallBiz Theme together – and the site is loading in 1/3 of a second! Wow, good work guys!

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What is WordPress Jetpack? A Deep Dive at WordCamp SF

August 17, 2011
WordPress Jetpack Plugin

WordPress Jetpack is showing up on many WordPress installs now. In fact, if you use BlueHost for your hosting and install WordPress with SimpleScripts, Jetpack is installed automatically for you. At first glance, it looks like a bundle of plugins. But it’s really much more than that. So what is Jetpack? I get a lot [...]

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How to Blow Up Your Blog With Microsoft Word

August 4, 2011

So you’re settled in for the evening at your favorite spot on the couch with your laptop, finally ready to write that awesome blog post that’s been percolating in your mind for the past week while you watch your favorite show. You fire up Microsoft Word and start writing. Wait – Don’t Do It! Why? Because [...]

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How to Double Your Leads, Sales and Revenues Without Doubling Your Traffic

June 14, 2011

What do you spend most of your time on? Driving traffic right? You are building backlinks, developing new content for the search engines and working your social media in order to bring new traffic to your website. And the reason you’re doing this? New traffic equals new opportunities for sales. But what if I told [...]

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