May 18, 2012

Hide Widget Titles WordPress Plugin

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I’m delighted to announce the release of the Hide Widget Title plugin. This plugin was created in partnership with some developers that I’ve been working with for the past several months for various personal and client projects. It solved a huge problem for me and I hope it will do the same for you.

Setup WordPress for Blogging or Business (Free Course)

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Not long ago I wrote an article targeted toward business owners and new bloggers detailing a checklist of what to consider before starting to build a website. That website checklist was sparked by the experiences I often have when performing freelance project work for clients. It was meant to be a reference tool for those [...]

Add Amazon Store to WordPress Tutorial Series Part 1

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As I wrote in a previous tutorial, adding an Amazon store to your WordPress website is best accomplished (in my opinion) by using  Associate-O-Matic. Just to be clear, this is not a plugin. It is a standalone script that you install on your server. However, there is a WordPress plugin that integrates with this script [...]

How to Add an Amazon Store to your WordPress Website

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Adding an Amazon store to your WordPress site is made easy by Amazon’s aStore builder, but what if you want more features than aStore can provide? There is a better way to create a full featured Amazon Associate store with very powerful customization and configuration options. I’ve written about this amazon store script before and [...]

Ode to WordPress – A Personal Retrospective

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It’s that time of year when I get a little nostalgic and reflect on life a bit. The next article will be another tutorial I promise, but today I’d like to share some information on how I ended up choosing WordPress and what it means to me personally.

Adding a Widgetized Area to Genesis Corporate Theme

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I’m a huge fan of several WordPress theme framework providers like Genesis, Thematic, Hybrid, and others. Each framework builds in some very unique features that can be easily used to position content the way one would like, but often times I find myself needing to make a few tweaks to the child theme files or [...]

And the WordPress Multisite Plugins Go To…

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Thank you to all who participated in my Free WordPress Multisite Plugin giveaway. I’m also thankful that @andrea_r and @wpmuguru allowed me to make it happen:) The Winners Aggregating Global Content paul Angie Meeker Chris Carrier Professional Domain Mapping Event Espresso Affiliatetheme Winners will be contacted via their email or Twitter accounts shortly. I’m also [...]

Giveaway of Free WordPress Multisite Plugins

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If you’re a regular WordPress user, it’s likely you’re aware of the Multisite capabilities that can be activated. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, in a nutshell, having a Multisite installation allows you to manage an entire network of WordPress powered sites, all from one Admin area. Stay tuned for more information [...]

WordPress Website Checklist

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Are you a non-technical small business owner thinking of building your own website? Maybe an experienced do-it-yourself-er who wants to make sure they know what’s involved in creating a website and all the different things to consider before you dive in head first? Would a checklist help? I often meet people who know that building [...]

Helping a New User to Understand WordPress

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As a WordPress tutorial writer I try my best to look at the software from a new user’s perspective. Sometimes it’s difficult to remember all the little details I’ve learned about using the platform through the years and that I now take for granted as “second nature knowledge”. I received a series of questions the [...]