WordPress – How to Publish Optional Content

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Nov 072011
 
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Make your WordPress website work for you

The Optional Content Plug-in is a super smart plug-in that will reveal or hide content depending upon WordPress user conditions and content permissions.A great WordPress plug-in for advanced users to WordPress, not a recommended plug-in for new users. You have to be precise. If you are new to WordPress, best to come back to an Optional Content plug-in later.For Irish Guy Computer Training having one website to promote and interact with our clients and another to help maintain our business – was a wasted resource. Now, we use the Optional Content Plug-into reveal important functions when staff and admin users access the website.

WordPress Reveal Content depending on user

Deliver content to the right people

For a list of WordPress classes in Asheville, visit our WordPress Classes webpage - http://charlottestreetcomputers.com/classes/wordpress/

 

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Web Design Trends for 2011

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Aug 152011
 
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What is important for today’s website?

Today’s websites are about function. Designers are finally walking away from Adobe Flash and abandoning ActionScript (in whatever reincarnation) and adopting website systems that render well on all platforms and with any device. The modern website is functionality with form.

Expect more HTML 5 and advanced CS3 methods for creating compelling website content and interactive design. But let us not fool ourselves by thinking that the slick designs of a decade ago are on the return, because they are not.

Check out the top ten trends in the article - Website Trends for 2011 

Website Examples

Other Resources

Web Trends 2010 – good comparison article.

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WordPress Installation

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Aug 112011
 
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There are a number of different approaches to installing a WordPress website. From my experience the installation should be the SECOND consideration that you need to take if you are thinking about switching to the WordPress platform. The biggest and FIRST concern you should have about a WordPress website is how you plan to update the system.

Due the nature of WordPress updates, you really can’t delay doing them – update are there to keep your website safe, active and out of harm’s way.

BTW – WordPress updates are released often – and each time you perform an update you should first back-up all the content, themes and database. Backing up the files for a website can take hours, if not days. Installing an update is essential, but can also bring your website down – the more custom the website, the bigger your problems will be.

When doing WordPress updates, select a host provider that will provide Free WordPress Updates, with a rollback period, in case the update installation goes wrong.

For my hosting company, I always recommend www.fastfwd.info – FastFWD Online Services provide domain registration, web site hosting, email, merchant account and an installation of WordPress (for FREE).

FastFWD will email you when there is a new WordPress update. To complete the WordPress update, simply log-in to your account and follow the instructions, FastFWD will do the back-up and if something goes wrong, FastFWD will can also let you restore your entire website back (for up to 14 days).

Having an easy method for installing WordPress is the SECOND feature I want from my host provide. Here are the steps for installing WordPress with FastFWD Online Services – they have made it very easy.

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FastFWD will send you a confirmation email, once your WordPress installation has been completed.

 

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Top Three WordPress Plugins

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May 042011
 
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Wordpress-ReduceSpam-Increase-RankingHow to Improve WordPress Functions

To appreciate the capabilities of WordPress you have to include a few choice plug-ins. Do not go overboard, only use what you really need.

Here are my top three plug-ins to help your WordPress blog/website rank well on the Search Engines and to control Spam.

  1. All-In-One SEO
  2. Akismet
  3. Cookies for Comments

Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
SEO can help index your website for the Search Engines that can improve your ranking. All-In-One SEO plug-in for WordPress helps you adhere to Search Engine guidelines. While also making it easy to control your website Meta-data (Page Titles, Page Descriptions, Keywords and more).

PLUG-IN : All-In-One SEO

NOTE: Do not use more than one SEO plug-in at a time as they do not play well together.

Stopping Spam On Your WordPress website
Comments can play an important role in providing valuable discussions to your website. Think again before turning off the comment function. The Akismet and Cookies for Comments plug-in can greatly reduce spam comments.

Akismet
Akismet plug-in is developed by wordpress.com . The plug-in requires an API key by creating an account at  https://akismet.com/signup/

PLUG-IN: Akismet

Cookies for Comments
Cookies for Comments has many build in features that will help to determine if a comment is from a person or a machine. With tools that identify cookie browsers and length of time to complete the comment form.

PLUG-IN: Cookies for Comments

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