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Revolution Church Theme

There are a lot of free themes available for Wordpress, but many of them look plain and lack features. Not to mention they have been used millions of times by people from all over the world. That’s why I prefer to use premium themes. Not only do they look better but they also have been [...]

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Wordpress for Blackberry - Now This Changes Everything

21 August 2009

I couldn't be more excited about two of my favorite things coming together like so much peanut butter and chocolate: My Blackberry and Wordpress. The delicious aroma from the Automattic kitchen smells a lot like new-found freedom.

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Upgrade to Wordpress 2.8.4 - An Important Security Release

20 August 2009

The Wordpress community has been vigilant in ensuring that Wordpress is as secure as possible against any malicious attacks, the development userbase prying even further than Automattic itself in scouring the code for any possible vulnerabilities. The result of this thoroughness is the 2.8.4 update.

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Wordpress 2.8.3 Available For Download - Security Release

04 August 2009

The third .01 update in two months has been released to fix and plug some 40 security vulnerabilities in the latest release named "Baker."

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Wordpress 2.8.2 Released to Patch Security Issue

21 July 2009

Hot on the heels of the recent 2.8.1 update for Wordpress Baker, Auttomatic and its development community have released yet another .1 update to patch an important security vulnerability, applicable to all custom installations running versions 2.8 and 2.8.1.

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How To Bulk Edit Posts

18 July 2009

When it comes to editing your existing posts, nothing takes up more time than having to edit a bunch of posts at one time. Manually going into each post and changing things like categories and tags requires a lot of button clicking and page navigation. Plus you have to remember to save each change before [...]

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Wordpress v2.8.1 - Why You Should Update Now

12 July 2009

Given the amount of new functionality added in Wordpress 2.8, the release was surprisingly stable, but invariably, some annoyances and even security holes came with it. Well the good people at Auttomatic hurried to get everything patched as best they could, and the real thanks must go to the community of programmers that rushed to plug up the leaks.

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Five Hot Free Magazine-Style Themes for Wordpress

02 July 2009

Gossip, tabloids, sound bytes, Twitter breaking news stories, paparazzi - these things seem to make the world go around. Wordpress is the ultimate tool for publishing of-the-moment stories and making them look sexy at that. Why not give yourself a leg up (is that a pun?) with these excellent Magazine styled themes for Wordpress. Did I mention they're totally free?

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Using Adsense to Analyze and Optimize Your Blog

01 July 2009

By placing ads with proper names at different locations at your site you can see where you are getting click-through and over time these numbers become statistics and those statistics can begin to give you a more three-dimensional understanding of how your site is being used so that you can improve its efficacy.

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How To Remove The Sidebar From A WordPress Page

30 June 2009

Many people don’t realize that you can heavily customize how WordPress displays your pages. As an example of this, let’s pretend that you need a page on your site to not display the sidebar (like if you needed to display a large picture or calendar). There are 3 steps to remove the WordPress Sidebar: Smokey and the [...]

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Top 10 Most Beautiful 3 Column Themes

28 June 2009

For many bloggers, a 3 column theme is what you need to take your blog to the next level. It allows you to show more content in your sidebars, allows better ad placement and generally creates a more well rounded and balanced design. There are tons of free 3 column themes available and you will have [...]

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Five Contact Form Plugins For WordPress

28 June 2009

.!. East of Eden movie The Number One Girl the movie .!. Every blog needs a way for people to contact the author quickly and easily. This is easier said than done in the days of rampant spam-bots, where a simple contact form can fill your inbox with SPAM. Here’s a roundup of five great contact form plugins for [...]

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The Difference Between Tags and Categories

27 June 2009

When I first started blogging, I categorized and tagged like crazy, thinking it would be great for SEO. As I gained more experience blogging I started to realize that simple was better and I began to rethink my strategy for categorizing content. I started to think that maybe putting posts in a ton of categories [...]

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5 Plugins for Amazon.com Integration

24 June 2009

One of the first things a new blogger should do when seeking to monetize their WordPress blog is to sign up for the Amazon Associates program. What is it? Basically it’s Amazon.com’s affiliate program where you can make a percentage of commision off of every purchase that you refer to them. It’s not a huge [...]

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10 Gorgeous Two Column Wordpress Themes

22 June 2009

Whether your creating the next Top 100 blog or doing a small website for a company, two column themes provide lots of functionality and clean design. Many people overlook two columned themes in favor of more robust three columned themes, but if you’re designing a simple blog or a small website, two columns will suit [...]

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Top 5 Must Have Comment Plugins

20 June 2009

By far the most useful and powerful feature of a blog is the ability to leave comments. Comments have changed the way people communicate on blogs and websites. It gives users a direct stake in the success and direction of a blog. Good commenters can sink or swim a blog, so it’s a good idea [...]

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Top 10 Flashy WordPress Themes

17 June 2009

Some WordPress themes feature designs that don’t really serve much of a purpose other than to look good. There’s nothing wrong with that and these unique themes can give your blog’s voice extra authority and character. Here is our selection of the most bling-bling flashy WordPress themes we could find. Desk Mess This is a pretty popular [...]

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The Power of Blogging and What I Hope To Learn In Vegas

16 June 2009

What do television and blogs have in common? Every year that goes by, that question becomes easier to answer. I have been making an annual pilgrimage to the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Nevada for the last four years and every time I attend it seems there are more and more seminars devoted to the world of blogging, RSS feeds, social networking, Tweeting, podcasting, vodcasting and how to monetize them all.

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4 Social Media Sites that Should be Integrated into Your WordPress Blog

15 June 2009

Social Media is hit or miss, it can bring you massive amounts of traffic or a trickle. It all depends on many factors, most of which are out of your control. Despite this, it’s important to participate in social media websites, mostly because of the valuable backlinks that they provide. Some, like Stumbleupon, will bring [...]

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My Top Five Favorite New Features in Wordpress 2.8

15 June 2009

While there are literally hundreds of updates and fixes in this revision, here are my top five favorite new features and changes in Wordpress 2.8

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How to Search Engine Optimize Your WordPress Blog

14 June 2009

The question I get asked the most about blogging is: how do I get traffic? There are many strategies out there that will eventually bring you traffic, but there is one strategy that is more important than them all and that is Search Engine Optimization. You will get a large majority of your traffic from search [...]

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