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Why I Love WordPress And Why You Will Too!

Posted by: Tanya on February 13th, 2012

My love affair with WordPress started a couple years ago when I worked on my first WordPress site. I was instantly enamored with the flexibility, functionality and ease of use.   The first WordPress website I worked on was a blog, but I could see how a WordPress site could be adapted for almost any website or industry.  I was in love… a few years later and I work almost exclusively with WordPress sites.

Let me share with you the reasons I love WordPress.

Flexibility and Functionality

There are so many ways to modify your WordPress site to achieve all sorts of different functionality.   There are probably 20,000 different plugins you can add to your site:  Add forms, slideshows, galleries, eCommerce, event calendars, search engine optimization (SEO) tools, pop overs, create a members only site and much, much more.  Most of the plugins are even free!

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WordPress: How to Resize the Text Editing Box

Posted by: Tanya on November 18th, 2011

The default size of the text editing box for WordPress posts and pages can be rather small making it difficult to see and edit your text.  There are two ways to increase this box; one can be done on the fly and the other changes the default size.

Change the Text box on the fly.

While you are editing your page or post you can simply drag the box and make it bigger.   Place your cursor on the bottom right corner and click and drag the box to the desired size. This change is temporary and the box will return to the smaller size next time.

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Add Print Functionality to Your WordPress Blog Posts

Posted by: Tanya on November 10th, 2011

I recently came across a very neat WordPress print plugin, Print Friendly and PDF Button.   It is easy to use and install and lets your visitor choose between printing the document or creating a PDF file.  The site visitor can also choose to delete blocks of text or hide images, ensuring they are getting the information they want.   The site user interface is top notch and very professional looking.

I found the installation very easy as it is a plugin in the WordPress directory so you can search and install right from your dashboard.   The configuration of the settings was straight forward and easy to. I really liked the flexibility of configuration: Read More »

What to do if Your WordPress Website is Stuck in Maintenance Mode

Posted by: Tanya on September 29th, 2011

You were updating WordPress or your plugins and now your website is stuck in maintenance mode – and you are getting a message that says, “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.”

What do you do?

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How to Create Search Engine (SE) Friendly URL’s in WordPress

Posted by: Tanya on August 18th, 2011

The default permalink setting for WordPress creates ugly URLs for your pages and posts.  Not only are these default URLs ugly but they are not very search engine friendly. They do nothing to help improve your search engine ranking.

URLs from the default setting look something like this:  

http://www.your-domain-name.com/?p=123

What we want is something like this:

http://www.your-domain-name.com/small-business/5-marketing-tips/

Notice how the URL is keyword rich for a site promoting marketing tips for small businesses? URLs like this are more user-friendly and will help your website perform better in searches.

The structure of this permalink is domain-name/blog-category/post-name.   This way if you ensure your categories and blog titles are search engine friendly, you will end up with very effective URLs for your wordpress website. Read More »

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