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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.

Add Print Functionality to Your WordPress Blog Posts

Posted by: admin 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: admin 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?

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 »

How to Add a Facebook Send Button to Your Website or WordPress Blog

Posted by: Tanya on April 26th, 2011

Facebook just released new share/connect functionality in the form of Send Button. The send button enables your site visitors to send your content directly to their friends as a private message. Unlike the share and like buttons, which post to a users wall, the send message may be more effective as it targets individuals or Groups. Presumably the recipients would have more interest in the content, otherwise why would someone send directly to them?

A Few of My Favorite WordPress Plug-ins

Posted by: Tanya on September 10th, 2009

There are over 6500 plugins available for download at WordPress.org – so how do you choose which ones are best for your blog? It all depends on the purpose, content and style of your blog. There are shopping cart plugins, gallery plugins, advertisement placement plugins, video plugins, and much more.

I have compiled a short list of the more administrative type plug-ins I use and recommend to my clients. These are the tools that make your blog easier to manage, more search engine friendly. Regardless of the nature of your blog, these plugins are great tools.

[Security Alert] Upgrade Your WordPress Blog

Posted by: Tanya on September 6th, 2009

Major WordPress supporters/developers are reporting “attacks” on older versions of self hosted WordPress blogs.

If you are running an older version of WordPress, (anything other than version 2.8.4) you should upgrade your installation immediately.

How to restore your lost WordPress post or page content

Posted by: Tanya on July 11th, 2009

Oh!No! You accidentally deleted or over wrote your WordPress page or blog post and lost all your content and now you are panicking wondering how to get it back.

Don’t fret! There is a super easy way to recover your WordPress page content or blog post to an earlier version of the page. While in the edit page or post screen, scroll down and you will see a page revisions section.

Video Tutorial: How to paste from a Word document to your WordPress Blog.

Posted by: Tanya on May 18th, 2009

If you have a WordPress blog you probably learned the hard way that pasting from word can create a mess of your template unless you use the “Paste From Word” button. I have a few clients that are new to WYSIWYG editors and blogging in general, so I created this video tutorial to help show how to painlessly paste from a word document to a WordPress post.

Site Launch: FraserValleyPulse.com

Posted by: Tanya on May 14th, 2009

I am excited to announce the recent launch of FraserValleyPulse.com. I have worked with Kristi Ferguson, the founder and editor of FraserValleyPulse.com, for several years now, so when she came to me with a new project I couldn’t wait to get started! Her enthusiasm for her new venture was contagious and it became my responsibility to bring her vision for the site to life.