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… [Read More]
How to Add a Facebook Send Button to Your Website or WordPress Blog
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… [Read More]
Site Launch: Mark McCabe Repair & Service, Lindsay ON
Roberta from Mark McCabe Repair and Service, contacted me looking for a small site that had a retro feel to it and that she could update herself. The target audience for this site is rural farmers who may not be web savvy, so we needed to ensure the site was easy to read and navigate.
Adding You Tube Videos to WordPress 2.9 +
In the past adding videos to your WordPress blog could be tough. You needed to install a plugin and often had to mess around with the YouTube code. If you have upgraded to the most recent version of WordPress, it is now much easier. You can simply paste the embed code right into the “HTML”… [Read More]
A Few of My Favorite WordPress Plug-ins
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… [Read More]
[Security Alert] Upgrade Your WordPress Blog
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
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… [Read More]
Video Tutorial: How to paste from a Word document to your WordPress Blog.
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… [Read More]
Site Launch: FraserValleyPulse.com
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… [Read More]
