Posts Tagged ‘site’
Outsourcing Options
Outsourcing is a great way to off-load some of your work, or to get tasks done where you don’t really have the skill or the desire to work. Here are some resources to help you look for an outsourcer. Some of them are specific to something like graphics design, while others are more aligned with…
Read MoreLinking WordPress posts and FaceBook Pages
Duplication of effort is, well, duplication. And when it comes to effort, who needs that? Well that’s what many of us who have both a WordPress blog and a FaceBook Page are faced with…. Whenever we make a post on our blog we have to make a similar entry on our FB Page Wall. Makes…
Read MoreCreating a Sign-up Form with MailChimp List Setup
Creating a sign-up form for the MailChimp email service is pretty easy with the MailChimp List plugin, unfortunately there are also several limitations that you either have to live with or find a way to work around (and I haven’t found a workaround yet.) After installing the MailChimp List Subscribe Form you will have…
Read MorePutting WordPress Login at the Top of Your Site with Registration-Login Bar
Sometimes I just want to make the registration and login process a little easier to access. Well, not just easier to access because you can use the Meta widget to put login and registration links on your web site. The thing is, when you use the Meta widget you are directed to a separate login…
Read MoreSimple Local Avatars
Here’s a situation for you… let’s say that a visitor has a Gravatar profile set up to display a picture whenever they author or comment on a WordPress site. That generally works quite well and makes your site more personable. But what if either you, as the site owner, or the visitor, want to have…
Read MoreGravatar Signup Encouragement
Here’s a neat little addition to your WordPress site that should help make your site a little more personable – display someone’s Gravatar (what is a Gravatar?) on your site when they visit and leave a comment. This post isn’t about how to display those nice little pictures as that is covered elsewhere. But what…
Read MoreWhat’s a WordPress Gravatar
If you have noticed, some web sites and blog sites show a picture of the author somewhere near the post. And in addition, pictures of people that leave comments somehow show up by magic. How is this done? The Magic of Gravatar Pictures Those little pictures that you see are called “Gravatars” and they are…
Read MoreConfiguring WordPress Installation Location
As you are probably aware, WordPress can be installed either to the root folder of your domain (i.e. mydomain.com) or into a sub-folder of the domain (i.e. mydomain.com/wordpressfolder). There are some advantages and disadvantages to each, but in general I believe installing into a sub-folder is the best choice for the majority of WordPress installations. …
Read MoreFormidable Forms
Formidable WordPress Forms Plugin Formidable is a drag and drop forms designer for WordPress blogs. The interface is well laid out and very logical. To create a form you can start from scratch, or select an available template as a starting point. To add fields to a form simply drag one of the available field…
Read MoreMyRepono
Great backup plugin service for WordPress If you’ve ever been dieing to backup your WordPress blog…. WAIT!! I guess nobody ever puts that on the top of their wants list, so let me start over. If you’ve ever felt the need to backup your WordPress blog, I’ve got a great service for you. It’s called MyRepono and…
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