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How to Customize WordPress Admin Area (Dashboard) for Beginners

Posted on September 25th, 2010 by Editorial Staff
How to Customize WordPress Admin Area (Dashboard) for Beginners

Have you ever felt that your WordPress dashboard has additional clutter that you do not want. Sometimes added by additional themes, plugins, or maybe you don’t like one of the default widgets. Well in this article, we will share how just a beginner can customize their WordPress admin area to look the way they want it without editing a single line of code.

Step by Step Guide to Setup FeedBurner for WordPress

Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Editorial Staff
Step by Step Guide to Setup FeedBurner for WordPress

Integrating FeedBurner and Google Analytics is a must for every WordPress blog. In this article, we will show you how you can setup your WordPress blog feeds with FeedBurner and use it to help take your blog to the next level.

What, Why, and Hows of WordPress Security Keys

Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Editorial Staff
What, Why, and Hows of WordPress Security Keys

If you are using WordPress and did a little reading about WordPress Security, then you should have seen a mention of WordPress Security Keys (Secret Keys). In this article, we will explain the what, why, and hows of WordPress Security Keys for WordPress Beginners.

How to Make Sticky Posts in WordPress

Posted on January 1st, 2010 by Editorial Staff
How to Make Sticky Posts in WordPress

We have written about how to display recent sticky posts in WordPress, but we never covered how to make sticky posts which was our shortcoming because one of our users asked us this question. Making Sticky Posts in WordPress is really easy.

Setting up and Managing Professional Email Addresses with Gmail

Posted on November 9th, 2009 by Editorial Staff
Setting up and Managing Professional Email Addresses with Gmail

As you all know that one of the services we provide is our Free WordPress Blog Setup. In this service, we setup professional emails for our clients. Well in this tutorial we will show you how you can manage your professional emails efficiently using Gmail.

Hidden Secret Options Panel within your WordPress Admin Panel

Posted on October 31st, 2009 by Editorial Staff
Hidden Secret Options Panel within your WordPress Admin Panel

This is one of the cool little secrets that you should know about. WordPress has a Master Options Panel in the admin panel which is hidden. This page has a combination of all of your settings for your blog, and it is something that you should not mess with. Nevertheless you should still know about it because it is cool.

Beginner’s Guide: How to Safely Update WordPress (Infographic)

Posted on October 13th, 2009 by Editorial Staff
Beginner’s Guide: How to Safely Update WordPress (Infographic)

Do you want to update WordPress but don’t know where to start? Often beginners are afraid that an update may break their website. This fear is understandable however it’s important to use the latest version of WordPress for the best security and performance of your… Read More »

How to Add Categories and Subcategories in WordPress

Posted on September 12th, 2009 by Editorial Staff
How to Add Categories and Subcategories in WordPress

Recently, a reader asked us how to create subcategories in WordPress. In WordPress, your posts can be organized into different categories and tags. You can even create subcategories for further organization. It’s important to use categories and subcategories correctly, so you can help your readers… Read More »

Must See SEO Guide for All WordPress Bloggers

Posted on September 8th, 2009 by Editorial Staff
Must See SEO Guide for All WordPress Bloggers

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for a WordPress blog is different than SEO for static websites, mainly because of the social nature of blogging technology. It is less about buying links or tricking inadequate search technology. SEO for WordPress blogs is more focused on the technical infrastructure of your site, and your ability to write creative articles that are noteworthy for others to read and link to.

What is Akismet and Why You Should Start Using it Right Away

Posted on August 21st, 2009 by Editorial Staff
What is Akismet and Why You Should Start Using it Right Away

Once you have installed WordPress, you will see there is one default post, one default comment, but surprisingly a plugin that comes pre-installed. This famous WordPress plugin is known as Akismet. It is not activated by default, and even to activate it, you have to take extra steps. In this article we will provide everything you need to know about Akismet from how to installing it to why you need it.

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