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Wordpress for Online Networkers - Questions and Answers
Building a Wordpress blog (on your own server, not on Wordpress.com) takes work and dedication, but it's well worth the effort. Your blog connects you to your target audience in the most personal way possible - by informing and engaging. While content is still the regining king, the way that content is presented is also very important. Your Wordpress blog has to look great and function well in order for you to retain a substantial readership. In essence, your goal as an online networker should be to create some sort of 'experience' with your blog that will keep people coming back and build your credibility. Creating and maintaining a successful blog can be difficult without some technical support - which is why this group was created.
Wordpressalicious is my Wordpress support blog for non-geeks who need themes, tips, hacks, and help in easy-to-understand language. This group on inSocialMedia is a hub for those who want to know and those in the know - we can mix, mingle, learn, and grow together.
Welcome, and feel free to start a discussion if you have a question :-)To your continued success,
I.C. Jackson
Discussion Forum
How can I have more budgets for learning and training?
A successful organization whether it’s 100 people company or a Global Fortune company always focuses on learning and training, because it wants to keep up with the change and competition. These organ…
Tagged: LMS, Elearning, Platform, Source, Open
Started by Ayesha Habeeb Omer Nov. 18, 2009.
WP Beginner ! Question no. 1 - Robots Meta 1 Reply
Hi, I'm fairly new to WP having only started my blog in June, Absolutely love its capabilities ! But slightly overawed by the amount of knowledge seemingly necessary to optimise! For example - with…
Started by Will McCulloch. Last reply by Larry Brauner Sep. 21, 2009.
How to choose the best plugins? 6 Replies
Curious if you've got any recommendations on how to choose the best plug-ins in different areas, such as SEO, archiving, Twitter connectivity, etc. There are so many variations in these categories, i…
Started by Karen Goldfarb. Last reply by Ivo "I.C." Jackson Sep. 19, 2009.
Wordpressalicious - Free Wordpress Themes, Tips, Hacks, and Help for Non-Geeks
How To Customize Your Wordpress Theme Header – Part One
One of the best things about using Wordpress as a platform is all of the free Wordpress themes that are available on the web. The problem, however, is that with free themes, what you see is what you get. If you want to customize your theme by adding your own header graphic or changing [...]MagLite Magazine Wordpress Theme
This is the official unveiling of the MagLite Wordpress theme – ta da! It’s a ‘lite’ magazine-style theme with a clean, professional look without all of the complicated back-end features. Sometimes you want an upscale look without all of the bells, whistles, and doo-hickeys that come with many premium Wordpress themes. So, if you are [...]How To Create a Static Home Page In Wordpress
If you want to remove the default “Home” page in a Wordpress blog or site so that a static page can be the home page, you’re in for an easy task. When you change the home page to a static page, it will also remove the default “Home” tab from the navigation bar – all [...]EnviroCool – Green/Environmental Niche Wordpress Theme Series
More and more bloggers are talking about going green and environmental responsibility, so now eco-specific Wordpress themes are on the rise. The EnviroCool series offers green bloggers options with personality – EnviroCool City and EnviroCool Country. So, whether you are talking about windmills and compost or smog and urban recycling programs, EnviroCool is a Wordpress [...]How To Move Your Wordpress Blog To a New Domain
Need to know how to move your blog from Wordpress.com or even your own domain to a new domain? It seems like it would be complicated, but it’s one of the easiest tasks you can perform in Wordpress. You’ll be able to get packed, get moved in, and feel like a total Wordpress pro doing [...]Comment Wall
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Comment by Eli Ajzenman on October 28, 2009 at 4:08pm
- Hi , great group, wish i had known about it earlier. I have just started using wordpressMU and have added buddypress, I am playing around with it at the moment. If anyone is well versed in this addon for word press please let me know as it has some great possiblities
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Comment by Mike on September 28, 2009 at 10:35am -
Hi, I just joined the group because it seemed so timely.
I have been working with Wordpress for years, and have watched it blossom into the world class web 2.0 platform that it is.
Recently I decided to delve deeper into the heart of it, namely the code. While I'm no stranger to PHP, an expert I am not. So I figured what better way to learn PHP than through Wordpress! Then last week I thought why not keep track of my progress in a blog where I can maybe make new friends in high places?
So I did and I am. Watch me start out by developing a Wordpress theme @ my NorthBeachNetworks website
I hope to drop in here often and get active. Good idea I.C.
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Comment by Doug Cloud on September 19, 2009 at 6:40pm - Looking forward to reading that. I didn't know you could host WP on your own server. Do you have to install something from WP on your computer to have that work? Just so you know your "About Us" link at the bottom of your page takes me to a "Error 404 - Not Found".
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Comment by Ivo "I.C." Jackson on September 19, 2009 at 6:32pm
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Hi Doug,
Like Harley said, hosting your Wordpress site locally on your own server is MUCH better than using a Wordpress blog on wordpress.com. You get full creative control without paying astronomical fees - nothing above and beyond your web hosting package. Wordpress is such a great platform because of how much customization you can do. Stay tuned to the Wordpressalicious blog, as we will be exploring more on DIY Wordpress customization very soon :-)
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Comment by Doug Cloud on September 19, 2009 at 3:12pm
- I've been thinking of trying WP for my new design business site. The only thing that has been stopping me is that I can't really customize like I can on Blogger. At least not that I am aware of anyway. I have a free blog there, but I can't even get into the code of it without paying. Seems a shame really.
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Comment by Harley Orion on September 18, 2009 at 4:27am
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Nice, I.C.! I'm also a big fan of Wordpress, and I agree that hosting it locally is the way to go. Here's a blog site I built for a client that actually outranks their main site on a lot of keywords: http://blog.thedrakecenter.com/
-Harley Orion
www.orioncreativegroup.com
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Hello Jon,
I look forward to being a resource for bloggers here as well as having a bit of fun talking about the ups and downs of creating and running Wordpress blogs. The platform allows for so much creativity - I &heart; Wordpress!
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Comment by W.JON KENYATTA on September 17, 2009 at 8:12pm -
Looking forward to learning from this group,besides I see,Larry Brauner!
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