I have three WordPress tip videos for you today. Alternatives to Akismet for Blocking Spam Akismet, the plugin that blocks spam and is included in WordPress by default, is not really free if you have any kind of advertising, product or service, or high traffic. In this video, I show you a free alternative: antispambee. Continue Reading »
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WordPress Tip: Add a Calendar to Your WordPress Site
You can easily add a calendar to your WordPress site through the ICS Calendar plugin. This plugin pulls in a calendar from google calendar and displays it on a wordpress page using some shortcode. Here’s an example of the integration I did for a client. You can also embed a Google calendar directly (example). For Continue Reading »
WordPress Tip: Integrating a WordPress Blog into your Website
Integrating a WordPress blog into your website is one of the most common requests I receive as a WordPress consultant. Whenever someone asks me to do this, I usually recommend moving the entire website into WordPress. That way you can manage all the content in one place. The user experience is more seamless too. If Continue Reading »
WordPress Tip: The Concept of Inheritance with CSS
WordPress Tip: Change Your Post Title Color
WordPress Tip: Changing the Styles on Your WordPres Blog
You can change the styles on your site easily by using Firebug and the Web Developer Extension. Both of these are extensions for Firefox. Using these two tools, you can find out what styles control the various elements of your site and then make the appropriate changes. I also explain how to add your new Continue Reading »
WordPress Tip: Making Your WP-CONFIG File Secure
WordPress Tip: Editing Posts in Bulk
WordPress Tip: Adding Custom Fields in Posts
You can add custom fields below posts, and then pull out the values of those custom fields and insert them into a template. This reduces the sophistication behind styling post data, and automates the display in a template. This technique relies on the Custom Fields Template plugin.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3VXnryN9iY Here are the main steps: 1. Install the Continue Reading »
WordPress Tip: Implementing Photo Galleries
If you have a lot of photos, you can implement them into galleries and albums using the NextGen Gallery plugin. This image gallery plugin is one of the most robust plugins for uploading, managing, captioining, and tagging images. It works well if you have a lot of images that you constantly upload and display on Continue Reading »