Monthly Archives: August 2011

Slide shows allow you to display pictures in a video-like format within a page or blog post. A WordPress plugin may be required for this functionality, and there are many plug-ins available. Contact your webmaster if you need assistance. The instructions below will walk you through how to insert a...

We are frequently asked about FaceBook personal accounts versus FaceBook business pages, how they should be used, and what strategy is best when it comes to promoting a business. This can be confusing if you are new to FaceBook. Below are some basic concepts that will help you determine a...

There are different strategies to managing your blog posts. Your publishing schedule is an important one to consider. It is preferable to have new content added on a regular basis rather than a lot of content added all at once. The publication of new blog posts can generate emails to...

If you have multiple photos for display in your blog post, displaying those photos in a gallery layout will ensure that the image sizes are consistent and are aligned properly on the page. You can designate the number of columns to display in that gallery. The number of rows will...

Maps are a great feature to include in your WordPress blog posts that are location-specific. They provide a visual reference for readers. For example, if you are writing a review on a restaurant, it would be helpful to include a map of that restaurant. Follow instructions below to learn how...

If you have a FaceBook app on your phone, the contacts in your address book were probably imported to FaceBook without your knowledge. This upload includes your contacts’ phone numbers! It includes all contacts,..even those that are not your FaceBook friends. To remove the contacts that were automatically imported: Log...

You do not need a plug-in to create RSS feeds for WordPress categories. This functionality is built in to WordPress and there are easy ways of determining RSS feeds for WordPress categories within your site. Determining the URL for Category-Based RSS Feeds Go to the archive page for a particular...

Rather than uploading videos to your blog website, you can upload them to YouTube and easily embed them into a blog post or page. The following are instructions for embedding a video from YouTube into a WordPress blog post or page using the Artiss YouTube Embed plugin. Embedding Instructions Find...

Protecting text and photos is always an important consideration for any website. Anyone can easily copy the text on your website and paste it into a text editor to alter and re-use the content, and you may never know it.  In f act, they can even use your text verbatim...

What is the difference between a keyword and a post tag? This is a common question by WordPress users. Learn the difference between keywords and tags and how to use WordPress post tags properly. What are Post Tags? Keywords are phrases that someone may enter as a search on a...

Have you noticed that your page/post gallery and media library contain images that you deleted from your blog post? Deleting images from displaying in a blog post does not delete it from your website entirely. Keeping old or obsolete images will use valuable storage space  on your website. Learn how...