OK, so I am using WP for a big site. One problem I always have had is sorting out the content, i.e. site navigation. I resorted in the past to using basic category pages as menu items. But, only found out last night that you can easily, no plugins required, set up custom category...
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Tags: categories, cms, wordpress
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WordPress 3.0 is a highly anticipated upgrade for the popular blogging and content management system. WordPress merges the WPMU (WordPress multi user) system with the standard WordPress, so that any WordPress site can now offer multiple blogs. An exciting upgrade indeed. You’ve probably already seen the notice in your dashboards, so I’ll keep this...
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Tags: Matt Mullenweg, wordpress
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OK, Geocities is now in its last couple of weeks. Soon it will be no more. Why Yahoo! is closing it is a mystery really, as other companies seem to manage to make a fair bit of business from the free sites. Here is a roundup of places you can go to get a...
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Tags: blogger, blogspot, free blog, free websites, geocities, weebly, wordpress
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Do any other WordPress users think that the All in One SEO Pack is updated too often? It is an excellent plugin that enhances the CMS really well, but I seem to be forever installing a new version. Why? Maybe I should ask the chaps over at Semper Fi Web Design.
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Tags: all in one se pack, plugin, seo, wordpress
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Just spotted on a couple of blogs that I did an automatic update on that the Membership was set to “Anyone can register”. Luckily the default lever was subscriber. There appears to be a cheeky bot out that signing up in the hope of finding a blog where membership is set higher by default....
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Tags: 2.8.4, anyone can register, membership, wordpress
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Just found this fantastic tutorial on adding widget areas to any WordPress theme. I successfully set up a new widget area below the content of my posts on another blog I write for in about 5 minutes. Addwidget Area to Theme: Step 1. In the index.php file in your theme directory, add the following...
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Tags: how to add widgets to wordpress, post widget, widgets, wordpress
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Time to upgrade your WordPress installations. Need help? Let me know. Just FTP a backup to your pc, and backup the MySQL database, then hit the upgrade automatically button in the WordPress Dashboard and you’re away. Be patient while it ticks along. So, what’s new? According the the official WordPress.org blog, these are the...
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Tags: 2.8, 2.8.1, cms, open source, wordpress, wordpress.org
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WordPress, the most popular open source blogging platform, has just introduced its new piece of software, BuddyPress. WordPress describes BuddyPress as a sister to WordPress, although it actually requires the WPMU (WordPress Multi-user) version of Wordpres to run. The idea is that website owners can easily build their own social networking sites. Rather than...
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Tags: blogging, buddypress, cms, open source, Social Networking, wordpress, wpmu
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The second upgrade in a week is now available, wpToGo, the leading WordPress aplication for Android mobile devices, now supports tags. Other bug fixes include force closures and blank titles. Well done Dan, project manager at Roundhill Labs. WpToGo is a free Android application, available to download from the Android Market.
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Tags: Android, android market, dan roundhill, Google, Mobile Internet, wordpress, wpToGo
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Good news for WordPress bloggers with an Android mobile device, a new version of wpToGo has been released. The latest version allows for multiple accounts as well as photo uploading. Great work from the author who had announced that he did not have the time to maintain it, but managed to make some time...
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Tags: Android, Google phone, Mobile Internet, wordpress, wptogp
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