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An Editorial Calendar Plugin I Love
The WordPress Editorial Calendar plugin shows your posts in a visual calendar-view format that lets you see what's scheduled to go live and when.
Using a Website to Sell a Class—A Case History
What makes a good app? What makes an app sell? How do you choose a topic and source images? How much content is required and who owns it? How long does it take to develop an app? How much should you charge, and how much money can you make?
WordPress Theme Reconnaissance
Now that you understand the basic components of a blog page you're ready to choose a theme. There is no right or wrong choice; there are only choices that give your website the look and functionality you want—and ones that don't.
A Simple WordPress Glossary
You're probably familiar with most of these terms, but since we're just getting started with WordPress, I thought a glossary might be a helpful reference.
WordPress Pages, Posts, and Categories
Pages, posts, and categories—these are the basic building blocks of your blog. Once you understand them, everything else pretty much falls into place.
What’s a WordPress Theme?
If you're just getting started with WordPress, one of the trickiest decisions to make is what theme you want to use.
New to WordPress?
If you’re new to blogging, you may feel overwhelmed by the options, decisions, and learning curve involved. Here's the scoop.
7 Reasons Every Blogger Needs an Editorial Calendar
How can you write a blog post every day? What if you don’t have time, or can’t figure out what to write about? You need an editorial calendar.
Where to get Traffic Reports
Wondering how much traffic a site gets? For good-sized sites, you can check on Alexa.com or Quantcast.com. Quantcast also tells you about your audience: gender, age, children per household, education and income levels, and other demographic information. [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
WordPress training for new users
New users don't get the benefit of WordPress—you can easily update it yourself—if they don't know how the software works, so I usually include an hour or two of hands-on WordPress orientation and training along with the website. I just finished working with a newbie (she was familiar with online editing, but that's about all); [...]
Free photos for your blog
Need images to illustrate your posts? Here are some sources for free photos. Be sure to check usage terms and conditions on these sites.
How to write for SEO
Search engine optimization is part art, part science, and always changing. To do it well you'll want to get expert help. In the meantime, here are the basics of SEO writing: Determine the keywords and phrases most applicable to your content. You could reach out to a company such as OutreachPete to help determine which [...]
Where to find WordPress themes
With tens of thousands—or maybe millions—of WordPress themes available, how do you know where to go to look for one? You can always search for "free WordPress themes" (Google returned about 51,300,000 matches) or "premium WordPress themes" (only 19, 100,000 matches). It doesn't sound very efficient, but it does provide a way to find the [...]
What clients want in a WordPress theme
Bradley and I were talking about how to help clients choose a WordPress theme, and thought I'd include this link to an article that discusses these considerations (in addition to solid code): A beautiful home page Multiple skins/colors (including holiday customization) Custom widgets jQuery capability (e.g. for slideshows) An interactive contact page (nice idea, with [...]