Archive for WordPress
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
cathy
WordPress named Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in Open Source CMS Awards
Packet Pub: We are pleased to announce that WordPress has won the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards. WordPress has won this Award for the first time in the past four years, earning itself a place [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
cathy
For my Teleseminar Secrets students who were promised a blog post on 'can't live without' plugins and to everyone - that post is taking a bit longer than I anticipated.
Why? You ask? Things are changing rapidly and I am testing 2 new widgets. If they work as promised, they might go to the [...]
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
cathy
Here is a question that was posed on the Google Analytics Teleseminar:
Question - I've noticed with other tracking products that the reports include my visits to my own site, including when I'm making changes to the site. Is there any way to exclude my IP address so my visits don't skew the results?
Answer - You [...]
Friday, September 26th, 2008
cathy
Jeff Herring over at The Great Article Marketing Blog has an excellent post on extending the reach of your articles. Let's examine this strategy and apply it to your WordPress blog posts.
1. Article Strategy: Ezine Articles + Twitter = More Exposure
Blog Strategy: TwitterTools + Twitter = More Exposure for your blog.
TwitterTools is a great WordPress [...]
Friday, July 18th, 2008
cathy
It's almost here - Blogging With WordPress in a Web 2.0 World!
Registration will be opening soon but in the meantime, go to WordPress2.0 to get notified when registration opens as well as getting a few free goodies just for being interested.
This is going to be a great class. More details will be released over [...]
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
cathy
We successfully went to and returned from the Dark Side - the WordPress Database.
Yesterday's Wizard Weekly call was about the little known about but very important WordPress Database. We had some excellent comments and questions that time did not allow to answer so I will answer them a few at a time here.
1. I wonder: [...]
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
cathy
Have you been waiting all day for the release of the WordPress 2.5 version? I know I have! (not)
There is supposed to be some fancy new color scheme in the dashboard - you can choose what color you want your dashboard to be. Maybe, it is rumored, there will even be plugins to [...]
Sunday, August 26th, 2007
cathy
WordPress has really made it easier to do trackbacks in new versions. Scroll down after you write your post (but before you publish it) and find Trackback URL. You will see that it says to put in the trackback you want to send to - use the entire URL starting with http: and [...]
Monday, March 26th, 2007
cathy
Look just to your right and you will see a new poll. Each poll will be up for 7 days, which means a new poll every Monday morning so if you want to see the results, check back on Sunday evening or very early Monday morning.
Please vote and I will have comments on the outcome [...]
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
cathy
It looks like we are settling into our new home here at our new hosting company. The last week has been spent making sure things are where they are supposed to be and that everything works.
The next step is to get the newsletter signup available. That will be within a few days so stand by. [...]
Saturday, March 10th, 2007
cathy
A funny thing happened on the way to the new hosting company. The site was transferred but the domain name was not pointed yet. This is the intermediate stage when you must check to make sure everything works. Only then can you point the domain name to the new host with any [...]
Monday, March 5th, 2007
cathy
No - not as far as you are concerned, but WordPressGuru is moving to a new hosting company this week. During this time you might find the site available one minute and not available the next. I apologize in advance for that inconvenience but we are running up against limits at the old company and [...]
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
cathy
When you install WordPress there will be one category. Its name is 'Uncategorized' and unless you change it, every post will go into that category by default.
First, let's get rid of that word-with-no-meaning, 'Uncategorized'. Login to your Administration Panel and click on Manage and then click on Categories. Click on the 'Edit' [...]
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
cathy
As 2006 comes to a close and we look forward with anticipation to 2007, think about those resolutions that you won't keep. My friend, Jill Koenig, has a way to keep those resolutions. Turn them into GOALS! Jill is The Goal Guru and she has written a new book called New Year, [...]
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
cathy
Obviously, the video is not up yet. I have had issues with my video recording software but in the meantime there have been many requests for a podcast rather than a video. Many of you have pointed out that a podcast will make it easy to follow along with your own project while a video [...]
Friday, November 17th, 2006
cathy
Has everyone had time to check out the problems you might encounter when installing a new theme? I'll leave this theme up for another day to give you more time to see what I mean.
Let me emphasize that this will NOT be a problem if you are putting up a new blog and don't [...]
Friday, November 10th, 2006
cathy
By now you have no doubt seen the defualt theme that comes with your initial installation of WordPress. Here is a screen shot of it so you won't forget.
This default theme has some options like changing the header color and font color. Notice the difference between the original pictured above and the colors I [...]
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
cathy
There are two ways to get a WordPress blog. Today we'll talk about the easiest but perhaps not the best way. Simply go to WordPress and sign up. It is totally free for now and it's quite easy. Click on the blue box that says, 'Get a WordPress Blog Now'. [...]
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
cathy
Thanks to those who have taken my survey. I'm getting a good idea of what you want to see here but I need MORE! Please, get your WordPress needs met right here by taking the survey below.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
cathy
I've been busy gathering lots of 'stuff' for you. Now I'd like to know your burning question(s) about WordPress. Please let me know by filling in the form here:
