Since I’m copying existing pages (in HTML) to WordPress, I’m running into a few layout issues. One of the biggest challenges has been adding blank lines. Sometimes, I need them to place text next to photos ‘just so’. However, simply leaving an extra blank line in the text… it didn’t work… not in Visual mode [...]
The Seven Secrets Seminar changed everything about how I do business. It more than tripled my online income in three weeks, using only free resources. Sure, I’d tried WordPress in the past. It was okay for blogging, but I generally wasn’t impressed until I saw the Mimbo and Branford Magazine themes. They look so great, [...]
When you don’t have time to write your own website articles, there are online sources of free articles. I don’t mean press releases. I mean actual articles. One of them is Ezine Articles, at http://www.EzineArticles.com It’s one of the largest online. Their quality is generally better than many other “free articles” sites. (Also, I write [...]
After a day of experimenting, this is what I’ve learned: WordPress 2.5 works fine with everything I recommend in my book… except one plugin. On some (but not all) servers, the Extended WP Contact Form plugin doesn’t work. For me, that’s an important issue. Are WordPress 2.5′s improvements worthwhile? Not yet. The new WordPress (2.5) [...]
In Firefox, there’s been a problem with horizontal and vertical spacing around post images. In IE, illustrations in posts generally look okay. In Firefox, the text appears to butt up against the image. Here’s the solution that I’m using with WordPress 2.3, thanks to the WordPress Support forum: I’ve added something like this to my [...]
I had two big problems when I upgraded to WordPress 2.5. One plugin had a fatal error, and I couldn’t upload new images in the “add media” popup window. I was ready to revert to 2.3 until I found the solutions. Here they are: The image upload solution was in the WordPress Support forum. In [...]
I’ve written for several online magazines and content providers. Here’s one of the first rules they usually tell writers: Keep your paragraphs short. Many sites insist that paragraphs must be three sentences or less. Those shorter paragraphs are easier to read online. They’re easier to skim for what’s important. Write short paragraphs when you can. [...]
It’s baffling. Most hosting services will install WordPress for you. Then, they don’t tell you how to log into your new WordPress blog. Beginners don’t know what to do next. Here’s what you need to know. Your login page is http://www.yourdomainname.com/yourWordPressfolder/wp-admin Of course, replace “yourdomainname.com” with your actual domain name. Your WordPress folder is probably [...]
You’re looking at the basic website that I set up, from scratch, in less than three hours. At the end of that time, the website was installed, with graphics. Everything was here except the text of the articles. Creating this website was part of my experiment for my book, Sites that Soar! I wanted to [...]