WordPress Content Management Features

Link Management | Tracking Site Visitors | Upgrading, Maintenance and Updates | Administration Control | Moderate comments | Role Management | Creating Advertisement | Building Lists | Difference Between Posts Or Pages | Customize Homepage | Multiple Category Styles | Feature Archive Files | Conclusion

With the recent release of WordPress more and more business owners and webmasters are asking the question; why not use WordPress to control my entire web site? The purpose of this blog post is to help provide more information and clarity on that question.

What Can you Manage with Wordpress

Link Management

With the standard content management system offered by WordPress; adding, deleting, or changing links is a standard feature of the WordPress interface. If you want to take it to a new level there are countless With WordPress plugins you can keep a close eye on your incoming and outgoing links.

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5 SEO Steps for Your WordPress Blog

Legend- Best SEO plugin for Wordpress | Insert meta keywords,description and page title | Tag your content | Create a Category | Page Naming | <h1> Page title

Steps that will change your traffic streams immediately

With great content management systems such as WordPress administering to your own web site is as easy as using Microsoft word. In a previous blog article on making your first post using a Microsoft word in WordPress I did not really elaborate on search engine optimization. A couple of my subscribers have emailed me and asked if I can write more on the specifics of search engine optimization for your WordPress blog.

Below I am going to list the steps I take to optimize each and every blog article I publish. The first three steps rely on the all in one search engine optimization PACK. The last four steps are ones that I follow in addition to the plug in optimization.
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WordPress How To’s

Every blogger generally has a knowledge of blogging but few people really know the details when it comes to making it work for you. If you’re looking for some new perspectives try this article where I will provide you with some information on common challenges WordPress users are confronted with. These tips will get you ready to shift your blogging into high gear.

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What Are Wordpress Plugins?

If you think you may be interested in using WordPress to power your website, take into account the plugin feature. Plugins are one of the most powerful features of WordPress. Here are some suggestions on how to get started selecting the best plugins for your unique situation along with recommended links to learn more.

One of the most robust features of Wordpress is the endless supply of plugins. If fact, it is not hard to overindulge in plugins. This can cause your blog to perform slowly. With experience you will learn what plugins are best suited for different business and pleasure situations. Let’s take a look at a few my most favorite plugin to used.

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Joomla, Wordpress or Both?

How to Join Joomla and WordPress

The question for newcomers to the world of CMS is which product best suits your business? The best open source CMS seems to be Drupal, Joomla, or WordPress. In the circle I hang with few people would argue Wordpress rocks. Having used both platforms (Drupal and Joomla are very similar) for online magazines, blogs and business websites WordPress shines in all aspects –thanks to the tight knit community of users and developers. There are just way more themes, gizmos and gadgets. The technical capabilities of each client will change and that is the main reason why the CMS software should also be your top choice—scalability. To me, it is hard to imagine any CMS as well rounded as WordPress. Think about the countless templates and plugins that are installed in seconds! That’s just my opinion and there are many people that would argue with me. For my situation, WordPress rocks. In my day job I have to use both. Joomla also has core strengths that WordPress does not have.

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How to Choose the Design for Your WordPress Blog

Your Theme is a Work of Art

Like any web property, one of the first questions to ask yourself is why do you want a blog? Your answer will directly affect the theme you choose to give your site the right look and feel> When your blog is installed changing themes is one click away. Before you go ahead and change themes there are considerations you must make.

• Have you modified your current theme? E.g. Adsense or custom coding to sidebar, header or footer.
• Have you used any custom plugins to modify colors?
• Do you understand the components of a WordPress theme?

Your WordPress theme files can be edited any way you want. These are the files that come with your standard WordPress Theme;

• 404 Template = 404.php- Displays when a page cannot be found
• Archive Template = archive.php- Displays archive posts
• Archive Index Page = archives.php- Shows an index of all archives
• Comments Template = comments.php- where comments are made on your Blog
• Footer Template = footer.php- Displays footer links and the creator of the theme
• Header Template = header.php- Shows at the top of every web page
• Links = links.php- contains links
• Main Template = index.php- provides framework for the entire blog
• Page Template = page.php Provides framework for Wordpress pages
• Popup Comments Template = comments-popup.php pop up window for commenting
• Post Template = single.php- Posts template
• Search Form = searchform.php- Allows visitors to search your blog
• Search Template = search.php- Allows you to create a search page
• Sidebar Template = sidebar.php- controls the information being displayed in your sidebar
• Stylesheet = style.css- delivers the style to the blog

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WordPress Basics for 2009

What Is Wordpress?

WP Blog you SEO

It is the most flexible and reliable blog software on the planet. WordPress is an open source website publication software. You can install it on your own server or use WordPress free hosted blogs. The coding language used is PHP which calls on MySQL for data in posts. WordPress can now be used as and incredibly powerful blogging application to power your business website.

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With MS Word SEO Your First Post in WordPress

A Note about Users Before You Create a Post

When you first install your blog it’s just you. You are the only user in Wordpress. Before you start inviting members into your community it’s important you know the different levels users can be assigned.

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WordPress Tutorials

Getting Started

• Creating Links on Your Blogroll
• Create post in MS Word—publish directly to WordPress

What is Wordpress | Publishing | HTML Editors | Direct Access | How to Create a Blog Post Video | Easily Create Content from Anywhere | Connect with Customers and Subscribers | Express and Share Opinions Online | Relationship Building | Easy for Non Techies | Time Intensive Set Up | Search Engine Friendliness | Easily Communicate | Track Site Visits
| Comments And Replies | Displays In Any Web Browser

Expensive & Time Intensive Set Up

Blog

The physical set up of a WordPress blog is not the time consumer. Deciding on your main topic and categories can be where time is spent. I recommend doing some research on your topic and categories first. You may learn there are better ways to package your content then your original thoughts. A Wordpress blog is installed, configured, plugin loaded, and categorized in less than a day.

Website

There is a sequence that is usually followed to create a website:

- Market & Keyword Research

- Traffic Strategy

- Content Writing

- Design & Build – Deploy Site

Depending on the size of your site prices can range from $500 and UP. I personally have been involved in web design projects that exceeded $100K. A few years ago you wouldn’t have dreamed about building the backbone of your site with blog software. Today we have other factors influencing that decision such as social networking, advanced blog software, and the reason you want a website.

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