WordPress tips & such from Amanda Blum brought to you by WordPress Providence Meetup. This free class was sold-out within days, Twitter hashtag = #WPPVD.
WordPress 101 tips
- Pages = static
- Categories = topics
- Tags = subcategories or micro-categories
- Callouts and quoteboxes add fun graphic elements within the WYSIWYG window
- To limit the of posts that are shown at once, go to ->Reading settings “blog pages show at most”
Links and media
- Host video on YoutTube and pull into your blog –> also good for SEO since YouTube is #2 search engine
- When setting up links in WordPress, ignore “class” dropdown
- Go to Gravatar.com to have a photo associated with your email and thus your comments & it’s free
- “Sharing settings” in wordpress 3.0 enables for socialmedia sharing
- Links in sidebar can include images, very underutilized
Comments & moderating
- Privacy settings, pick first option for “site visibility” to be found by search engines
- In Google search “bad word list” to include on comment blacklist
- Use “discussion settings” to help moderate and discourage spam
- RSS feeds save time, don’t have to log into sites, just have them come to you
- Links in sidebar can include images, very underutilized
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