This year has been the year of the Panda. Not the cute, black and white fuzzy kind that you want to give a big cuddle to, but the more confusing Google kind. Over the year “Panda” is the name attributed to a number of changes in Google’s algorithm for search engine optimization affectionately known as [...]
The other day I bought yet another WordPress book (I have a few!). I was really looking forward to the release of this one though because I had met one of the co-authors previously. He had whetted my appetite for all things WordPress when he gave me a quick run down of what I could [...]
WordPress 3.1 has now been released. Like all releases it is usually a good idea to wait a couple of weeks before you update to allow for themes and plugins that need to update. Before you do update, make sure you back up your site and database as well (just in case something goes wrong!). [...]
I love Easter Eggs because usually they are made of chocolate which I fully believe should be a food group and a meal on its own Although man can’t live on bread alone I’d sure like to give a chocolate and coffee diet a good go! But, Easter Eggs aren’t always about my obsession with [...]
Well, the wait is over. The latest version of WordPress has finally been released. WordPress 3.0 has to be the most feature rich update to date. The big feature is the merger of WordPress MU with WordPress 3.0. This means a simple line in your config file and you are now running a blog on [...]
So, I’ve been playing with RC of WP 3.0 for a while now and one of the new features that I’ve started to really like is shortlinks. Shortlinks is basically an internal WordPress link shortener. Here’s how you use it Say you have your permalinks set to category/post name in Settings/Permalink and you want to [...]
There are so many things that I love about WordPress; the themes, the plugins, the community but really that is all a reflection of the team behind WordPress that makes it so special. Matt Mullenweg the founder of WordPress has made it possible for people to build sites easily and generate traffic with his open [...]
The busy beavers at WordPress are currently working on version 3.0. While I thought that the current release (2.9.1) was rather unexciting WordPress 3.0 promises to make up for that by being super exciting. Here’s the reason why 3.0 is super exciting Just in case you don’t already know there are three versions of WordPress [...]
Well today I took the plunge and dived into WordPress 2.9 (beta). I installed it on a test site and also installed the Beta Tester plugin. The plugin allows me to update the beta version to new stable releases or choose the nightly build bleeding edge release. I like to walk on the wild side [...]
Christmas is not too far away and nothing says Christmas more than a spot of decorating on your blog. You can change the theme to something new and Christmasy for the silly season and immediately give your blog a facelift. Just search for “Christmas wordpress themes” and you’ll find loads of examples. There’s also a [...]
My name is Leanne King and I'm an Australian internet marketer and WordPress fanatic. I share my knowledge of WordPress here on my blog, through my products, private coaching and in private forums. In my spare time I like to develop products for WordPress users that are easy to use.
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