WordPress Spam Management

Christian | March 29, 2012 - 1:36 pm

It is virtually unheard of for a WordPress blog to not receive some form of spam, which means that many users take advantage of the Akismet tool, a plugin included in WordPress that can be activated when you first install your blog software.

However using Akismet can result in a considerable time overhead when it comes to managing spam, especially if your blog is growing in popularity. If this is something that has happened to you, then you could be veering from tearing your hair out in frustration to considering blocking comments or using one of the third party comments solutions discussed previously.

Fortunately you don’t have to do this. There are plenty of ways in which you can minimize the time required to manage spam comments on your blog thanks to WordPress and [...]

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Choosing a Suitable Comments Solution for Your Blog

Christian | February 28, 2012 - 8:55 am

Whether you want to receive feedback from readers, foster a community spirit or simply provide a way of collecting information for use in future posts, the use of comments in blogs can work wonders.

Most blog software features its own comments function; if you use Blogger, for instance, then your readers can sign-in with a Google or Open ID account to leave their thoughts.

WordPress users, have a much wider selection of solutions at their fingertips. Along with the native option, plugins for services such as Disqus and Facebook can be added to a blog [...]

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How To Implement Downloads On Your WordPress Blog with One Plugin

Aaron | February 13, 2012 - 9:55 am

Offering downloads on your blog is a great way to attract visitors and give them a reason to keep coming back. Providing a safe link to download with some detailed information such as file size and how many times it has been downloaded is the best way to do it. Having the file hosted on your site also keeps things in the family so to speak, giving you control over the download. This has its advantages ensuring the link won’t eventually become broken [...]

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WordPress User Roles for Multi-Author Sites

Edward R. Jenkins | February 10, 2012 - 9:41 am

WordPress has a history of winning CMS-related awards, including Best Overall Open Source CMS in 2009. But purists may argue WordPress’s label of content management system, while insisting that it’s instead a supercharged blog engine.

In reality, they have a valid point. Out of the box, WordPress is lacking many standard features found on modern content management systems, including a viable user-role management system. In its default state, WordPress is ideal for single-author blogs. But what happens if you want to launch a multi-author site or expand your present blog to include outside contributors? Such setups are typical for newspaper and magazine-style sites. In the future, WordPress may expand its features to cater to such users.

In the mean time, you’ll need to utilize plugins and make modifications to WordPress if you want to give it the traditional CMS user-role capabilities necessary for a site with multiple authors [...]

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Moving from WordPress.com, Blogger or Typepad to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site

Edward R. Jenkins | February 2, 2012 - 12:33 pm

Are you a newbie to the blogging world and considering WordPress? Or perhaps you’re a longtime WordPress.com user looking for more control over your blog. If so, you’re probably wondering what the difference is between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, and what it means to you [...]

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How To Move WordPress to a New Host

Edward R. Jenkins | January 27, 2012 - 11:32 am

The process of moving WordPress to a new hosting company once seemed so daunting to me that I spent almost two years with a Web host I was very unhappy with. The site in question received a fair amount of traffic and was a consistent earner. I didn’t want to jeopardize those earnings by switching hosts and dealing with potential complications.

When I sold said site to a somewhat technically-challenged buyer, I had no choice but to dive right in. The simplicity of the move and lack of downtime amazed me, and I’ve since gone on to move the majority of my Web properties to a much faster, more reliable host [...]

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Google’s New SEO Standards

Jay D. | January 25, 2012 - 6:55 pm

A run down of the recent changes being made to Google and how you can use them to your advantage.

The Internet is buzzing about all of the new changes coming to Google search. Facebook, Twitter and dozens of other social media sites are in a collective uproar, racing to find a way to fight back. But it’s just you and your WordPress blog. Maybe you have a Facebook or Twitter account. Maybe you even have a Google+ account. Now it’s time to take that extra step. 65% of all searches are on Google (U.S.). Like it or not, these changes are going to affect you. The good news is you can use them your advantage [...]

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Speed up WordPress with W3 Total Cache and Amazon CloudFront (CDN)

Dustin | January 23, 2012 - 1:27 pm

How to greatly improve your WordPress website’s speed using W3 Total Cache and Amazon CloudFront

Does your website seem to take forever to load? Are your visitors not making it past your homepage out of frustration? Are you producing useful content and optimizing your site for search engines, and wondering why your site still ranks so low? The speed of your website can be nearly as important as your content, design, and features, and can be the difference between users staying on your site, or going to your competitors [...]

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How To Add Facebook Comments To Your WordPress Website

Kevin | December 20, 2011 - 10:26 am

I added Facebook comments to my blog a two months ago. It’s proven to be a popular addition to the site. Most people stay signed in to Facebook when they browse the web so it has encouraged more comments on posts.

I initially tried a few different ways of integrating comments on my site. I followed some long drawn out tutorials that required lots of editing and I tried a few plugins too. Through trial and error I found that the the best way to integrate Facebook comments on your WordPress website is to use the official Facebook plugin Comments Box (Note, this is not a WordPress plugin) [...]

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