This is a tutorial which shows you how to create Green Links on your Wordpress site
The first thing you have to do is :
1. Get Google Ajax Search Api key for your website: http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/signup.html
More here: GreenLinks and WordPress
Below is a list of the plugins I find most useful for my websites.
1. Akismet plugin
This default plugin which helps protect you from Spam should be activated as soon as you start your blog.
2. A Sticky Post Orderer
Allows you to control the order of your posts in categories. This is a must plug-in for me and helped me get around the problem of ordering my posts which was nagging me for some time. You can download the plugin from here
3. Popularity Contest Plugin
This is one of my favourite Wordpress plugins because it is so useful. It automatically calculates the number of hits you get on posts, categories etc. and allows you to display them on your front page. Just using this plugin as a tool to better understand how users are using your site is useful, but having the top 10 posts always displayed on your site is good for SEO and allows users to easily see what is popular on your site.
4. Google Sitemap Generator
I am not technical, so creating a sitemap for me was way beyond my skill set. In fact, I didn’t even know what a sitemap was! Using this plugin makes it a cinch to create and submit your sitemap to Google.
5. Easytube
This plugin makes it easy to insert YouTube videos. Once you install it all you have to do is activate and then when writing you post simply add and you’re done. I’m sure there are other YouTube related plugins around but this is the easiest one I’ve found so far.
6. Smart Update Plugin
A great plugin which allows you to track which pings have been successfully ‘pinged’. It also allows you to create a log file for debugging purposes. This was good for me because I had no idea before I used this plugin whether or not the sites I was pinging were being successfully sent to. It turned out that about 1/3 of the sites I was trying to ping weren’t working.
7. WP-d-tree Pluging
This is a great plugin and allows you to create drop down menus and collapsible and expandable categories for all your posts, categories, archives etc. and also enables a fair bit of tweaking of the colour scheme and the way the categories are displayed when you expand them. Surprisingly easy to install and use.
8. WP Review SIte
This is the perfect plugin if you want to add a ratings system to your site. The plugin integrates with Wordpress administration and you can sort your posts by weighted average. Unfortunately you have to pay for this plugin but it’s probably worth purchasing if you have a site based on user ratings.
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What is Flashden?
At FlashDen you can buy and sell royalty-free stock files for use in Adobe Flash projects and general websites. Files sell for between 1 and 40 dollars depending on the complexity, quality and use of the file. Anyone is free to sign up for an account and begin trading or purchasing files.
The site is home to a large number of Flash designers, developers and devotees.
Flashden is an Envato marketplace. They also have two other marketplaces – AudioJungle and Themeforest.
Welcome to a new feature of my blog, Tutorial Tuesday. Every Tuesday I will do my best to bring you a fun, crafty tutorial . Today, I stumbled on a great little 9-step tutorial on Making A Glass Tile Pendant by Zombuki at Etsy
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Tutorial Tuesday
So what can you do with the Sandbox?
You can just use it as-is and have a super-cool, truly minimalist theme.
You can totally customize it with CSS alone—no need to bother with other files.
You can use the functions, theme files, et al, as pleases you—even for your own theme.
You can use it as a good place to learn a few things about CSS, XHTML, and perhaps even PHP.
Continue here: Comment on Sandbox by Comment on Sandbox by Elliot Jay Stocks …
Even beginners can use WordPress – general article on how easy it is to use Wordpress
Wordpress is now the best software for designing, building and maintaining a website. Originally developed and designed for bloggers to create personal blogs, WordPress is now the world’s most popular blogging platform.
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Build Your Website With Wordpress And No Building Knowledge
What is a blog and why blog?
A story about someone who starting blogging from 2003 and some advice.
In late 2003, I decided to try my hand at writing what was known as a blog. As I hesitantly installed WordPress on my first paid hosting account. Where are you blogging at? Tags: Articles, blog, Blogger, Blogging, blogosphere, domain, Photos, Tutorial , tutorials, website, WordPress , WordPress .com …
More here: What is a Blog? (Tutorial Thursday)