Tag Archives: wordpress

How to Add Youtube Subscribe Widget to WordPress

Adding a Youtube Subscribe box to your sites sidebar makes it quick and easy for visitors to your site to subscribe to your youtube channel. It’s very simple and only takes about a minute or less to add. I’ve made a quick video you can watch that shows how to do it or you can [...]

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Why You Need to Be Using WordPress!

Are you… Tired of paying lots of money to web design firms just to set up a simple website? Fed up with Content Management Systems that are too technical for you? Wanting to set up a system that easily handles interactions between you and your visitors? If you answered “yes” to any of the above [...]

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How To Get a Domain Name For Your Website

They say first impressions count and they’re right. If you’re like me, when you visit a new site one of the fist things you look at is its domain name. Once you’ve decided to take blogging seriously one of the first things you need to do is get your own domain name. Even if you’re [...]

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Want to Test the Waters Before You Start a Self-Hosted Blog?

There is a decision to be made when you’re ready to become a blogger. The choice that you will need to make, regardless of what you plan to blog about, is what blogging platform you are going to use.   If you’re just starting out, you may want to practice with Blogger or WordPress.com’s free hosting [...]

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Best WordPress Plugins for 2011

WordPress plugins easily add new features and increase the functionality of your site, usually with just a few mouse clicks. Below is a list of my favorite plugins that we’re currently using on this and our other wordpress sites. Thank Me Later http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/thank-me-later/ Sends a thank you e-mail to anyone that leaves a comment on [...]

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New Features on WordPress 3.1

One of the biggest reasons I love using wordpress for my websites is the constant updates and improvements. As a user of wordpress for the last 4 years or so I’ve seen a lot of changes and every time it’s always been for the better. With every update it gets easier to use with more [...]

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Setting Up Your RSS Feed

One of the most important things you can do when setting up your site is to get your RSS feed set up in feedburner. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and is basically just a way for people to subscribe to your site so that they’ll notified each time there is new content. This way [...]

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