Tips and Tutorials for Your Genealogy Web Site
Posted in EBooks, WordPress Tips on Apr 28th, 2009
Launching a WordPress Blog EBook Edition 2.0 by Tina Clarke Microsoft MVP – Expression Web and Pat Geary Microsoft MVP – Expression Web Revised and Updated for WordPress Version 2.7.1 and available for FREE download NOW. There is a pdf version for MAC Users thanks to Scott Glasgow. Learn to install and setup your own [...]
Posted in Expression Web News, WordPress Tips on Feb 3rd, 2009
I have been using WordPress for blogging for a couple of years now. Ever since taking Cricket Walker’s SEO Training Course and one of the lessons was The Benefits of Blogging. I moved the blog I had from blogger.com to my own server and installed WordPress following her tutorials. I wanted it to look more [...]
Posted in WordPress Tips on Mar 30th, 2008
Last night I spent about half an hour upgrading four WordPress blogs using the new WordPress Automatic upgrade plugin. WordPress Automatic Upgrade allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions. I tried it out first on my [...]
Posted in Expression Web Tutorials, WordPress Tips on Mar 8th, 2008
This particular site use WordPress and is a Blog. I am not very knowledgeable where php is concerned so modifying the code to set up a blog is not easy for me. But I keep at it and hopefully get it done so the blog will continue to work and the code will validate. While [...]
Posted in WordPress Tips on Jan 19th, 2008
Once you have installed your wordpress blog and it is working as it should, it is time to think about what theme you will use. Remember, not all themes are created equal. For me, this was the hardest choice. I wanted the theme I chose to: Validate out-of-the-box or, at the least, have very few [...]
Posted in WordPress Tips on Oct 17th, 2007
WordPress Database Backup lets you backup on-demand your WordPress database. wp-db-backup takes advantage of the WordPress cron system which means it can setup your backups to occur at almost any frequency. Download the latest version Installation Extract wp-db-backup.php, upload it into /wp-content/plugins/ and activate it under the Plugins menu. How to Use Step 1 – [...]
Posted in WordPress Tips on Oct 15th, 2007
Recently, I upgraded my WordPress Blogs to the latest version 2.3. At the same time I thought it might be nice to add my signature to some of my posts. I was checking the list of plugins that work with WP version 2.3 and found Signature Plugin for WordPress by Dagon Design This plugin lets [...]
Posted in WordPress Tips on Oct 13th, 2007
This tutorial was originally written while upgrading from WordPress Version 2.1.3 to Version 2.2.1. It is included in Launching a WordPress Blog EBook written by Tina Clarke and Pat Geary. You may download the EBook from Genealogy Web Creations. I followed the detailed tutorial on Upgrading WordPress. The steps may vary slightly depending on what [...]
Posted in WordPress Tips on Aug 25th, 2007
Launching a WordPress Blog EBook by Tina Clarke Microsoft MVP – FrontPage and Pat Geary Microsoft MVP – FrontPage New, Just Released and available for FREE download NOW Learn to install and setup your own WordPress Blog with this easy to follow tutorial. This Launching a WordPress Blog EBook is focused on giving a guideline [...]
Posted in WordPress Tips on Aug 13th, 2007
I had never heard of referrer spam until I read this article on the Lorelle on WordPress Blog. It was written by Michael Hampton Right around the time you realize that people you don’t know are actually reading your blog, you probably are going to start checking your stats to see where in the world [...]
