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2 great plugins allow you to add tables and add a Favicon

In this post, I am showcasing a few plugins I’ve tested that add functionality to your WordPress website: 1) Add custom tables with MCE Table Buttons plugin This plugin allows you to insert a table to your specifications right within … Continue reading

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Design Portfolio: Heal Your Mind, Rewire Your Brain

Patt Lind-Kyle has created a book and companion CD set to support people in changing their lives for the better. Her WordPress website incorporates the following features: Blog YouTube Channel Social Media Icons linked to Social Media sites Free MP3 … Continue reading

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Mobilize your WordPress site

This is an essential plugin for Wordpress geared for mobile users. Once installed and activated, this plugin will automatically detect if your user is viewing your site with a mobile device or on a desktop and convert the site view accordingly. Continue reading

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What NOT to do with Facebook

This post is about Facebook Page Suggestion Requests and how to use them appropriately. Continue reading

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Back yourself up: The 3 top reasons to back up your WordPress site

Why backup? 1) hosting companies disappear 2) servers crash 3) code gets corrupted Ok, so I convinced you.  Now if you’re like most people, you’ve got 2 tasks ahead: To backup your database, use the WP-Database-Backup plugin.  Before I discovered … Continue reading

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Stats for WordPress: Analytics or WP stats?

One of my clients just asked me if there was a way to see how many people were visiting his Wordpress blog each day and my answer is yes! There are 2 ways I recommend:

1) Google Analytics and 2) Wordpress.com stats

Google Analytics is by far the most in-depth, comprehensive stats provider. It is very useful for when you want to employ search engine optimization techniques. However, sometimes it’s just TMI (too much information!).

Wordpress.com stats is a wordpress plugin that gives you the basics in your dashboard – how many visits, keywords people used to find you, the links they clicked on while they were there, etc. Here is a screenshot of my wp.com stats since I started my e-newsletter:

Which to use? Both. Continue reading

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Measure your site’s effectiveness with Google Analyticator

This free Wordpress plugin makes it super easy to install the necessary Google code so you can access the valuable information provided by Google Analytics. First, install the plugin through your Wordpress plugin installer. Next, create a Google Analytics account. Then, copy and paste your Google Analytics ID into the plugin settings and you are good to go! You can access your stats by logging into Analytics and/or by generating a report. Continue reading

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The most popular WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin

If you sell products or services online and you have a Wordpress site, you will want to use the most popular Wordpress shopping cart plugin created by Instinct. This plugin has been in development for 4 years and has been downloaded over 300,000 times. It comes with social media networking options, multiple payment options, security and documentation and online forums for support. Continue reading

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The perfect video blog theme

Tubular Theme by Studio Press is the perfect premium Wordpress theme for a video blog. To see Tubular in action, visit this website I setup for the Debt Resolution Foundation or visit StudioPress.com for a live demo. Continue reading

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Turn your audio and video into Podcasts with this WordPress plugin

Turn your audio and video into Podcasts with this free Wordpress plugin called BluBrry PowerPress. And the best thing about it – when configured correctly, Powerpress will automatically send your audio and video podcasts to the iTunes podcast directory.

To see a website using this plugin in action, go to CatherinesMusic.com, my music website. Look for the player in the right-hand sidebar and click on it to see the podcast player in action. Continue reading

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