In part 1, we learned why and how to use excerpts in our posts. In this post, we will learn how to make sure they show up on our homepage, sidebars and archives.
How To Use Excerpts – Part 2
How To Use Excerpts – Part 1
If you do not have an excerpt, WordPress will take the first part of your post and use it as the excerpt. This does not always make for a very good teaser. Using excerpts is simple. Here’s how to do it.
What Makes Good Business Copy?
Guest author Dan L. Hays gives us some great tips on how to write good business copy.
Content Specific Widgets In Your Sidebars Using Widget Logic
Suppose you have a post that is all about energy alternatives and you want to show a video in the sidebar rather than in the post. But, you only want the video to show up when this particular post is being read. Here’s how to do it using conditional logic!
How To Insert Videos In Sidebars Or Your Home Page
Inserting a video in your sidebar or your home pages is pretty easy. While there are some plugins out there that will do this, I prefer to use our trusty old text widget. We’ll use a beautiful YouTube video called Murmuration. Tess Wixted introduced me to this video in November of 2011. We’ll place this video into our sidebar. The same procedure can be used to embed the video on your home page.
How To Insert Videos Into Your Posts
There are more than a few ways to insert a video into your posts. I use a plugin called Viper’s Video Quicktags. It’s robust, flexible and easy to use!
Your Site Title, Tagline And Description
A very important element of setting up your WordPress site is properly setting up your Site Title, Tagline and Description. Here’s how to do it.
Copy Paste Dos and Don’ts
So you just finished writing some copy for your website using a word processor like MS Word. Its exactly how you want it. You beam into your WordPress site, start a new post or page and then copy paste your document into the edit window. You click publish. When you look at it live, odds are, it looks … weird! What to do?
Why Is My Photo Not In The Comments?
Why do I not have a photo next to my comments but others do? It’s because you need something called a Gravatar!
A Simple Gallery And Slideshow: Part 2 – The Slideshow
In part 1, we discussed how to build a gallery using built-in WordPress features. Now, let’s set up the slideshow … and more!
A Simple Gallery And Slideshow: Part 1 – The Gallery
One of the great new features in the latest version of WordPress is the ability to easily create picture galleries. Add a lightbox, and you now have a beautiful slideshow.
Have You Set Your WordPress Screen Options?
One of the first things I do when I set up a new site or train a client on how to use theirs is to set the Screen Options. Almost every page on your dashboard offers screen options. Here is how to set them to get the most out of your available options!
Whatever Happened To Hi And Cheers?
E-mails should not be treated as a tweet or a text message. They should be written with care and attention. They don’t need to be missives but they should always contain a salutation and a valediction (adieu).
Step Into the Business World With a Virtual Office
Sooner rather than later with start-ups, the first exciting developments bring with them the need for a company address before they are actually able to afford a facility.
How to Promote your Business using Google Plus Local
Guest Author Marcela De Vivo provides us with an excellent summary of how Google Plus Local ranks websites and what you can do to rank high in your local results.
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