If you can, stay with WordPress 2.3.3, which is what I describe in my book, Sites that Soar!
After several days of working with WordPress 2.5 (after its stable release), I’m regretting it.
It’s a matter of plugins. Plugins are vital to my website design, and — without them — I’m not happy.
Remember: Branford Magazine (the […]

Tags are great, but they can be a big headache in WordPress. For one thing, they’re practically set in stone once you’ve entered them.
So, let’s say that you threw tags onto your posts and–over a dozen posts later–realized that the tag would look better as ‘Portsmouth NH’ not ‘portsmouth nh’.
You could try to […]

Since one of my websites has over 250 articles, navigation becomes a big issue with a new site design.
And, since WordPress was created as blogging software, it organizes sites by date, or by date within a category. It wasn’t planned as a content management system (CMS).
The problem is, date order and simple categories are […]

Yesterday I learned to update WordPress to the newest version that you plan to use, before setting up the new theme. (As of April 2008, I recommend updating to WordPress 2.3.3, not 2.5.)
One of my websites is on another server. And, like most good hosting services, they automatically installed WordPress when I […]

Earlier this week, I shared tips to use WordPress as a content management system.
This morning, I stumbled onto a blog post in which Robert Plank shares some very good tips for customizing WordPress so that it’s more friendly for search engines. (And, after all, if nobody can find you at Google, Yahoo, etc., you’re […]