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 change [...]

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 [...]

This website is run with WordPress, which is a free program. The design is based on Branford Magazine, which is called a magazine-style or newsletter-style theme. Branford Magazine appears largely based on Mimbo, another magazine-style theme.  (Both themes — Branford Magazine and Mimbo — are linked at the bottom of this page.)
Using [...]

The subject of LiveJournal.com comes up regularly, in terms of marketing.
Important: It’s in LiveJournal’s terms of service that you can’t use your LJ membership as a blatant marketing tool outside of your journal itself. Be sure to check this if your primary interest in LiveJounal is PR.
(Related rules can be [...]

The word “blog” is short for weblog, or a series of website posts–usually short notes or essays–related to one topic. Most often, people are posting about their lives and experiences.
Like the annual school essay, “How I spent my summer vacation,” many people write in their blogs describing how they spent their [...]