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The Big Secret to Having Fun in “WordPress Land”
Posted by: | CommentsIn today’s episode of “Alice in WordPress Land”, Alice gets lost and discovers a strange and unusual group of flowers that talk to her.
The flowers tell Alice the Big Secret to having fun while creating websites in WordPress Land.
Come watch and I’ll share the secret of using WordPress with you too…
In the second half of the video, I take you through the process of picking different themes (designs) for your website, and you’ll see how the look and feel of your content changes with different designs.
Alice in WordPress Land
Posted by: | CommentsToday I have a story for you.
This is the story of a little girl named Alice.
Watch this video, the first in a series, and follow Alice through WordPress Land as she discovers a new, almost magical, way of building websites without that Mad-as-a-Hatter Webmaster…
What is a WordPress Plugin?
Posted by: | CommentsWhen you first get your WordPress website installed, it will come with a standard set of features. But when you add plugins, then your website becomes unique to you, and gives your site the ‘bells and whistles’ to make it really sing.
Plugins add Fun & Functionality
So what is a ‘Plugin’?
A WordPress plugin is extra software code that you can easily add to your website from within your admin area that give you extra functionality, such
as extra Search Engine Optimization, or a fancy way to print out your web pages. Many plugins are free, in fact most of the one’s I use are free. But sometimes you may want to pay for a premium plugin that is more advanced and complex than some simple free ones.
My favorite premium plugin is a fantastic one called WishList Member. Wishlist member is a plugin that will turn your website into a membership site. It’s the system I’m using for my Spring Website Creation Workshop Program.
What is Your Passion?
Posted by: | CommentsWhat are you passionate about? What is that dream inside of you that is burning to come out, but is stuck somehow? Or stuck by others?
Today is Valentine’s Day, and I’m asking you not only to think about your loved ones, but to think about YOU. Your passion you have inside of you that you want to share with the world. I got this video clip from the movie “August Rush”. It’s a movie about an orphan boy who has a passion for music, and a strong belief that his parents are still alive. He believes that if he can play his music, his parents will “hear” him and find him.
“Your passion is inside of you, all you have to do is listen to it!”
What Free Training Would You Like?
Posted by: | CommentsToday I had my first in a series of free training webinars for prospective new students of the Website Creation Workshop. (and it was a pleasure to see my alumni on the call as well)
We talked about getting a Gravatar.com account and about using WordPress as your own social media platiform.
So, I want to give you more free trainings, but I want to know:
What do you want me to teach you?
Should You Build Your Website Yourself?
Posted by: | CommentsThese days, pretty much everyone needs a website. Whether you are an online store, a service based consultant, or any professional person: you need a website.
But the question is: Should You Build it Yourself, Or Should You Outsource it to a Webmaster?
Now I recommend using WordPress as the software that runs your website. It works if you are doing a blog, or a regular website. It’s easy to access from any computer, and the search engines love it!
So here are the steps to building a website that you need to get your site online:
- Installing the WordPress software on Your own Web Hosting
- Selecting a Design and Layout for your Website
- Adding Your Initial Content (your web pages) to Your Website
- Updating Your Website with Fresh Content (more web pages)
- Maintaining Your Website with software updates
Goals for Your Website
Posted by: | CommentsMany people are setting goals for themselves for the New Year. But I ask you, “What are the goals for your website?”
To have a successful website, you want the site to achieve it’s goals:
- Is the goal to sell a product?
- Is the goal to give out information as in a ‘brochure site’ ?
- Is the goal to get opt-in signups, i.e. email subscribers?
- Is the goal for the visitor to call your company?
- Is the goal to be a private members area?
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