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Tapestry Theme for WordPress Embraces the new Post Format

April 29, 2011 By Your WP Diva 1 Comment

When Wordpress released version 3.1, one of the features was the Post Format. As described by the WP developers, "A Post Format is a piece of meta information that can be used by a theme to customize its presentation of a post. The Post Formats feature provides a standardized list of formats that are available to all themes that support the feature. " Since using every format of the Post Format feature is not mandatory, not many themes have taken advantage of this great addition. In fact, new formats cannot be introduced by themes nor even plugins. Instead, " the standardization of the … [Read more...]

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10 e-Commerce Plugins For Your WordPress Site

February 23, 2011 By Your WP Diva 8 Comments

Many of my clients used to use many different platforms, independently of WordPress, to sell products online. However, that trend is changing as it continues to become easier to integrate e-Commerce into WP, given all of the great applications now available. There are literally hundreds of shopping cart solutions, both paid and unpaid, that can be integrated directly into your WordPress site, either into your posts or your pages. A flexible and customizable Shopping Cart plugin can help you easily integrate an online store into your WP website or blog. Most of these are so easy to use … [Read more...]

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How to Install WordPress

February 8, 2011 By Your WP Diva Leave a Comment

Why install WordPress? If you are tired of having to wait around on a highly paid webmaster to carry out minor changes to your website or blog, installing this platform will give you the ability to make most if not all changes to your blog yourself, within minutes. This powerful content management system was designed with ease in mind and the unlimited plugins that are available, make managing and working with your WP platform extremely easy and quick. (You can learn how to add plugins to your WP installation here). Before you get started, if you have not already secured … [Read more...]

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Choosing a Web Host

November 4, 2010 By Your WP Diva Leave a Comment

Once you've decided on and purchased your domain name, the next thing you need to do is choose a web host company. Why should you have a web host company that is different from my domain registrar? The answer is simple: while you can get the most affordable domain registration prices at a domain registrar like Register Anytime, you get the best web hosting deals (when you consider all of the features etc.) at a web hosting company, like Host Gator. Stop for a minute and think about what is involved with web hosting. Your web host is where all of the components associated with your … [Read more...]

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How to Register A Domain Name

October 28, 2010 By Your WP Diva 1 Comment

If you are reading this, my guess is that you either already have a blog and are ready to take it to the next level or, you are just starting out and are ready to take the first step in getting your online business moving. I suggest that you read this page in its entirety before you move on to the next phase of creating a successful blog. Although there are many free blogging platforms, if you are serious about using your blog as your main website or, one for generating income, you need to register a domain, then use it on your self hosted blog. (You can read about web-hosting … [Read more...]

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10 Steps to Selecting A WordPress Theme – Part 2

September 27, 2010 By Your WP Diva Leave a Comment

See the first five steps of this list in my last post then read below for the next 5 steps. If included, how useful are the sidebars to your readers? Many blogs have sidebars that serve no real purpose. If you choose a theme with sidebars, consider how you will use them: to show links to posts, related links, monetized content, widgets etc. The good news is that many premium themes give you the option to include/exclude sidebars as you deem appropriate. The StudioPress Genesis Theme Framework and its child themes, is one source I like, that includes this feature. What links are … [Read more...]

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10 Steps To Selecting A WordPress Theme – Part 1

September 21, 2010 By Your WP Diva 2 Comments

So you've installed wordpress and are ready to set up your blog or website. Now the real work begins! But, not to worry, working in Wordpress can be fairly easy and, a lot of fun! Following the installation, typically, the next step for many, will be to select a THEME. You will need to decide if you will use a free theme a premium theme (one you pay for and use as is or may make changes to reflect your theme colors etc.) a custom theme (premium theme created specifically for you) The route you take will depend on several factors. There are ten questions to ask yourself … [Read more...]

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Creating Sales Letters Using WP Themes

September 15, 2010 By Your WP Diva Leave a Comment

If you are doing business online, chances are you have heard about "squeeze", "landing" and "sales" pages. If you have connected with an online entrepreneur, chances are you probably landed on one of the pages mentioned above, promoting that person's program, ebook etc. You know the ones, they nearly always have a button that looks something like the image at left. The reason you see so many squeeze and sales pages with a similar design and content layout, is because they work! Period! If you have a Wordpress blog/site, I bet you're wondering just how you can create effective sales, … [Read more...]