Effective Classy Websites

The next update for WordPress is coming in the next week or two. It features some awesome new changes to the interface that I can say are great improvements.

I am testing the beta 2.7 on this site now and I am quickly seeing how much smoother the process is becoming. Its cleaner, more usable and a little faster as well. Check out the new movie released by WordPress.com to allay fears of an ever changing interface!

Take charge of your Sidebar in WordPress!

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This video training shows you how to create and edit sidebar widgets in your self hosted WordPress website. A summary of which is as follows:

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Having a WordPress blog that you post quality content to is one of the best ways to have a strong presence in the search engines.

Every time you create an article or page it is an opportunity to:

• Create value for your readers and/or customers.
• Reinforce the keywords that target your topic or media.
• Create a stronger presence in the blog and search engines for higher visibility online.

Keep in mind that search engine optimization is just one way that you can attract the right people to your post, page or offer. There are more active ways to bring people to your website but in this article I will cover the basics of SEO within WordPress. Read the rest of this entry »

This Screencast video training will show you how to upload and manage galleries in your Next Gen Gallery on your WordPress website.

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There are 4 Chapters in this Quicktime movie. They are:

1. Adding Images
2. Managing Galleries
3. Adding a New Gallery
4. The Next Gen HTML Button

Here we give you a tour of the central control center of WordPress 2.6 . The Dashboard.

New and revamped in version 2.6 the Dashboard gives you quick access to all your main links and resources.

NOTE : If you are running WP 2.7 this will be outdated.

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This is a demonstration of some of the formatting and media posting options you have in WordPress.

Here’s an MP3 player to get you started.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Then an example of normal text.©

Bold – Italic – Strikethrough – Underline – Multicoloured text. © copyright and other €®?߶∞ symbols. Read the rest of this entry »

This Screencast will give you an introduction to the Widgets page in the Design tab

Widgets are blocks of content that make up your sidebar or sidebars depending on the Theme you are using. To re-arrange the order of sidebar Widgets click and drag them then press Save.

Adding plugins will add more widgets. Explore more widgets on the WordPress website right here.