Automated Wordpress

WordPress is a popular content management source. Its popularity comes from the fact that it is open source software. This means it can be downloaded for free. Moreover it is extremely simple to use. WordPress is a building system for websites. it was originally designed for building blogs on the world wide web. Blogs are nothing but websites where the contents are displayed chronologically.

Although WordPress was originally designed to create blog websites, it is an extremely powerful yet easy to use platform for building websites.

It can create those kinds of websites where the website is designed around a central theme in a hierarchical fashion.

Even if you have no idea about HTML, CSS, PHP, FTP, MYSQL, you need not bother at all. This is because none of this is needed when you want to make a website WordPress.

Typically WordPress is more for the use of those who like more to publish content than design websites. For them it is way much easier to build websites using WordPress than use other tools for building websites which are more conventional. These include softwares like DreamWeaver or Frontpage. If you want to create a professional website which is at the same time easy to build and manage WordPress is the thing you need.

Let us take a look at the some of the basic features of WordPress and how we can use it to create website easily.

Firstly, as mentioned before it is an open source content management system. It means that it is a system which is free. You can simply download it from the internet and without bothering about any licensing fee can about building your website.

Secondly, it is extremely easy to use. For those of us who have limited technical knowledge, WordPress is the ideal tool. One does not need to have any prior knowledge of html, php etc in order ot start working with WordPress.

This is because this software has an in-built visual editor that is extremely easy to use. Moreover it has literally hundreds of templates for you to choose from. These are extremely professionally designed and suitable for the website you want to build.

These templates are available to you for absolutely no cost at all. Moreover if you like a particular template yet you want to make some changes to it, you can easily do it. This is because the templates is WordPress can be easily modified and customized according to the user’s needs.

The creation of the content of your website as well its management can be easily done using a simple web browser.

WordPress also gives you the option to add extra features ti your website such as contact forms, voting etc. These are done using a simple plugin system.

One of the main advantages of WordPress is that using this websites can build in as little time as a single day.
So what are you waiting for? Start building your website using WordPress today!

By: Ovidio De Jesus

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If you operate a WordPress site for business reasons you should be careful choosing your method for adding Meta Tags, because eventually, if your Meta Tags are not portable, you are going to invest time and/or money moving them.

Problem
The latest WordPress documentation says:

To add meta tags to your site, simply add them to the header.php template file in your WordPress Theme, specifically in the head section near the link for the style sheet.

That works fine until you change your blog to a new theme. The meta tags do not follow you to the next theme. So you will need to re-edit the header.php file. Worse, if you forget to edit the file, it may not be obvious at first. Your search engine rankings may go down if the Google, Yahoo, or Bing search engines cannot verify your site – an activity they do from time to time. But it could you a long time to trace this back to the missing meta tags, and meanwhile your site is losing Web traffic, which means you are losing money.

Not good.

Solution
Use a WordPress Meta Tag Plugin.

The best way to find a WordPress Meta Tag Plugin is to search for it in the WordPress Administrative Console under menu item Plugins and sub-menu item Add New. I am using Meta Tag Manager WordPress Plugin from netweblogic. Just download it, install it, and activate it according to the instructions. It shows up as a menu item under “Settings” in the Admin Dashboard. Click on menu item Settings and sub-menu item Meta Tag Manager and it pops right up.

Add new tags and save the changes.

You are done.

Double Check Your Work
Finally, make sure the tags are really showing up. Navigate to your blog, and use the browser “view page source” capability to view the source of the page. Make sure the meta tags are included.

By: Samuel Mela

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WordPress can be free.

WordPress was originally developed as a blog and publishing tool but with multiple updates and plug ins has become so much more. You can download it free and you can host it free. Of course, like any software, a little time will have to be used to learn how to use WP. If you want to have a site on the web and don’t want to be held hostage by paying a programmer, WP is really the only way to go in 2010. WP enables users to have an internet website at minimal or no cost.

WordPress is infinitely expandable.

WordPress has a philosophy to keep the core code as light and fast as possible. WP is regularly added to by a huge open source community. The imagination of this community never ceases to amaze and delight me as new tools continually are uploaded.

WordPress Themes

With WordPress you can choose from thousands of free themes. A theme in WP is the background and layout of your web page. The theme includes all details of how your page(s) will look and feel. The header top area size, color, font and layout can be set up. The size of the sheet where your text is can be adjusted to what needs to appear on every page. The small caption areas on the right or left can be determined along with their order, layout and size. Almost every detail of how your site looks can be determined with the theme feature. You can even have a theme custom designed if you want a unique look.

Plugins for WP

If you can think of a web site application there is probably already a WP plugin for it. There are usually so many it benefits you to take some time to choose exactly which one will work best for your content. From Google analytics to adding members to your site there are already countless plug ins. If you’re a programmer ignore my comments before and develop your own plug in and start raking in the cash. Users can snatch good plug ins up fast from the plugin directory and do so at break neck speed. Also in your WordPress backend you are kept informed of the latest developments where you may find the newest plugin to boost your site.

WordPress Education

There are countless forums, websites and chat rooms devoted to WordPress. The best way to learn how to use WP is to work with it. It is nice to already have the site installed and hosted when you’re ready to get started. That way you only have to worry about your content instead of deciding where to host and how to set everything up. If you only have to login and go through a few tutorials, you can have your site functional in the shortest amount of time. The initial steps can take time to learn so find a little help to get started fast.

By: David J Sprague

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