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Don't Know Where To Start With Wordpress? These Tips Can Assist! Have you taken a look at WordPress in the past or used it before? If so, or even if you have not, you're about to learn some great things about just how much WordPress has to offer you as a blogger. Read through these valuable tips to see exactly what you've been missing out on. Remember to make your sidebar as concise and clean as possible. You don't want it to be full of 100 links, ads and buttons. Instead, only put what is important in your sidebar and, if you need more links, put them into submenus which appear when the user mouses over your main menu. Allow all of the users that visit your site the ability to comment using Facebook. This is a very important tool that will get your name across to hundreds of thousands of people. The Simple Facebook Connect plugin can be used if you want to install this feature on your site. Remember that the title and description of each page on your site is what many other sites will use to categorize your link and share it with the world. For example, it will be what Google shows when someone searches for a site such as your own. Fill them with SEO key phrases and make sure there are no typos. Sidebars are generally packed full of useless information. To help streamline them and only include information that your visitors want, navigate to Appearance & Widgets. Remove everything from your sidebar that does not get more people on your list, make visitors take an action or make you money. By paring down your sidebar, your WordPress site will become successful. Do your posts attract lots of comments? If this is the case, it can be hard to sort through them all. You can install a simple plugin that will put page numbers into this section. It will make your site more organized. Security is something a WordPress site needs, and that's why you need to keep passwords secret. Additionally, only use plugins from reputable sites, checking the reviews posted before you install them. If your are hacked or infected with malware, all your hard work on your site will be lost. The URLs of your blog posts should not have special characters. This makes it harder for search engine spiders to index your site, so you should get rid of them. Your URLs should also be shortened to just include keywords, so they do not overwhelm your visitors. Be sure to back up your site often! The best way to do this is to have your host back up your site every day for you. If they don't offer this service, instead back it up yourself. There are plugins which will do the job for you, or you can just download it to your own computer. When you are choosing a Wordpress template to use, pick something that gets frequent updates. You do not want to use a template whose creator has abandoned updates because sometimes you have to address security issues. A creator who is proactive in updating his template will give you a better product. The only way to learn Wordpress is by practicing it. You can sign up for a free account in

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Page 1: Don't Know Where To Start With Wordpress? These Tips Can Assist!

Don't Know Where To Start With Wordpress? These Tips CanAssist!

Have you taken a look at WordPress in the past or used it before? If so, or even if you have not,you're about to learn some great things about just how much WordPress has to offer you as ablogger. Read through these valuable tips to see exactly what you've been missing out on.

Remember to make your sidebar as concise and clean as possible. You don't want it to be full of 100links, ads and buttons. Instead, only put what is important in your sidebar and, if you need morelinks, put them into submenus which appear when the user mouses over your main menu.

Allow all of the users that visit your site the ability to comment using Facebook. This is a veryimportant tool that will get your name across to hundreds of thousands of people. The SimpleFacebook Connect plugin can be used if you want to install this feature on your site.

Remember that the title and description of each page on your site is what many other sites will useto categorize your link and share it with the world. For example, it will be what Google shows whensomeone searches for a site such as your own. Fill them with SEO key phrases and make sure thereare no typos.

Sidebars are generally packed full of useless information. To help streamline them and only includeinformation that your visitors want, navigate to Appearance & Widgets. Remove everything fromyour sidebar that does not get more people on your list, make visitors take an action or make youmoney. By paring down your sidebar, your WordPress site will become successful.

Do your posts attract lots of comments? If this is the case, it can be hard to sort through them all.You can install a simple plugin that will put page numbers into this section. It will make your sitemore organized.

Security is something a WordPress site needs, and that's why you need to keep passwords secret.Additionally, only use plugins from reputable sites, checking the reviews posted before you installthem. If your are hacked or infected with malware, all your hard work on your site will be lost.

The URLs of your blog posts should not have special characters. This makes it harder for searchengine spiders to index your site, so you should get rid of them. Your URLs should also be shortenedto just include keywords, so they do not overwhelm your visitors.

Be sure to back up your site often! The best way to do this is to have your host back up your siteevery day for you. If they don't offer this service, instead back it up yourself. There are plugins whichwill do the job for you, or you can just download it to your own computer.

When you are choosing a Wordpress template to use, pick something that gets frequent updates. Youdo not want to use a template whose creator has abandoned updates because sometimes you have toaddress security issues. A creator who is proactive in updating his template will give you a betterproduct.

The only way to learn Wordpress is by practicing it. You can sign up for a free account in

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Wordpress.com and start experimenting with its multitude of features. Change images, backgroundcolor, font sizes, etc. The more you get your hands on it, the more comfortable you will feel aboutusing it.

When linking internally, you don't have to enter your http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_developmentdomain name into the URL field. Instead, just include the information which comes after the first /,such as /index.html. Don't forget to also insert an SEO keyword-rich title so that you can get evenmore bang for your search rank.

You don't have to approve comments on your own anymore. Try using Akismet for this. You canmoderate comments individually, but it's advisable to switch off manual approval and let visitorscomment freely. If you do not do this, you will waste lots of time.

If you are new to WordPress, explore the dashboard of your WordPress installation asap. It may feeldaunting the first time you see that dashboard, but with just a little time you'll get it down. Don't beafraid to type in a few test posts and pages to see how things work.

When you upload images into the media gallery, try to keep the image file sizes down. Large imagefiles take much longer to upload. When you use an image like that in your website, it will delay theload time website marketing of your page. This may discourage your visitors to stay and browse.

To keep tabs on comments, you don't need to visit each post separately. Instead, use yourdashboard's comments section to see what has been posted recently. You should check this pagedaily so that you know what people are saying and can reply if anyone requests more information orasks a question.

Does the clutter of WordPress bother you? You can easily remedy this by closing out anything that isgetting in your way. This can be done with the button labeled "Screen Options" atop the window.Click this and you will see a drop-down menu. This lets you choose the boxes you want to see.

In WordPress, you can schedule blog posts in advance. For posts already written, you can set themup to post on different days and times, even if you aren't near your computer. Find the Publish boxon your Edit screen. Under the Publish box is a radio button that says Publish Immediately. Enterthe time you want the post published. This should include the day, month, and year. Click OK. Whenthe screen that says 'schedule for' pops up, choose it and click on 'schedule' if everything is right.

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Come up with a plan before you make a WordPresssite. Make a list of all the things you want to do withyour site and what you want readers to find from it.This will help you build a site that fulfills yourobjectives instead of having to add stuff later to get itright.

Blogging is very popular amongst all types of people, and there is a great reason why. You have thechance to get all kinds of different things out there to a much larger audience. By using the tipsabove, you should now be able to use WordPress easily.