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"Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with
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WordPres
s 101
WordPress 101
WordPress started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the typography of everyday writing and with fewer users than you can count on your fingers and toes.
Public Area of Blog
Admin Dashboard
Admin Dashboard
Main Tools
General Settings
Add/Edit Pages
Add/Edit Posts
Add Custom Menus
Add New Plugins
John’s Choice of PluginsTop 9 WordPress Website enhancing plugins
These plugins are sure to help your site outWP-TouchWordBooker & Twitter BlogCheckOut by tribulantTwitter BlogGravity FormsMail PressBlubrry Power PressXML SitemapsiRobots.txtHeadspace2
Gravity FormsCreate any type of form you want.
With Gravity Forms creating Forms is an easy task
Easy create any type of form.Has built in form fields ready to goYes it is a premium plugin.
Every site needs a few formsGravity Forms make the job easy.
Blubrry Power PressEasy Publishing for you Podcasts…
Podcasting made easyInstant placement of a player w/download link.Automatically sends notices to iTunes about new episodes.Can do multiple podcast channels so you can have more than one podcast running on your website.
Add a Podcast to your site in a few easy steps
WP-Touchsetting your site up for mobile viewing
Mobile web surfing is doing nothing but increasing
Prepare your site for all the differing mobile devicesWP-Touch makes it easyA few simple settings and your all set
WPtouch makes your site mobile ready in a few easy steps.
WordbookerEasily connect your site to Facebook
With Wordbooker Facebook is automated
Automatically update your statusPull comments from Facebook to your siteIf you update an old post you can republish itEasily add a Facebook like button or widget to your site.
WordBooker connects your site To Facebook in a few easy steps.
Twitter BlogEasily connect your site to Twitter
With Twitter Blog your Twitter is automated
Automatically update your statusPull comments from Twitter to your site
Twitter Blog connects your site To Twitter in a few easy steps.
Checkout by tribulantset your site up for e-commerce
With Checkout it becomes very easy to setup your own ecommerce store
Sell any Product you like from digital downloads to affiliate productsImport Product lists & convert from older shopping cart systems
Making E-Commerce easy.
MailPressManage you own email list and more…
Choose the list and sections available for subscription.
Make any section of your site available to be subscribed to.Automatically sends out emails on a per post, weekly and monthly basis to your users.Sends responses for comments to both you and the commentator and allows subscriptions to that comment line.
Easily manage your own email list and subscriptions to your site.
XML Sitemap Generator Quick Easy Sitemaps…
Sitemaps SEO ReadyInstant auto creation of your sitemap.Automatically sends notices to Google, Bing, Yahoo & Ask.Creates a search engine ready gzip file.
Make sure your site always has a valid up to date site map
Virtual Robots.txt Generator Quick Easy Robots.txt file…
Search Engine ReadyBlock bad robots from your site.Stop Google and other from indexing your images.Stop the wayback machine from indexing your site.
Easily setup and keep up to date your robots.txt file
Headspace 2 SEOEasy SEO for Your Site…
Control The SEO on Your SiteCustomize most sections of your site.Use tags to automate the tasks.Cab be applied globally or just locally.
Simple easy settings for controlling the SEO in differing sections of your website
Does it WorkWell you decide…
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