Top 9 MUST USE Wordpress Plugins when setting up new Blogs.
Posted at 10:18 am | Filed Under: Wordpress, Blogging Tools and Services
The following plugins are highly recommended if you want your blog to be successful. Here is a list of my own top 9 that I use for BloggerHolic.
Comment Relish: An excellent plugin that is certainly part of my “must use” folder when setting up new blogs.
Social Bookmarks: I use Sociable. It automatically adds links on […]
Do you get lots of SPAM messages every day in the comments column of your blog?
Posted at 3:51 pm | Filed Under: Wordpress, Blogging Tips
If you do then did you know you can block such spam messages? All you need to do is install Akismet (recommended) or Spam Karma2 and Bad Behavior. These are all anti-spam plugins for the Wordpress blogging platform. It will filter your spam separately so you can delete them from one location within the Wordpress […]
How to add a sidebar
Posted at 11:31 am | Filed Under: Wordpress, Blogging Tips
I’ve had a few people asking how they can add a second column sidebar to a one column wordpress theme. To do this you will need to edit the template files index.php, archive.php, page.php and single.php.
Here is the code with step by step instructions. Before you begin you will need to decide where you want […]
Top 11 Car Wordpress Themes
Posted at 9:22 am | Filed Under: Wordpress
Here is a list of the top 11 Car Wordpress Themes for you to choose and download. My favourite is the Silver Lexus downloaded 11,945 times. It’s Classy and Subtle, just like the car! 3 column widget ready liquid layout design. XHTML 1.0 Strict and optimised for Search Engines.
You will see a link included to […]
How to Insert Random Affiliate Banners
Posted at 11:26 am | Filed Under: Wordpress, Affiliates
There are many affiliates that require you to use banners (468×60) which don’t fit on a sidebar. Affiliates such as text-link ads, blog mastermind and amazon all provide these banners that you can display on your pages. If you are an affiliate for several sites like me, then the last thing you want to do […]
How to create a table in a Wordpress post
Posted at 9:23 am | Filed Under: Wordpress
Creating a table in a post is very easy to do as well as being able to update it with ease. I’ve had people tell me when they view the post, the lines of the table disappear or are cut off and the text alignment is messed up.
What I usually use is html to create […]
Top 18 Summer Wordpress Themes
Posted at 9:31 am | Filed Under: Wordpress
Here is a list of the top 18 Summer Wordpress Themes for you to choose and download. These themes are a great idea for those wanting to get in the mood for summer. The themes have been designed with lovely colors to represent the summer. My favourite, has to be number 17, “Summer Breeze”. It’s lightweight , simple […]
Top 5 Japanese Wordpress Themes
Posted at 10:27 am | Filed Under: Wordpress
Here is a list of the top 5 Japanese Wordpress Themes for you to choose and download. My favourite, has to be number 3, “Japanese Cherry Blossom”. I like this theme because to me it represents something like a japanese garden plus the design looks unique and pretty. You can make any colour changes or modifications to this […]
How to Display a Page as the Frontpage with Wordpress (prior to v2.1 )
Posted at 3:14 pm | Filed Under: Wordpress
Before reading this article please note that you must be using Wordpress versions prior to v2.1 otherwise this method will not work.
You will need to use the Wordpress plugin “Static FrontPage” (http://www.semiologic.com/projects/static-front/), which will allow you to display any Page as the “front page” of your site. Simply download the zip file and upload its […]
How to Display a Page as the Frontpage with Wordpress (version 2.1+ only)
Posted at 3:04 pm | Filed Under: Wordpress
Before reading this article please note that you must be using Wordpress version 2.1+ otherwise this method will not work.
With 2.1 you can easily set a page to display as your static FrontPage. To do this follow the simple steps outlined below
Login to your Wordpress administration panel
Select Options ->Reading from the navigation menu
You will see […]
