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How to install bbPress with any theme

Posted on September 26, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 2 Comments

Step 1 – install Dashboard -> Left menus -> Plugins -> Add new Put bbPress in search and it was the first result ( Author should be ‘The bbPress Community’ ) Clicked install plugin and activated. Step 2 – membership setup Dashboard -> Left menu -> Settings -> General and set Membership to ‘Anyone can register’ & New User Default…

SEO tips and tools

Posted on August 18, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 0 Comments

Watch this space A collection of SEO tools and tips I plan to continue to add to as I find more information. The Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors Great tool to explain to clients in a visual manner the factor affecting SEO for websites. http://searchengineland.com/seotable/ you can download the PDF here Google keyword tool Use this tool…

How to fix Timthumb security issue

Posted on August 5, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 7 Comments

You may have heard about a security issue with a very popular file called timthumb.php used by many themes and a few plugins I might add to dynamically resize images on the fly. A post about it is here – http://wpcandy.com/reports/timthumb-security-vulnerability-discovered It sounds scary but is quite easy to fix if you follow the steps in the solution section below….

WP-eCommerce for WordPress has friends with benefits

Posted on July 26, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 0 Comments

Here is a presentation I gave at a Sydney WordPress meetup about why the WP-eCommerce plugin is worth revisiting if you haven’t seen it for a few years. Items worth considering: – great looking pre-made themes using this plugin let you launch a shopping site very quickly. One example is Storefrontthemes.com this theme is a great example: Storefrontthemes theme called…

How to use the WordPress 3.0 menu system

Posted on July 19, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 0 Comments

Since WordPress 3.0 the new menu system added the new menu system I have been asked how it works a lot. Here is how it works. Go to Left menu -> Appearance -> Menus Then follow along with this tutorial for how to use them.

How to make your own WordPress 404 page you can actually edit easily

Posted on July 4, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 2 Comments

Here is a simple way to make a 404 page you can easily edit as a normal page from the wordpress admin area. What is a 404 page A 404 page is the page someone visiting your website gets sent to if they type in an address on you site that doesn’t exist. for example http://thewpguy.com.au/whoops will take you to…

How to add a contact form on a WordPress.com hosted website

Posted on July 3, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 2 Comments

Please note this is specifically for websites that are hosted on the free WordPress.com site. Is NOT relevant to self hosted WordPress websites.

9 great WordPress shopping carts

Posted on June 8, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 10 Comments

Here are 9 WordPress shopping carts you can research when looking for an eCommerce solution for your website. Elegant themes, one of my favourite theme companies is taking a poll on which eCommerce plugins to add support for in their upcoming new theme called boutique you can vote at the bottom of that post for your favourite theme. Anyway it…

Why use mediatemple.net webhosting?

Posted on May 14, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 14 Comments

Which webhosting should I use for my WordPress website? A common question asked via twitter and directly from my clientsI get asked this question all of the time. So here is why I recommend, demand, suggest, beg anyone I talk to to use mediatemple.net I use specifically the Grid service which can have up to 100 websites on the…

How to add a doman to a media temple account

How to add a domain to you Media Temple web hosting account

Posted on April 18, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 0 Comments

Media Temple have recently changed the flow of how this process works and it looks a little daunting the first time you try to add a domain name to your existing account. Here’s how to do it in 5 easy steps with a screenshot for each. Step 1 Under the Domains tab select Add New Domain or Service Step 2…