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5 Plugins in 5 minutes

Posted on March 3, 2011 by The WordPress Guy | 0 Comments

This was a lightning (as in lightning fast) talk I gave at WordCamp Melbourne. In the prezi presentation below I show 5 of my favourite plugins at the moment. They can help you make your website that little bit more professional and streamline your work processes. The presentation was also recored on video but it is part of a longer…

Change subscriber to administrator in WordPress

How to change user from subscriber to administrator in WordPress

Posted on December 6, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 2 Comments

Just a very quick video showing how to change the acces rights of a user that was created in error at the subscriber level which is the default setting in WordPress. This video demonstrates how to change the user access rights in WordPress from subscriber to administrator. Thank you Linda of www.msrelief.com for asking how to so this change as…

WordPress for Business

Posted on September 14, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 5 Comments

Presentation for Small Biz September at the City Hotel, Sydney Australia WordPress for Business on Prezi A bonus gift for you: WordPress for Business Links Video by Sean the Networking Coach which is a summary of the seminar.

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How to remove WordPress hack that makes posts divert to malware sites

Posted on July 17, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 2 Comments

I just helped a friend remove this hack from their website. It is not too bad as long as you stay calm and work through it slowly. Systems affected: Windows PC and using Google Chrome or IE Internet Explorer Symptoms: Home page looks normal but when the posts are clicked the post briefly is displayed and then the browser diverts…

How to add a slideshare presentation to WordPress.com

Posted on May 16, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 2 Comments

How to tell Google which address to use for SEO

Posted on May 6, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 0 Comments

Register with Webmastertools https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ first which is another post altogether. Once you have a verified account go to: Site configuration -> Setting -> then select either with or without the www. Then google will treat both options as one which will combine rather than separate you SEO tracking data.

Thesis theme tips

Posted on May 2, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 0 Comments

Papypal buttons are displayed incorrectly and are too large By default when adding paypal buttons, ie buy now, add to cart, donate to a Thesis theme look oversized and plain ugly. To bring them back to the correct size simply add the following line of code the the Custom CSS file: .custom .format_text input, #commentform input, #commentform textarea { width:auto;…

Increase virtual memory if plugins and WordPress installs need more

Posted on April 28, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 0 Comments

This process below can be used when WordPress upgrades and plugin installs are not working due to insufficient memory being allocated. Some more information is here www.narfstuff.co.uk/2008/03/14/php-memory-and-wordpress By default the server allows up to 32MB of data to be transferred via php. This default setting can be modified from within your account. Within the php.ini file (either in public_html or…

How to add the facebook like button to a post or page

Posted on April 24, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 5 Comments

A video tutorial 3min 22secs in length showing how easy it is to add a facebook like button to a regular post or page. This will allow viewers of the page or post to mention it on their facebook page driving more traffic and links to your website. Uses the facebook developers tool.

How to promote your WordPress post faster on the web

Posted on April 15, 2010 by The WordPress Guy | 4 Comments