Mediatemples's new email client setup tool system take the agony out of setting up your email software when you get new web hosting. Use this link to set up your email client: http://mediatemple.net/help/mail/mailconfig/ After adding your email address its...
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How to make WordPress 2011 theme use excerpts
Out of the box the current default theme after installing WordPress shows all of your posts in the long format. To change the theme to just show a short summary as per the screenshot below read on.... Go to the Dashboard -> Appearance -> Editor Now...
How to upgrade Gold Cart for WP E-Commerce
If you already have the Gold cart plugin installed with WP E-Commerce this shows you have to do an update. Update available notice in plugin area Locate Gold Cart API key First you need to know the API key before you can download the update. To get the API key go to...
How to have an automated table of contents
Introduction This is a very useful feature to have on your website as it save the visitor time allowing direct access to the section they want. Plugins to use Better Anchor Links is the tool of choice at the moment. It is a fork of Auto Anchor Links which became...
Top 150 WordPress plugins
The top 150 WordPress plugins from the WordPress.org plugin directory in the category of 'Most Popular' plugin. Akismet Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. All in One SEO Pack Automatically optimizes your...
How to install bbPress with any theme
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 ->...
SEO tips and tools for WordPress
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. ...
How to fix Timthumb security issue
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 -...
WP-eCommerce for WordPress has friends with benefits
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...
How to use the WordPress 3.0 menu system
Since WordPress 3.0 the new menu system added the new menu system I have been asked how it works a lot. Here is a short video to show how it works. Go to Left menu -> Appearance -> Menus Then follow along with this tutorial for how to use them.
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