Lynda.com offers lots of the beginner WordPress classes that are free of charge. Their learning format breaks training into smaller, digestible chunks to allow you to learn everything at your own pace. (Alternatively, you can also skip what you know and pick up a few classes on subjects you want to learn more about.)
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Easiest WordPress Tip of the Month EVER
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WordPress Tip
Informal tip to recommend Yoast’s Google Analytics for WordPress plugin.
It allows much more control than if you just plop the analytics code in your header. Give the video a watch – it’s very informative!
Google Analytics for WordPress
Adding Google Analytics to WordPress is easy, using it’s complete power, custom variables, 404 tracking etc is hard, unless you’re using this plugin!
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Is your WordPress database FAT?
(For the curious, click the photo to see more of this artist’s work, unrelated as it is to this article. Photo credit to the linked site.)
Is your WordPress database larger than it needs to be? Perhaps you’re moving to a new server and having trouble uploading the database because it’s too large?
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If your life is touched by WordPress at all, here’s a survey you can take to…
If your life is touched by WordPress at all, here’s a survey you can take to help shape the future of WP.
(What, no G+ support for sharing at the end? Only Twitter? Fine.)
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Twitter / jeenijoyce: I’ve just taken the WordPr
Instantly connect to what’s most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news.
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Advanced WordPress Tip
How to create a nice looking table within WordPress… using a shortcode and CSV (comma separated values).
A client of mine needed nice looking tables on their site – and they will need to be able to update it without going cross-eyed by sorting through the code. Here's what I came up with.
Can it get any easier to add a table to your site? (Actually… Yes. But hey, this is pretty easy once you get the supporting php in place.) If you want this on your site and need any help, feel free to ask.
Good luck!
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Social media stuff
