WordPress

Fonts. Who needs ‘em?

You do!

Come a little closer, I promise not to bite. I’m going to let you in on a really big secret.

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Your complete site backup

Would you like to have the peace of mind to know your whole website is backed up?

It’s very easy to “set it and forget it”. Take a few moments to ensure your site is backed up and have the security to know you’re covered, should anything happen.*

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Would you like to exclude some pages from your site navigation?

Do you have a page that you don’t want to appear in the main navigation of your site? Often my clients will have email campaigns that they want to direct clients to a specific page of their site without having it appear in the navigation of the site. Or perhaps you have a “Thank you for subscribing to my Newsletter” page – which is also not necessary to show in the navigation.

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Discover how easy it is to create your very own globally recognized avatar!

A colleague question has inspired this week’s tip:

Mystery ManHow does a client select an avatar on WordPress, and get rid of that Mystery Man default?

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Use Google as a Knowledge Base

Use Google as a Knowledge Base: If you’re ever unsure of how to do something on your website, search Google as well as YouTube for help and instructions. Because there are so many people using WordPress, you’re bound to find exactly what you need.

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OH NO! You forgot your username and/or password to your WordPress site!

The first line of defense to access your site is to click the “Lost your password?” link below the sign-in area.

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Is your site Search Engine Optimized?

Install and activate the plugin “WordPress SEO”. It will add options to the bottom of each page (when you’re editing the pages) which will allow you to control the meta description and keywords (among other things) for each page and post of your site.

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How do I set up a contact form for my site?

If your WordPress theme doesn’t already take advantage of a comprehensive, built-in contact form, install a plugin called “FormBuilder“.
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How do I embed video in my site?

If you would like to embed video in your WP website, I’d highly suggest loading a plugin called Viper’s Video Quicktags.

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Help people to share your site. AddThis plugin!

Do you want to be on the cusp of new technology and allow people to +1 (and “like”) your website? Sure you do!
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