15 Reasons Why Your Company Needs a Blog

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What is a Blog? Blog is short for weblog. It is a type of site that provides commentary or information about a particular subject. The content is displayed in reverse chronological order. Other forms of blogs include diaries and photoblogs. Some popular blogging platforms are WordPress and Blogger. A more comprehensive definition can be found at Wikipedia. Below are some of the reasons your company needs a blog: Fresh content - Fresh and up-to-date content leads to a more … [Read more...]

How Not to Display the “Home” Title on your WordPress Website

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This article will show you how to remove the page title form the home page, but display it on all of the other pages. This is very useful if you are using WordPress as a content management system (CMS). It assumes that you are using a static home page, which you configured in your WordPress Admin under Reading. First, open up page.php. You can find it under wp-content -> themes -> yourtheme. Look for the title tag. It should look something like this: Change to this: Let's … [Read more...]

How to Create Multiple Widgetized Sidebars in WordPress

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Sometimes a client's WordPress website requires different sidebars for each page. There are multiple ways to do this, but most are sloppy and require the client to remember too many steps. This method requires only changing 2 files, a little PHP and is much easier to use for the client. This assumes you are including in your template pages. To keep it simple we will assume that we only have 3 pages on the website. A home page, about page and contact page. First of all, open up your … [Read more...]

Top 7 WordPress Plugins

7 Top WordPress Plugins

Every time we use WordPress for a client's website or blog, there are several plugins we always install. Below is the list: All in One SEO Pack - A great Search Engine Optimization plugin. It has some great features. You can tweak each page/post title, meta description and keywords or you can have the plugin auto generate each of these for you. WP Security Scan - This plugin will scan your WordPress site for security vulnerabilities and suggest what to do if found. It will check your … [Read more...]