Just this past week I was introduced to a new function of WordPress for the single user – BuddyPress, a function of WordPress that was originally designed to add social networking features. Up until now, BuddyPress has only been available for WordPress MU (multiusers) and I must say, I had been quite jealous. That is until it’s release last Tuesday.
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The Advantage of Self-Hosting Your Blog
There have been some interesting questions going around a board recently about the advantages of self-hosting a business blog as part of regular website vs using the free WordPress.com blogging service.
I would love to add my two-cents to this discussion, so here goes:
Pros of Self Hosting: Continue reading “The Advantage of Self-Hosting Your Blog” »
Blog Terminology Part II
A while back I wrote a post on Blog Terminogy where I covered a couple of terms that you run across with WordPress – Pingbacks, RSS and Categories/Tags.
Today I will be covering Permalinks and Authors & Users Continue reading “Blog Terminology Part II” »
Did you know you can schedule future posts for your blogs?
You have some downtime so you’ve decided this is a great time to catch up on your blog. As a rule, you shouldn’t post more than 3 blogs posts a week. Afterall, you don’t want to oversaturate your readers with a bunch of new emails or RSS feeds or visitors to your blog. Sometimes we barely have time to post one new blog!
So why not take advantage of extra time on your hands to create a bunch of blogs post and then schedule dates and times to post them. WordPress can do this for you!
This is very easy. When you create your post, Continue reading “Did you know you can schedule future posts for your blogs?” »
Looking for a convenient way for your customers to register and pay for your events & seminars?
I may have the perfect solution for you. If you use WordPress, I have a tool that will enable your customers to not only register for upcoming events and seminars, but provide the ability for them to pay up front! The money is collected through PayPal and is deposited directly into your account. In addition, you can also set parameters for attendence. Need to limit your event to 10? No problem.
I recently had a client that needed the option to include all upcoming events in a 3 month period to show on the home page of his website. The solution was to created a 3 month calendar complete with an Events Registration page where the customer could click on the event they were interested in and fill out an online form and pay for it right then and there. Providing a ‘no-hassel’ solution to your customer creates increased customer service satisfaction for your company. Continue reading “Looking for a convenient way for your customers to register and pay for your events & seminars?” »
A Word About Blog Hosting
Looking for the best web hosting company for WordPress blogs?
If you would like your own WordPress blog on your own domain, you’ll need somewhere to host your files. And when you start looking round you’ll find a multitude of web hosting companies out there that promise the best hosting around.
So what do you look for? Here’s a simple checklist for you to use:
- Must be reliable
- Must have cPanel with Fantastico and Simple Scripts
- Must provide superb technical support
- Must offer unlimited addon domains
- Must be reasonably priced
Ok, why Fantastico and Simple Scripts? Because these two tools enable automatic creation of new WordPress blogs – believe me, you don’t want to do a manual upload of all the Continue reading “A Word About Blog Hosting” »
