Month: October 2013

Grammarly – An Automated Proofreader and Personal Grammar Coach

The quality of your writing is a representation of you, your brand and your business. I would love to tell you all that I never let spelling and grammatical mistakes slip through, however the truth is that mistakes do happen from time to time, despite me proofreading all of my …

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New Webmaster Resource Section Launched

I am pleased to announce that my new webmaster resource section has been launched. This is an area of this website that I wanted to develop for some time, so I am pleased that I made the time to get it finished. My original resource page is still available in …

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WordPress Theme Lists

WordPress 3.7 Released – Time to Update!

Yesterday Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 3.7. Known as “Basie”, adds a fantastic new feature that allows maintenance and security updates to be applied in the background. Strong password recommendations have also been integrated into the core. The new set up apparently recognises common mistakes that make a …

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Why Your Google+ Profile Might Not Show on Google’s Search Results

Google authorship has become an important part of promoting yourself and your content through Google. Once you have configured authorship correctly, your profile image will be displayed on all of your websites and articles in Google’s search engine results. This raises your profile and encourages more people to click on …

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30 Cool Free WordPress Themes

With so many feature rich premium WordPress themes being released every day, it is easy to forget about the great free WordPress designs that are available online. Today I would like to rectify that and bring you 30 cool WordPress themes that will not cost you a penny. My personal …

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How to Convert a WordPress Post to a Page and Vice Versa

Sometimes it is not clear what post type an article should be. It is clear that news should be published as posts and informational pages such as your about page should be published as a WordPress page. Many articles can be published as either post type; therefore, it comes down …

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General Public License

WordPress GPL and Ethics

WordPress is released under the GNU General Public License. Amongst other things, this license allows everyone to distribute free copies of the software and charge for it if you wish. One key feature of the license is that you have to give everyone the same rights of the license that …

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50 Stylish WordPress Magazine Themes for 2013

As WordPress has improved over the last few years, we have seen a large rise in the popularity of magazine designs. These designs go beyond the simplicity of a blog and display more articles on the homepage using featured images, videos, quotes and more. In this article, I would like …

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How to Properly Run a Social Media Giveaway

Getting followers to visit your social media profiles takes a lot of hard work. It also takes a lot of time. Yet social media is not something that website owners and companies can not pay attention to. Creating a relationship with your followers can be difficult. If your updates about …

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Changing the Date of an Article to Boost Search Engine Rankings

Three months ago, Glen from ViperChill wrote a fantastic article about SEO entitled “Revealed: The New SEO (When Google Takes Freshness Too Far)“. One of the key concepts that he addressed in his article was the freshness factor that Google uses in its ranking algorithms. All search engines should, of …

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