Even if you have a catchy blog post title, it might not generate many clickthroughs in search engine result pages if it’s truncated with the familiar ellipsis in the SERPs. Here are two tips to avoid this: Read more »
Category Archives: Tips
Jun
2nd
2008
Don’t Let Google Truncate Your Blog Post Titles!
Tags: clickthroughs, Google, SEO, title tag
May
30th
2008
4 Steps for Spring-Cleaning Your WordPress Blog
It’s spring here in the northern hemisphere — why not incorporate your WordPress blog into your spring-cleaning routine?
Here are some ideas: Read more »
Tags: 404, database, Plugins, spring cleaning, upgrade
Mar
24th
2008
7 Tips for the WordPress “Write Post” Page
Here are 7 useful tips related to WordPress’s “Write Post” page. Read more »
Tags: custom fields, excerpts, featured, permalinks, posts
Mar
6th
2008
How to Include Code in WordPress Posts
If you’ve ever tried to insert code into a WordPress post, one of the following has probably happened to you:
Your HTML code was rendered as such.
WordPress stripped the code from the post entirely.
WordPress turned "straight quotes" into “curly quotes” — not good if you want your users copying/pasting code from your blog!
Here’s how to get [...] Read more »
Mar
6th
2008
How to Turn Off WordPress’s Visual Editor
Don’t like WordPress’s visual editor? Turn it off: Read more »
Tags: profile, visual editor
Mar
1st
2008
Is Your WordPress Theme Plugin-Friendly?
Did you know that the correct functioning of some plugins is dependent the “plugin-friendliness” of your WordPress theme?
The themes that come default with WordPress are okay. But if you’re using a theme designed by someone else, you might want to inspect it to make sure. Read more »
Tags: featured, plugin hooks, theme tips
Feb
18th
2008
How to Embed XHTML-Compliant Flash
According to Macromedia, the typical method of embedding Flash on a website is using the following HTML, replacing “myFlashMovie.swf” with the filename: Read more »
Feb
11th
2008
How to Publish Posts in the Future
Setting posts to auto-publish at a specified date in the future is a simple WordPress trick to help you “work ahead” with your blog, which is great for those times when you’re in the blogging mood. Here are the steps: Read more »
Tags: auto-publish, timestamp
Feb
5th
2008
7 Tips for Choosing a WordPress Theme
Doing some WordPress theme-hunting? Here’s a checklist of things to look for in a good WordPress theme that’ll hopefully help you narrow down the choices: Read more »
Tags: featured, theme tips
Feb
1st
2008
3 Tips for a Mobile-Ready WordPress
Are you catering to on-the-go blog readers? If not, I’ve got 3 quick-and-easy methods to make WordPress mobile-ready.
Method 1: Google Reader
Here’s a super-simple mobile WordPress tip from Weblog Tools Collection:
The trick is to use Google’s excellent mobile news readers to display your blog. The resulting content is not only lightning fast, it is also well [...] Read more »
Tags: Google Reader, iPhone, mobile, mobile browsers, mobile plugins
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