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WordPress How To

WordPress Internal Links

February 17, 2010

One of my few gripes with WordPress has been the absence of easy linking to pages and posts internally. Fortunately Aaron Woods has come to the rescue.
I’m not sure why I ddin’t find this sooner but if you are looking for a quick and easy way when writing a page or post to link to [...]

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Scott Ellis Speaking At The Optimization Summit

December 22, 2009

It’s been recently announced that I will be speaking at the Optimization Summit in March. I’ll be conducting a full day WordPress workshop on Wednesday March 24th.
You can use my discount code : vsellis for a $25 discount.
If you are in Dallas or just want to come in for this event it’s going to [...]

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Building The Ultimate Website Content Map Pt.1

December 10, 2009

All too often when we start to build a site (or rebuild one) the inclination is to start with design. But the content we populate the site with is the true foundation for the site, whether it is purely informational, geared toward selling, entertaining or whatever purpose your site has. The video tutorial below is [...]

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Additional Image Sizes In WordPress

November 24, 2009

I don’t frequently “plug a plug-in” but I just uncovered one today that I can only classify as absolutely essential and almost life-changing if you live and breathe WordPress… “Additional Image Sizes” by Walter Vos. First off I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know about this sooner (I’ll get over it). In a nutshell this plugin [...]

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A Basic Explanation of WordPress Taxonomies

September 28, 2009

Over the last week or so I’ve started playing intensely with custom taxonomies in WordPress,  and the geek in me is in love with the possibilities. Now, before you go running off thinking this is only hardcore “geek stuff” let me explain what taxonomies are, why they are important and provide a basic example of [...]

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WordPress Membership Sites, WishList and Micro-Continuity

September 22, 2009

I’ve been building WordPress Membership Sites using WishList Member for about 9 months now but the concept of micro-continuity is one of the more intriguing concepts I’ve run across for membership site models. If you aren’t already familiar with the concept of Micro-Continuity I’d encourage you to watch the video explanation of micro-continuity and a [...]

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Using Custom Fields in WordPress

August 26, 2009

Custom Fields have a ton of uses and can be a great way for a theme designer to augment the functionality of a theme. Unfortunately, custom fields can feel a little intimidating to “non-techies” and those new to WordPress. The following video provides a simple explanation of what custom fields are, how they work, and [...]

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SEO, Your URL and Domain Name

August 22, 2009

I love domain names. Admittedly I’m a bit of a domain addict and frequently grab domains names I like for ideas I get “just in case”. It used to be easy to come up with great domain names but as more and more people and businesses have gotten into the game it’s become increasingly competitive [...]

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Page Navigation in WordPress – Using Sort Order

July 28, 2009

The following video provides an explanation on how to use sort order so that you get a scalable and organized approach to managing your navigation in WordPress. While geared at WordPress sites, this approach should work for any content management system that provides an automated or semi-automated way of creating navigation. This tutorial assumes that [...]

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