How to Use WordPress to Mimic a Static Site Instead of a Blog

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Thanks to WordPress, creating websites is now easier than it ever has been. This state-of-the-art blogging platform is user-friendly, it’s free and it has so many plugins available for it that it is extremely customisable. But what if you don’t want a blog? Can you use the platform to create a static site? Of course! [...]

WordPress 2.9 – Should you update?

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If you’ve logged into your WP admin these past few hours, you’ll see that dreaded Please update now message telling you that WordPress 2.9 is now available. Okay, so maybe I’m the only one who’s too lazy to do an update each time but with the features available this time around, this update is definitely [...]

The Top WordPress Plugins for Your Blog

photo credit: Risager If you’re one of the millions of WordPress users today, you’re probably thankful for the existence of plugins, those little chunks of code that enhance the functionalities of your blog. Basically, these plugins are built to help you manage and keep track of your blog better, but their role doesn’t end there. [...]

Choosing a CMS to Run Your Membership Site

Image by mr.throk via Flickr When I first started the WebBriefcase.net site, my first choice for managing content was WordPress. At the time though, WordPress was just not powerful enough for what I had in mind i.e. run a video tutorial membership site. So, I moved to Joomla. Although Joomla was simple enough to learn [...]

WordPress Strong For SEO

Many of you build blogs to launch some type of product website. Most new bloggers try their hands at free blogging platforms before they discover the powers of a self hosted WordPress blog. Unless you are using WordPress yourself it will be hard to convince you about the SEO juice WordPress blogs carry. Mind you, [...]