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Wordpress 2.9 – Should you update?

December 20, 2009
Wordpress 2.9 – Should you update?

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 [...]

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The Top WordPress Plugins for Your Blog

May 26, 2009
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. [...]

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Choosing a CMS to Run Your Membership Site

April 9, 2009

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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 and [...]

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WordPress Strong For SEO

October 7, 2008
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, when [...]

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WordPress 2.6 Released

July 15, 2008

WordPress 2.6 version was released yesterday a full month ahead of schedule. The new version 2.6 is called “Tyner,” named after jazz pianist McCoy Tyner and contains a number of new features that make WordPress a more powerful CMS.
With WordPress 2.6 you can now track changes to every post and page and even post from [...]

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A Cool Plugin To Change Permalinks

July 8, 2008

Blog permalinks can carry a lot of weight for bloggers in regards to search engines. What many don’t know is how to set them for maximum link juice with Google and the other search engines.
So off we go, we set them one way or another only to regret this later when we become more savvy. [...]

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Is The New WordPress 2.5 Holding Up to The Hype?

April 8, 2008

I’ve watched with interest on the development of the latest WordPress version 2.5. The tension and anticipation has been built up over the last few month and I have to give credit to the guys over at development. They certainly know how to keep us on our toes.
But now that the curtain has been well [...]

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What Is A Blog & Why Use It

January 28, 2008
What Is A Blog & Why Use It

Now we’re on to our second website type in the Different Types of Website Series. The first type was a mini site. Today, we’re moving on to blogs.
What are blogs?
In the past few years, blogs have evolved so much that I’m actually finding it hard to define what it really is. Also known as weblogs, [...]

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