Look Mom! No Hands Plugins! Video Embedding Is Super Simple Now.
Once again, WordPress rocks my world…this time in the arena of embedding video in posts and pages. With the advent of 2.9, we can now embed video from:
YouTube
Vimeo
DailyMotion
blip.tv
Flickr (both videos and images)
Viddler
Hulu
Qik
Revision3
Scribd
Photobucket
PollDaddy
Google Video
WordPress.tv (only VideoPress-type videos for the time being)
So, how [...]
Continue reading »How to Install Plugins You’ve Downloaded as .ZIP Files
The WordPress plug-in directory is not the only place you can find great WordPress plug-ins, so when you run across one you’re interested in trying out, go ahead and download it to your hard drive (I suggest creating a folder just for Plugins and saving it there so you can easily find it later.) [...]
Continue reading »The Easy Way to Put YouTube Videos On Your WordPress Site or Blog
You want to put videos on your blog, but you don’t know how. You think it’s probably fairly technical, so you leave it on the to-do list for later, because you don’t have the time to learn something technical right now.
Here’s the good news: It’s really very easy to do!
The one thing to remember is [...]
How to Upgrade Your Plugins (and How to Know When They Need It)
WordPress, itself, is not the only easy upgrade process available to you these days. All of the plugins you have installed on your site/blog are easy to upgrade, as well. I want to say this automatic upgrade capability came along with version 2.5 or 2.6, but you know, I just can?t remember. Matters not – it?s here now, and it?s a beautiful thing.
Keeping your plugins upgrade to their latest versions is just as important as keeping WordPress, itself, upgraded. Check out this 3-minute video to see just how dead simple this is!
Continue reading »Upgrade WordPress Yourself? Yes, You Can!
Upgrading the version of WordPress you were using used to be a rather arduous task, requiring knowledge of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and server access, which quite frankly, was just a bit much for a lot of folks. End result? Upgrading WordPress to the latest version was relegated to the ’someday I’ll get to that’ list.
With the recent release of WordPress 2.7, upgrading WordPress has become a two-click process anyone can do – even you! No geekiness required.
Continue reading »How to Install New Plug-ins in WP 2.7
Whenever I run across a handy WordPress plug-in, I do my best to let you all know about it. Plug-ins provide extra functionality and in WordPress 2.7, they’re spectacularly easy to install. Here’s a mini-tutorial on how to go about it.
Continue reading »DIY SEO: Step 7 – The Wrap-Up and the Handy Checklist
This is the ninth and final post in our DIY SEO for WordPress series.
Whew! You made it! You rock!
By now you have some serious DIY SEO for WordPress tools in your toolbox to help you get the attention of the search engines. By no means are you now an SEO expert – sheesh, neither am I – but you’ve got the basics now and let me tell you what – that’ll take you far.
I know all this might seem a bit overwhelming when you think about applying all these tips and tricks to your posts, but I’ve made a handy little checklist to help you.
Continue reading »DIY SEO: Step 6 – Commenting
Commenting is one of the easiest ways to drive traffic to your site. Assuming you’ve got great content waiting for your visitors when they get there, it’s also a great way to initiate conversations and build community in your target market. You can use commenting to get the attention of and build relationships with other bloggers which might turn into JV partnerships down the road. And of course, allowing comments on your own blog gives your visitors, customers and referrals a way to connect with you and give you feedback about your content, products and services.
Continue reading »DIY SEO: Step 5 – Make Navigating Your Site Easy
This is the seventh post in our DIY SEO for WordPress series.
This step really has more to do with your site overall, rather than individual content. Though you do want to have a site navigation plan in place from day one, some of what I discuss here will only make sense when you’ve been adding content for awhile.
Great site navigation is extremely important because it helps you keep your visitors on your site longer. Remember, all the great content in the world won’t help if your visitors can’t find it. So, let’s make sure visitors can easily find all that great content you’ve got!
Continue reading »DIY SEO: Step 4 – Keyword Density
This is the sixth post in our DIY SEO for WordPress series.
Short, but illuminating exercise today: determining your keyword density.
What’s Keyword Density?
Keyword density is how often your keywords appear in your text relative to other words. Let’s say you’ve got a 500-word post and you’ve used your keyword 25 times – that’s a keyword density of 5% (25/500 = 5%) – and that’s the target that’s most widely recommended. Any more than that and you run the risk of Google thinking you’re “stuffing”…
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