I’m really excited that the Southeast United States is getting its first WordCamp ever! Woohoo! I’ll be speaking on SEO for WordPress there, so it would be just kickin’ if I could get to meet some of you there. It’s going to be held September 27-28, 2008 (yep, like 3 weeks away). [...]

Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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Remember the post I wrote a couple of months ago, titled When Is A Blog Not A Blog? Well, I was reminded of that post when I started thinking about a new site I’m about to begin working on. You see, I plan to use WordPress to run the site, but I don’t want the site to look like a blog. It won’t be date-oriented, like a blog is, and in keeping with the idea of having it be more like a regular site, I want it to have a non-blog look as well.

Not all WordPress themes have to look like blog themes. In my quest to find just the right look for my new site, I realized that there was a “style” that could…

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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You know I love free information, and when that information requires absolutely nothing from you … not even your email address … then I absolutely cannot pass that up. Caroline Middlebrook is giving away a really good ebook – absolutely free.
I discussed installing WordPress in Part Six of my series, and discussed WP themes [...]

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by DazzlinDonna
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When is a blog not a blog? When it is a site that is managed like a blog, that’s when.
Want to know a little secret? My most profitable site is not a blog. It’s just a regular site. You know, the kind that has existed for years, long before [...]

Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Video is hot. Never turn your back on hot. If you can utilize video on your site or in your blog posts, you give your users the new media they crave. You don’t have to use it often, but occasionally dropping a Youtube or similar video into a blog post can really [...]

Posted on October 21st, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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I know I’ve listed both my favorite and essential WordPress plugins before, but that doesn’t mean I can’t tell you about an incredible new(ish) WordPress plugin that everyone absolutely must have! Want to save time and frustration? Download the OneClick Installer Plugin. Never ever download, unzip, open your ftp program, and upload [...]

Posted on August 14th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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I just thought I’d document a problem I ran across 3 times today when I upgraded three of my WordPress blogs to the newest version (2.2.2). Suddenly, my themes looked all out of whack, with the sidebars having issues. Sections weren’t in the correct spots, and things I hadn’t had in my sidebar [...]

Posted on August 7th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Three months ago, I posted a list of my favorite WordPress widgets and plugins. Since then, I’ve restructured several blogs and changed my mind about some things, so I thought it might be a good idea to revisit this topic and give a similar list that may not coincide exactly with the first. [...]

Posted on August 1st, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Not every site should follow the crowd into the Web 2.0 design scheme, but if your site needs to get away from the 1999 design look, it wouldn’t hurt to get an instant modernization by choosing a Web 2.0 WordPress theme design. The 7 themes listed below are ones that I think most exemplify [...]

Posted on July 9th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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Although there are tons of great “free” WordPress themes to download, “free” isn’t always “totally free”. It can be difficult to find a free WordPress theme that doesn’t come with some kind of condition (usually a required link). I found what I consider to be the 5 BEST, totally free WordPress themes, that [...]

Posted on June 8th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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