When you are installing php or cgi scripts, sometimes the configuration file calls for the directory, such as /home/username/public_html/directory. Other programs that have an email notice function in them will ask for the location of sendmail.
If you don’t know exactly where your root or other directories are located, there’s a handy perl script that you [...]
Affomatic makes it very easy to include current auctions into your Wordpress posts … and the Wordpress plugin is free.
One of our newbie sites that we’re developing is for a friend of mine who is very knowledgeable about antiques. Elaine’s been writing fantastic, keyword-focused articles. Although the site has not yet been promoted, [...]
Wordpress has launched Wordpress.TV, which features a wealth of video tutorials that can be helpful for the beginner and the expert blogger. The videos cover everything from adding an image to importing forum posts into your Wordpress blog. You can spend hours at this site, watching videos from the latest WordCamp to some cool [...]
Learn more...A couple of days ago, I posted an article about blog maintenance for newbies. The article showed how to update plugins within the Wordpress administration area.
Most of my blogs — as well as the blogs for the brand new sites we’ve talking about here — are running on Jeff Johnson’s SEO blog software and have [...]
Whether it’s video tutorials, instructional ebooks, content that you can resell and more, Sure Fire Wealth is probably one of the best memberships online.
I’ve been a Gold member for years. If I happen to come across a sales page for something that looks useful, I log into my Sure Fire Wealth account and it’s usually [...]
We’ve been uploading brand new websites and following the progress of two of my friends who are absolute newbies to the web. On both sites, Antiquing with the Deco Diva and Calming Food, there are active Wordpress blogs. These are highly optimized blogs, using Jeff Johnson’s free SEO blog software.
Both have asked me some questions [...]
For the past few weeks, we’ve been working on two “newbie sites” for people who have never had a website before. Today, we’ll take a look at working with PLR articles.
What are PLR Articles?
“PLR” refers to “private label right.” There are many PLR article sources available, from free ones to paid ones. You may use [...]
As a “Not Guru,” I believe in showing instead of telling you that stuff works. At the end of this post, I’ll show you some amazing statistics on a site that’s barely a month old.
But first, let’s take a look at our “newbie sites.”
Over the past few weeks, we’ve taken a step-by-step look at building [...]
Today, we’ll take a look at :
What’s missing from our completed example sites; and
How to automate your blog with unique content … that’s free!
I’ve had some questions about posting to blogs that we’ll cover over the next few days.
Where We’re At.
Our example site that was built from scratch is now done. You can take a [...]
Today, I’ll show you how to write your first Wordpress blog post. This is obviously written for newcomers to the Net who are not familiar with blogging.
This article might appear long because of all of the screen shots, but if you follow along and do the same thing with your own blog, you’ll find that [...]