Setting up a local server environment is always good for bloggers; especially you are using WordPress as your CMS. You can use WAMP, XAMPP or MAMP for setting up a PHP and MySQL powered server environment in your PC and install WordPress in it, just as you do it in your server. It can give you a good experience and works as a testing place for your code based works. One of the …
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Does Changing the WordPress Theme Affect Search Engine Rankings?
A question that is often asked is "Does changing WordPress theme affect search engine rankings?" Many people find that their ranking changes when they change their WordPress theme, but this could be for a number of reasons unconnected with the theme itself. A new theme in itself will not make any difference to your rankings, but it may if that theme presents your data in a …
Free WordPress Theme or Paid WordPress Theme?
Is a free WordPress theme worth using and which would win in the free vs. paid WordPress theme debate? It is not as easy a question to answer as you may think, and much depends on the use to which you are putting your WordPress blog. That is fundamentally what WordPress is - a blogging content management system (CMS), although it is now used by many as a regular website with …
How to Use WordPress Advanced Menu Options
In the WordPress 3.0 version called the "Menu Update", there were some nifty things added to the menu options but only a few of us uses them. The reason for this is, because they need to be activated. These options are not shown as default we need to activate. But if we make use of these options we can do a lot of cool stuff to make our blogs, websites more unique. How to Activate …
WordPress Tips for Making an Awesome Blog
Why Not Offer Subscription? Don’t create a sluggish look of your blog with useless feed buttons at every corner. Just take a deep breath and work on to create a subscription page. You can provide your users with different instructions to subscribe to your page. You can explain different areas of your blog for subscription purposes. By using WordPress, you can do it with great ease. It …
How to Configure All in One SEO Pack Plugin
If you have checked out our list of Highly Recommended WordPress Plugins, you will find All in One SEO Pack mentioned there. Further, proceeding with the good work in this article, we will share with you step by step guide to Configure All in one SEO Pack Plugin, and how to use this plugin efficiently to maximize the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) benefits for your blog. All in One SEO …
How to Display your Avatar in Comments
Why Gravatar: For a regular blogger who spends a lot of time on different blogs about technology, gadgets, social network and online world, identity plays a very important role. You read, interact, process information and try to use it in your online experience. Interacting online is a bit tricky if you don't know how to personify your comments. So here is a bit I'm writing for the …
