Custom Blog Design – Wordpress Blog Setup

WordPress has just release its new version 2.8 “Baker” named in honor of the trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker. Here is a short video that gives you a summary about the bells and whistles brought by WordPress 2.8.  read more

WordPress Link  Directory 1.42  plugin by  ebrandmarketing.com.au (wp_linkdirectory_plugin) is a very useful link  exchange plugin to  link directory you can manage from your  wordpress admin panel. I just download and install it in this blog (powered by WordPress 2.7.1). Nothing particularly difficult as far as the installation and changing... Read more

What makes WordPress a premium choice besides its impressive content management capability is the availability of plugins for virtually any function you need to achieve with your blog. Some of my favorite plugins are: • SPAM Fighting plugins: SpamKarma, Askimet, WP-Spam-free, Challenge. Protection against SPAM should be the first thing to look for... Read more

Although blog posts and pages can be displayed the same way in the front-end of your website, their main difference lays on the way they are archived. You can format pages and posts the same way since they share the same CSS style that controls your blog theme. Posts are archived by date (day, month, year) the minute your publish them. You can choose... Read more

With a regular website, changing the website look-and-feel often requires tedious extra redesign work if not restarting from square zero. You wordpress blog allows you to just activate a new theme from the control panel to change all the front-end design of your website without affecting your content. You can find a plethora of WordPress themes for... Read more

Your Worpress Blog is powered by a content management system taking care of archiving your posts and indexing your end-users comments. Set it up and forget it. You can then devote your precious time creating fresh content to drive more traffic to your website. Creating a new post or page is as easy as clicking the “Add New” link to open... Read more

Having a blog combined to your existing web site or as a standalone site is now a must. With a traditional web site ,  the owner is the sole content provider and the communication with the end-user is a one-way street. • A blog opens a two ways of communication between you (the website/blog owner) and your site visitors through comments they leave... Read more

Your can access your wordpress blog administration area by just appending /wp-admin/ to your blog address (i.e. http://www.blogdesigncenter.com/wp-admin/) or append /wp-login.php (i.e. http://www.blogdesigncenter.com/wp-login.php) That opens a login form where you enter a username and password to login. After filling out and submitting the proper login... Read more

Your wordpress blog visual appearance depends on the theme you select in your blog admin panel (Appearance > Themes). By Default, the wordpress barebone CMS ships with two themes , Classic and Default, which are pretty basic in terms of layout and visual appeal. You can download, install and activate a theme that best fits your industry. There are... Read more

In its barebone state wordpress is a simple content management system. The power of wordpress is unleashed through the vast array of  free plugins available for download on the worldwide web. You can find a plugin for pretty much any functionality you want to add to your wordpress blog. Whether  you are looking  for a plugin to fight  SPAM, control ... Read more