Wordpress Basics

How To Create a Website With WordPress

If you need to make a quick and simple website for internet marketing purposes, using WordPress is a great option. WordPress is traditionally for creating blogs, but with their easy layout designs and optional plug-ins, it can simply be converted… Continue reading

Calling All Experts!

I love writing posts with tips and tutorials on WordPress, Web Design, Artisteer, etc. but there are tons of you out there who also have incredible tips and tutorials ready to share! Why not share those here as a guest… Continue reading

The Difference Between Your Home Page and a Book Cover

I just finished designing a book cover for a client (see image at the bottom of the post), and I was reminded again of how similar the design of a book cover is to the design of the home page… Continue reading

Tips on Hosting

If you are using Artisteer, chances are you are building a WordPress site that requires hosting. Where your website is hosted is just as important as the content on your web itself. There are a ton of available hosting services and plans associated with each promising things such as unlimited web hosting, site security, inexpensive pricing, quality customer service, etc. Here are just a few tips as you try to figure out what hosting will suit your needs. Continue reading

Handling Multiple Blog Authors

There are a lot of reasons for including more than one author or editor for a site. The bigger your site or business is, the better it is to have more voices who can give credibility and authority to different… Continue reading

Text Widget Basics

Text widgets can be your best friend in WordPress. They give you the ability to add a unique div class, html, and other script inside of them making the possibilities for their use almost endless. In some previous posts, I’ve… Continue reading

Getting & KEEPING Traffic on Your Website

What are you offering people when they come to your website? If it’s just a pretty design, then you have failed! Trust me, I LOVE designing beautiful websites, but what I love even more is to help a client come… Continue reading

Reminders when Posting

Based on some frequent customer questions, I thought I’d do a quick post on basic reminders for posting. Most of these are from people who are having trouble with the preview or final publish showing up differently then what they added. Here are a few of the most common mistakes. Continue reading

WordPress Basics – Posting

Once you have figured out exactly what type of content you want to put into your blog or site, and you’ve also figured out how to organize that content, it’s time to actually start posting information to your blog! I’m going to give you step-by-step details on how to post as well as extras that you don’t want to forget when posting. Continue reading

WordPress Basics – Site Organization

Even before you start adding content to your WordPress blog, you need to sit down and think about exactly what you want to communicate to the world and how your reader will be able to find what they are looking for on your site. WordPress has several built in features to help you keep your content organized. They are Posts, Pages, Categories, Tags, and Menus. Let’s talk about each of these in basic form to help you wrap your mind around how you can best present the content on your theme. Continue reading

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