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Google Docs & Maps in WordPress
In February when I attended PodCamp Toronto 2010 I noticed how they had used Google Docs embedded in and iframe within a WordPress page for the conference schedule. I thought this was a brilliant idea. This week I was able to appropriate this idea for use on the http://cgpa.ca website. The CGPA Conference organizers will [...]
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Updating your WP Installation & Plugins
From time to time you will need to update your WordPress installation to the latest version. WordPress has a built in alert system that lets users know when their installations are out of date. Whenever a new version of WP is released you will see a message at the top of your wp-admin dashboard telling you that you need to update your installation. Sometimes security vulerabilties are corrected with new releases and other times new features are added making improvements to the functionality of WordPress
WordPress Plugin – All in One SEO Pack
An essential plugin for WordPress is the All in One SEO Pack . This tutorial will explain what it does and show you how to use this plugin on your WordPress site. WordPress already goes a long way toward creating an SEO friendly website but adding this powerful plugin will give you even more control. The All in One SEO pack plugin generates meta data automatically and allows you to customize it as you see fit.
Online Reputation Management – Your Personal Brand
Personal Branding is all about self-packaging or self-promotion. In the online context it is about generating a distinguished Web presence of a person on the Internet. We’ve all “Googled” our names (known as the vanity search) to see “what’s out there” on the world wide web about ourselves. You may just be curious or you may be actively [...]
The Social Media Highway – drive traffic to your Web site
Social media gives powerful meaning to the phrase “you tell two friends, and they tell two friends, and so on, and so on.” Links in blog comments, re-tweets, social media votes and bookmarks… these are the vehicles that drive content down the social media highway.
Commenting – Why and How to Comment on a blog post
In this new social age communicating with consumers has suddenly become a two-way street. It’s about people talking; it’s all about conversation. Commenting is a way to join in the conversation. New media’s use of commenting does something that the traditional media can’t do very well; allow users to provide feedback openly, publicly and in real time.
The WordPress Advantage
There are clearly many advantages to using WordPress to developed your website even if you have no intention to “blog” per se. WordPress is a powerful Content Mangement System with plugins and themes. WordPress has been designed with search engine optimization in mind. Other website systems generally do not create RSS feeds automatically, blogs do.
