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Customize WordPress Header Navigation Bar

Adding too many pages to a WordPress blog that has a navigation bar in the header can really make your Wordpress blog a mess. There are options to control what pages are shown in the navigation bar and even a way to add external links.


How To Create A Custom WordPress Page Template

There may be times when you want to create a blog page or that looks different than a normal page. Or Perhaps you want to use WordPress to run your entire website but want the main page of your domain to look completely different than a typical blog. This is an easy way to customize WordPress that can be very easily accomplished by creating a custom WordPress page Template.


Add Link To A Custom WordPress Footer

One of the easiest ways to customize WordPress is to add links to the footer of the themes template. You could add the link to any website you want and if your blog is part of your website adding a link to the homepage of your site will help your search engine rankings as well. This is a little WordPress Guide that will help interlink your website. Instructions with video…


How To Really Screw Up Your WordPress Blog

I get a lot of requests for help with WordPress blogs that are not working properly, look terrible or worse don’t show up at all. I have seen and have had to backward engineer some really interesting things for some people. So in my typical sarcastic style here is what to do if you really want to screw up your WordPress blog.


WordPress Version 2.9 Is Ready Or Is It?

Just before Christmas WordPress version 2.9 was released. If you haven’t already upgraded, and since this isn’t really a security release, I might suggest you wait for version 2.9.1 before doing so.


Burn Your WordPress RSS Feed At FeedBurner

Although your WordPress blog has a built-in RSS feed you may want to enhance it with FeedBurner. Here is an older how-to guide on burning your RSS feed with FeedBurner. From what I can tell it is still very much the sme as it was back when the post was mad originally.


Remove WordPress Blog Title And Description

There might be a situation when you have a custom WordPress theme or just a custom header and want to remove the WordPress blog title and or the description. There are several right ways to do this and one very very wrong way.


How To Add Images To A WordPress Post

Inserting images into a WordPress post is fairly easy to do, but you must be careful and make sure that the images are properly formatted, and the right size.


WordPress Blogging With An iPhone

The WordPress team has developed an iPhone app for WordPress that lets you write posts, upload photos, edit pages, and manage comments on your blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch.


WordPress 2.8.5 Another Security Release

Most of you that frequent your self-hosted WordPress site should be well aware of the new version, 2.8.5 now available. As with all incremental security releases, it is recommended that you upgrade as soon as possible.