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Creating a “Blog Page”— With Paging
If there was one question I get asked the most about WordPress themes, it’s this one: how do I make a custom static homepage at the root of my blog’s address (e.g. http://example.com/) and have my blog...
View ArticleWordPress SEO – The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Theme Search Engine Optimization
The WordPress Codex says that “WordPress, straight out of the box, comes ready to embrace search engines“. Well, that may be true … to a certain degree, but there is more than enough work that you’ll...
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Ultimate Guide to WordPress SEO – Keyword-Rich Permalinks
WordPress.org describes permalinks as “the permanent URLs to your individual weblog posts, as well as categories and other lists of weblog postings.” But permalinks themselves won’t help if you haven’t...
View ArticleUltimate Guide to WordPress SEO – Optimized Titles
Arguably, one of the most important elements of a website from an SEO perspective is what comes between the <title></title> tags in the header of your page. Take a look at any search result...
View ArticleUltimate Guide to WordPress SEO – Optimized Heading Tags
Last year I read an article at Chris Pearson’s website that absolutely changed the way I looked at markup standards and WordPress SEO. Seriously, up until that point, I was convinced that SEO was a...
View ArticleAn Easy Way To Get the Contents of a Custom Field
If you do any hardcore WordPress coding, then you’re probably aware of Custom Fields and the unlimited possibilities they offer you as a WordPress designer or developer. For instance, I use custom...
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Ultimate Guide to WordPress SEO – META Descriptions
One of the tricks to WordPress SEO is understanding that it’s not all about rankings. Sure, high rankings for your target keywords are awesome, and they definitely produce great returns, but lower...
View ArticleUltimate Guide to WordPress SEO – META Keywords
Up until this point in the WordPress SEO series, I’ve been very confident in the power of the methods I’ve outlined. I really don’t believe a plugin should control your TITLE, I do believe you can...
View ArticleUltimate Guide to WordPress SEO – Deep Linking
You might have noticed that throughout this series on WordPress SEO, I’ve been doing something rather peculiar. I’ve been linking to my own content far more than I’ve been linking out. Now, this...
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Definitive Sticky Posts Guide for WordPress 2.7
As the blogosphere is abuzz about all the cool new features in WordPress 2.7, I’ve seen very few (if any) good posts on the new Sticky Posts feature that will allow you to take any story, or stories,...
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3 Ways to Optimize Your Blog Homepage
Back when I wrote “Good Design Starts with the Homepage”, I didn’t include much in the way of tips for actually achieving that perfect homepage. The fact is, there is an endless list of possibilities...
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WordPress Quick Tip: Turn off Smileys
This is just a very quick tip for your WordPress blog. One of the most annoying things about WordPress’s default settings is the fact that smileys are turned on by default. What’s a smiley, you say?...
View ArticleThe Overlooked “Tag” Tags
OK, I admit being a sucker for all the “tag hype” in the WordPress Community too. I’ve seen all the WordPress bloggers (that is, bloggers who specialize in WordPress tips) try to be the first to write...
View ArticleComment Link in single.php
Ever noticed that the comments_popup_link function doesn’t actually output anything when viewing a single post? I have … and until recently, I ended up just not including a link to the “comments” of a...
View ArticleWordPress Single Post Templates
I’ve recently released a plugin that is far more robust than the methods outlined below. It actually duplicates the functionality of WordPress Page Templates, and allows you to create individual post...
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