How to Embed Scribd Documents in WordPress

A video overview of Scribd.com and how to embed documents in WordPress. Scribd is a very useful service for cataloging and archiving documents and presentation files of all types, and can also lead to some visitors to your work and your website. Check it out:

WordPress Plugin For iPad

WordPress is announcing today that they have been working with a company called Onswipe to create a plugin for wordpress.com that will render a WordPress blog correctly on an Apple iPad. One of the challenges is that he iPad does not support Flash, so this plugin does support HTML 5. While this is up and [...]

How to install Genesis and your Child Theme

A video demo on the right way to install the StudioPress Genesis framework and a child theme. Note in the video, you DO NOT activate the Genesis theme, only upload it. The child theme uploaded second and IS activated. Upload and install the Genesis zip file in the WordPress Install Themes tab (Appearance -> Themes [...]

WordPress Website Optimization

Easy to follow, step-by-step suggestions for optimizing the performance of your WordPress site. WordPress Website Optimization tags: wordpress website optimization Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

WordPress Plugin For YouTube

If you have a WordPress site and are considering adding videos from YouTube to your site, you want to keep the process simple and not make it complicated. There are a number of different ways that you can accomplish this and one is to find a WordPress plugin for this. Here is one option that [...]

WordPress – Working With Custom Fields

If you are a fan of WordPress, then you know the value of CMS and how simple it can be for creating and maintaining a website. They have come a long ways with the product, especially with the 3.0 version which continues to be updated. Now, Web Reference is showing you how to use the [...]

Backup Manager Plugins for WordPress

If you’ve never felt the pain of losing your site to a mishap, trust me when I say you don’t want to know what that feels like. If you don’t have a backup plan for your website, sooner or later you may find out for yourself what it’s like to lose hours of hard work [...]

The Page Method of WordPress Blogging

The Page Method of WordPress Blogging by Tom at TechieDIY UPDATE: Because things change so quick with Google and online in general, I asked Jerry West, SEO guru of Web Marketing Now, if Google still makes a distinction between a WordPress “post” vs. a WordPress “page”. Here’s the answer: Lisa Brown, with WordPressAngel.com handles all [...]

Add a Contact Form to WordPress (Video)

Add a Contact Form to WordPress (Video Part 1) By Tom at TechieDIY This is a video series to explain how to quickly add a contact form to a WordPress site using the Contact Form 7 plugin.  This is part 1 of the two part series.

Add a Contact Form to WordPress (Video Part 2)

Add a Contact Form to WordPress (Video Part 2) By Tom at TechieDIY This the concluding video presentation as part 2 of 2 of adding a contact form to WordPress. This is using some advanced features of Contact Form 7 in the presentation.