I recently received some questions about installing wordpress which made me think it think it was about time i wrote a detailed guide about how to install wordpress from scratch. I’ve mentioned before how easy it is for those with experience in running websites and blogs to forget that not everyone has did a script installation hundreds of times. For me the wordpress installation is a walk in the park however that’s because i have installed hundreds of php scripts like this one (im not lying - ive tried out…
I posted about BlogStorm a few days ago. In the last few days i have been using the site to check incoming links and i’m finding myself loving this site more and more each day. It really is an essential site for checking incoming links to your blog.
Yesterday, BlogStorm announced a wordpress plugin which allows you to add your blog’s incoming links graph to the dashboard area of your blogs admin panel. They claim to be adding additional plugins for the tracking service soon so i’ll do my best to keep you…
Not all themes are the same though its fair to say that the majority of wordpress blogs can be divided into 4 main areas. The header, the sidebar, the footer and the main content area (eg the post, index or page areas). The main content area is the part which is different on every page of the blog. The information in the header, sidebar(s) and footer remains the same on every page of the blog. This is true for the majority of wordpress blogs.
It doesn’t have to be this way…
This is a great little plugin which displays all sorts of stats for your comments including
- Total comments
- Total pingbacks
- Total trackbacks
- Last comment
- Last pingback
- Last trackback
- Latest comments
- Latest commented posts
- Most commented posts
It’s very easy to setup. If you want to display more information about the comments on your blog, id strongly recommend it.
Download : here
The sidebar is a very important part of your blog. It appears on every page of your blog and is usually the main method visitors use to navigate around your blog.
The sidebar code may seem quite daunting at first but when you take the time to break it down, its very easy to understand. I hope this guide will help you understand the sidebar more and will help you modify it to your needs.
A look at the basic code of the Sidebar
Some themes use a different method however most themes…
I found a new plugin via Jakel called WP Text Ads.
In brief, the plugin lets you sell text ads directly on your blog posts and pages. You can download a limited version of the plugin for free however the full commercial version is $127 (how did they come up with that figure?). Clearly, this plugin is aimed at blogs with good traffic so in that respect $127 is pretty good value - i dont think it would take too long to recoup the cost of buying the commercial version. Particularly if…
