Category: Wordpress
How to close comments on your blog
I didn’t want to leave comments open on my WordPress blog indefinitely, nor did I want to turn them off. I figured someone must have come up with a way to have comments turn off after a certain period of time so I went surfing on the internet. I found what I was looking for [...]
How to add footers to your rss feed
You’re probably familiar with rss feeds if you’re a blogger or read blogs. On the off chance you’re not familiar, rss stands for really simple syndication and it’s a way of getting your new content out to readers that want to see it. A footer, as many people know, goes at the bottom of your [...]
Chick WordPress theme giveaway
Girly Blog Designz has been kind enough to sponsor this giveaway. One winner, selected at random, will receive this really cute WordPress theme. Heather from Girl Blog Designz will customize the header with the winner’s blog name and tagline, as well as install it. To enter just subscribe to this blog in any way you [...]
How to install a WordPress plugin
Installing a WordPress plugin is fairly straightforward. First, download the plugin that you’ve decided you want to use. In most instances the file will be a zip file. The next step is to unzip the file. If you don’t have the software to do this you can use programs such as WinZip or 7Zip, as [...]
How to show similar posts in WordPress
If you use WordPress and want to add the ability to view similar posts at the end of a post then this plugin is for you. I have recently done this on this blog, as you might have noticed if you’re a regular reader. Implementing it isn’t too bad but will require a little fidgeting [...]
How to place a contact form in WordPress
Want to include a contact form on your blog? With CForms, it’s easy. I have it installed on all of my blogs. Here’s how you do it. Go to http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin and download the plugin. Extract the plugin and upload it to the plugins directory of your blog. If you upload the file zipped into cpanel [...]
WordPress comments, trackbacks and pingbacks
You probably know what a comment is. Many bloggers love interacting with their visitors via the comments. I try to answer comments because I think it’s a way of conversing with a visitor and showing them that I appreciate the time they took to visit my blog. You may or may not know what a [...]
How to adjust what appears in the content of your rss feed
There are two ways to have your content appear in your rss feed, as a full post or as a summary post asking the reader to click to read more. There are benefits to both ways. A full post lets the readers who have subscribed to your feed read them at their convenience without the [...]
How to embed a video in a WordPress post
The first several times I tried to embed a youtube video inside a WordPress post I had problems. My themes would go crazy and get knocked out of alignment, and some things disappeared from my blog completely. That’s when I did a little research and found the WPVideo plugin. To install it just download it [...]
The difference between an announcement and a sticky post
I use the plugin Lester Chan’s WP Sticky on almost all of my blogs. It’s a terrific plugin that allows me to leave a specific post above all others, no matter what it’s age is. Recently another blogger asked what the difference was between an announcement and a sticky post. Here’s the answer. An announcement [...]
