Aug 13 2010

Optimize Your WordPress Blog – API Codes, Uploads and Plugins

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Now you have your WordPress blog up and running, it's time to do a little 'search engine optimization. Let me start with some settings is in your administration area of WordPress. After changing some settings, I will give you a plugin as the plugin and activate it. I will then talk about how to download a new blog plugin that requires uploading files. Downloading and uploading of discussion will focus on two methods: FTP, or tapWeb site hosting. Finally, the article will also be a code API, which is required for activation of the plugin and plugin spam statistics.

The first step is to change what they are called permalink. A permanent link has a direct link to your post that said visitors to the place after dropping out of the data allows. Sun optimize permalink:

Sign-in admin.
Admin in WordPress, click Options. In the dark blue bar directly under Options is a textLink called 'permalink. Permalink click and select "Custom specify below. Now leave, which is activated below the box and you can use the following -% post% name /% day% -% year% / (be sure to remove the space between the symbol for one hundred and third day word).

The following optimization approach is to publish to your blog. You will need:

Go to your WordPress Dashboard.
In WordPress Admin Dashboard, select the options that carry amenu text in dark blue bar should be located and called you a link, please see privacy. Click on the link and you will see some options. Click the box next to "I want to see my blog to be for everyone, including search engines (like Google, Sphere, Technorati) and archivers.

Now that the blog audience is that you do not want spam control. For spam control is activated, a so-called plug-ins, a plug-in adds functionality to your blog. The plugin is already spamloaded but not yet activated. It may in the menu text will be found in the previous step. Find the name of a horse, plugins. The Plugins tab is close to the Options tab. If the plugin tab, click.

If you click on the plugin tab you will see a small list of plugins already installed. Find the plugin called Akismet. right side of the plugin Akismet allowed maximum, there is a text link. Just click on the link and activate the pluginis selected, it is easy to use yet defined.

Once you activate a plugin Akismet CODE-API would be appreciated. This is not difficult, therefore, not be deterred by the technical name sound. How and where you installed your blog are the criteria for the API code. In essence, what we seek is a welcome e-mail by WordPress. Depending on the situation may be possible or not, this e-mail address of welcome we received. If you receive an e-mail address of welcome, get the API codeand return to the plugin for your WordPress blog. After entering the API code, the plugin should now be active.

The other situation is that you have a website and you have installed WordPress on your hosting Control Panel. In this case, you must be registered with the code welcome and WordPress API-mail:

Go to WordPress.com and sign up for an account. If you do, you have two options: Sign up for an account, or sign up for an account with a blog.They will only sign up for an account.

Once you have your WordPress account (this is a different account than your blog) and follow the installation account and you get an API in an e-mail address of welcome will be sent immediately CODE. With your back to your blog administrator. If you do not receive a welcome email, check your spam folder in your e-mail. If not there, sometimes e-mails are blocked before being sent to the e-mail client on your computer, you may need to checkWeb-mail spam box. If you do not know what a Web mail account, let me give you a quick definition: A webmail service is generally offered by hosting your Web site or Internet Service Provider. You can use web mail if you check your e-mail from a browser. If you are still unsure how to check web mail account, call your ISP or hosting site for assistance.

Said, when I enter your code, but here is a little more explanation of someone else. Search Once you have the welcome message and the API code in your WordPress blog admin will see a red bar at the top, with a reminder that you still see an API code to enter. Click on the red alert system or go to the plugin tab, Akismet is your expectation of entering.

Next, if you want to get traffic information and statistics for your blog visitors in the plugin section of your blog there are links to the plugin for one. This plugin is not loaded, just clickLinks page and you will be instructed to download the plugin. The link to download the Akismet can be found in the description, it says "WP Stats plugin." Specifically, look at the description of Akismet and end of each description you will see .. . See also: WP Stats plugin. Click on the link and you will be taken from the plugin for more information on. On the right side of the page to download a plug-in button. Click the button and a file isbe downloaded to your computer when you receive a warning for download on "OK" to download.

Where is your plugin is downloadable setting depends on your computer. To make the directory where the download folder of the Internet. If the plugin is loaded show how a "compressed folder". Double-click on the "zip" folder a new folder and have added to your download destination, the folder called "statistics" are. Open the folder and read the "readme" forInstructions for installation.

To run the plugin, you need to upload to the server located in the folder where your blog is. How to upload are hosted on a blog hosted on your site, you have two options:

Use the control panel website hosting. How to use your tube panel, there should be a link that says, its file management (or something similar).
After clicking on this link for a list of files and folders on your site to see. You must select the destination folderwhere your plugin is loaded. Use installation instructions, read the file in the folder I gave statistics of the computer, go to the folder. Select the folder you want to upload. Usually, you must work, select a box or click on the plugin, uploading or it will just upload your root, so is the plugin. To select the folder and then find the "Browse" button or " Upload. " When you click the button tocan navigate on your computer. Locate the directory where you downloaded the plugin.
Download the plugin and return to your WordPress Admin Go to your plugin and select the tab, Stats WordPress plugin. The API code is the same code you used before. There will be a new link in the Admin to check your stats page.
The other option for uploading and downloading files on an FTP client like Fetch (Mac) or WinFtp (Windows). There are also programsYou can use to help these web sites and FTP functions to have. For example, Dreamweaver or Frontpage, both have built in FTP client. If you have an FTP client, or you use Dreamweaver or Frontpage, I would say that we must work to set the connection to the FTP program. Although this is not given to the scope of this article, the necessary information can be obtained with the hosting of the website, the following question: "What are my FTP settings."

IRead file upload can be frightening, especially if it is the first time. Just go slow and have no problems. Learning to load is very important because it will help dozens of useful plugins for optimization. This article only covers the plug blog optimization, and learn to load in. In future articles I will continue to optimize it and what I like to use plugins.

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Aug 07 2010

The top ten "Must Have Plugins for WordPress

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WordPress is a highly extensible – great words, it means that you can easily extend "the functionality of WordPress to do what he wants out. The best and most popular method of extension by adding plugin for WordPress. Plugins are only a piece of code that provides some functionality to your blog – all without a single piece of code that touches you!

Plugins are probably one of the most interesting aspects of WordPress. With no more than one or twoYou can click to your blog, things that took months of intensive effort, we did five years ago!

These days, there are literally thousands of available plug-ins available – some free and some at a reasonable price. But what should I start?

Here's a short list of plugins ten most popular (and useful) that we do not really know without feeling …

1) First of all would Akismet – The anti-spam plugin, which isautomatically installed with every copy of WordPress. Akismet is free and decent work better to do with all those nasty spam comments each blog attracts like flies!

All you have to do with this plugin is to activate it.

You need a WordPress.com API key to make it work. This key is free and details on how to make the Akismet plug-in description.

2) stats WordPress – If you're serious about blogging, then it must beStatistics serious! WordPress statistics show how many people visit your blog to hour, day, month by month.

It will also tell you your most popular posts together with the sources of its traffic. Very useful indeed!

You need your WordPress API key for this plugin. Fortunately, it is the same one you used to Akismet.

3) For all mobile phone users, you (and who does not?) There WordPress Mobile Edition. Today many peopleSurfing the Web – and your blog – with their phones. WordPress Mobile Edition makes your blog so that the contents of the small screens available to fit the mobile phone users. This plugin is highly recommended!

4) WP Super Cache – Without going into a long (and boring) technical debate, let's just say this really speeds the loading of web pages. It is an experience of the spectator seen!

5) to thank later – a very handy littlePlugins send an e-mail addresses of people who thanked him for the first time for their contribution. This is a great way to interact with the public and to post more often.

6) Head Space SEO – Search Engine Optimization is always necessary for a blog, and I always annoying to mess with! Headspace SEO takes care of details, allowing you to take the contents of care.

7) WP-DBManager – The most important function of maintenance for every blog is regularly backed up – because 'ifYou lose the database, you lose all your content! Unfortunately, so many owners do not blog often enough backup. WP-DBManager automate this task for you and send you a daily email with the files saved. Absolutely needed plugin!

8) WordPress Related Posts – This plugin is damn comfortable! It generates a list of related posts based on categories and tags to mark your contributions. Then there are decisions on the base of your post promotionYour readers on your blog!

9) WP125 – This allows a small, 125 x 125 pixel ads in your sidebar. Hey! It could also be paid for your efforts blog!

10) LazyLoader – If any photo on your blog, download times can be annoying to the public. LazyLoader solves this problem by loading images only when necessary as the reader scrolls down the page.

And that's it … Top Ten WordPress plugins that we canYour blogging experience much more pleasant and productive.

There are many thousands more choose to WordPress plugin, of course, but this should be ten of them a good start for developing a popular blog.

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