Thesis Theme for Wordpress: An Overview
I finally got a chance to play with the Thesis theme which I installed on RosalindGardner.com awhile back. This video is an 8 minute ‘quick overview’ of the backend options. You’ll see that Thesis is an intuitive, newbie-friendly theme... [Read more...]
Create a Unique Site Map for Your Wordpress Blog
Daniel recently asked the following question about Wordpress blog site maps, and the site map created for use on this blog in particular: I have a question about the NetProfit’s sitemap, that I see is also being used as a 404 not found page. Was... [Read more...]
Website Design: Should Navigation be on the Right or Left Side?
Here is a question that I received from one of our readers… Hi Rosalind, I’m really enjoying your new book, “Make a Fortune Promoting Other People’s Stuff Online: How Affiliate Marketing Can Make You Rich“. I’m an... [Read more...]
Wishlist Member Review: How to Turn Your Wordpress Blog into a Membership Site
With all my affiliate site posts queued up for the next 2 months and some time on my hands this weekend, I decided to get to work making the Super Affiliate Handbook available as an online tutorial, through a membership site. My primary concern was how... [Read more...]
The 1-Minute Blog Installation [Video]
Watch this video to see how easy it is to install a Wordpress blog on your BlueHost account using SimpleScripts. Click, click, done! If you would like to see a larger version of this video, please visit YouTube. AKPC_IDS += "4103,"; Read More →
Test Your Blog Offline: Install Wordpress on Your PC
For years I’ve wanted to setup a server on my computer to test my blog design tinkerings locally before running them live. And surely, if you’ve been visiting this blog for more than a few months, you’ve been privy to some of my more... [Read more...]
CMS, Blogs, Websites & Website Builders: What’s the Difference?
One of my students recently asked, “What’s the difference between a CMS (content management system), blog, website and a website builder?“. Great question and it’s no wonder that folks new to online business get confused with... [Read more...]
Working with Wordpress 2.7
Over the holidays, I decided to do a total overhaul on my 101Date.com site which involved converting all my static HTML pages to Wordpress posts and pages. Because it was a new blog installation, I ended up working with the new Wordpress 2.7. At first,... [Read more...]
What is a Blog?
During a conversation over dinner about making money online with blogs, one of my guests piped up and said, “So what’s a blog, anyway?“ Aargh. Sometimes I forget that most people don’t live online like we do, and I’d neglected... [Read more...]
Video: The Lighter Side of Blog Comment Spam Moderation
I found 265 spam comments in my blog’s comment moderation queue this afternoon. This video shows how I actually do filter through mountains of spam looking for valid comments that go astray and get mistaken as spam. And although it seems like... [Read more...]
