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How to Change Admin Email Address on Comment Reply Notifications (WordPress)

Thumbnail image for How to Change Admin Email Address on Comment Reply Notifications (WordPress) December 2, 2012 blogging

Or, How to Fix that box999.bluehost.com Thing This tutorial will tell you how to install the Comment Reply Notification plugin on your blog, as well as, how to ensure that when those notifications go out, they indicate the proper FROM email address, rather than whatever the crazy default is. Things you’ll need: 1 self-hosted WordPress [...]

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How to Add Google Authorship to Your WordPress or Blogger Blog

google authorship, rel author August 7, 2012 Blogger

What Is Google Authorship? Google Authorship tells Google that the blog post you just wrote and published belongs to YOU, not that other guy who is out there scraping and stealing content for their silly auto-botted, keyword stuffed, backlink-riddled piece of fraudulent crap, pardon my French.

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WordPress: How to Add Social Media Icons to Your Blog Header

Thumbnail image for WordPress: How to Add Social Media Icons to Your Blog Header July 2, 2012 Social Media

One of the things that your blog must absolutely positively must MUST MUST have (in my humble opinion) is ease of access to your social media platforms for your reader. If you have a Facebook page (or a Twitter account or a Pinterest account, etc.), make it super easy for your reader to connect with [...]

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How to Add That ‘Read More’ Thing to Your Blog (WordPress, Blogger, HTML)

Thumbnail image for How to Add That ‘Read More’ Thing to Your Blog (WordPress, Blogger, HTML) June 22, 2012 Blog Beginners

Blogger calls it a “jump break”. WordPress calls it the “more tag”. Potayto, potahto. Maybe you don’t want your whole article taking up all that precious real estate on your front page. Maybe you think you get an extra page view if you make your readers click to another page. I don’t know that that’s [...]

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How to Start a Free Blog on WordPress

Thumbnail image for How to Start a Free Blog on WordPress June 10, 2012 Blog Beginners

There are millions of blogs out there on the internets. Which means that there are billions more to be made, if everybody wanted one. Which means some of you haven’t created a blog yet. It’s really easy. Here’s how:

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WordPress: How to Make Your Blog Mobile Friendly

make blog mobile friendly, wptouch May 21, 2012 blogging

Having a “mobile-friendly” site simply means that your blog has been configured to appear differently on mobile devices. Better, theoretically. For example, a mobile format won’t have all your fancy schmancy banners and sidebars and such.  If your site is mobile friendly it is easier to read and easier on the eyes. Making your site [...]

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How to Make and Add a Favicon to Your Blog

Thumbnail image for How to Make and Add a Favicon to Your Blog April 15, 2012 blogging

You know that little bitty tiny schminy icon that shows up in your browser? If you don’t have one, maybe your current favicon looks like the default square thingie for WordPress blogs: This is my current favicon, and I can’t have that! Especially if I’m about to tell you how to install your own favicon. [...]

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WordPress: How to Remove Comments Entirely from Pages

April 9, 2012 blogging

In a previous post, I told you how to remove the comment box from a specific wordpress page or post. Sometimes that’s not enough because you still get the “Comments on this entry are closed” message, which is kind of like walking around with your shoes untied, amiright? So how do you get rid of [...]

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WordPress: How to Remove Comment Box from Specific Page or Post

Thumbnail image for WordPress: How to Remove Comment Box from Specific Page or Post April 2, 2012 blogging

I’ve got this About Page that was showing its Comment Box. How embarrassing!   It’s like my bra strap was showing or something. I got rid of it and here’s how you can too.

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