Just a friendly reminder for everybody out there who has WordPress and uses Google Analytics on their blog… Don’t be in a rush when updating your plugins.

I was in a rush and just realized that, when I last updated my Google Analytics, I neglected to update (re-enter) all of my information so I haven’t been tracking a darn thing. Apparently in the past when I updated it I remembered to update all of my settings but the previous time, I didn’t so I lost all of my stats for the last month.

Lesson learned.

Tim

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As you can probably see, I’ve been doing a lot of work with WordPress lately. So I want to share my experiences with you so you can benefit from my trials and errors. :=)

With WordPress 2.6, they decided to place captions under all the images that you post. That is, if you post them with SEO friendly ALT Text. Well, I want the ALT Text but the captions looked horrible and off-center. So I found a post by Francesco that tells how to Center WordPress Captions. It works and looks great.

Thanks Francesco! I appreciate the help.

Tim

Quoted from Anthony’s post at http://antbag.com/how-to-install-wordpress-with-1-and-1-hosting/.

“When I first installed WordPress, I had a lot of trouble finding information that pertained to the exact problems I was running into. Once I got WordPress up and running, I realized that it just wasn’t that hard to set up. Since then, I’ve seen numerous people on the WordPress forums seeking help with the same problems day in and day out.

My blog and web host is 1&1 and I’ve been pleased with the service I have. If you don’t yet have a host, 1&1 has packages as low as $2.99/month that has all you need to run a website (even your own WordPress site) including your domain name. Having said that, 1&1 has their own blog that you can set up through the control panel but is extremely limited in features and options.

This blog is actually a WordPress blog. I’d recommend going ahead and setting up a database and installing the real thing…………..and I’m going to show you how to do it.”

Seriously, if you want to install WordPress on 1and1, Anthony’s blog post is the EASY way to get a blog up and running quickly. Trust me, that’s how I have my blog running.  =)

And, once you have your blog up and running, don’t forget to perform SEO on it so you can have high Google rankings.

Happy Computing,

Tim

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Unless this is your first time to my blog, you probably noticed that the pages look different. That is because, as the title implies, I just switched my blog to WordPress. I was happy with Blogger for many reasons but I really wanted more control over my SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and that is something that Blogger just didn’t give me.

I’m not quite used to the difference between the two systems yet but I’m getting there. I think the two biggest changes are that the pages are located in a SQL database instead of in static webpages and the fact that I actually have to know a bit of PHP to change what I’m used to changing easily with HTML.

Please forgive me if the appearance changes a bit more over the next few weeks. I want to tweak it all at once so it doesn’t drag on too long for anybody.

Thanks for understanding!
Tim

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