WordPress is while not question the best platform you’ll be able to opt for for building a web site on these days.  With a level of functionality and adaptability that is remarkable in traditional HTML sites, WordPress is ideally suited to assist you produce a dynamic, low maintenance, good looking, high ranking web site!

When it comes to installing WordPress, it takes simply some clicks of a button to do.  Not like some scripts, you do not need a degree in rocket science in order to install this software.  It will install in just a few seconds with minimal input from you.

Configuring it isn’t very exhausting to try and do either – it will run straight out of the box and work.  However, if you want to configure it for most result then you are doing would like to understand what you’re doing.  A sensible set of WordPress tutorials can show you how to try and do this.

The real fantastic thing about WordPress comes in its flexibility.  You’ll terribly easily produce a distinctive wanting website in any niche in simply some minutes.  You’ll utterly customise each aspect of the location design using themes and a few html programming if you’re really feeling brave.

You can add new options to WordPress using plugins to increase functionality and to make it even a lot of flexible.  These plugins can enable you to do things like add Adsense ads across your entire site with a click of a button, manage paid advertising from site sponsers, optimize your website for the search engines and much abundant more.

After all, the power to alter the site design with a click of a button is also a massive selling purpose on this free software.  You’ll be able to update your site very simply therefore that it suits any of the seasons or vacation events.  This could build a massive difference in your selling efforts as folks love to buy from sites that are relevant to the holidays.  Plus, it makes your site look contemporary and new that will attract back previous visitors.

Add to all of this the very fact that WordPress sites are loved by the search engines and are designed from the ground up to be search engine friendly and you have got a real winner on your hands.

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WordPress has been specifically designed to be friendly to the search engines and the search engines are terribly attentive to this and eat up WordPress sites.  With out of the box support for RSS feeds and the ability to focus on on page SEO with the utilization of plugins, it’s ideally fitted to SEO purposes.  You can completely customize the SEO aspect of WordPress and the good marketer can create it even more search engine friendly which leads to better rankings.

Usually, a WordPress based web site can rank very well in the search engines very quickly if you have created the positioning correctly and paid attention to the SEO features.

Whether or not you’re making a sales letter, a squeeze page, a membership site, a shopping cart of simply an apparent previous niche information site, then WordPress is that the platform for you.  Being simple to install and use and powerful in its functionality it is definitely becomng the platform of alternative for website homeowners across the Internet.

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Do you blog for fun?  Or profit?  Or both?

If you want to earn extra income from your blog on autopilot
there’s a great new way to do it.

* You don’t need to do anything differently with your content.

* You don’t need to post more often.

* You don’t need to use fancy SEO tactics.

* You don’t need to promote more offers.

* You don’t need to joint venture with other bloggers.

You literally don’t need to do anything differently than
you are currently doing in terms of blogging.

How can this be?  It’s simple…

All you need to do is change your theme to the amazing new
“Multiple Streams Theme” blog theme for WordPress.

It has 10 BUILT-IN ways to earn income from your existing
blog.  That’s right, these methods of generating income are
actually built into the design of the blog theme.

1) Special buttons to promote your favorite affiliate links.

2) Built-in graphics to point others to special offers.

3) Commission-generating ways to direct visitors.

4) List capture elements to help you grab new subscribers.

5) Subtle ways to promote any offer you choose.

Remember, these are all built-in.  You just insert your links,
upload to your site and turn on the theme.  That’s it!

Read all about it at…

http://herschellawhorn.com/premiumtheme

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WordPress announced the first release candidate for version 2.9. You can see all the details here.

If everything goes as scheduled, they will release the full version 2.9 by the end of this week.

There are some really neat things in this new version. Particularly handling of images and updating things in bulk. This should really be a time saver.

Now of course as always with a new release, we will have to see what bugs pop up and if they stay on this schedule.

About the author

Herschel Lawhorn started Learning WordPress in 2007. He now instructs a class in the use of WordPress. After marketing with regular websites for many years, He now use blogs for affiliate and niche marketing.

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Well, another week has gone. They go faster and faster. I have been pretty busy this week. I have been putting up some more blogs with my new toy… Expert WordPress.

Boy am I impressed with this software. Alex Sysoef and Dmitriy Agadzhanov the two co-owners of Expert WordPress have really gone overboard to make this the best blog installer that I have ever seen.

They have a free version which I used for a while and it did a good job. With the free version you do have to download the installer and then upload to you domain, then run it and it will install your blog, install the theme and plugins. Then it will activate the pluigins and do some SEO tweaks.

With the free version, you do have to create your database before running the installer.

I have since upgraded to the paid version which does all the free version does plus it creates your database and you download nothing. You just login to your back office, click on “1- Click Installer” and fill in a few blanks with information about you cpanel and your blog… click “Install WordPress” and you are done and you have a new blog.

Another important point about Expert WordPress is after you have installed your blog, it is just like a manual install. You can change themes, add plugins and do anything else you would normally do to your blog.

I was especially impressed with the amount of security and SEO optimization that is done with this program.

They also have an unbelievable amount of information available to paid members on their site. There is a monthly upgrade if you need content and prewritten comments and other stuff for you blog.

Oh By The Way, did I mention the upgrade is only $7. Awesome!

You really should check this out. You can do that Here.

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Well last week I spoke to soon. I had just done two WordPress upgrades to all my blogs, then along comes another. WordPress Version 2.8.4 just came out. It is another security upgrade, so it is recommended that you upgrade as soon as possible.

I will say that the last three upgrades have gone over without a hitch. It really went  pretty fast considering that I had to upgrade about thirty blogs. I do try to keep all of my blogs updated.

Also as usual, there was a plugin or two that had new versions and as always I go back and delete “Hello Dolly” plugin because I never use it, but it always gets reinstalled with every upgrade.

Last week I also talked about a new plugin I am trying called “FasterIM Optin”. So far I like what I see, but must admit that I have not had time to install it on more blogs yet.

I think it will be a good addition to many of my blogs, but it will take some time to get setup. Then it will take more time before I really begin to see results.

If any of you are new to WordPress and would like to learn more about it, I have a live conference every Tuesday at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard time. You can join the conference at this link:  http://www.hotconference.com/conference,94735127
All you have to do is enter you Name and Internet connection type. There is no password. Come and join us and maybe you will pick up something you can use or you maybe able to contribute something that will help the other members. It is just a community of WordPress Bloggers trying to help each other.

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Well I have upgraded all my blogs to the new version of WordPress…Version 2.8.

I really like the new features, particularly the way it handles Widgets. That is much better than the previous versions. You now can see all the Sidebars at the same time and just drag and drop to whichever sidebar you want. Another good feature is the ability to drag and drop an old widget to the inactive widgets pane so you can save it in case you want to go back to it later.

There are lots of other features too, like the ability to choose 1, 2, 3,or 4 columns on the dashboard.

It also seems to be much faster than the previous version.

I had absolutely no problems whatsoever with the upgrade. It went as smooth as possible. I did however, make backups of my database, plugins, themes and wp-config.php file just in case. While I did not need the backups, it was good peace of mind to know I had them if I needed them.

I am still learning some of the new features as I play with them.

I moderate a Learn WordPress Live conference each Tuesday at 2:00 PM EST. If you are interested, just send a black email to lwpl@aweber.com and then confirm you email address when you get the confirmation email and I will send the login information. It is free and we would be glad to have you.

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I just found a list of 100 Twitter applications that you can use to help with your Twitter chores.

I found it on Kelly Sonora’s site about “The Best Online Colleges” at http://www.onlinebestcolleges.com/blog/

Thanks Kelly for a very nice list of Twitter tools. Here they are.

Twitter Analysis

If your goal is to be popular and influential on Twitter, be sure to check out these tools that will tell you how you’re doing.

• 1. Twitter Grader: Learn your Twitter grade, your local Twitter Elite, and find new people to follow through Twitter Grader.
• 2. Twitterholic: Check out the top Twitter users and find out your Twitter stats on Twitterholic.
• 3. TweetStats: TweetStats offers a graphical analysis of your Twitter stats.
• 4. Twitter Friends: Carefully measure your Twitter conversations using Twitter Friends.
• 5. Twinfluence: Twinfluence will measure your Twitter influence based on reach, velocity, and social capital.
• 6. Tweetwasters: Find out how much time you and other users waste on Twitter.
• 7. Tweet-Rank: Learn about the quality of your tweets by finding out which ones won or lost followers.
• 8. Mr. Milestone: Get a tweet when you reach various milestones using this Twitter tool.
• 9. Retweetrank: Find out how many retweets you and other Twitter users have through this service.

Information Gathering

With these tools, you and gather information for market research, blog posts, and your own simple curiosity.

• 10. Tweetbeep: With Tweetbeep, you can set up alerts that will help you keep track of keywords on Twitter.
• 11. @myflightinfo: Use @myflightinfo to stay updated on your flight’s status.
• 12. Twitterverse: Check out archived timelines and tweets through Twitterverse.
• 13. Twitscoop: Twitscoop shares what’s hot on Twitter at any given moment.
• 14. Twitbuzz: Twitbuzz tracks the latest conversations as well as popular Twitter links.
• 15. StrawPoll: Use StrawPoll to make sharing your opinion as easy as sending an @reply.
• 16. Retweetist: This service ranks the hottest links being retweeted on Twitter.
• 17. Monitter: Get real time keyword monitoring on Twitter from Monitter.
• 18. TweetNews: TweetNews ranks stories based on the amount of related tweets.
• 19. TwitterBuzz: TwitterBuzz will tell you what’s being linked to the most on Twitter.
• 20. Tweetscan: Set up Tweetscan to make sure you don’t miss any @replies, and to get alerted of your search queries.

Network Building & Management

Find more relevant Twitter users with the help of these tools.

• 21. Twitter Local: With this service, you can see tweets from Twitter users in a specific location.
• 22. Twubble: Twubble will expand your Twitter bubble, picking out people you may like to follow.
• 23. MyCleenr: Sort your friends by their last tweets, and you can get rid of the inactive and useless accounts you’re following.
• 24. Follow Cost: This tool will tell you how much effort it takes to follow someone.
• 25. Tweepler: Use Tweepler to organize your tweeps based on whether you’re following them or not.
• 26. Just Tweet It: Find Tweeple, tools, Twitter bots and more through this directory.
• 27. TweetWheel: TweetWheel will help you discover which of your Twitter friends know each other.
• 28. SocialToo: SocialToo will help you keep track of all of the people who have followed or unfollowed you.
• 29. Twitoria: Reduce your clutter on Twitter by finding your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time.
• 30. TwitDir: With TwitDir, you’ll be able to search for people, and exploring categories including top followers and updaters.
• 31. Who Should I Follow?: Using this site, you can get good recommendations for Tweeps to follow.
• 32. Nearbytweets: Learn about all of the Twitter users in a specific area with the help of Nearbytweets.
• 33. Twellow: Find Twitter users in a specific industry using this service.
• 34. Mr. Tweet: Mr. Tweet is a personal networking assistant for Twitter, helping you find relevant followers.
• 35. Qwitter: Qwitter will help you manage your network by sending an alert when a person unfollows you.

Twitter Management

Save your time and cull your Twitter list with the help of these tools.

• 36. Summize: Retrieve information on Twitter quickly to search Twitter in real time.
• 37. Tweet O’Clock: Trying to reach someone? Tweet O’Clock will help you find the best time to get their attention.
• 38. Just Signal: Set up a filter using Just Signal to get only the tweets that discuss the keywords you’d like to read about.
• 39. TweepSearch: Put your Twitter network to good use and search your followers for specific parameters.
• 40. Friend or Follow: Manage your Twitter contacts and find out who’s not following you back through Friend or Follow.
• 41. TwitResponse: TwitResponse makes it easy for you to schedule the delivery of your tweets ahead of time.
• 42. TwitterSnooze: Put the pause button on a particular user for a while with Twitter Snooze.
• 43. Twitterless: Get notified when someone stops following you with Twitterless.
• 44. Twilert: Track specific keywords to receive alerts for using Twilert.
• 45. Tweetdeck: Tweetdeck has a groups function that will help you more efficiently follow the people you really want to listen to.
• 46. Twalala: Put the mute button on certain people and topics for a while if you are receiving lots of updates you’re not really interested in.

Sharing Tools

Promote your business, share photos, and more using these Twitter tools.

• 47. Tweetburner: Use Tweetburner to share links, and you can track their usage.
• 48. Twitpic: Twitpic makes it easy to take mobile phone photos and share them using your Twitter account.
• 49. TwitterHawk: Get targeted marketing on Twitter through TwitterHawk.
• 50. Acamin: Acamin makes it easy to share files on Twitter with your followers.
• 51. Glue: Post links to books, movies, restaurants and more on Twitter through Glue.
• 52. Ping.fm: This service will update all of your social networks at once.
• 53. TweeTube: TweeTube makes it easy to share videos on Twitter.
• 54. twiggit: Use this automated service to share the articles you digg on Twitter.
• 55. Twisten.fm: Share what you’re listening to on Twitter through Twisten.fm.

Organization & Productivity

These Twitter tools will make your life a bit more streamlined.

• 56. Twittercal: Link your Twitter account and Google Calendar to easily keep up with your events and appointments.
• 57. Timer: Use Timer to get reminders about tasks through your Twitter account.
• 58. TwitterNotes: Organize your notes using Twitter with TwitterNotes.
• 59. Remember the Milk: Use Remember the Milk on Twitter to update your to do list.
• 60. Tweetake: Tweetake will back up your Twitter timeline for archiving and more.
• 61. Nozbe: Nozbe makes it easy to add and update your to do list on Twitter.
• 62. Toodledo: This popular to do list app integrates nicely with Twitter.
• 63. TrackThis: Send TrackThis your tracking number, and you’ll get Twitter messages every time there’s a change in location.
• 64. Joint Contact: Get project management productivity on Twitter using Joint Contact.
• 65. Tempo: This time tracking tool allows you to send in updates from Twitter.
• 66. Tweet Later: Tweet Later offers a great way to set up alerts, schedule tweets, send thank you DMs, and more.
• 67. OutTwit: OutTwit will make it easy for you to use Twitter inside of Outlook.
• 68. Jott: Jott makes it easy for you to tweet without ever having to type, transcribing your voice message to Twitter.

Life Tools

With these tools, you can work on relationships, life tracking, and more.

• 69. MyMileMarker: Keep track of your mileage with info sent via Twitter every time you fill up.
• 70. 21Tweets: 21Tweets offers personal coaching on Twitter.
• 71. TwtTRIP: Organize your travel plans and find other Twitter travelers on your way with TwtTRIP.
• 72. Tweet Answers: Twitter Answers makes it easy to ask questions and get answers on Twitter.
• 73. Twtvite: Twtvite is a simple event organizer that will help you create a tweetup.
• 74. Vacatweet: Set up an autoresponder for your Twitter account with Vacatweet.
• 75. plusplusbot: Share when someone goes out of their way to help you, or otherwise make your feelings known using plusplusbot.
• 76. TrackDailyGoals: Use this site and the #dailygoals hashtag to keep track of your goals every day.
• 77. ConnectTweet: Put the voices of your group or business together through ConnectTweet.
• 78. Tweeteorology: Find tweets about the weather in any location through Tweeteorology.
• 79. DreamTweet: Keep a reminder of your dreams and nightmares, and follow the dreams of others through DreamTweet.

Business & Finance

Use these tools to improve your business and finances through Twitter.

• 80. Chipin: If you’re raising funds on Twitter, make use of Chipin to set a goal and let your supporters track the progress of the campaign.
• 81. Xpenser: You can Twitter your expenses to Xpenser and they will be recorded for you.
• 82. Twittertise: Schedule your tweets and track their clickthroughs with this app designed for Twitter advertising.
• 83. TwtQpon: Create simple Twitter coupons for your business with TwtQpon.
• 84. CheapTweet: Get all of the deals, sales, coupons and more being discussed on Twitter through CheapTweet.
• 85. Tipjoy: Like Chipin, Tipjoy offers a way to create social payments for your cause, content, or people.
• 86. SalesTwit: Get contact management for Twitter with the help of SalesTwit.
• 87. Tweet What You Spend: Track your cash in a really effective way using Tweet What You Spend.
• 88. StockTwits: StockTwits shares the investment discussions on Twitter in real time.

Health

Track your health using these Twitter tools.

• 89. Qwitter: Update Qwitter to shame yourself into quitting smoking.
• 90. TweetPlot: Use TweetPlot to chart your food and fitness statistics.
• 91. Tweetwhatyoueat: Keep a food diary to track what you’re eating every day using Tweetwhatyoueat.
• 92. gtFtr: Use the gtFtr tool to record your exercise activity on Twittr.
• 93. SugarStats: Track, monitor, and share your blood sugar through Twitter with SugarStats.
• 94. FoodFeed: This Twitter-based food log makes it easy for you to track what you’re eating.

Blogging

Bring your blog life and Twitter life together with these tools.

• 95. Add to Any: Get your posts shared on Twitter by using Add to Any on your WordPress blog.
• 96. TwitThis: Make use of this plugin to send Twitter messages about your blog post.
• 97. MyTwitter: Use the MyTwitter plugin to display your Twitter status on WordPress.
• 98. Twitpress: Twitpress will send out a Tweet every time you post a new blog entry.
• 99. TwitterCounter: With this plugin, you can display the number of followers you have on Twitter.
• 100. TwitterFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter with a customized message using TwitterFeed.

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I was just over at Gobala Krishnan’s Profitblogger blog and he has listed 23 WordPress plugins that work with Twitter.

As you probably know Twitter is very hot right now. There is a big demand for applications that intergate it with sites like Facebook, Youtube, and WordPress as well as others.

I have been using a WordPress plugin to to notify Twitter when there was a post on my blogs. But, I may have to change to the one Gobala is using. I will check it out and see which one I like the best.

He list all 23 WordPress plugins along with a description of what they do. He also has grouped them according the their use such as “Syndicate Your Blog Post to Twitter”, “Display Twitter Stats”, ” Displaying Tweets on Your WordPress Blog”, ” Sharing Tweets / Multi Teeets”, and “Miscellaneous Twitter Plugins”.

I would highly recommend you visit Globala’s post at http://www.profitblogger.com/twitter-plugins-for-wordpress/

You could leave him a comment and tell him I sent you.

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Well I have upgraded all my blogs to the new WordPress Version 2.7. Everything when off without a hitch. I had absolutely no problems what so ever with the upgrade. I did  use the “InstantUpgrade” plugin, which I had been using for serveral months. I only had one plugin that was not compatible “Simple Tags”, and the software told me about it and I just simply deleted it. I didn’t really use it much any way.

I really do like the layout of the new version so far. It seems easier to navigate and is very user friendly. Plus there have been quite a few new features added. I am sure I have not found all of them yet, but the ones I have found I like.

Of course two of the new features are the “version upgrade” and “plugin upgrade” that I used to do with plugins are now build into the core of WordPress, so you no longer need the plugins. Under the Plugins Tab on the left you will find a new selection “Add New”. This will allow you to download a plugin directly from the WordPress.org Plugin Directory or you can upload a zip file from your computer. The plugin will be installed automatically. The option to upgrade WordPress is found under the Tools Tab. There you have a selection called appropriately “Upgrade”. You will have a choice of using FTP or HTTP. I have been using the HTTP mode with no trouble, but you do have to have all the permissions set right on the files and folders

Another nice feature is the ability to completely customize the dashboard. There is a screen option tab at the top left that will allow you to select what you want to show on the Dashboard.

Well I guess that is about all for now, but as I learn more I will post it here.

Have a Good Week!

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Well not a lot new for this past week. I have been reading and researching a lot about blog hackers this past week. I didn’t know about some of the ways they can get into your blog.

I also thought that you would know if your blog had been hacked. But that is not necessarily true. Sometimes they just get in and add a lot of keywords and such to your footer or other parts of your blog and you never know it unless you have some means of detecting their presence. I have bought some software to make my blogs less prone to hacker getting in. I haven’t had a chance to try it yet, but I will in the next few days.

In my research I found some very good tips and some blogs and post with good tips.

Here are some great WordPress security tips that I found that are simple, effective and DEFINITELY worthwhile employing.

You can find them at: http://www.dawnprofies.com/news/wordpress-security-tips

Some tips are slightly more advanced in their implementation, but everyone will find something in here to make your website somewhat more secure.

1. Steven Sanders with 7 WordPress Security Tips

2. Matt Cutts on WordPress Security

3. Skull Bits’ “Stealth Login” Plugin for WordPress

4. Semper Fi Web Design’s WP Security Scan Plug In

This is a subject that needs a lot of attention and I will probably cover it some more later.

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