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WordPress 3.0 Menu Management : Video Tutorial

July 23rd, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

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From Beta to Stable

If you remember on May 10, 2010 I wrote a blog post titled ‘New for WordPress 3.0 – Menu Management‘ that featured a hot new feature added to WordPress version 3.0, Menu Management. This is definitely one of my favorite improvements in a while so I am really excited to shoot another video tutorial for it. The first video I shot was on a blog running version 3.0 beta. So although the menu management page didn’t change much, I decided to shot a second video tutorial on a my personal blog that is running the stable version of WordPress 3.0. Continue Reading

Managing Your WordPress Categories : Part 2

July 18th, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

WordPress IconEditing WordPress Categories

In Part 1 on managing your blog categories, I showed you a video on how to add and delete your blog’s categories. What if you decide you need to edit them later. In the video below, learn how to quickly edit the categories per post or several categories all at once. Continue Reading

Managing Your WordPress Categories : Part 1

July 18th, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

WordPress Icon BubbleAdding and Deleting Categories

Keeping your blog organized is absolutely essential for successful blogging. One way to ensure your blog’s success and keep your visitors on your blog and returning often is to keep your posts neatly organized into categories. Below is video tutorial on adding and deleting post categories. Take a couple of minutes that will really help optimize your blog’s organization. Continue Reading

My Four Secrets To Killer Blog Posts : Part 4

July 15th, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

SEO for FirefoxThis is the final part to my 4 part series on my secrets to killer blog posts. I strongly encourage you read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. So far, I have shared three of my tools that I use to spawn killer blog posts and I have decided to no longer keep them a secret and totally share the love! Part 1 talked about how to use Yahoo! Answers to discover what relevant questions people have. In Part 2, I tell you how to use Google Trends to find out what people are searching for in real time. Then in Part 3, I explain the totally rockin’ Google Wonder Wheel that helps you discover related keywords based on keywords and search terms you are blogging about. Continue Reading

My Four Secrets To Killer Blog Posts : Part 2

July 11th, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

Need help coming up with blog post ideas?

As I said in Part 1, thinking of awesome blog posts is a difficult task to do consistently. I decided to share with you my secrets tools and tips that help me come up with Killer Blog Topics. This is part deuce.

Google Trends LogoGoogle Trends

Over at Google Trends you can easily find the hottest topics on the internet RIGHT NOW! Wow!

This may be my favorite way to find blog topics because it’s as real time as we can get. The search engine giant provides what the world is interested in this very minute. I am sure you are just imagining the possibilities of this tool! Continue Reading

My Four Secrets To Killer Blog Posts : Part 1

July 11th, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

How to find new blog topic ideas

New blog post ideas are a difficult thing for nearly every blogger. Constantly trying to think of new ideas and topics right off the top of your head can often be nearly impossible. I’ve found some fantastic and inspirational  resources to help get my brain spawning great blog topics. In this 4 part series of Blog Post Ideas there are tools and tips on how to consistently brainstorm new topics to blog about.

Yahoo Answers LogoYahoo! Answers

Yahoo! Answers is a wonderful tool for discovering blog topics. People are constantly wanting to know the answer to their questions and more importantly turning to the web to find them. Some of my most popular blog posts are those that supply a visitor with an answer to a question they have searched the internet to find. Continue Reading

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June 21st, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

WordPress 3.0 Upgrade Went Smooth

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With the release of WordPress 3.0, I was excited to upgrade to the latest version. As a PHP (WordPress code) developer, I was prepared to handle issues if any had occurred but overall I didn’t have any problems. Now I also want to make a point that I am only running 5 plugins with my blog and everything else I custom wrote myself. With that said, I had already tested and adjusted my code to be compatible with WordPress 3., hence not having issues when I upgraded. Continue Reading

WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” is Finally Here!!

June 17th, 2010 by Clifton Hatfield

WordPress 3.0 TheloniousMessage from Me

If you are nervous to update your version of WordPress because of possible compatibility issues with your plugins, then wait. I personally did not wait and did not have any issues but I run my entire blog off 5 plugins. Kimberly Catleberry of JustAskKim.com suggests waiting for all plugins to be compatible with WordPress 3.0. This is especially for beginner bloggers. However, not all plugins are still supported so you may never receive an update for them. It’s ok to wait for plugins to become compatible but for me the pros of version 3.0 out weighs the cons of outdated unsupported plugins.

Below is the blog post from http://wordpress.org/ posted on June 17, 2010 by Matt.

Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 Continue Reading