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I have been following the WordPress Theme GPL discussion very closely for as long as I have been involved with WordPress and I am glad that Matt, with the help of the Software Freedom Law Center, has cleared the air. There has been a lot of valuable discussion surrounding […] Continue Reading…
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Update: We have renamed the series to WordPress for Beginners. WordPress for Dummies is a trademarked book, we respect trademarks, we apologize for the confusion.
Welcome to WordPress, now that you have installed one of the best platform to blog with, there are a few things you might want to tweak and change to get the best out of it.
I am starting a new series called “WordPress For Beginners” that will focus on helping newcomers and moderate users optimize their WordPress installation, though I will try and cover many things here, there may still be things that may not make it to this list, so if you think I left anything out please feel free to add to this list.
This guide is based on WordPress 2.8 so few things may not be available/different if you are using a older version of WordPress.
In this post I will concentrate on exposing the different […]
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No software is perfect no matter how perfectly it is written, as there are external factors that may interfere with its working and cause problems, likewise with WordPress, which is always tested thoroughly before releasing them to general public, there may be areas of problems for users.
If you do face a problem, please do understand that there may be certain factors that may not have been tested for (and it is virtually impossible to test for every factor in this world) as there are so many different factors that cannot be accounted for while testing.
However if you do come across a problem with WordPress, don’t panic. The first thing you should do is to take stock of what the problem is and then head to the WordPress forums and search for similar problems like yours, more likely than not you will find a solution for your problem.
If you do not […]
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One of my friends recently asked me a question whether using too many plugins made any difference on how his blog worked and performed, I thought it best to give that answer to a broader audience, so here goes.
Does It Matter If You Use 1 or 100s of Plugins?
The answer is yes, it does matter, each and every plugin you use has to be processed before an actual page is generated, so all the plugin files are compiled in order to get the intended output.
This may in the end not actually make a big difference in your blogs load time, however it may eventually slow it down a little bit.
Do Plugins Add Overhead To Your Site?
Yes at times they do add overhead to your site, for example quite recently I was using a plugin that added 180Kbs of JavaScript code to each and every page on the site, however that […]
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The best thing about an open source platform is that there are users who contribute to make it much more bigger and better, WordPress is no different and it has a huge user community that not only contributes to the core, but, also help in answering user questions and solve their problems.
The best part about it is that most of the help comes from the community itself, who spend time to help WordPress quash bugs and also help other users to solve problems they face with their installations.
This community would grow bigger and better with more and more users, and many users are eager to help but may not know where to start, here are some ways to help out with bugs in WordPress, or help out other users solve their problems.
WordPress Trac
WordPress Trac is a place where users can file bugs and help solve them by testing and submitting […]
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Moving to WordPress is a really good decision you have already made, however have you made sure to change all the settings for your installation? The WordPress Codex document on Installing WordPress is something you should refer to prior to installation, but there are things you need to do after installing WordPress.
Here is a checklist that you can fallback on whenever you install WordPress for the first time or for that matter on a newer blog, the list is not exhaustive, so please feel free to contribute and add things that I may have missed out on.
WordPress Tips + Things You Can Do After Installing WordPress – Digital Inspiration
10 Things To Do After Installing WordPress – Pro Blog Design
15 Must Do Tweaks After a WordPress Installation – Techie Buzz (disclaimer: this is my personal blog)
10 Things To Do After Installing WordPress – Blogsolute
These are just a few […]
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