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Business Websites 101
I realized today that with all this content on this website it is getting hard to find where to start. To make things easier I created a new navigation link called “Business Website 101” that lists the links to the posts in the order that you need to go through them to get your website…
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Setting Up Your WordPress Settings
After you’ve cleaned up your WordPress installation by removing the default entries you are ready to setup the last few settings. After getting through this post you’ll be all set to start creating content on your business’s brand new website. Set Your Site Title, Tagline, and Other Settings Go to Settings -> General Set Your…
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How to cleanup the initial WordPress install
Once you setup your WordPress installation, you need to clean up the default post, pages, and comments. Now as you may recall I often do this after my first page creation because I’m too excited to clean things up before getting some content on the site, so I give you permission to do that if…
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Why FREE themes aren’t always good
I read an interesting article by Siobhan McKeown on WPMU.org last night about free WordPress themes. Siobhan went through the top ten results for free WordPress themes and ran security checks against them to see what they contained. (I don’t recommend doing this on your own as installing these themes could cause huge security issues with your website.)…
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How to create a page in WordPress
Once you have your website setup with WordPress you will no doubt want to start adding content. Now you could go through and worry about a theme, plugins, etc, but if you are like me at all you want to test some of the functionality of the new site – even with the default theme.…
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First set of Guides for setting up your business website with WordPress
I’ve just completed my first two quickstart guides to help you start creating your new business websites using wordpress. The first is a guide on buying a domain name and the second is a guide on buying your web hosting. I hope that you will find the guides useful in getting started with your business…
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A home for those who don’t know where to start with creating a business website
I am creating this site as a location for me to write up all the knowledge I have about creating a business website using WordPress. WordPress started in 2003 as a technology for those who wanted to start blogs. Over the years is has developed and is no longer just a platform or tool for…
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