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WordPress 102: Beyond the Basics
You’ve installed WordPress and have built your site. It rocks, but it could rock more. You want more bells and whistles and more speed. You’re in the right place. Read on…
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12 Essential WordPress plugins
- Akismet – prevents comment spam (installed by default)
- Analytics360 – shows your Google Analytics in the WordPress Dashboard – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/analytics360/
- Broken Link Checker – scans your site in the background for broken links and notifies you about them – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/broken-link-checker/
- CryptX – encode email addresses to hide them from most spambots – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cryptx/
- Related Posts Thumbnails – keep people reading on your site with a professional “related posts” list – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/related-posts-thumbnails/
- W3 Total Cache – the superman of caching plugins – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/
- pageMash – rearrange pages with drag and drop – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pagemash/
- Pretty Link Pro – create social media buttons, shortlinks, and more – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pretty-link/
- Video Thumbnails – creates image thumbnails of embedded (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) videos – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-thumbnails/
- WordPress Database Backup – email yourself a backup of the database and sleep well at night – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/
- WordPress SEO by Yoast – arguably better then All-In-One SEO the olf WordPress favorite- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/
- WPtouch – creates a simple, mobile version of your site w/o much fuss for you – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/
WordPress 101: Back to Basics
In this series of tutorials from WordPress.tv, you will learn some of the basics of installing and using WordPress.
One-Click Self-Installation of WordPress with Simple Scripts
http://videos.videopress.com/p0hQxkfg/bluehost-1-click-h264_hd.mp4
Microformats: What’s the Big Deal?
Microformats are semantic markup systems that “tag” your content (post/photo/video) in the context of related knowledge. Examples are hCard (contact details) and hRecipe (food recipes).
Microformats help people and machines understand what your content is “about”. This metadata helps search engines and humans to better understand your message in the context of related information.
Emily Lewis explains the importance of microformats and demonstrates how easy it is to implement them. Web designers, bloggers, and entrepreneuers can benefit from understanding and implementing microformats in their web apps and content management systems. Buy Emily’s book: Microformats Made Simple
