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Just as diverse as the WordPress platform is, there are different custom post types that you can use to meet your content needs. Each of the types can allow you to create special post for content such as testimonial, locations or even job postings. To help you learn more about how to use custom post types, keep reading to learn more. Learn more by visiting my blog post at: http://goo.gl/ZqXsNp

Join me as I share about permalinks and how to manage them. Permalinks are the permanent link (URL) to an individual blog post, categories or archives. Once a Permalink is setup, it’s best that you don’t change it. Especially if you have already shared it online or it has made it into the search engines. Learn more by visiting the blog post: http://goo.gl/5IV0oh

We are learning about WordPress featured slider plugins and how you can use them on your website. Featured Slider are what you see when you go to a website and there’s a section that seems to be flipping or sliding pictures. Basically, a featured slider allows you to display images in a variety of ways which can be a slider of images, display affiliate images, or even share your online portfolio. Learn more by visiting the blog post: http://goo.gl/IY8muO

Continue learning about WordPress and how to to manage your WordPress Widgets. Let’s start by defining what a widget is. It can contain information that is displayed on the sidebar, header or footer of your website. It can be text, images, video, audio, Call To Action, or whatever you want to share with your web visitors. BTW, you could even have a sign up form for your mailing list. Learn more by visiting the blog post associated with this podcast: http://goo.gl/UdExrz. Feel free to leave a comment or ask questions too!

Learn the basic of how to setup a WordPress menu. When setting up a WordPress menu for your website, keep in mind that the menu allows your website visitors to navigate around on your website. So when you set it up, think about and plan how you want to help your web visitors get around on your site. This is the podcast version on the blog post that can be found at: http://goo.gl/WEV4rq.

As you are blogging, it’s important that you set the WordPress Tags and Categories for a blog post. As you create content for you website, always remember to add at least one Category and a couple of Tags. Basically, WordPress Categories allow you to group similar blogs together so that when you look at the content for the Categories, you can see multiple posts. Tags are like keywords that you add to a post and the best practice is to add at least a couple of Tags to a post. Essential tips about WordPress Tags and Categories As you are building content for your website, let’s look at some essential tips to keep in mind. As already mentioned, Tags are only available for post. However, Categories can be used on posts and pages. Check out the tips below to help you learn how to best use WordPress Tags and Categories. Choose specific SEO keywords you want to use for Tags and Categories Use only one Category per post or page For posts, use a couple of Tags for each post Include a description of each Tag when you create it How to manage WordPress Tags and Categories Below is a screenshot of the Posts – Categories area on a WordPress blog. There are six basic areas of this area that will be helpful for you to learn how to manage it. Step 1: choose a Name that will tie into your blog post and the purpose of your website Step 2: the Slug is the link (URL) friendly version of your Categories Name (normally lower-case and has only letters, numbers and hyphens) Step 3: The Parent option is used when you want to create submenus for your Posts Categories Step 4: Include a Description to help you remember the purpose for each Category Step 5: Make sure to click on the Add New Category button once you have completed the information for your new category Step 6: this is the list of all the Categories that you have set up on your blog Click on the image below to enlarge & click on the “X” in upper right corner of image Now let’s take a look at Posts – Tags and how you can manage them. Remember that you can use more than one Tag on a post. Checkout the screenshot and list below to see how to manage Tags. Step 1: choose a Name that will tie into your blog post and the purpose of your website Step 2: the Slug is the link (URL) friendly version of your Tag Name (normally lower-case and contains only letters, numbers and hyphens) Step 3: Include

Let us get into learning how to manage WordPress comments by getting a better understanding of how they work. To get things started, let’s take a look at the basics of comment moderation. Comment moderation allows you to prevent comments from showing on your website until you approve them. WordPress runs a number of tests on each new comment before posting it to your blog. If a comment fails one of these tests, it is not displayed immediately on the site but is placed in a queue for moderation, the process of manual approval or deletion to manage WordPress comments is done by the blog’s administrator. Setting to manage WordPress comments You can control which comments get held for moderation under Settings → Discussion. If you would like every comment to be held for moderation, check the An administrator must approve the comment option, listed under Before a comment appears. If you would like to send suspicious comments to the moderation queue, while letting innocent comments through, you will need to specify a set of rules for determining which comments are suspicious. These rules are specified on the Settings → Discussion > Comment Moderation. The first option is to hold comments for moderation if they contain an unusually large number of hyperlinks. Most normal comments contain at most one or two links while spam comments often have a large number. Look at your own comments and set this to a value that makes sense for your audience. The second option is to specify a set of moderation keys which, if present in any part of the comment, will cause it to be held for moderation. These keys are specified one per line in the large text area, which is blank by default. Moderation keys can include Spam Words, swear words, IP addresses, and Regular Expressions. When you add a new moderation key, it’s a good idea to test its validity by checking previous comments. Simply use the link entitled Check past comments against moderation list, which is located underneath the text box containing moderation keys. This asks WordPress to check previous comments and tell you which ones would be flagged for moderation under your new set of keys. The box marked Comment blacklist works in exactly the same way as the comment moderation box, except that comments that match these words will be deleted immediately and without notification. So be careful! Genuine comments could be deleted without you ever knowing they were there. Process to manage WordPress comments Once you have Discussion settings in place, now you can start managing comments. On your Dashboard, go to Comments from the left navigation menu. Once there, you will see three columns, Author, Comment and In Response To. Each column will provide you will specific information about each comment. If you want to manage a single comment, hover over the comment with your mouse and you will see options in each column. Check the Author column to see more details about the commenter. In the Comment column, you will find the date it was submitted, the actual comment and options to: Approve, Reply, Quick Edit, Edit, Spam or Trash. The column for In Response To allow you to see the post name and the

Discovering how to create static front page for WordPress is very helpful if you want to have consistent information on your homepage. The standard WordPress setting is to have all blog post show on the homepage. Create Static front page vs. Blog vs. Dynamic Depending on what model you have set up for your website, it can decide the best layout. There are four standard WordPress Layouts that you have to choose from. Let’s take a look at each layout type according to WordPress.org: Blog: This is the traditional front page format with posts featured in reverse chronological order. Static Front Page: This is a traditional static HTML site model with a fixed front page and content placed in Pages, rarely if ever using posts, categories, or tags. Static Front Page Plus Blog: This model features a static front page as an introduction or welcome plus a blog to manage posts. Pages may be used to provide timeless content such as Contact, About, etc. Dynamic Front Page: Sometimes called the integrated model, the dynamic site design features a static front page plus a blog, however, the front page is dynamic. It may feature a combination of static and blog content (Page and posts). The Twenty-Eleven WordPress Theme offers that feature as an example with their Showcase Page Template. It features the most recent post in full or excerpt followed by the next most recent posts as post titles. There is an option to add a slider for featured posts set as Sticky Posts above the first post, creating a dynamic mix of content on the front page. How to create Static front page For this example, let’s checkout the option to create static front page. Step 1: Go to Settings >> Reading Step 2: Then choose the option to have a static page Step 3: Choose a page from the drop down list that you want to use for the static front page (must be publicly visible) Step 4: Select a page where you want to display all of blog post, then you can add it to the menu for your web visitors to find all of your posts Click on the image below to enlarge & click on the “X” in upper right corner of image Creating a static front page for WordPress is great way to build connectivity between your website and your visitors. One of the themes that makes it easy for you to customize your homepage once you create a static front page is the Headway theme.