Customize MobilePress Theme – Add Thumbnail and Post Summary / Excerpt

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Here we go again - another MobilePress tutorial to customize your Wordpress mobile version. If you went through the post I made this morning, you should now have a better looking mobile version with colors that match your full version theme. Adding excerpt or post summary with thumbnails is a lot easier and you should be able to get it done in just a couple of minutes even if you're new to Wordpress. There isn't much editing to do as I've simplified it totally. You're only editing the css file in this tutorial, the rest is nothing but a piece of cake. :D Okay, let's stop talking and get straight to business! Can you see the screenshot below? Your Mobilepress is going to look just like that … [Read more...]

Change MobilePress Theme – Edit the Colors and Add a Logo

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MobilePress is a plugin that gives your Wordpress blog a nice looking mobile version. If you got to this site using your computer, I suggest to take a second to see how it looks on your mobile phone before we proceed. I'm definitely sure you like it! It's fully customized to my taste and it mimics the full version in certain ways. Installing Mobilepress press gives you just a couple of themes to choose from and one thing I love is uniqueness. I love it when my sites look different from others in every way...a distinctive look gives your site an identity. MobilePress makes your wordpress blog look like others but if you really want to change this, follow this simple guide. MobilePress … [Read more...]

Adding a Stylish Feedburner Email Form Below Blog Posts

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To increase the number of your blog readers and subscribers, there's need to include an email form somewhere in your blog layout. One of the most strategic positions that's been proven to be effective is right under your blog posts. Including a styled feeedburner email subscription form along with social media buttons can go a long way in increasing the number of your feed subscribers. Apart from this, this widget can increase your facebook fans and twitter followers. I also included a Google+ button to make your blog readers add you to their circles easily. Below is how the widget should look like after adding it below your posts: Before proceeding, you must have burnt your feed … [Read more...]

Adding Google Plus “Follow” & “Add to circles” Button / Badges to your Blog

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The long awaited google plus badge has finally come but most bloggers and website owners are not even aware. Just like the facebook like box and twitter follow button, Google+ badge is just one of those widgets you must have on your blog to improve social interaction with your blog readers. If you've created a Google+ page for your blog, then you definitely need the "Follow" button and if you do not have a Google+ page ( like me :D ), a "Add to circles" button is available for you. I just added the badge to my sidebar and it's kind of cool. If you've been using a badge from any third party service, I think it's time to dump it and get the real thing. Adding the official badge doesn't only … [Read more...]

Two Free Thesis Alternatives to Customize your WordPress Blog

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One thing I never liked is my blog looking just like another site. Using a unique theme gives your blog some sort of identity and even when I was on Blogger, I always tweaked those free custom template to my taste. With lots of free Wordpress themes everywhere, you might not really need to buy a premium theme before your blog looks good. There's a lot of talk about Thesis being one of the best Wordpress theme framework but it's definitely not for free. Before settling for this theme I'm currently using, I've installed lots of themes but never got satisfied. I almost bought Thesis theme till I came across two free alternatives that are almost equally good. Thesis is highly customizable and … [Read more...]

Adding Google Adsense to Worpress without any Plugin

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I was using a wordpress google adsense plugin to add google ads to this blog before I saw something that eventually made me change my mind about adsense plugins. I finished writing a post that day, previewed it and saw one of my ad units in a color I never used. Knowing what could be wrong, I checked the publisher's ID and saw it was totally different from mine! It was only then I realized I had been sharing my revenue with the plugin developer without my knowledge. It was at that very moment I decided not to use anymore wordpress google adsense plugin and tried inserting ad units manually. Adding Google Ads below the Menu - Go to Appearance > Template Editor - Open … [Read more...]

Using Target="_blank" and Other HTML Attributes in WordPress Author’s Bio

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I do receive guest posts and one thing I really don't like is sending traffic away from my blog with the links in author's bio. You might have probably noticed that Wordpress normally strips off target="_blank" and other HTML attributes from author's bio. I don't know why it's so but I can only assume it's a way to stop guest authors and contributors from using HTML codes that can mess up your blog's design.The only HTML tag you can use by default is the link attribute. There was even a pressing need to use rel="author" in my author's bio when I was trying to verify authorship with google. I searched WP settings but found nothing and decided to search the plugin directory. I came across … [Read more...]

Top 10 Ways to Optmize your WordPress Blog

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WordPress blogs are a dime a dozen these days. The main ingredient of a successful WordPress blog is optimization, both on page and external. SEO is the key to a successful blog. There a millions of wordpress blogs on the internet but the most successful ones have mastered SEO optimization of their blogs. So, how do you get your blog to stand out from the crowd?Well, my research shows that there are 10 key elements for improving your Wordpress blog for Search Engine Optimization or SEO.  Below is the top 10 ways to get your blog and its content picked up by the search engines and increase the traffic to your pages.   1)      Keywords: Think about the topic of your blog and … [Read more...]