How to Make Tag Work in WordPress

Tagging, which is simply a different and better way to organize blog post, plays impotent role in blog SEO. WordPress 2.2 or earlier version does not include this feature, but there are plenty of plugs to make tag work in WP website.

How to Turn Off Trackback

First, why you turn off trackback and when do you need to do it? Many WP bloggers turn off tackback to stop comment spam. In general, there are 2 ways for spam bots to get into your blog, one is from submitting comments in the post page, the other is through trackback.

Gravatar Is Cute

A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is a little cute 80×80 pixel icon chosen by someone as his or her image presentation on the net. It can be a person’s picture or an image of anything.

Why You Should Write Excerpt and/or Use More Tag in WordPress Posts

For each WP post, you can write an optional excerpt. You may also insert a “More Info” tag at certain point in the post. It is a <!–more–> tag in the code. That’s a little bit more work for a post writing, but there are several advantages that make you consider […]

Can You Ping More?

by default WordPress included Ping-O-Matic as the “Update Services” in the Writing Options. Ping-O-Matic is a relay ping service that pings many other pingingservices automatically.

Install WordPress in Subdirectory and Access It from Root

WordPress provides a useful document for Giving WordPress its Own Directory While Leaving Your Blog in the Root Directory.
This feature is what I need when I run multiple sites in one web hosting account. My hosting service HostMonster gives me 1 free domain “richbase.com” hosted as core domain, plus unlimited add-on domains, one […]

Don’t Trackback. Use Pingback

Trackback and pingback are two WordPress supported protocols for automated communications/notifications between blogs. In WordPress, you can configure the blog to allow or not allow trackbacks/pingbacks. But you cannot allow one but turn off the other. However, you don’t have to use trackback, as pingback itself works perfectly.

Let Other Blogs Trackback and Pingback to You

The power of blogs is from participation and interaction, that’s the secret of blogging profitability. The basic approach to encourage other bloggers to participate is to let them leave comments, and trackback/pingback to your blogs.

Control Appropriate Level of Comments in WordPress

The Comments feature is an important web traffic driving force because it encourages interactive communications between the blog and visitors. Comments are also referred as Discussions in WordPress, therefore to configure Comments level, log into admin pannel, select Options tab, and then click the Discussions menu.

A 3-Column Theme is the Best for WordPress Blog Profiting

Many popular themes in wordPress are 2-column ones. Both themes from installation, the Default, and the classic, are 2-columns themes. Some other popular 2-column themes include Green Marine, Blix, Connections, and Almost Spring.

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