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In this episode, Robert
Wright of Mr. Web Guru
talk about how the WordPress Blog platform can
be used to create a website and why you would
want to do that. Blogging provides fresh content,
it energizes the site, attracts links, traffic,
and builds reputation.
Blogging has become the de facto
voice of the people on the Internet. Journalists
and authors and even kids still in grade school
have taken to typing out their thoughts, opinions
and ideas. The search engines gobble up this
unique fresh content like a Pac-Man on steriods
making Blogs one of the fastest growing phenonemons
on the Web today.
Recorded Live
March 30, 2007 Segment 1; Segment
2; Segment
3; Segment 4
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1: Introduction to Blogging |
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| Robert explains what a blog
is and why WordPress is the preferred Blogging
platform to work with. |
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2: Getting Started with WordPress |
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Blogging with WordPress
is easy. Once it’s installed, you
don’t need to know html code to say
what you want to say. Posting is easy and
maintenance minimal. In this segment, Robert
walks us thru setting up the options to
get started.
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3: Utilities
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| Continuing the discuss from
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Utilities tab. |
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4: Using WordPress Plug-ins
to Customize Your Blog Website |
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| Plugins are software programs
or modules that are created to enhance and
add to the functionality of an existing program,
in this case Wordpress. Robert & Cindy
shares some of their favorites and explain
the value of using plugins. |
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