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Useful Hacks, Tricks & Tips for WordPress Users: Part 2

Byte Technology

In Part 1 of this column we learned that, thanks to the vast and incredibly helpful community of WordPress users, there are countless hacks, tricks and tips to make designing, building, editing and administering a WordPress site a lot easier and, often, a lot more fun.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What do web stats mean, anyway? Allan’s argument is that because NTEN is in a leadership position in the field, it should lead in showing transparency by publishing its web stats.

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Don’t you hate it when your database goes poof?

Judi Sohn

At some point yesterday morning, my WordPress database disappeared and was replaced with a default WordPress install. It looked like this in Safari: That tiny print is the copy that’s on a default WordPress installation, but with the Thesis theme I use applied to it…kind of. WordPress 2.3 Although WordPress 2.3

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Powerful stats. For WordPress users, there are also Google +1 plugins for WordPress.org and built-in Google +1 sharing functionality for WordPress.com blogs under Settings > Sharing. Photos and slideshows. Inspirational quotes. A unique, authentic Google+ voice. Simply copy and paste the code into your website(s) or blog.

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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Powerful stats. For WordPress users, there are also Google +1 plugins for WordPress.org and built-in Google +1 sharing functionality for WordPress.com blogs under Settings > Sharing. Photos and slideshows. Inspirational quotes. A unique, authentic Google+ voice. Simply copy and paste the code into your website(s) or blog.

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Google Analytics vs Site Meter

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

They had a link today to a great page: how to dissuade yourself from becoming a blogger. It gives you all of the necessary stats: page hits, visits, referrers, some nice geographical info, etc. It’s funny, and appropriate. I think some nonprofits should read it.

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Using Metrics To Harvest Insights About Your Social Media Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I track two hard data points: RSS subscriber growth over time as well as the feed delivery stats (email versus reader). If you use wordpress, Joost Blog Metrics will give you a post to comment ratio. . Jay Dedman pointed to an analysis Feedburner by Chris Baskind. Insight Harvesting: What is the style of the writing?

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