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The Buddy System: Going Social with Your WordPress Site

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The best WordPress bloggers, site owners and administrators know that one of the keys to having a fantastic and wildly successful web page is to integrate everything you post and promote with some sort of social media component. If your site takes the style of a magazine or news outlet, check out Cool Stuff.

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Taking Care of Business: Some Great WordPress Themes for E-Commerce Sites

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However, the e-commerce tools now available to WordPress users can certainly be a bit mind-boggling. Will you be able to expand the theme and hence your site as your business evolves and grows? The homepage is all widgets, which makes dragging and dropping content really fast. All good questions you’ll need to consider.

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On the Move: Great Drag-and-Drop Plugins for Easy Site Customization

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Indeed, with millions upon millions of the CMS-based sites operating in the virtual realm, making your pages stand apart from the masses can mean the difference between successful exposure and wallowing in obscurity. In the world of WordPress, customization rules the roost. Unfortunately, for many WordPress newbies customizing can be tricky.

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The Q&A: Great FAQ Plugins for WordPress Sites

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And yet, if your site has one of those always helpful “frequently asked questions” (FAQ) sections, so much time and trouble can be avoided for both the business owner and the person making a purchase. It’s simple, works great and is a nice—and no-cost—choice for those WordPress e-tail sites just getting started.

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WordPress 4.8: What’s New and Notable in the Latest Release

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And keep in mind that, unless you enjoy the ease and peace of mind of being on a managed hosting service, you’ll have to manually initiate the update (after creating a complete backup of your site first). Frequent users of WordPress will at once recognize a new element that they’ve been asking for: Media Widgets.

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The Right Direction: Free Plugins to Put your Website on the Map

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Therefore, if you’re a WordPress site owner, you may want to consider adding a location function—Google Maps or otherwise—to your page to make it a little easier for your users to find you or to assist them with markers, directions, routes and more that can bring them right to your front door in either true or virtual reality.

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Website Design for NGOs: 5 Essential Strategies

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As you read through these strategies, keep your supporters in mind. Keeping your supporters top of mind will help you create a website that gets real results. . Audience: Think through who you picture visiting your site (you might even have some site data to inform your thinking).

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