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Quick Fixes to Common WordPress Problems: Part 1

Byte Technology

From image display issues to creating automatic updates for plugins to working with shortcode, one day you’ll be stopped dead in your design tracks. To do so enter (add_filter(‘widget_text’,’do_shortcode’) into your theme’s “Functions.php” file or into a specific plugin.

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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. .|

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Cleaning Up: One-Click WordPress Site Optimization

Byte Technology

Those who have been operating a WordPress site for a good amount of time have, probably unknowingly, accumulated lots of useless information and data such as outdated comments, spam, unneeded post revisions and the like. Now you’ll see a list of operations that the plugin can and will perform on your database.

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It Takes A Village: Joining and Participating in the WordPress Community

Byte Technology

After all, the platform is open-sourced, meaning anyone and everyone can contribute to it in the form of updates, new themes, and custom plugins that help create more functionality and give the program greater versatility and, in turn, greater popularity.

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SEO For Nonprofits: A Beginners Guide To Digital Marketing Success

Nonprofits Source

Let’s answer the next burning question you might have: “ Is image search valuable? In the past, people would try to game the algorithms by spamming anchor text links to artificially increase their rankings. I’d recommend using the free Google (XML) Sitemaps plugin if your site is built on WordPress.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content? They accepted questions via Twitter and then had an expert reply via the White House blog. Google Earth API (plugin). Natalie: This is the question that I think the whole session is about. design: is it clean? does it rely on graphics/images?

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10 Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Numbered lists, questions, personalized subject lines, and one-word statements are the tried-and-true best practices for email subject line s , but don’t be afraid to experiment and get creative. In addition to requiring a double opt-in , add a captcha to your email sign up forms and stay away from free email sign up plugins and apps.

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