How to include or exclude specific tags and categories from your front page, archives, search and feed.

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Have you ever wanted to exclude or include certain categories or tags from your front page, archives, search and your feed? Or maybe you don’t want certain pages coming up when someone searches your site. The simply exclude plugin is your answer. In the video we will show you how to use it and give [...]

Posts from Hell

savvy wordpress posts from hell

In so many of my blogging workshops, I talk about hitting that “publish” button after writing a post. How it flies out there into the cloud and people start reading it. RSS subscribers immediately get it dropped into their reader or sent to their inbox. Google can pick up content only a couple hours or [...]

My Presentation at Seattle WordPress Meetup

Seattle WordPress meetup

I had a great time presenting at the Seattle WordPress meetup, where I am also active as a co-organizer. Below you will find the keynote slideshow from it: Your WordPress Site as a Hub for Connections and Conversation. And below that is links to the plugins I mentioned as well. If you missed this event, [...]

How Do I Change My RSS Feed to be Either a Full Post or a Summary?

RSS feed full post or summary

When you have set up your RSS feed for your blog, and click to view it, often you will notice that your recent posts will be listed a full posts or summaries. There are pros and cons to both. The major one is that if you have a full post listed in the RSS feed, [...]

Using and setting up your RSS with Google Feedburner

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A lot of themes already come with your feed working. If you click on this symbol , and don’t get an error, then you are okay. But if you need to burn your own feed, or would like more statistics and control over the feed, watch this video.