When it comes to blogging, there is no better software to use than WordPress. WordPress is a frequently updated blogging package that allows the most novice of computer users to setup and update their very own blog. The software is programmed in a way that it is not only easy to use, but easy to modify and be creative with as well. With that in mind, here are five WordPress tricks and shortcuts that will make your blogging experience better, easier, and more efficient. With a little alteration, some of these tips can even be used with other blogging platforms.
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If you’re tired of creating a well thought out post, publishing it and then seeing it assigned an ugly URL that ends in "p=145" or something like that, change some setting in your blog admin section. Go to the options section and then click on "permalinks". Select custom permalinks and then use either /%postname% or/%category%/%postname% as your new permalink structure. This will put the name of the post or the name of the category followed by the name of the post in the URL.
If you’re stumped for something to write about, do a Google News search using the keywords or niche of your blog. Then recap a news event and expand on it with a comment of what you think of that event. Don’t just do a straight news recap as this will most likely be seen by your audience as poor content because they can get news any where.
Another great tip you can use with a WordPress blog to help keep people from leaving your site involves the Error 404 page. Most themes used with WordPress have a Error 404 page for when there is an error in a URL. Hopefully this doesn’t happen often, but when it does wouldn’t it be nice to put something more than just the standard error message there? You can, just edit the 404.php file and put in a humorous message or apology for the missing content. You can also add some WordPress code that can list the most popular posts or something similar to give the reader another option other than just leaving your site.
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If you’re using WordPress and want to make your blog a "dofollow" blog, meaning that links from your blog pass on the benefits of Google pagerank, you can install one of the many dofollow plugins available. There are a number of them available and they can either be found via a search engine or through the WordPress site itself.
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Here is a great tip that can solve two different problems. Do you ever have days that you can write forever and feel like you’re maintaining blog or blogs to the best level that you can? Then do you ever have days that you feel like you’re scraping the recesses of your brain and still cannot think of something to blog about? Well an easy solution to this, as well as a solution for if you are going on vacation or an extended trip and won’t be able to blog, is write a supply of blog posts ahead of time and then either save them as drafts or change the post timestamp option to a date and time in the future. If you save them as drafts, you can use them at your leisure whenever you need them. If you change the timestamp to a future date, then without you doing anything those blog posts will show up on those pre-defined dates as if you were blogging that day.
the power of the WordPress blogging platform is great as its flexibility allows for many tweaks, tips, and tricks to be used. All this customizes your blog and makes it that much more appealing to your visitors. WordPress is so easy to use that you probably have tips and tricks to use while blogging yourself, and you don’t even know it.