Many bloggers are using WordPress and with good reason. It is the most popular blogging software in use today and one of the biggest reasons is the ability to add functionality through the use of plugins. Plugins can turn your run-of-the-mill blog into a high powered online tool capable of bringing traffic and profit to your site. Consider using the top WordPress...

Essential WordPress Plugins With a growing list of over 20,000 plugins, sometimes it’s a little tricky figuring out just which plugins to use! This is a quick overview of 12 essential WordPress plugins that every WordPress Blog should have. The good news is (at the time of writing this) they are all completely free. The below essential WordPress plugins relate...

When you speak about blogging, in all probability the first thing that pops up in a person’s mind is “WordPress”. Known to be one of the most popular blogging platforms ever built, this versatile, rich, ever changing content management system is simple to set up and easy to manage and use. However, is WordPress merely a blogging platform? Or is there...

It’s soon going to be time to redesign my web site for the “Web 2.0 Age.” I have seriously looked at two platforms, Drupal and Joomla, with which to accomplish this. Drupal and Joomla offer comprehensive packages that, in the case of Drupal, includes a blog and forum as core modules. Theming these platforms can be accomplished through both CSS (Cascading...

The complete guide to learning WordPress Learning WordPress can be a very long road for an inexperienced programmer. This guide can help you go from programming illiterate to freelancing programming quadrillion are. It is meant as an overview of the steps needed to become a competent WordPress developer. This guide can help both the experienced and inexperienced wrap...