Hi All -
I intended to post this later than today… it is a bit on the advanced side and I didnt mean for it to go out.
 I WILL post the original back during next week – Sorry for the error.
Mark

Yesterday, we added our first Plugin to our WordPress website, the All in one SEO Plugin. Today, we are going to add our first “page” to our new site! If you recall, several days ago I write a pretty basic explanation of the Differences between a WordPress Page, Category and Post. Our pages are going to be static pages that don’t often change, and remain constant throughout our website.
Planning the Pages for your Website
Before we start the planning, keep in mind that much of you do is pretty easily changed, or added onto, in …

Some may wonder why I am going to explain How to Add a Plugin to WordPress this early in the basic process. The reason, we NEED it before we start adding our WordPress Pages and Categories! The plugin we are going to install today is called the WordPress SEO Plugin, from the uberdose website.

Now that you have Installed WordPress, Updated your WordPress User Profile and set your Permalink Structure, what comes next? Building a Website with WordPress is very similar to other content systems for a website, but you have this thing called “Posts” which are constantly updated and changing! That’s actually the main reason search engines love it so much!

As we continue to Build a Website with WordPress- One of the first things we need to be aware of, are the all the different things that make WordPress such a Great Platform for our goals! When you first login to your admin, it can be rather daunting to say the least… all these choices and not knowing where to start! I always revert back to something my father once told me… Know your own Limitations and If you Don’t know what it does – Don’t Touch it!
Getting in Over Your Head …

One of the most common things you will learn to hate about designing ANY type of website, is that you have to test your work, before taking it to the live environment. You guessed it… this means doing work twice! This is also one of the best practices you will use as you are learning, as it gives you open reign to do anything you want, without ever effecting your main website! Just imagine… you found “This Great New Thing” for your site and once you install it, you find that it …

Since we are Building a Website with WordPress, I mentioned yesterday that it will be good time to take a look at the WordPress application itself, along with some of the basic options we need to be aware of. Today, we are going to revisit the Installation as well as a few quick examples of what to expect when you get into the WordPress administration.

If you have been reader for awhile, you have probably seen at least one of the many comments by a regular reader, Elijah. A couple weeks ago, he emailed me and asked if I would be interested in doing a 20 Questions type interview for his & Veronica’s site, The At Home Couple… of course, I jumped on it!

Over the past week, I have written quite a bit about Building an Authority Websitebased on a topic you are actually interested in writing about! We also reviewed how we need to set and define our goals, as well discuss a few ways to reach those goals. This week, I want to talk about WordPress and more specifically, How to use WordPress to Build a Website!

Yesterday, I talked a bit about changing the way we think about developing a website and creating a set of SMART Goals for your website, so we can easily track our efforts and measure our results! Today, I want to look at the various actions we can take to help achieve those goals! Remember, we still aren’t into the building process of our new site yet… we have a few more days of research first! Sorry for these long posts everyone, but one of my October goals, is to cut the size in half! …