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Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time using Google Video Search and Youtube. You can find some really amazing things out there. They have videos for everything. Until today, I have always struggled trying to add video to my blog. I found a plugin for WordPress called Extreme Video, you can download it here.  read more »

I always get questions about the spell checker that comes with WordPress. Why doesn’t it work properly. The first thing you need to understand is that the button for the spell checker is a toggle button. Click it once to turn it on, click it again to turn it off. This really confuses people for some reason.

The other thing that confuses people is the down arrow next to the button, this is for selecting languages, nothing else. You really should never need to mess with this setting.  read more »

I know a lot of people have issues when uploading images with WordPress. I’m going to go over the basics.

1. Make sure you have the image somewhere on your hard drive.
2. Make sure the image is not wider than your blog will allow. Also, by default WordPress only allows 1.5 meg uploads.
3. Using the upload box browse to the file on your hard drive.
4. Click on Upload.
5. Now you will see the image in the blue upload box.
6. If you click on the image it gives you some options.  read more »

WordPress Permalinks can be very tricky. Use caution when making any changes to your permalink structure.

The topic I am going to cover today is static pages. It seems to be a big issue with WordPress that when you create static pages they will not show up until you update your WordPress Permalinks.

By default, your .htaccess file does not have write access for permalinks. So when you create static pages in WordPress your permalinks need to be updated manually.

Long story short, here’s what you do (these instructions assume you are using a custom permilink structure):  read more »

When you set up your WordPress blog, you will need to enter the following under Options, Writing, Update Services. Just cut and past this list right in there:

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ 1470.net/api/ping www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b api.feedster.com/ping api.moreover.com/RPC2 api.moreover.com/ping api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2 api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping www.bitacoles.net/ping.php bitacoras.net/ping blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
www.blogdigger.com/RPC2 blogmatcher.com/u.php www.blogoole.com/ping/
www.blogoon.net/ping/  read more »

A friend of mine runs the website www.lsweblogs.com. He is a great WordPress guru. If you need any work done on your site, make sure to give Lucas a call. Mention you saw it here for a discount!

I’ve worked with LS Weblogs in the past, they do great work. Very dependable, knowledgable, and creative. If WordPress is a mystery to you, give em a try.