WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er

First in a series of WordPress Guide posts this one is dedicated to an overview of what it is we work with on daily bases. How is our system built and most importantly what you, as WordPress blogger, need to know about it to perform maintenance, such as backup, upgrade, etc.

I have wrote on several occasions that we need to know how our blog works in order to be most efficient bloggers but haven’t done enough to help you. Dissection of File Structure will be a direct step toward creating a new bread of WordPress Guides - visual and with descriptions so you could easily bookmark it and reference…

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Second post of WordPress Guide Series, Dissection of WordPress Theme will address the second most important aspect of working with your WordPress blog - the look and feel of your blog.

WordPress theme is what controls that aspect and while we can use one of the freely available themes a little tweak done in right place can go long way toward creating a unique look. And that is exactly what we will discuss in this post - what files are responsible for what aspect of your WordPress blog look …

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WordPress Theme is responcible for the visual whoomp of your blog. It is a single, most important element that creates the Look and Feel of your blog and determines the visual message you send to your visitors. It is also one element of your WordPress blog that will either help you or drive your visitors away!

No matter how well crafted are your posts, how well research and presented your content - if the first impression is negative - your chances of retaining the visitor are slim. This article of WordPress Guide Series will concentrate on the task that according to the poll on this blog is The Most Painful Task:

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WordPress Sidebar is the prime real estate for every blogger, no matter if you are trying to earn or simply gain more exposure and perhaps provide interactivity to your blog. While content is the king - sidebar is your virtual vault and making sure its space properly and most efficiently allocated one task we all go through.

In Second Part of Customizing Your WordPress Theme tutorial I wanted to dedicate enough time to talk about things that are fairly basic and don’t require much of technical knowledge and yet, hard to do unless you know how. I want to show How To EXTEND Your Sidebar Functionality and help you understand how it will work to your advantage…

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In last and final part of Customizing WordPress Theme Guide I want to provide details on how to take advantage of your Sidebar even more, while using less of valuable real estate.

Taking advantage of Javascript Domtab technology we will create a tabbed sidebar section exposing your best and most popular content much like Darren at Problogger does but I will make it simple enough that even a brain dead can follow and implement.

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In this part of my WordPress Guide I want to build on interest generated by previous posts and provide a solution to what many of my readers consider to be one of the biggest hustles in WordPress - Image Management.

While it might not be as complete answer as I would like it to be but short of doing a core re-write this is best I could possibly find. In this post I will talk about how to enhance your WordPress Image Management system to make it more user friendly and hopefully make you more productive…

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