There is a great deal of functionality with WordPress, especially with the themes we use. One of the tools that helps with the site layout and content features is the Featured Page Widget. With this you can display any page in a sidebar or widget area. You can control how much of the page is displayed, any images, and much more.

Check out this video on the Feature Page Widget and let us know if you have any questions.

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SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. This is what you do on your site to raise its profile with search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo. Basically, you use keywords and phrases that are relevant to your topic. Think about what someone would type into the search engine to find what you offer. You will not only want to use these in your content, but also plug them into your sites SEO fields.

Hint: if you do not have SEO fields, add the plugin “All In One SEO.”

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WordPress continues to grow in form and function. This is one of the great things about using it as your website platform, it will always have the latest technology and functionality. You must, however, be sure it is updated to take advantage of it. This video shows you how simple it is to update to the latest version of WP.

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WordPress is in a continual state of development. This is great because the functionality of the site grows and adapts with the latest technology and tools. The Plugins are updated quite frequently. You will want to check periodically on these plugins to make sure they are updated. It is a simple process as this video shows.

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In the dashboard select Posts.

Select Add New.

Enter the Title, Text, and/or Coding in the appropriate fields.

In the right-hand menu, select the appropriate Category.

In the right-hand menu, enter Tags under Post Tags.
Tags are on-site keywords that identify the post content.

Either publish the post, select edit just above the publish to schedule a time to post, or save draft if you want to work on it later.

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Login to your WordPress dashboard.

Select Posts in the left navigation menu.

Choose Categories.

On the right is a list of categories you can edit to rename, add or change descriptions and slugs.

In the center are text boxes where you can name a new category, enter a slug, and write a category description.

The slug should be a few keywords or phrase(s) that the typical person would enter into a search engine in order to find what your business has to offer.

After entering the new information, click the “Add New Category” button at the bottom.

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How to add a page to a WordPress website.

Login to your WordPress dashboard.

Select Pages from the left navigation menu.

Click on Add New.

Enter page title & text in boxes provided.

Choose either to Save Draft or Publish to the right.

Tip: Name the page something people would use in searching for content on Google, Bing, or Yahoo.

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How to change the permalink structure in WordPress to show the post name.

Log into your WordPress website and go to the dashboard.

Choose the setting tab.

Choose permalinks.

Select the custom option and enter the code in the brackets

[/%postname%]

Do not enter the brackets.

Here is an example of how your page URL will change

Before:

www.mywebsite.com/?=177

After:

www.mywebsite.com/how-to-feed-horses

This structure works better for search engine optimization.

For more WordPress Tech Tips, go to www.deatonmedia.com

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Website marketing can be a tricky thing. Do you pay for Google AdWords and get nickeled and dimed to death? Or do you spend countless hours writing articles and submitting them individually to each article directory?

The better solution is to give customers and the search engines what they want, namely video.

Video is the most consumed content on the internet. The search engines like it and move it up in the organic listings where it will rank high.

Still, a video by itself submitted to one or two sites…or even three or four…will not get the job done. You need a web cast on the web.

Video should be the cornerstone of your website marketing; however, it should not be the only brick in the building. The search engines also measure how many sites have your content. So, you need to submit to dozens of video sites and article sites and podcast sites and social networking sites and social bookmarking sites.

How can you get the time to do all of this when you have business to run?

Turn it over to an expert who can get it all done for you.

We can produce and distribute content on the internet through our unique software to about 100 authority sites. The submissions are timed to appear natural, not robotic, to the search engines. To, because we have carefully selected only sites that are recognized as internet influencers, the search engines pick up the content quickly. We have seen results in less than 5 hours. This does not always happen, but it is not out of the question for the right content in the right niche.

You can see our Content Distribution Network here.

You can see recent examples of our campaigns here.

Uploading WordPress files is simple…if you know what to go and what to do. Be sure to open the Read Me file in the WordPress documents/files. It will instruct you on what to do after the files are uploaded.

This video will show you how to upload the files and get WordPress functioning on your site. You will then be able to being to build your website the way you want.

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