Wordpress
How to Fix a Blank WordPress 3.x Dashboard
If you are one of those people just like I was yesterday, then you are staring at a blank WordPress screen, where your dashboard should be. That was me yesterday. There were a lot of tutorials out there about fixing 2.x installations, but they involved manipulating a plug-in database table, which did not exist in my WordPress 3.x installation.
So, here is the picture. I can’t get into my backend dashboard. However, I can see the frontend of my website. With nothing but my 10 years experience in computers, and my wits, I tackled the problem and won… Continue reading
How to add a Splash Page in front of Your WordPress Blog
Sometimes it is not a good thing to unveil the curtain until the website is ready. This is not uncommon. A lot of companies put up a construction style splash page or a squeeze page in front of their website. This can sometimes be tricky when it comes to having the page appear as the default page in front of a CMS like WordPress.
However, have no fear, it is not time consuming to put a page in front of your WordPress blog. The task just requires a few configurations that have to be right in order for the site to display properly or the wrong page will display.
In this tutorial, we will go through these two steps. Continue reading
How to Remove the Comments from your WordPress Website
WordPress is becoming a very popular option for not only creating blogs, but now actual page driven websites as well. The downside to WordPress, at least right now, is that the comments box sits at the bottom of every page, because the software is still predominantly a blog management system. However, we have clients that want their website hosted in WordPress, but don’t want the option of comments available to their website visitors. This tutorial will show you how to remove comments from your WordPress website. Continue reading Top 5 Essential Plug-ins for WordPress
WordPress is world renowned for being a very easy to use, completely ready out of the box CMS system; ready to launch your blog in a matter of minutes. However, there are thousands of great plug-ins that are available to download for free and for a fee. Today we are going to take a look at the top 5 must have plug-ins that are not installed with WordPress, but can greatly improve your website, especially in the area of Social Media Integration. After all, isn’t that the whole point of blogging? All of these extensions are compatible with WordPress 3.0 or higher. Continue reading
Joomla vs WordPress – The Decision
The Decision
All of the cards now lay on the table. All of the pros and cons for both pieces of CMS software have been exposed and now it comes time for the decision. Ultimately, the question is: “Which one do I use for my website?” Just like real life, the answer depends. Let’s review the judge’s scorecard: Continue reading
