01- Log into your WordPress Dashboard. This is usually http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin
02- Click on the Plugins link on the left sidebar.
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While I realize that Wordpress itself is not considered Inbound marketing, certainly blogging is a major component…. if not most important in the inbound scheme of things. With that said, preparing and customizing your blog falls into an important factor in the Inbound scheme of things. I have provided this section to save readers the trouble of searching hundreds of forums for the same information…. Comments and suggestions of course are always welcome.
01- Log into your WordPress Dashboard. This is usually http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin
02- Click on the Plugins link on the left sidebar.
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1- open your file single.php (located in your theme folder)
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This method is so simple, I dont know why folks bother with any other way.
You want to sign up for a Feedburner account and have folks sign up for that one rather than your default WordPress RSS
(This makes it easier for them and better to keep track of)
1- Open your root directory “.htaccess” file
2- Add this snippet of code to the top of the text file: (yes before the part that says “# BEGIN WordPress” Continue reading WordPress: .htaccess tip – Redirect feeds to FeedBurner Instantly
I advise always having a clickable header that returns the user to your home URL.
While they can still get there from “HOME”, this action is an often assumed part of webdesign
1- Open file “header.php” (in your theme folder)
2- Locate this in code:
<div id=”site-description”><?php bloginfo( ‘description’ ); ?></div>
3- Add this directly under it:
<a href=”<?php echo home_url( ‘/’ ); ?>” title=”<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( ‘name’, ‘display’ ) ); ?>” rel=”home”>
4- It should now look like this:
<div id=”site-description”><?php bloginfo( ‘description’ ); ?></div>
<a href=”<?php echo home_url( ‘/’ ); ?>” title=”<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( ‘name’, ‘display’ ) ); ?>” rel=”home”>
5- Lastly, you need to close the tag – Locate this a little farther down
</div><!– #branding –>
6- It should now look like this:
</a></div><!– #branding –>
1- Open file “header.php” in your theme
2- Locate the code:
<img src=”<?php header_image(); ?>” width=”<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>” height=”<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>” alt=”” />
3- Add your Alt Tag to to the portion
alt=”” />
4- It should look like this: (though insert your own site info)
<img src=”<?php header_image(); ?>” width=”<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>” height=”<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>” alt=”Simple Inbound – Marketing | SEO” />
Note: Instructions are based on the default “TwentyTen” Theme
(default size is 940×198)
1- Open your file “functions.php” in a text editor
(will be located in your theme)
2- Find the following code:
define( ‘HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT’, apply_filters( ‘twentyten_header_image_height’, 198 ) );
3- Change “198” to your desired size
4– SAVE AND OVERWRITE YOUR PREVIOUS functions.php FILE
5- Re-upload your 198 pixel height banner / header
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