One of the biggest things a lot of WordPress users look for in a new theme is easy navigation. You can always add Page and Category widgets to your sidebar, but having a well organized navigation bar (or two) can make a huge difference for your blog’s visitors.
Not all themes come with navigation bars built in, and even when they do, you might need to modify them a bit. While a navbar may seem like a simple thing at first, there are actually a TON of different things that you can do to make sure your site is as user-friendly as possible.
Hiding pages from your navigation bar, or even limiting the navigation to a selection of pages is actually pretty easy…
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A new version of WordPress is always exciting, and the first couple of weeks with WordPress 2.9 has been no different.
One of the best things about WordPress is it’s user friendly interface, which makes it easy for each blogger to tailor their site to their own needs. Widgets are one of the many ways that WordPress makes this possible, and understanding how to use them is important.
A friend of mine recently asked me how to move her blog posts off of the front page of her WordPress site. Why? Well, not every WordPress site needs to be a blog, and even if yours is, that doesn’t mean your blog posts need to be the first thing your visitors see. Plenty of WordPress users have sites that require a welcome message or video and move the blog posts to a secondary page, while other users don’t blog at all!
A friend of mine recently asked about creating opt-in forms that are a little more elaborate than the defaults that your autoresponder provides. Depending on which email delivery service you use, the default forms can be pretty bland, often times just plain boxes with basic black text. What you really want is an eye catching and effective web form that that will get your reader’s attention and convert well.
Obviously one of the things you want most as a blogger is a large audience of readers. One of the best way to build and maintain that audience is to keep in touch with them, and notify them of new content. One of the nice things about WordPress is that it automatically generates and RSS feed for your readers to subscribe to, but not everyone who comes to your blog uses RSS or is guaranteed to think of it while they’re there. The good news is, there is a better way!