006 – Best Practices for Setting Up a WordPress Website

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006 – Best Practices for Setting Up a WordPress Website

FromWordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler

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Jan 12, 2011

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Today I want to share with you some best practices for setting up your WordPress website, this info is great whether you are new to WordPress or currently have a WordPress site.

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Jan 12, 2011

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006 – Best Practices for Setting Up a WordPress Website: Today I want to share with you some best practices for setting up your WordPress website, this info is great whether you are new to WordPress or currently have a WordPress site. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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007 – WordPress Update and Questions oh My!: In this episode I stress the importance of updating to the newest version of WordPress 3.0.4. I also answer questions from three different listeners. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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013 – Email Accounts with WordPress Websites: Today I highlight the importance of creating a professional email account using the form you[at]yourdomain[dot]com. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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001 – Introduction: In this episode, I am going to share with you some information about myself, the purpose of this podcast and how I am going help you create a high quality website for a fraction of the cost of hiring a web designer. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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$001 – Introduction: In this episode, I am going to share with you some information about myself, the purpose of this podcast and how I am going help you create a high quality website for a fraction of the cost of hiring a web designer.$
002 – Seven Tips to Find the Perfect Domain Name: Today I share seven tips for selecting the perfect domain name. With hundreds of domain names registered every day, it’s getting harder to find that perfect name. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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009 – Switch From WordPress.com to WordPress.org: In this episode, I walk you step by step how to transfer your WordPress.com website to a self hosted WordPress.org website. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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024 – Why WordPress is the Best CMS: Today I have two special guests on the show from beAutomated.com and we discuss why WordPress is the best content management system. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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018 – Themes and WordPress Websites: Today I talked about installing free and premium themes for your WordPress website. You can change the appearance of your site immediately by changing themes. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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008 – Never Google Search for Free WordPress Themes: Unfortunately, there are many developers out there who add malicious code to their themes and today I explain why you should never install themes found on Google. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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033 – How To Back Up Your WordPress Website: Today’s show topic is about backing up our WordPress websites and how to restore your site if something goes horribly wrong. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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014 – WordPress 3.1 Questions and so Much More: WordPress 3.1 is hear and I spend some time answering questions from the community, including how to automatically post to Facebook. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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003 – Everything You Need to Know About Website Hosting: Hosting is like renting an office. You can do it yourself out of your garage, or you can pay for better facilities with all the essential plumbing and security features. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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005 – Which Should I Use: WordPress.com or WordPress.org: Today I would like to talk to you about the difference between Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org. The distinction between WordPress.com and WordPress.org can cause some confusion for people. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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016 – WordPress and Contact Forms: Today’s show is about adding contact forms to your WordPress website. You can manually add them or you can use one of two plugins that I discuss on the show. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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019 – Seven Ways to Drive Traffic to Your WordPress Website: Today I share seven different ways to drive traffic to your WordPress website, which includes sending your WordPress feed to other directories. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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012 – Interview with Plugin Developer Brad Vincent: This week I sat down with Brad Vincent, a WordPress plugin developer to talk about one of his plugins that I discovered this week called Blackbird Pie. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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029 – 12 Types of Sites Built with WordPress: This week I found a great article that had twelve different types of sites that could be build using WordPress.It opened my eyes to a few new applications as well. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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021 – Is WordPress Too Easy?: Today’s episode features a guest, Eric Wignall from Wignall Media. We talked about how great WordPress is and our concerns that WordPress maybe too simple to use. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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025 – WordPress No Longer Supports IE6, Yes!: WordPress finally stops supporting IE6 and I walk you through how to transfer your website to another hosting company. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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004 – Top 10 Reasons to Use WordPress for Small Businesses: As a Wordpress developer, I have been telling anybody and everybody that, when it comes to building your first small business website, WordPress is the only way to go and of course this is a biased opinion. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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037 – Editing Your WordPress Site Offline: Working a WordPress website offline, saves an incredible amount of time since you don’t have to wait on an internet connection and the public can’t see your development sites. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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010 – Security Update and Great New Plugins: In this episode, I discuss the security update 3.0.5 along with how to look at your WordPress stats and use different commenting plugins. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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042 – Add Custom Fonts to Your WordPress Website: Fonts on a website don’t have to be boring, spice them up with custom fonts. In this episode I outline three different ways to implement custom fonts on your site. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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020 – Add Google Maps to Your WordPress Website: Today I am shared about the importance of maps on your website. Plus I share some tips on how to add an embeddable map to your WordPress site. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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022 – Opt In Forms and WordPress Websites: Building a high-quality, responsive mailing list is hard work. It takes more than just slapping a few thousand email addresses into your database and then blasting out offers. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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036 – What Can I Do If I Install WordPress in the Wrong Directory: In this episode, I outline four different ways you can recover from installing WordPress in the incorrect directory. All of them will make your viewer think it’s installed in the root directory. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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015 – WordPress and Search Engine Optimization: WordPress is a great choice for serious bloggers, but like any out of the box solution it has a few limitations when it comes to search engine optimization. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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011 – Why I Can’t Stand Using GoDaddy: In this episode, I will explain why I do not like using GoDaddy and what are the best ways to register a domain and hosting. by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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035 – Increase the Performance of Your WordPress Site: On this week’s episode, we continue the discussion about WordPress performance. I think you might find it surprising that if your website takes too long to load, it will even affect your Google ranking! by WordPress Resource: Your Website Engineer with Dustin Hartzler
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006 – Best Practices for Setting Up a WordPress Website

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