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WordPress 3.0 is go for launch

Christopher — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:04:56 +0000

WordPress 3.0 came out yesterday. Finally. I’ve been waiting for weeks.

I recommend everyone upgrades to WordPress 3.0.

Here’s a video in the new features. And remember there is over 1200 security and bug fixes, reason enough to upgrade.

If you like long lists check out the WordPress 3.0 features.

I’ve upgraded five or six websites to WordPress 3.0 including this site with only a few issues. If you are comfortable doing it yourself just make sure your plugins are all updated and you backup your entire website before doing the upgrade. I’ve seen a couple of issues with websites that has a lot of blog posts and had to a manual upgrade and an issue with an old theme not working so make sure you backup first.

Of course I’m available to do it for you for only $50.

Upgrade to WordPress 3.0

And send an email to support AT abundanceunlimited.com with your ftp and WP admin logins. If you don’t know those tell me that in the email.

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Easy Way To Back Up WordPress

Christopher — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:57:19 +0000

In this video I talk about how some people (not clients) have lost their entire WordPress website due to clumsiness and present an easy solution.

Or view the video on YouTube.

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My favorite WordPress themes

Christopher — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:06:47 +0000

I’ve been asked a lot about my favorite WordPress themes lately. So I thought I would share.

Which theme is best for your best will depend on how much content you have, what type of content, if you are new and just starting or you’ve been around awhile.

I recommend themes that have your search form, newsletter form, RSS feed and social media link on the right under the header graphic. People expect it there and eyeball studies have shown it to be a great place for this type of content. Major navigation under the under the header is a bit more popular than the links to be above the header graphic but both are okay. Explain what you do easily and don’t go crazy on graphic, they should help not be overpowering and they should contribute to your message.

Here are the website themes that I recommend for blogging/portal websites.

K2 – This is the theme I give people most often who are starting from scratch. It’s flexible and has some nice features.
Thesis – I also like Thesis which costs $80 as the affiliate blocks area is a nice touch, great for frequent bloggers with products or affiliate programs. You can do affiliate blocks in K2 as well.

Magazine themes are also becoming more and more popular as the home page can show a great overview of what is the on the website, much like a magazine cover but better.

Streamline – great for people that have a lot of content and products
Lifestyle – good if you have products and at least three categories of blog posts
TV – great if you have all video content
Album – great for photo - content, models, photographers, etc.

I also like Community for its AJAX tabbed widgets, very cool.

Remember that this is the Internet and your theme can be changed at anytime, and will has you develop more content. It’s not a book where you are stuck with your published book.

If you want help updating your looks or starting give me a call at 1-210-775-2489.

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WordPress Advantage on SmartWoman Radio

Christopher — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:33:35 +0000

I was on a radio show this afternoon. I discuss with the host of the radio show Vicki Flaughter about what new entrepreneurs should have a blog and the right ways to get started in it.

You can also get this as a podcast for free in your favorite podcast application.

Running time: 30 minutes
[gplayer href="http://abundanceunlimited.com.s3.amazonaws.com/SmartWomanRadio-ChrisSherrod-WordPress.mp3"]Wordpres Advantage[/gplayer]

Or the MP3 of this show.

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WordPress Advantage call on Thursday

Christopher — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:38:04 +0000

I will be the guest on Joe Vitale & Jillian Wheeler Your Internet Cash Machine call this Thursday night at 9pm Eastern USA.

I’m going to give out a lot of great information why WordPress is ideal for your website. If you are thinking about starting your business website you need to listen to this free call.

Here’s a quote from Jillian’s email:

There’s lots more to know. So I’ve asked my personal WordPress guru, Chris Sherrod, to tell you all about The WordPress Advantage. – Jillian Wheeler

I’ll talk about the pros and cons of WordPress. How it helps you in the search engines and getting traffic. And about a number of features that you need to know about.

DATE & TIME: Thursday, December 11th at:
8:00 p.m. Central Time
6:00 p.m. Pacific
9:00 p.m. Eastern
FORMAT: Teleconference

TO ATTEND THIS EVENT, CLICK THIS LINK NOW:

http://instantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=5324538

Hope to see you on the call.

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Missing bookmarklet in WordPress 2.5 found

Christopher — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:00:37 +0000

New WordPress 2.6 has an excellent bookmarklet, this old one is no longer needed.

I got a new computer and went to put my handy WordPress bookmarklet in my browser to make blogging easier. And I couldn’t find it. In WordPress 2.5 they removed it. Why? They are going to add a better version in version 2.6. Not a very good excuse.

So here is the code to make your own.

wpbookmarklet

Replace siteurl with your website.

Enjoy.

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Footer Plugin Released

Christopher — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:11 +0000

I’ve released a new plugin for WordPress 2.5 that allows you to add html code to your footer.Â That way you don’t have to add your footer information to your theme or worry about theme updates.

For Abundance Unlimited web clients you have this installed already and you are good to go.

It’s free.Â Enjoy.

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