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How to Design WordPress Theme Headers with Flash and more using Artisteer 3

By on June 3, 2012 in Randy Roedl

bit.ly softduit.com Part 8 – Introductory video to Artisteer 3 (currently in beta and changing quickly). Brett Bumeter of Softduit Media walks through the basic methodology of designing WordPress 3 Themes with Artisteer 3. Video describes how to design custom headers, for fixed width or fluid width wordpress themes using Artisteer theme design software. For more Intermediate or advanced training tips please consider subscribing to this channel or check out softduit.com For more information on Artisteer or if you want to download the free trial and work along with the examples http

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bbPress Integration plugin for WordPress, installed a Forum in seconds

By on February 16, 2012 in Randy Roedl

presssavvy.com – For More WordPress How to Videos In this WordPress training video, I will demonstrate how to install the latest bbPress integration plugin. This plugin will allow you to install a bbPress forum on your WordPress blog website in seconds. Yeppie! If you have ever tried to install the bbPress forum in the past, you know that it is time consuming and complicated. You pretty much had to be a ninja coder to understand the process and understand the ridiculous directions. It was not easy for me, so I know for a fact, it was not easy for a beginner. Well, that has all changed with the new bbPress integration plugin. The fantastic news is its been uploaded the the WordPress Extend Directory, meaning you can now install bbPress forum in seconds. All it takes is a couple of quick clicks, and your ready to go! If you are searching to add a forum to your WordPress website, I would suggest you try the new bbPress plugin. It is still in beta but a surprisingly elegant solution and now straightforward to install.

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A Detailed Look at Some of the Most Popular WordPress Plugins

By on November 18, 2011 in !Randy Roedl Internet Marketing, affiliate marketing, wordpress, Wp Headers, Wp Themes

A Detailed Look at Some of the Most Popular WordPress Plugins

One of the most popular WordPress plugins being downloaded on a daily basis is WordPress.com Stats, in fact at the time of writing it has been downloaded more than 37,000 times. To be able to use this WordPress plugin you will need to be running WordPress version 2.1 or higher. It is also compatible up to 2.7 beta.

WordPress.com Stats offers you a really simple way of retrieving data. I sometimes find that the more complex stat systems such as Google analytics or mint provide far too much information which can be confusing especially if you are new to blogging.

Installation is extremely easy, and is done in 4 steps

1. First you will need to upload stats.php to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.2. Then activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.3. It will then ask you to enter your WordPress.com API key, you will need to do this to enable it to work.4. After a few minutes your stats will show.

Once installed you can view the stats in less than 20 minutes. It also has the added function of not including the hits of logged on users, which is especially handy if you are constantly updating and adding new posts.

This WordPress plugin will provide you with valuable information such as letting you know which pages and posts are the most popular, what people are clicking on and where your traffic is coming from. The way the information is viewed is very simple and easy to understand.

You can use the plugin on either a hosted or unhosted accounts and because all the data collection and processing is not done on your server it does not effect the load on your hosting account making it one of the fastest stats systems you can use.

Another of the most popular WordPress plugins is Google XML sitemaps. Over 1000 people per day are adding this plugin to their websites and blogs and the main advantage is because as you update or create a post the sitemap is automatically updated and the new information is passed to all major search engines such as Google, YAHOO, MSN and ASK.

You will need to be running WordPress 2.1 or higher to be able to install it and also have access to an ftp programme in order to create the files needed to install the software.

Adding WordPress plugins to your blog will not only give you access to a lot more information, these plugins are designed to make your website more pleasing to the eye and far more user friendly taking it to the next level.

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