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WordPress Blogger’s Survival Guide

WordPress Blogger’s Survival Guide


Posted By on Dec 4, 2007

This is a resource guide for WordPress bloggers. I receive vast numbers of emails from bloggers asking for help with various problems they are having with their blogs so I decided to compile the most common questions and their answers to hopefully create a valuable reference guide for WordPress users who are having a problem, or wanting to make changes to their site, but don’t know where to go for help. The guide is broken into two sections. Part 1 lists common problems or emergencies and then provides solutions or ways to get more information or help. Part 2 presents a list of things that you may be trying to accomplish and then describes resources can be used to accomplish your blogging goal. Quick Start – Table of Contents Part 1 – Got a Problem? DNS or Server Not Found Errors Script or PHP Error on the Page Website is Really Slow Unknown Error or Problem Part 2 – Trying to Change or Accomplish Something? Setting Up WordPress Find or Add a Plugin Edit or Configure My Theme for a Certain Plugin Find a New WordPress Theme Learn More about how to Use WordPress Learn About Blogging or Improve My Blogging Make More Money Blogging Part 1 – Houston, We’ve Got a Problem… OMG – My Site is Broken, People Are Dying! Take a deep breath, let’s figure out the best place to go for help based on what symptoms that “broken” is actually displaying....

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If you have an eye towards making money from your blog, then you should first have an idea of what makes a profitable blog so that you can make decisions right from the start that support that goal. There are two primary ways to make money from a blog. 1. Get lots of traffic. 2. Be in a market, or niche, that either has a lot of products or services or unique products or services that other bloggers aren’t targeting. There are two pretty simple ways to determine whether or not your topic will get lots of traffic or if it is in a ‘rich’ market. Method 1, Search for a High Traffic Topic To test the traffic level of your topic, use Google Trends...

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