Category Archives: WordPress

Adding AdSense to a WordPress Blog

Posted on December 13, 2009 by admintrent

I relented and added Google AdSense ads to my personal WordPress blog. Finally chose to convert some of the traffic to a little $ cash. I’ve been using it on two of my other sites and have been pleased with … Continue reading →

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Remove the Arrows » from WordPress Titles (»)

Posted on January 6, 2009 by admintrent

WordPress is a great blogging platform, but it has a bothersome issue of adding the double arrow symbol » before the titles of postings on some templates. The arrow >> is usually used as a special bullet character and the … Continue reading →

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HTML/Framer.Z Virus in WordPress

Posted on June 28, 2008 by admintrent

Woohoo! I just love it when someone hacks my website and installs a virus. Here’s a nice little flag that AVG gave me: Fortunately, an upgrade from WordPress 2.2 to 2.5 and a little cleanup of the html on the … Continue reading →

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WordPress: The Ultimate Google Ranking Machine

Posted on April 6, 2008 by admintrent

Google loves WordPress. WordPress content is a nice, tasty meal for those hungry Google spiders. In some cases within 45 minutes of posting, content on my blog was ranked #1 for certain keyword combinations. That’s impressive how quickly Google will … Continue reading →

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Eliminate URL Comment Spam from WordPress

Posted on April 5, 2008 by admintrent

The default installation of WordPress is vulnerable to comment spam. There are a few ways around it: 1. Activate Akismet, a spam catcher – the problem is it can sometimes generate ‘false positives’ 2. Add a captcha – can be … Continue reading →

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How to Publish HTML Code in WordPress

Posted on March 29, 2008 by admintrent

If you’re tried to write code in WordPress for displaying to readers, you’ve probably found out it doesn’t work too well, even using the ‘blockquote’ or ‘code’ tags before and after. There’s three ways to publish code in WordPress: 1. … Continue reading →

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How to Add Google Analytics Code to WordPress

Posted on March 29, 2008 by admintrent

Don’t download any software. That is unnecessary- but is just a way for a guy to get extra links to his site. Simply go to your WordPress folder (the root of where all your files are installed), then open up … Continue reading →

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Tips to Install WordPress and Make SEO Friendly

Posted on March 13, 2008 by admintrent

I looked at a lot of articles on SEO + WordPress and I still had a hard time. Reason: I installed WordPress in my subfolder (subdirectory). I already have a mod rewrite in my root that I don’t want to … Continue reading →

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