I have been trying to add eBay Partner Network code to my pages to show eBay ads on my pages and WordPress keeps taking them back out again! Yeah! That is really annoying! eBay Smart Placements lets you display a banner of eBay listings on your pages that update automatically to show current eBay listings. … Read more
When you are browsing themes on wordpress.org, you can often see an example of what a theme will look like finished. Preview You can get a preview of a theme before you use it. Just go to wordpress.org/themes/. This page shows home pages you can get using various free themes. To get a preview, click … Read more
Yes, you can make a lot of changes to Posts or Pages without opening every single one. From your Dashboard, click on Posts or Pages. It will open a list with columns. Pages only shows Title, Author, whether it is Published or still a Draft and the date it was published. Posts gives you Title, … Read more
It is really simple to have a static home page that doesn’t just show your most recent posts. There are two ways. Both work. Both are really easy. Jump right in or read both sets of directions and decide which way you want to do it. I think it is a good idea to take … Read more
It is going to be really simple. Just copy from Microsoft Word, paste into WordPress and click Publish. Select Categories and Tags to organize and add pictures to make your site more appealing. Scan these easy steps, and return to them if you run into trouble. Printable PDF Instructions for Adding Your First Post When … Read more
Google AdSense Notifications suggested I try out Google’s new official WordPress plugin: Site Kit. I already have AdSense working fine on all of my sites. But I decided to try Site Kit on one. When you set up AdSense Site Kit, be sure you finish following all of the steps. You get Congratulations! messages for … Read more
The first step is not buying a WordPress site and playing around with it. Unless your only goal is to play around with WordPress, do a little preparation so you can have a site up and working for you quickly. Words Start by writing words. You have to have words for each page. Whether you … Read more
This post is to help you tell us what you want your new website to look like. There are a lot of different layouts available. Most sites use a mixture of these ideas. Single Column This is a single column layout from Storefront by WooCommerce. It looks like what you see on your phone, but … Read more
Whether you are designing your own website or someone is doing it for you, it is really helpful to know the words for the different parts of a webpage. If you are running into difficulties, you can Google for help if you know the word for what you are talking about. It is a lot … Read more
This is the third time AdSense put an ad serving limit on my sites and this one really hurt. The ads showed for a few minutes on March 15. On March 26 ads showed for a couple of hours. When the ads stopped showing again it was really disheartening. I started looking around again to … Read more