Robots.txt file is a way to tell search engines and other crawlers which parts of your website should be crawled and indexed.
WordPress uses a virtual robots.txt file by default
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Question: No matter which method I choose to submit my sitemap, I can’t get it to be accepted by Google Webmaster Tools. All I get is an X symbol...
Answer: I too have come across this sitemap issue in the past. At first I tried to change my preferred domain (in Google Webmaster Tools, Site Configuration – > Settings) to http://mysite.com/ but then I got...
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There are many examples of useful regular expressions around the web, but in this article I will focus on explaining their use in WordPress.
Before I show you an example of a classic use of Regex in a WordPress filter
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I was wondering which plugin do you use for smartphone compatibility in your blog.
I heard recommendations about WPtouch but wasn’t sure about some of its setting.
At the time this question was asked I used
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WPhits is a Digg like community website that enables you to submit and promote your WordPress articles easily, while getting to know other WordPress bloggers in the process.
Since WordPress has become the most popular CMS (at least as far as open source CMS), the amount of articles written
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Like a car engine that needs oil changing every 3000 miles, your WordPress system also needs periodically maintenance.
The following wordpress plugins scan your system for security vulnerabilities, redundant database entries, post revisions and memory usage
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Plugin Test Drive is a wordpress plugin that lets you test any plugin before actually using it. After selecting a plugin for testing, Plugin Test Drive will
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You don't invite someone to dinner with your family on your first date with them, right? Well, I don't think Wordpress plugins should be treated differently
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Essentially, there are three options in regards to web hosting solutions. You can host your website via a shared server, a VPS (virtual private server) or look
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If you like customizing your wordpress blog, let alone build wp plugins, you should be familiar with hooks. In a previous post I explained how to use filter
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This is not another must-have plugins list that states the obvious. I listed here some of the lesser known plugins that can become very handy in certain
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Internet Explorer 7, among many other drawbacks, does not know what :hover in CSS means, so drop down menus may not work well in IE7 when using
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There are dozens of websites out there that allow web designers to submit links to their articles.
During a few months of blog promotion, I have been able to gather a few of the more effective link submission websites in terms of incoming traffic. Some of these websites also auto twit your links as well as include them in RSS feeds which brings even more traffic.
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