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Question: 5901599

Asked by: Robert Farmer

Date: March 13, 2009

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“ I wish to add pingback to my Wordpress blog but have no idea on how to do that. The instructions they give assume we know how to upload files. Their site says:
Moderate Pingbacks
... pingbacks into the comment moderation queue. Automatically puts all pingbacks into the comment moderation queue. Upload moderate-pingbacks.php to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory Activate the plugin through the ' ...

* Version 1.22
* Updated 2008-1-21
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I have a Filezilla FTP. How do I do the upload? ”

Question: 5933012

Asked by: Eric

Date: March 12, 2009

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“ I would like to change/edit some of elements in new wordpress theme.

How can I put my site to maintenance mode temporarily so that I can edit the theme before I use the theme live? ”

Question: 9566184

Asked by: John

Date: March 07, 2009

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“ What is the best way of getting article into my blog is there a good plug in I could use?

I have seen Andrew Hansens Firepow where you can use a feature called Get Article Content. Is there a way of getting this imput without the expense of Firepow? ”

Question: 1706256

Asked by: Anna

Date: March 05, 2009

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“ I am not sure if what I want to do is possible but I thought it was worth a shot.

I have a website which is composed of several Wordpress blogs. One on the top level, and the others in subdirectories. Like this:

mywebsite.com
mywebsite.com/alternativeenergy
mywebsite.com/nontoxic
mywebsite.com/homeremedies

On the home page of the top level "mywebsite.com" there are post excerpts.

Occassionally when I post an article in a "sub-blog" I would like it to show up among the excerpts of mywebsite.com home page. And I would like the RSS readers of mywebsite.com to be informed of it, just as they would with any post.

For example:

I post an article about windmills to mywebsite.com/alternativeenergy
An excerpt of that article is also posted to mywebsite.com
If a person clicks on the excerpt's title link, from mywebsite.com, the original post (at mywebsite.com/alternativeenergy) opens up in a new window.

My first question is whether this is possible. Protecting against duplicate content issues is another matter but first I just want to find out if this is possible in the first place.

I've tried using WP-O-Matic plugin, but haven't been able to get this working really - particularly regarding having the title link open the post in a new window. ”

Question: 3192901

Asked by: Omar Best

Date: March 05, 2009

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“ Should I start a blog if I will be creating a paid membership site with limited free member access ? I guess what I am trying to ask is free member access vs. blog? Or should I do both? ”

Question: 2480212

Asked by: Michelle

Date: March 04, 2009

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“ I just started WordPress and I want to get rid of the date on my posts so that my content looks fresh.

1) Will this affect my SEO or any internal part of my blog?

2) How do I do this? (Take out the date) ”

Question: 7417335

Asked by: Michelle

Date: March 04, 2009

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“ I'm new to WordPress. I'm looking for SEO plugins that don't conflict with each other. I think I'm going to install Platinum SEO over All in one SEO. I also have the Google sitemap plugin. My question is, what other SEO plugins do I need if I already have these two installed? ”

Question: 3463416

Asked by: Daniel

Date: March 04, 2009

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“ I have a wordpress blog. I want to add photos, but get the wrap around effect. If I add a photo now there is a dead space then the textI want to have the text around the photo. ”

Question: 1933403

Asked by: Lea Burke

Date: March 03, 2009

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“ I have 2 blogs that were set up for me...What is the quickest way to get traffic or people visit them to purchase the products? ”

Question: 5582781

Asked by: Michael

Date: March 03, 2009

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“ Is Expert Wordpress a waste of my time? ”

Question: 4523648

Asked by: Megan Tucker

Date: March 02, 2009

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“ I asked about this earlier and got an excellent and very helpful answer. But I think I need to include some additional information on what I am trying to solve.

I want to change my Wordpress blog to a new domain name.

I did get some good information on 301 Redirects, from EA and from http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/04/best-practices-when-moving-your-site.html

The question I still have is how to do the actual transfer. Its a blog with a database, not a static html site, so I can't just redo the file structure and reupload the pages.

It already has plenty of posts and comments - and I want to transfer those as well. So my question is, how do I get the whole thing moved to a new domain name, with all its pages, posts, and comments.

I own a software called Wordpress Cloner, which should theoretically work for this. That software has been buggy in the past but was recently updated so I am considering trying it. Before I do so, I want to find out if there are any other options.

Thanks very much!
”

Question: 1184218

Asked by: Mark

Date: February 28, 2009

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“ How do you notify your list automatically when you make a new post to your blog? I assume it's a plugin? Thanks. ”

Question: 7522967

Asked by: Dave Offen

Date: February 27, 2009

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“ Hi there, I'm builing a network of blogs at the moment for various reasons and would like to have my blogs regularly updated with content automatically. Could you recommend some (preferably free) plugins that will allow me to do this automatically, but not just 50-100 word snippets, but rather complete articles. Many thanks. ”