There are lots of options on how to insert custom sidebar widget at any page in WP relatively easy. But what about Home page only? What I needed is just to have something in my sidebar on home page only. Having read and tried numerous complicated solutions I 've found my recipe, which, I believe is the simpliest one: 1. Install this WP plugin exec-php 2. Go to Widgets, put text widget in a sidebar you wish (same works for HTML area in your editor for both posts and pages) and insert … [Read more...]
Nofollow to authority web-sites
July 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you place link to let's say NYtimes.com with rel="nofollow" Google sees you don't trust NYtimes... But why don't trust such authority web-resource? Remember "nofollow" is not about page rank officially; no matter that webmasters use it mostly to 'preserve link juice', but you will never hear from Google about link juice. It's about trust. I won't put nofollow in this case. … [Read more...]
How to move WP site to a new URL
July 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I don't trust in-built WP export/import option, especially if you have lots of posts - it may work not correctly or too slow. The method below I find to be more professional. Requires more technical skills though. But works for me. Old WP URL: 1. Create full backup of all files (go to CPanel and ZIP them all creating one file) 2. In phpMyAdmin backup and download database in sql.zip format New WP URL: 1. If there was a WP installation before - download wp-config to desktop. If … [Read more...]
