More WordPress Resources

One of my clients told me last week that he really enjoys my posts on WordPress (thanks Doug!). After I got off the phone, I realized that a lot of people don’t know what blogs to read when it comes to learning about WordPress.

Here is my list of recommended reading for WordPress designers, developers, and site owners: Read More

WordPress Blog SEO Tip – Use The More Tag

I was reviewing a WordPress blog for a client a few days ago and I noticed that they weren’t using the built-in blog snippet capabilities of WordPress – also known as the “more” tag.

Here’s why I recommend using the more tag in WordPress and how it works: Read More

Adding A Google AdSense Custom Search Engine To a WordPress Blog

Last week, I talked about why I like Google AdSense for Search and offered some setup tips. This week, I’ll show you how to integrate this code into a standard WordPress blog.

Note: You’ll need to know HTML to complete this exercise, and be basically familiar with the WordPress theme editor (found under the “Appearance” menu). I would rank this as an “beginner/intermediate” level tweak. You can’t really screw anything up as long as you have a backup of the original search form, so there’s no harm in trying.

P.S. – This won’t work for WordPress.com users.

P.P.S. – The written tutorial was updated as of November 6th, 2011. If you find that the code doesn’t exactly match, you may still find the instructions useful. Conceptually, the process is the same regardless of the exact code.
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