The DIY Blogger

Free Child Themes for Genesis

Graham Tappenden — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:32:00 +0000

Regular readers and members of the Beyond Blogging Project will know that I am a great fan of the Genesis framework from StudioPress and use it for all of the new sites that I develop. Genesis consists of a framework and … Continue reading →

How to check your blog for broken links (Part 2)

Graham Tappenden — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:28:16 +0000

The “Broken Links Plug-in” searches for broken links from within a WordPress site, but there is also an easy way to check for broken links from outside the site – more importantly, to make sure that Google is not following … Continue reading →

How to check your blog for broken links (Part 1)

Graham Tappenden — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:38:45 +0000

There must be nothing worse for a reader on your site than to click on a link, only to find out that it does not work because the website that you are linking has been moved or taken off-line. If … Continue reading →

cFormsII

diyadmin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:55:13 +0000

If you want to create a simple contact form for you website, then one of the easiest ways to do that is with the plug-in Contact Form 7. But sometimes you want a bit more control over the form, even … Continue reading →

How to compress the WordPress database

Graham Tappenden — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:56:36 +0000

Over the course of the past few posts I’ve shown you how to clean up the post revisions in your WordPress database and limit them in the future, and how to remove the spam comments from the database as well. … Continue reading →