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WordCamp Detroit 2010: There’s a Plugin For That

October 12, 2010 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

In his talk There’s a Plugin for That at WordCamp Detroit (#wcdet) in Novi, Michigan, Anthony Montalbano talked about the plugins that extend WordPress. Anthony’s recommendation for finding plugins: visit the WordPress Plugin Directory and use search. There’s likely a plugin for what you’re seeking. I was amazed when he said there were almost 12,000 plugins!

My head was spinning from all the plugins Anthony discussed, I couldn’t keep up. Here’s a partial list:

  • After the Deadline – spellchecker, style and grammar checked using artificial intelligence
  • Akismet – manages spam on your site
  • All-In-One SEO – optimize your websites for search engines
  • Contact Form 7 – contact form for your site
  • Google Analytics for WordPress – logfile analysis of your site
  • Google Translate – provides translation of pages
  • NextGen Gallery – photo gallery with lightbox effects
  • podPress – allows you to host a podcast
  • SexyBookmarks – adds social networking menu to your post or page
  • Subscribe to Comments – make it simple to follow the conversation in comments
  • Twitter for WordPress – include your Twitter stream on your site
  • User Role Editor & Adminimize – work together to modify users roles and the administrative area
  • WP Auto Tagger – will read the content you just wrote and add tags to your post
  • WP-DB-Backup – backup your WordPress database regularly (best practice: set up a unique gmail account and have all backups sent to that email account)
  • WP-e-Commerce – add a shopping cart to your site
  • WP-Invoice – create and send invoices and setup recurring billing for your clients
  • WP-PageNavi – adds pagination to your posts
  • WP Super Cache – handle heavy loads on your site. Makes site pages load faster when you have lots of traffic.

Anthony graciously shared his presentation online.

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Filed Under: WordPress Tagged With: 2010, conference, plugin, WordCamp Detroit

WordCamp Detroit 2010: Your Business Starts with WordPress

October 11, 2010 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

In his keynote Your Business Starts with WordPress at WordCamp Detroit (#wcdet) in Novi, Michigan, Brad Gosse talked about the benefits of working with WordPress. Here are my notes from his talk:

  • Three reasons to love WordPress:
    1. It’s free
    2. Content is separate from design
    3. Can add unlimited content
  • Guest bloggers are a great way to add new content to your site.
  • Key methods to attract people to your site:
    1. Add videos: be sure to include summary text describing the video (summary provides description to website visitors and allows search engines to index)
    2. Use lists
    3. Include humorous articles
    4. Write commentary
  • Include keywords in your post title, but don’t keyword load the title
  • Don’t use CAPTCHA on your site. There are plenty of other methods to combat spam.
  • Use Fiverr.com when you have small tasks you want to outsource. Get any task done for $5.
  • WP CSV Importer allows you to import CSV files or content databases to WordPress

Filed Under: WordPress Tagged With: 2010, business, content, WordCamp Detroit

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