Do you need help with WordPress?Here are some forums where you can get some WordPress support:1. WordPress official forum2. WP Tavern forum3. Stack Exchange forum for WordPress.4. IRC channel for WordPress supportPaid support:5. WP Questions6. WP Help CenterWordPress.org offficial forum has lots of unanswered and unresolved questions and the waiting time for highly technical questions may be long. Surprisingly, there are not many unofficial support forums for WordPress. The few out there are run by over-worked individual WordPress geeks. Some are closed while some are inactive and filled with spam.Considering the avalanche of premium sites offering … [Read more...]
Contributing to WordPress community
Sometime ago, I read a disturbing post called Is WordPress a Thankless Community?. The point is that we benefit a lot from free software but don't contribute back in any way. This is unfortunately true.So, how can we contribute back to WordPress community?1. Say Thanks to WordPress contributorsDo remember to say THANKS Whenever some one makes a nice WP theme, plugin, tutorial blog post or helps in support forum. You can comment in their blog, respond in the forum, rate their themes and plugins well. Every human will be happy for this.2. Link to WordPress expertsLink to useful WP resources. This will help spread the word and establish authority for the resources. Being … [Read more...]
WordPress Freelancers
Sometimes, when I am unable to accept a project, my clients ask me to recommend some WordPress freelancers. So, here is a list:1. Bage - Bage does WP installation, theme design and customization.2. Srinath - Srinath does WP installs, theme customization and image editing work. He also manages Twitter, Social media marketing.Both of them are leading service providers in Elance and have excellent performance.3. Srini - Srini is a well known WordPress developer of popular themes like Plainscape. He can make custom plugins, customize themes and plugins.4. Ganesh - Ganesh manages blogs for some of the popular Tamil writers. He has been in business for years and offers range of … [Read more...]
WordPress Tips
WordPress tips which I personally found useful:* Bulk delete spam comments * How to fix if your stats plugin keeps showing zero visits? * WordPress page specific header images * To speed up WordPress, add the following to your wp-config.php:// Enable the WordPress Object Cache: define(ENABLE_CACHE, true); … [Read more...]
How to Troubleshoot WordPress?
Whenever you have a problem with your WordPress website,0. Don't Panic. So far as your WordPress database and wp-contents folder is fine, you are fine.1. Switch to the default WordPress template and deactivate all plugins. If you are fine now, switch to another trouble free template or activate the plugins one by one to find out the culprit.If you still have problem, it is possibly a WordPress problem. Then, there are few places to ask for WordPress help:* WP support forum for How-To and Troubleshooting. Check other WP help forums too. * Frequently asked questions for WP troubleshooting * WP documentation for troubleshooting. * Tweet your question with the hashtags … [Read more...]
Blogger to WordPress converts – Beginner Questions
WordPress is better and different compared to Blogger. This article answers common questions asked by people who moved from Blogger to WordPress.Where is my Dashboard?See Site admin under Meta section in the right side bar of your blog.Can I edit my theme?If you have installed WordPress software in your own site, yes. If you are using WordPress.com then you need to pay 15 USD to edit your theme. Alternatively, you can choose from different themes given at Site Dashboard -> Appearance -> ThemesDo I have facility like edit layout->page elements in Blogger?Yes. Check Site Appearance--> Widgets. You can re arrange the order of widgets in your side bar.How … [Read more...]
