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Adding A Side Blog

1. Pick a desired category and add it in your blog (i.e. category “Side Blog”)
2. Implement the following code into your “Functions.php” in your theme’s directory:

function asidesFilter($query) {
if($query->is_feed || $query->is_home || $query->is_ search) {
$query->set(’cat’, ‘-115?);
}return $query;}
>add_filter(’pre_get_posts’, ‘asidesFilter’);>
?>
(Notice the number 115 is the category ID number for the chosen category. Yours will be different.)

3. Then add the following into your “sidebar.php” file in your theme’s directory:
<h3>Side Blog
<a title=””My” href=””FEED”>
<img style=””position:” src=””RSS” alt=””RSS”” />
</a></h3>
<h3><a title=””My” href=””FEED”>
<img style=””position:” src=””RSS” alt=””RSS”” /></a><a title=””My” href=””FEED”>
</a></h3>
<span class=””aside_archive_link””>
<a title=””More” href=””CATEGORY”>Archives</a>
</span>
Enhancing Your “Read More” Link

1. Open your “index.php” or file and find this line:

2. replace it with this one:

Enhancing Your “Comments” Link

1. Open your index.php, archive.php, and single.php and find this line:

2. Replace it with this one:
__(’One comment on ‘ . the_title(”,”,false)), __(’% comments on ‘. the_title(”,”,false))); ?>

Random Tip #1

Do NOT use the following search code in the
“search.php” file in your theme’s directory :

Nobody should be allowed to search your entire server right?

Use this instead:
Random Tip #2

Yet another bad code used in title tags or search templates:

as it allows some harmful Sql injections =(.

Use this instead:

Random Tip #3

Block search robots from your archive page by preventing the indexing:

Paste it anywhere in the “Header.php” file of your current theme’s directory in the tags.

Planning

The Content Planning Guide contains an organized list of the areas of content featured on most small business websites. Feel free to use the guide to check the content items most important to your business. This content guide is helpful in the initial status of planning a website. Once you’ve decided on the content areas, you will need to identify and provide the content for those areas.

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Here are 3 Quick tips that will aid you in attracting repeat visitors:

1. Reward your visitors by offering valuable information regularly such as industry related articles, tips etc.

2. Create a resource page containing links that appeal to your target market; once your visitors know that this resource is available they can return to the site to access the links easily. Be sure to ask them to bookmark the page.

3. Encourage visitor participation through the use of blogs, polls and forums.