Why are blog themes so important? Because it tells your visitors who you are. Your theme displays your personality, showcases your work, and is part of your brand. Different bloggers pick different themes based on their needs, theirs likes, their wants, and their work or product. The blogging community literally has access to thousands of blog themes. Many are free while others are paid. Paid themes usually have better support and more … [Read more...]
Our Favorite WordPress Plugins – 32 Plugins for 2015
The International Bloggers Association is a group of bloggers from around the world. We all have a part in helping each other to make our blogs awesome. This is what Let’s Make Your Blog Awesome, A Learning Series for Bloggers is all about. One of the reasons most bloggers use Wordpress is because of the fantastic plugins that are available. Plugins can make blogging much easier if you are using the right ones. There are thousands of plugins … [Read more...]
6 Blogging Tips from a Sweet Home and Garden Blog
Welcome to the third week of Let's Make Your Blog Awesome, the learning series that will help us all become awesome bloggers. To be featured on Let's Make Your Blog Awesome please read the guidelines below: Blogs should be snazzy, up-to-date, and easily accessible. Posts must be well-written, without spelling or ugly grammar errors. Quality photography is super important preferably with images optimized for Pinterest. Your images may be … [Read more...]
How to Add Social Media Icons on WordPress and Blogger
Is your blog missing something very important? Would you like to have the perfect social media icons on your website? Well, you're in luck. Julia Gibson explains here how to add them in both Wordpress and Blogger. Here's a preview of this tutorial! Julia wrote: One of the best things you can do for your blog is to add social media icons. This is one of the “tasks” that I struggled with the most when starting my blog back in June … [Read more...]
How to Disable Canonical URLs in WordPress
Learn how to disable canonical URLs in WordPress. That will make it easier for Google Webmaster Tools to fetch your blogs status. This post was written by Shumon Islam. His website is full of great info, particularly for Wordpress users. Check it out! What Is a Canonical URL? If you have a website on WordPress you will find an element like <link rel= “canonical” href= “www.example.com”/> inside the <head> section. Canonical … [Read more...]