Why does this happen? Text may get cut off in weird positions because of how you float images and other elements in your blog post. Here is a classic example of a problem caused by floated images. Other examples of float problems are when text appears to the left or right of the image when [...]

Google Analytics is a free, enterprise-level analytics service that allows you to track your website visits and pageviews. Google Analytics offers much more comprehensive tracking and deeper insights compared to the WordPress Stats package that comes with the Jetpack plugin, but there is 1 main drawback – you have to login to the Google Analytics website [...]

Akismet is a spam filtering service by Automattic, the same folks who develop WordPress. Learn more about stopping comment spam and how Akismet works. This article describes how to: Obtain an Akismet API key Activate the Akismet plugin in your WordPress site Obtain an Akismet API key You must sign up for an Akismet account [...]

Themes using the Genesis Framework observes the excerpt and read more features of WordPress, but give you additional options to control the display of your content on archive pages: 1.Truncate post content 2. Display excerpts Truncate post content Go to your WordPress Admin → Genesis → Theme Settings. Scroll down to the Content Archives box below. Specify [...]

You can truncate your blog entries so that only the first part of certain posts is displayed on the home and archive pages. When you do this, a link will be placed directly after your excerpt, pointing the reader to the full post. You can find the More Tag button in the first row of [...]

This guide will quickly tell you what you need to know about the Portfolio Slideshow Plugin. Settings and Documentation You can manage settings and access the documentation for the Portfolio Slideshow Pro plugin by going to your WordPess Admin → Settings → Porftolio Slideshow Pro Do take some time to review the Documentation. It’s easy [...]

WordPress makes it easy to embed videos from popular video services online. Locate the video URL In YouTube, under the video you want to embed, click the Share button. The Share box will appear with the video link. Copy the video link. In Vimeo, simply copy the URL from your browser address bar. The video [...]

At certain times you may want to disable comments on a particular Page or Post. Here are 2 ways to disable comments in WordPress. Disable comments on a per-page basis On the Add New or Edit page, scroll down and locate the Discussion box. Uncheck the Allow comments checkbox and click Publish or Update to [...]

Images make a website look a lot more interesting than long blocks of text. Some themes can automatically represent each post with an image in a grid or slider format by making use of Featured Images. Example of Featured Images In this example, the theme automatically represents each post with an image. You see this [...]

You can choose the modules and even the number of columns to display on admin pages of your WordPress site. To do this, click the Screen Options tab in the upper right of the admin pages and customize the display of the current screen. The Screen Options pane will slide down to reveal some options. Select [...]