Lessons in Web Design
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- How to get your first website up and running. Help with figuring out what kind of site you want to build and what steps you need to take to do it all. Beginner information on picking a host, registering a domain, and other useful information.
How to Start a Blog with WordPress
- Using WordPress to power your blog is quite popular these days, and if you aren’t running a complex website, it’s a pretty good option for most basic sites. Learn how to install WordPress and get it up and running on your site.
How to Build a Blog For Profit
- The outline for building your website as a blog for profit. It is a complete step-by-step of how to get your blog up and running, including picking a host, a content management system, and getting AdSense up and running. This article includes a lot of the information available elsewhere on this site, but is a more complete step-by-step if you’re doing it all.
Four Essential Wordpress Plugins (and a Few More You’ll Like)
- Once your using WordPress, you should know about the options you have to make it more powerful. There are literally hundreds, probably thousands of plugins available to help you customize and better run your WordPress site. These are some of the plugins that I recommend.
- Putting ads on your website is easy, but there is more to it than just throwing some code into your page. Here are the ins and outs of Google Adsense, and how to optimize it for your site.
- Whether you want to make your site a site that generates real income, or if you’re just looking to make a few bucks to offset your website maintenance fees, Google Adsense is a great way to get into online advertising for your site. Fully customizable to your site, Adsense can be a powerful tool. There are other advertising options available, but this is a great service to get started with.