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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:26:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/cropping-resizing-in-wordpress/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/cropping-resizing-in-wordpress/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:27:59 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=6576 Read more...]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/cropping-resizing-in-wordpress/feed/ 1 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/improve-your-wordpress-search-box/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/improve-your-wordpress-search-box/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:16:51 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=6200 Read more...]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/improve-your-wordpress-search-box/feed/ 0 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/uploading-pdf-files-to-wordpress/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/uploading-pdf-files-to-wordpress/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:23:47 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=5964 Find out how to upload a PDF file to a WordPress page/post, adding a screenshot of the file and different ways to link to your file. For brochures, manuals, advertisements, minutes and an alternative to online application forms, a PDF file is the perfect solution. Read more...]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/uploading-pdf-files-to-wordpress/feed/ 0 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/create-google-maps-inside-wordpress/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/create-google-maps-inside-wordpress/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:53:33 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=5743 The MapPress plugin lets you create multi-location Google Maps inside your WordPress admin. You simply create a new map, add locations one by one, customise the details on each marker, set the map preview to show all your markers and insert into a page or post. Website visitors can view your maps, find out more about locations and get directions all without leaving your website. ]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/create-google-maps-inside-wordpress/feed/ 0 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/design-custom-call-to-action-buttons/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/design-custom-call-to-action-buttons/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:51:47 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=4963 Find out how to crop and re-size professional button images from Fotolia inside WordPress (no special software required). 'Call to Action' buttons should guide your visitors through your website and help you achieve your website goals - things like making a sale, generating an enquiry, getting a newsletter signup.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/design-custom-call-to-action-buttons/feed/ 4 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/spice-up-your-titles-with-typekit/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/spice-up-your-titles-with-typekit/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:24:34 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=4472 Typekit allows you to use a huge variety of fonts on your website so you are no longer limited to web safe fonts like Arial and Verdana. Find out how to add typekit fonts to your WordPress website, get tips for choosing the right fonts and see some examples of typekit in action.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/spice-up-your-titles-with-typekit/feed/ 1 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/mobile-version-of-your-wordpress-website/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/mobile-version-of-your-wordpress-website/#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 02:32:18 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=4405 Read more...]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/mobile-version-of-your-wordpress-website/feed/ 4 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/tips-to-improve-your-website-forms/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/tips-to-improve-your-website-forms/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 00:42:33 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=4314 There are a lot of ways you can improve your online forms so they are more intuitive, better formatted and (most importantly) more likely to be filled in by a potential customer. Keep reading to find out which fields to use when and how to make your website forms more user friendly...]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/tips-to-improve-your-website-forms/feed/ 2 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/create-a-customer-only-section/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/create-a-customer-only-section/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 10:43:06 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=4041 You can use the Cart66 membership and e-commerce plugin to create a section on your WordPress website which is only visible to people who login with a certain access level. Create one access level for all your customers or multiple access levels such as one for each of your products. Keep reading to find out how to setup access levels, create customer only pages, add a login form and create customer login accounts plus creative ways to use this plugin and what to put in your customer sections.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/create-a-customer-only-section/feed/ 5 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/embed-youtube-videos-in-wordpress/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/embed-youtube-videos-in-wordpress/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:52:53 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=4165 WordPress makes it easy to embed YouTube videos in a Page/Post as well as in a widgetized section like your sidebar or homepage. However, if you don't do it the right way your video code will probably disappear completely the next time you go to edit your page. You can also create a YouTube playlist (a collection of video clips) and embed this on your website.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/embed-youtube-videos-in-wordpress/feed/ 2 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/custom-menus-wordpress-navigation/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/custom-menus-wordpress-navigation/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:59:08 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=3287 WordPress' custom menus are a new, flexible way to create your website's navigation. find out how to use custom menus, how to create different types of navigation buttons, creative ways to use custom menus and check out a selection of sample menus.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/custom-menus-wordpress-navigation/feed/ 3 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/linking-your-posts-the-easy-way/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/linking-your-posts-the-easy-way/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:43:23 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=3929 It's important when you are adding content to your website to include click-able links whenever you reference another post you've written or refer to a service you offer. Find out the easy way to add internal links in WordPress and how to use them to make your website better for both people and search engines to navigate.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/linking-your-posts-the-easy-way/feed/ 3 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/automatic-child-page-summaries/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/automatic-child-page-summaries/#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:38:32 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=3800 The Sub Page Summary plugin automatically adds a summary any top level page with one or more subpages. The summary includes a title linking to the subpage, a text excerpt and a thumbnail-sized image. This plugin does for pages what category pages do for posts. Keep reading to find out how to use it, ideas for different ways to use it and examples of websites already using it.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/automatic-child-page-summaries/feed/ 2 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/paypal-and-the-e-commerce-plugin/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/paypal-and-the-e-commerce-plugin/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:18:51 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=3398 PayPal is a quick and easy way to accept credit card payments for the products in your online store. You just need a free PayPal account, the free version of the Wordpress E-Commerce plugin installed on your WordPress website and you're almost there. Find out how to make your customer's buying experience even better by adding your custom logo or header to the PayPal payments page and returning customers to a custom page on your website.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/paypal-and-the-e-commerce-plugin/feed/ 1 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/wordpress-search-engine-guide/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/wordpress-search-engine-guide/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:32:22 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=3175 If you're using WordPress, every one of your pages and blog posts is now its own standalone website with its own url, title and description and it’s own potential for a listing on Google. This means that you need to optimise every single post you publish, not just the homepage for search engines. find out which are the best SEO plugins, what to write in your titles and descriptions and what the next steps are for optimising your website. Download my FREE SEO Planning Spreadsheet...]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/wordpress-search-engine-guide/feed/ 1 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/tables-plugin-for-wordpress/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/tables-plugin-for-wordpress/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:02:20 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=3128 The WP Table Reloaded Plugin makes it easy for you to create and edit tables to add to any page/post on your WordPress website. If you've ever tried to paste a table into WordPress from Microsoft Word, you will know that even if you manage to get it in the right place, you can't control the look of it and it's almost impossible to change or add to it. If you want to display information in a table with several columns, the WP Tables reloaded plugin will solve all your problems. ]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/tables-plugin-for-wordpress/feed/ 4 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/custom-search-for-e-commerce-sites/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/custom-search-for-e-commerce-sites/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:07:10 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=3106 Adding Google Custom Search to your WordPress e-commerce website allows customers to search the products in your shop as well as your website content. Google Custom search lets you display the search box and the results on your own website in your sidebar or on a page. The free version of the software included advertisement type listings at the top but the paid version (only US$100 per year) displays only your pages, posts and products. Plus the results are so accurate, it's scary!]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/custom-search-for-e-commerce-sites/feed/ 0 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/flickr-photos-in-website-design/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/flickr-photos-in-website-design/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:16:24 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=3033 Using the flickrRSS plugin means you can have your most recent Flickr images or your Flickr group's most recently submitted photos displaying across your homepage, in your website banner, in your sidebar or any other location on your website. This is an easy way to keep your website looking fresh and interesting and (if using the Flckr group option) to build a community.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/flickr-photos-in-website-design/feed/ 1 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/user-generated-posts-with-gravity-forms/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/user-generated-posts-with-gravity-forms/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:51:05 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=1864 Did you know that Gravity forms can be used to automatically create WordPress blog posts? This is an easy way to have users submit articles and listings for online directories without having to login or have access to the website administration. You set up a form with fields for title, content etc, add the form to your website and the form entries are turned into blog posts waiting for you to approve and publish them.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/user-generated-posts-with-gravity-forms/feed/ 9 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/how-to-keep-wordpress-secure/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/how-to-keep-wordpress-secure/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:21:31 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=2846 Each new version of WordPress removes new security threats and protects against bugs and hackers (as well as introducing fantastic new features and better useability). Just like you keep your anti-virus software up to date, you should also make sure your website is always using the latest version of WordPress.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/how-to-keep-wordpress-secure/feed/ 1