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Old 10-28-2008, 11:03 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Need help with WP

1) What is a good source for templates?
2) What are the plugins that would make life easier/good for SEO
-- Any others plugins that are kind of must have..
-- how to stop spam comments in comments?

3) what is good source of articles (best way to auto update word press blog)
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Old 10-28-2008, 11:08 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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for templates, you really have to look around for the one that fits your site. or go custom.

I use the All-in-one SEO Pack Plugin and it does great

Also they have a built in spam engine that gets the job done well, akismet

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Try these links for themes:

http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

http://wordpresstemplates.name/

http://www.freewpthemes.net/

http://themes.rock-kitty.net/
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Old 10-28-2008, 05:58 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks fot the tips, any other info I can use?
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Here is a site that I go to a lot: noupe.com it has a ton of links to design articles, a lot of WP on there as well as PhotoShop and more... I find it very useful...
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I suggest using the K2 template to start with.
http://getk2.com/

I only edit my css file and don't worry when upgrades comes.
Then grab 2 plugins to help ease backups and upgrades :
WordPress Automatic Upgrade
WordPress Database Backup

and a simple contact form is always useful

Enjoy!

*edit to add

to stop spam use the Akismet plugin that comes with every install of WP (i think it does)
then sign up for a WP account to get the WordPress.com API Key that is needed to active this spam stopper plugin.
I use the same AP Key on all my blogs using Akismet and it even gives a stats page on the WP dashboard.

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Cool, I had some guy installed WP a year ago or so.
They are all auto update blogs.

Need to updated them to the latest version and make sure they make some money.
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Thanks Brian, I think I will try these. Looks good.


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I suggest using the K2 template to start with.
http://getk2.com/

I only edit my css file and don't worry when upgrades comes.
Then grab 2 plugins to help ease backups and upgrades :
WordPress Automatic Upgrade
WordPress Database Backup

and a simple contact form is always useful

Enjoy!

*edit to add

to stop spam use the Akismet plugin that comes with every install of WP (i think it does)
then sign up for a WP account to get the WordPress.com API Key that is needed to active this spam stopper plugin.
I use the same AP Key on all my blogs using Akismet and it even gives a stats page on the WP dashboard.
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Thanks Brian, I think I will try these. Looks good.
Yeah, that is what I use for every basic install.
I use the cpanel side to install WP then upload and active those plugins

Also one last must have for WP is the dropdown menu.
You can get to any page from any page in the backend with one click with this cool menu plugin

HERE

Glad it helps.
Hope it helps....
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I use headspace 2 for seo, I love it and have had better results than with the all in one seo pack.
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Posted the WP 2.7 upgrade here

All plugins I listed here do work with the upgrade.

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It looks like 2.7 has the auto updater incorporated already. Will be upgrading all mine tonight.
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Have one blog I set it to auto update!
How do I know if the update is done automatically or not?

Is there an easy way to delete all the spam comments?
like if I have 12000 in one and about 6000 or 8000 in another.
Going to DB is an option! - Is there a way from admin itself?


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How to add image verificaiton to commnets section?
So, I can stop bots.
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you can run a sql command in the database. The table and field name I would check as I am going off the top of my head and not actually looking at the fields.

to delete all comments
delete * from wp_comments where id>0

or from a particular ip address
delete * from wp_comments where ip=1.1.1.1


Also, I set the permissions for no one to comment on posts on the sites that run themselves to prevent the spam.

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Have one blog I set it to auto update!
How do I know if the update is done automatically or not?

Is there an easy way to delete all the spam comments?
like if I have 12000 in one and about 6000 or 8000 in another.
Going to DB is an option! - Is there a way from admin itself?


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How to add image verificaiton to commnets section?
So, I can stop bots.
To see if it updated you would just go in your admin panel and see if your version is 2.7 instead of 2.6.x

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The update you need to due manually through the plugin.
It should be right there at the top once you have logged in.
Just follow the steps as it upgrades.

The backup plugin will do auto backups of the db and send it to the email you chose when setting up the plugin.

Allow comments all comments but by setting all comments with 1 link to be approved.

for spam - as posted above:
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to stop spam use the Akismet plugin that comes with every install of WP (i think it does)
then sign up for a WP account to get the WordPress.com API Key that is needed to active this spam stopper plugin.
I use the same AP Key on all my blogs using Akismet and it even gives a stats page on the WP dashboard.
To dump all spam goto the comments waiting approval. You can click select all and delete or sort through them.
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