Grant Laird, Jr. Blog

ASL Video – 11 Minutes Long

Workshop at WordCamp 2008 – Dallas

Credit: John Pozadzides – http://onemansblog.com/

How to improve your own wordpress website with many tips:

• Add printer plugins – this way it will print perfect post this way rather than print whole crappy with themes in it on your printout.
• Updated profile/picture – yes picture of yourself!!
• Add links on footer; i.e. www.crazytech.com or one of your favorite link.
• Add MyBlogLog – you can sign up at www.mybloglog.com
• Add Top Commenters on sidebar – use your widget to put up there
• P-Metrics? Check it out!
• Add Amazon advertising with your own reseller account
• Use tags!!
• Check out Viddler – supposed to be better quality video
• Check out Woopra – www.woopra.com (beta version)
• Use hyperlink with several words instead of 1-2 words
• Email Subscription – RECOMMENDATION!! (subscribe2 plugins) — FeedBurner is also good optional
• Select partial RSS Feed instead of full
• Open comments all the times; do not require register
• Submit your post at www.Digg.com – its free
• Use FastStone program for optimize & resize pictures. its free!
• Use WP Super Cache plugins – better loading and speedy
• Add image on every post; at least one rather than boring text only; Try www.weburbanist.com
• No begging!!
• Donncha plugins – designed for no zone advertising for preferance visitors (interesting suggestion here)
• Stick with better and/or best tools such as webcam, avoid cheapass equipments
• Use unique name for each images — use fire_house_dallas.jpg instead of img0001.jpg
• Check out more cool info at OMB plugins list here

Feel free to make comments what you think of this tips to improve your WordPress. Again, I haven’t try them all — it may be necessary for you to do little further research by yourself.

Updated 4/12/08: More details about WordCamp Dallas where I attended such as video and pictures – check it out!

Grant Laird Jr.
http://blog.grantlairdjr.com