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If an image is worth 1000 words, how much is a video screencast worth? There are people out there that learn a lot better by seeing a hands-on demonstration than by reading 10 books. This is the reason that guest writer Siva Kumar published on InstantShift.com a very well researched collection of more than 50 screencasts and video tutorials from all over the web.

Categories: News, Tutorials
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“Better safe than sorry” is a very sound approach when it comes to the security of your Wordpress website. As such it is a very good idea to beef up your defenses whenever possible. Here are 35 more extra options to protect your options.

Categories: News, Plugins, Tutorials
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Alex Denning, the owner of WPShout, has a bunch of advices on how to get the best exposure for search engines. Title and URL optimization, keyword selection, copy text refactoring and choosing the best plugins for the job are the main items of this very useful article.

Categories: Tutorials
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Nobody can deny today the power of social networks in building a community for your website. One of the most important ones – Facebook – has recently updated their feature list and API. As a result is has become so easy to promote your fan page on your website. And now it even easier to add it to your Wordpress blog.

Categories: News, Tutorials
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There is a big case of unrest in the Wordpress community these days. With the launch date for version 3.0 closer and closer, a lot of people are in a frenzy to get ready for the great event.

One of the most popular features is the new menu system and its supporting interface. Gone will be the days when one had to use rocket science to make a custom menu. From now on it will be a simple matter to play around with the menu options page. Let’s have a look at the work behind the scenes.

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Many people say that the true power and versatility of Wordpress as a CMS comes from the Custom Fields. With a bit of ingenuity one can make use of these fields to obtain a broad range of desired effects …

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The people behind WPGarage met an interesting challenge recently. They recently launched a site dedicated to the translation from German to English of a large set of Holocaust-era letters. One of the features needed was to be able to sort these letters by the date they were sent instead of the date they were published on the site.

Categories: Plugins, Tutorials