Finding your WordPress stats — some quick ways to find out how many are viewing your site. WordPress site stats are easy to find, if you have Jetpack installed. If you don’t have Jetpack’s WordPress.com stats running on your site, then read my post on it here: Utilizing the Jetpack plugin: WordPress.com Stats. Simply hover […]
Have you paid attention to your author name on your blog? If not, check it out simply by viewing one of your posts on the front-end, just like your visitors see it. Are you happy with the name that shows up? If not, it’s time to edit it with a two-minute-max admin change: Log into […]
Updating to WordPress 3.8 also visually updates your Dashboard This new version of WordPress has a heavy emphasis on clean design and an uncluttered dashboard. Among the several changes to your WordPress blog (which includes a better way to look at themes, work with widgets, and faster loading), is the new bold look to your […]
Change your WordPress blog’s appearance with the Custom CSS feature The wonderful thing about using a self-hosted WordPress site (the WordPress.org version) is that you have complete control over your site–from the domain name and where it’s hosted, to the theme you use and its look and feel. One way to customize your site’s theme […]
Customize the look of your WordPress site’s blog page by changing full blog posts to excerpts on your WordPress site’s front page. Here are four ways to shorten your posts.
The goal of Be Blog Smart is to provide you, as an emerging blogger venturing out into the complex world of blogging platforms, methods, and information, the tools to easily comprehend the how-tos of this arena of the Internet, particularly WordPress blogging.
