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My experience with web design and development has led me to create posts just for bloggers. Find tips on Wordpress theme customization, CSS, SEO, plugins and more.

To get the most out of your blog, there are several things that you can do to improve it. Whether you want a better design or tips for getting more traffic, I can give you ideas.

You may be surprised how you can tweak your blog design with just a little CSS customization. Colors and fonts are easy changes. However, you can also make bigger changes with a little know how.

Many Wordpress plugins are also available for further customization and functionality.

 

how to make money blogging
by Renee Hanlon - August 14, 2019August 14, 2019

How To Make Money Blogging

Whether you already have a blog or are just thinking about starting a blog, there are some financial benefits that you need to know about. Did you know that you can actually make good money from blogging? In fact, many bloggers have been able to quit there regular jobs entirely. The amount that you make

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optimize images for web
by Renee Hanlon - January 20, 2019February 23, 2019

Optimize Images For Web Use

If you have a blog, in all likelihood you have images in your posts. After all images help to tell your story and are necessary for visually relaying your message. Plus, when you have images in your post, it makes it easier to share on Pinterest. However, did you know that using images can really

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how to start a blog
by Renee Hanlon - January 13, 2019August 14, 2019

How To Start A Blog With WordPress

Are you interested in starting your own blog or website but have no idea where to start? With all of the blogging platforms, hosting providers, and costs, it can seem mind boggling. I will help narrow this all down for you in nice easy steps. You will learn everything you need to know on how

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by Renee Hanlon - August 18, 2018August 3, 2018

Boost Blog Traffic With Five Easy Steps

With a new blog it can be difficult to gain traffic right away. It can take awhile for your site to be found. Luckily there are some easy ways to ensure that readers will find your fantastic content! See how to easily boost blog traffic. How To Boost Blog Traffic Before doing anything else, make

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by Renee Hanlon - August 11, 2018August 2, 2018

5 Essential Tried and True WordPress Plugins

Starting a blog is more than just writing great posts. It is also important to think about things like SEO or loading speed for your site. You may be wondering how you can control such things. Luckily there are some fantastic wordpress plugins to make this job easier. For this post, I have narrowed the

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image mapping example
by Renee Hanlon - August 4, 2018August 2, 2018

How To Use Image Mapping To Create Multiple Links

Have you ever wanted to have an image on your blog that contains multiple links? In WordPress, when you upload an image, you only have the ability to create only one link. However, you can still create multiple links with image mapping. Image Mapping Tool To do this, you simply need to use an image

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how to customize wordpress twenty seventeen
by Renee Hanlon - May 16, 2018February 23, 2019

How To Customize WordPress Theme Twenty Seventeen

If you like to use the WordPress default themes but don't like the generic look, you can easily customize the theme with some CSS. The most current default WordPress theme is geared more to websites than a blog. I'm going to show you how you can customize WordPress theme Twenty Seventeen specifically for blogging. If

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by Renee Hanlon - July 23, 2013January 16, 2019

Five Important Tips For Bloggers

Whether you have a new blog or you have been blogging for awhile, these five tips for bloggers will help to ensure that your blog is successful.

by Renee Hanlon - August 26, 2011October 18, 2021

Link Party Directory

If you are wondering how to promote your blog, link parties are a great way to start. Link parties normally occur each week by either one or more blog hosts. Each party will have a theme that will accept links to posts from other bloggers. This is a great way to promote your blog and

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