February 4, 2015 – 4:29 am
We’ve covered WordPress posts and Pages, the core content elements associated with a basic WordPress site. Today we are going to focus on posts, specifically how they are organized and structured within a WordPress site. Categories are your site’s Table of Contents. Tags are your site’s index words. Honestly, it is that simple. Think of […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: categories, learn wordpress, site organization, tags, wordpress categories, wordpress content, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, wordpress tags, wordpress tutorials |
February 3, 2015 – 4:16 am
Let’s be Lorelle’s WordPress School with the two core content elements of WordPress: posts and Pages. By default, WordPress displays content in posts and Pages. Each behaves differently and distinctively in WordPress, and can confuse people easily. Let’s make this simple. Pages hold timeless content. Posts hold timely content. Please be patient with the videos. […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: content, content organization, learn wordpress, wordpress content, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress pages, wordpress posts, wordpress school, wordpress tutorials |
February 2, 2015 – 4:55 am
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins A website is an intangible, a virtual nothing in which we create something tangible to human perception. When it boils right down to it, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little created nothing with WordPress. WordPress isn’t a physical object you can […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress School
| Tags: learn wordpress, site content, site information, site master plan, site organization, wordpress guide, wordpress help, WordPress News, wordpress school, wordpress tutorials, worksheets |
January 31, 2015 – 3:30 pm
The following are the presentations notes for my workshop called “Blogging Your Passion” at Making it in Changing Times in 2015. In 2010 I was in Chicago for SOBCon, the Successful Online Business Conference, and I had an amazing encounter with a woman on the crowded downtown streets: …I was storming away from the last […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips
| Tags: blog writing, blog your passion, blogging, events, how to blog, speaking, web writing, workshops, writers, Writing |
January 16, 2015 – 2:08 pm
DISCOUNT: Lorelle is offering her popular site reviews for 50% off during 2015 as part of her WordPress School year-long project teaching the basics of WordPress. The discount code is found in the introduction materials. Lorelle VanFossen offers three levels of site reviews, specifically for WordPress sites. The prices are the starting prices for the […]
January 16, 2015 – 1:19 pm
During Lorelle’s WordPress School and online courses, you will be asked to give and receive feedback and criticism from the instructor and fellow participants. This is part of the learning process. it is important that we respect the integrity of learning here, even if we are doing so on the open web. Respect your fellow […]
September 29, 2014 – 4:35 am
In 2012 and 2013, I did extensive research for the grant program to develop and rewrite the Web Developer degree program at Clark College. This research included an analysis of current and future job opportunities for students graduating with that degree with a solid understanding of WordPress. Now that the program has completed its first […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Classes, WordPress, WordPress News
| Tags: clark college, education, jobs, web content, Web Design, web development, web practitioner, web writing, wordpress, wordpress classes, wordpress education, wordpress jobs, WordPress News, wordpress training |
The following are the workshop notes for my popular workshop on “Speed Blogging.” The workshop is designed to teach how to take charge of your website and keep the content flowing with enthusiasm over the long term by learning the shortcuts, tips, and techniques to speed up the process of blogging, allowing your blog to […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, WordPress, WordPress News, Writing
| Tags: automation, blogging, blogging tips, browser, evernote, feeds, outsourcing, speed blogging, text editor, web browser, web writing, wordpress, WordPress News, workshops, writing for the web |
August 1, 2014 – 11:56 pm
The following are the notes for my popular workshop “Your Blog is Your Business Card”. The premise is that today’s business card can’t hold all the contact information necessary to connect adequately with potential clients, but the blog can. It is the holder of your contact information and online identity. The workshop covers the philosophy […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: about page, blog as a business card, blog as your business card, blogging tips, business of blogging, images, profile, publishing, social media, web writing, Writing, writing your about page |
WP Tavern reported recently that WordPress Developers are organizing a community initiative to standardize common post types, taxonomies and meta data. Led by Justin Tadlock, popular WordPress developer and author of Professional WordPress Plugin Development, the goals of the community project are to name these common parts of WordPress to create a more stable and […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in WordPress, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Themes
| Tags: code standards, custom post types, taxonomies, wordpress, WordPress News, WordPress Plugins, wordpress post types, wordpress standards, WordPress Themes |
December 10, 2013 – 12:26 pm
In the October issue of The Christian Science Monitor, I found this from John Yemma, Monitor Editor: Why we dig, and what we may find Sometimes a portal opens into the world of legend. A stone is rolled away from an Egyptian tomb revealing a 3,300 year old Pharaoh’s power and wealth. A Roman city […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: archaeology, blog exercises, blogging, content, dig, inspiration, introspection, motivation, research, self-discipline, speculation, Writing, writing for the web |
December 3, 2013 – 9:10 pm
My friend, timethief, has done it again with “12 Time Management Tips for Top Blogging Performance,” the inspiration for this blog exercise. Scheduling enough time for creating original content, promoting it, answering comments, reading and leaving comments on other blogs is not an easy feat. Few bloggers I know are able to blog full time. […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging, blogging tips, goals, plan, planning, professional bloggers, professional blogging, scheduling, self-discipline, time, time management |
November 15, 2013 – 4:10 am
One of the things I work with in teaching writing for the web and blogging is to blog intentionally. I call it “content with intent.” Content with Intent From the very first of these Blog Exercises I’ve preached content with intent, blogging with every intention filled with purpose, goals, and incentive. Specifically self-incentive, a self-motivated […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog content, blog purpose, blogging tips, content, content with intent, how to blog, intention, intentional blogging, successful blogging, web writing, Writing, writing for the web, writing tips |
November 9, 2013 – 4:41 am
Two questions on the same day triggered this blog exercise. I was asked by a student in my WordPress class recently what defined a “professional blog.” I told him it was one that met all the criteria for a well-designed, well-formed site that met web standards. This is a good definition, but lacked specifics. A […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Web Design, WordPress, Writing
| Tags: authority, blog authority, blog exercises, blogging tips, brand, branding, content, credibility, design, good content, good site, professional site, reputation, social media, social web, trust, Web Design, what makes a good site, what makes a professional site, what makes someone trust a website, wordpress |
October 31, 2013 – 4:49 am
Blogging is about writing. Let’s not forget that. And now is the time to test your writing skills. The Tomorrow Project by The Society for Science and the Public is promoting contest for a science fiction story about the kind of future you want to live in when the future comes to call. They are […]
By Lorelle VanFossen
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Posted in Blog Exercises, Blogging, blogging tips, Writing
| Tags: blog exercises, blogging, blogging tips, how to blog, how to write, nanowrimo, national novel writing month, self-assignments, self-improvement, wordpress.com, Writing, writing challenges, writing competitions, writing contests, writing for the web |