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There are millions of users of wordpress CMS and there would be many more to come. I started out with interaction with wordpress sometime back and I thought of compiling a resource page for wordpress users. Even techwhiz is also running on wordpress.
This resource page would not discuss anything regarding the installation since there is no better website that wordpress itself for the same. We would discuss about the various resources that you might need after you are done with your installation.
When you are done with the installation you need to make the site works better and here comes the utility of this post.
Look into this post and do what it says, its a master post.
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Now you need to secure your website before you get attacked by phishing attacks and other malicious attacks. I have faced phishing attacks and Google had also warned my website about the same. Follow the below mentioned steps and you would minimize your chances for an attack.
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Adding social media widgets into your website ensures that you work in a true WEB 2.0 environment, it not helps you by facilitating discussion and participation in your website but also acts as a great marketing/promotion tool.
You can have a look at this participation in web 2.0 website post for a better read about this topic.
The following posts will help you add the necessary tools to facilitate participation in your website.
- Add Digg to your wordpress blog
- Add Google Buzz to your wordpress blog
- Display delicious count in your wordpress blog
- Display latest tweets on your website.
- Auto post to Facebook and Twitter
For reference you can read this post about the architecture of participation.
Now if you are interested you can add favicon to your website. These will help you get identified, help you create your brand name and might affect increasing in your traffic because they facilitate familiarity. (Click here to know more.)
If you are worried about using icons in your website then you have numerous online resources from where you can get free icons. This one would be the best one.
You can search and find numerous free templates for your blog. Either search through Google or search through people’s bookmarks. You would not need any other method to get your desired website.
To start off with you can check the themes at the two websites.
Now this post would end with small bits of information remaining to be shared. Please let us know your views regarding the post, we may modify this post to include your suggestions and feedback.