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How to Create a WordPress Categories Menu Video Tutorial

Last Updated on 23rd February 2021 by Paul Leave a Comment

How to Create a WordPress Categories Menu

I've recently changed the layout of my WordPress blog to disable the sidebar from certain pages. The trouble is the sidebar is the place where I listed my categories, which causes a little navigation problem. The solution was to create a WordPress categories menu and add it to my main site … [Read more...] about How to Create a WordPress Categories Menu Video Tutorial

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: WordPress

Tips for New Bloggers – Ultimate List of Blogging Advice for Beginners

Last Updated on 10th November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

Ultimate List of Tips for New Bloggers

You're at the point every blogger (including me) was at one time so I'll give you a few words of encouragement before I give you these tips for new bloggers! Nobody is born with all the knowledge and skills they need to start a blog. At some point, all the successful bloggers you've read about … [Read more...] about Tips for New Bloggers – Ultimate List of Blogging Advice for Beginners

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: Blogging, Monetization, Money, WordPress

How to Add the Pin It Button to Your WordPress Blog

Last Updated on 29th October 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

How to Add the Pin It Button

Pinterest is an absolute gold mine for traffic. It's also an incredibly slick platform for you to build your brand. However, you need to connect it to your site, from your site. I'm going to show you how to add the Pin It button to your pages. This will make it easy for your visitors to promote your … [Read more...] about How to Add the Pin It Button to Your WordPress Blog

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: Pinterest, WordPress

6 Ways to Stop WordPress Comment Spam & Deter Spammers

Last Updated on 2nd November 2020 by Paul 4 Comments

WordPress Comment Spam

If you're like me, spammers are hitting your blog on a daily basis. I find it a royal pain to check through my site everyday looking for fake comments... so I've decided to do something about it. What follows then is an explanation of what I've done to reduce my WordPress comment spam. This guide … [Read more...] about 6 Ways to Stop WordPress Comment Spam & Deter Spammers

Filed Under: WordPress Tips Tagged With: Blogging, Spam, WordPress

How to Start a Blog in 16 Simple Steps – Detailed Tutorial

Last Updated on 7th March 2021 by Paul 11 Comments

How to Start a Blog in 16 Steps

Starting a blog requires a lot of effort, but it is something that anyone can do. I am going to show you how to start a blog using precisely the same steps I used for SideGains. Some of the steps to setting up a blog will require you to figure a few things out. This is especially true if you are … [Read more...] about How to Start a Blog in 16 Simple Steps – Detailed Tutorial

Filed Under: Tutorials Tagged With: Blogging, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, How To, Monetization, Money, WordPress

The SideGains Page Load Speed Test – How I Improved Page Speeds

Last Updated on 25th November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

SideGains Page Load Speed Test

I'm kicking off today with a description of how to run a page load speed test on your site. This has been a very important subject for me during SideGain's first month so I'll set the scene for you to explain why! I launched SideGains around 30 days ago on 26th June 2019. As you can imagine I've … [Read more...] about The SideGains Page Load Speed Test – How I Improved Page Speeds

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Google, Optimization, Page Speed, SEO, WordPress

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