Otis Teaches

Now that you’ve got your WordPress blog looking good, isn’t it time to go up under the hood and tweak it a little bit so we can get more power out of it?

Introducing WordPress plugins. These are little script add ons that take your WordPress blog to the next level. Everything from e-commerce plugins to photo gallery plugins exists. If there’s something you wish you could do with your WordPress blog, there’s probably a plugin that does it. (more…)

Congratulations! Your WordPress blog is up and running. But wait… it looks ugly as heck doesn’t it?!!! So what can we do to drastically improve the look and feel of our blog so that it appears professional?

Well we can update our theme. Fundamentally, the WordPress Theme system is a way to “skin” your weblog. Yet, it is more than just a “skin.” Skinning your site implies that only the design is changed. WordPress Themes can provide much more control over the look and presentation of the material on your website. (more…)