Website Social Media Plan

So, you’ve taken the plunge into setting up your new WordPress website and you’ve added content to it. Now you want to add functionality but you may not be sure how to do this and you are a newbie to WordPress. Then I have great news for you!

These 5 WordPress tips will help you get over the hurdle on being a newbie to using WordPress as your website software. Just as a baby normally learns how to crawl and then walk, it is the same with your knowledge growth with WordPress. Don’t fear or be confused because the tips I’m about to share with you will help you tremendously.

• Tip 1: Don’t be afraid to try different plugins
• Tip 2: Be open to new ways of using WordPress
• Tip 3: Ask WordPress experts questions when you don’t understand WordPress
• Tip 4: Get to know all the sections of WordPress.org so you can learn more about WordPress
• Tip 5: Checkout the following links that will help you learn more about WordPress.org:
  • Creating individual Pages
  • Using Themes
  • Using Images
  • Managing Plugins

“Intro to WordPress”

As a WordPress website owner, one of the things that I would recommend you do is add security to your website. This recommendation is being made to help you be prepared against hackers who may try to hack your website.

When you add security to your WordPress website, it’s like adding an extra lock on the door to your house. It can give you an extra sense of security.

To help you add security to your website, I thought it would be good to suggest the following plugins:

• WP Security Scan: Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions.
• Secure WordPress: A little help to secure your WordPress installation: Remove Error information on login page; adds index.html to plugin directory; removes the wp-version, except in admin area.
• SecurePress Website Security Analyzer: SecurePress is a “Live” patent pending security system for WordPress.
  With the introduction of SecurePress, WordPress owners now have a clear choice in website protection. No more piece-meal security patches and plugins. The SecurePress widget installs enough free features to get you started towards securing your site. The ability to see and record your attacks is an excellent starting point. The free reports and statistics available in the dashboard help you to better understand the level and magnitude of these attacks. The free price tag is another good reason to download immediately and get started. When you are ready and after familiarizing yourself with the dashboard, you may want to upgrade to the full version to enable the vast blocking capabilities of SecurePress Pro and turn this application into a monster security shield.

As a WordPress website owner, one of the things that you should integrate into your website is social media interactivity. Integrating social media will allow your website visitors to interact with you via social media websites and for you to show how you are connected.

To add social media to your WordPress website, you can look to plugins that will enable you to integrate social media. The purpose of integrating social media into your website is to allow you to share your activity on sites like Twitter, Facebook or even Digg. Below are a few WordPress plugins that can help you integrate social media into your website:

• TweetMeme: according to their website, Tweetmeme is a service which aggregates all the popular links on twitter to determine which links are popular. Tweetmeme is able to categorize these links into categories and subcategories, making it easy to
• filter out the noise to find what you’re interested in.
• Tweet This: Adds a “Tweet This Post” link to every post and page. Shortens URLs in advance through Th8.us, eating up only 19 of 140 characters. Also included: Plurk, Yahoo Buzz, Delicious, Digg, Ping.fm, Reddit, and StumbleUpon.
• ShareThis: The ShareThis WordPress plugin provides a simple way for users to add your post to many social bookmarking sites, or to send a link to your post via email, AIM, Facebook, Twitter and more.
• Sociable: Automatically add links to your favorite social bookmarking sites on your posts, pages and in your RSS feed. You can choose from 99 different social bookmarking sites!

When using a cell phone or mobile phone to visit websites, it’s always great to find a website that has thought about mobile users who need to view their website in a special way. As a WordPress website owner, you can now offer a special view of your website using a plugin developed by BraveNewCode. The name of the plugin is WPtouch and when it is applied to a WordPress website, it doesn’t affect the design when viewing your website from a computer. According to their website, WP is…

More than just a plugin, WPtouch^TM is a mobile theme for your WordPress website. Modelled after Apple’s app store design specs, WPtouch loads lightning fast and shows your content beautifully, without interfering with your regular site theme. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into a web-application experience when viewed from an iPhone^TM, iPod touch^TM, Android^TM, or BlackBerry Storm^TM touch mobile device.

Have you ever been to a WordPress website and saw a comment that had someone’s picture by it? While on the same website, you also saw pictures that were generic? Then you were viewing a Gravatar. Basically, Gravatars are small images that can be associated with one’s profile when leaving a comment on a website. WordPress has built-in Gravatar support as of version 2.5 and is a great way to add interactivity to your WordPress blog.

To better help you understand the benefits of adding Gravatar support to your WordPress theme, I have compiled a list of links to important information that will further explain Gravatars.

• What is a gravatar?
• How to Add Gravatars to WordPress Themes

If you do not have the latest version of WordPress installed, upgrading WordPress is a service that Pro Membership Services provides. Please feel free to use their contact form to request this service. You will be contacted to schedule the time to discuss your WordPress needs.