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Flexible WordPress Custom Menus

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Jim Degerstrom

The WordPress Road Test site experiments in exploring the features of WordPress as a blogging platform and a cms content management system. WordPress 3.x allows having a website that looks like a static site without looking bloggy. Less than obvious … Continue reading →

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Looking Beyond WordPress v3.1

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Jim Degerstrom

The latest production release of WordPress earlier this week includes the list of enhancements mentioned in our previous post about WordPress v3.1 BETA testers. A special thanks goes out to those WordPress users who take the time to test preproduction … Continue reading →

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WordPress Contact Form Test Success

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Jim Degerstrom

The next custom web design option being added to the WPRoadTest.com website and tested is a standard contact form. I chose the Fast Secure Contact Form 5-star rated plugin by the same author who created SI CAPTCHA which is used … Continue reading →

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WordPress CMS and Blog Integration

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Jim Degerstrom

The next phase is done using WordPress as a blog and a content management system with static pages by performing WordPress cms and blog integration. The previous home page was the first page of just the blog displaying the latest … Continue reading →

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WordPress 3.1 Beta 1 Testers

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Jim Degerstrom

Techie types are being asked to volunteer to test and debug a newly anticipated version of WordPress that is available to test now, and the production version may be released as early as next month. See the official announcement and … Continue reading →

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WordPress Backup and Upgrade Security

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Jim Degerstrom

The importance of WordPress backup and upgrade security cannot be emphasized enough for new site owners, or anyone tempted to ignore the dangers of losing data. The database for your WordPress blog can be easily saved on a daily or … Continue reading →

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Video Display in WordPress 3.x

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Jim Degerstrom

The video inserted below is an example of a video display in WordPress 3.x created with valid code per W3C and cross-browser compatible. This photo edit tutorial is practical for learning how to use a new WordPress blog because it … Continue reading →

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WordPress v3 Production Release

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Jim Degerstrom

This humorous illustration with mother and child looking on depicts a conversation as the stork delivers a baby. Yes, the WordPress v3.0 Production Release is official. Mother: Wow! You arrived before expected! Child: New v3.0 WordPress? Child (again): I wanted … Continue reading →

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WordPress v3 Release Within Sight

Posted on June 12, 2010 by Jim Degerstrom

It’s nearly time to celebrate. As WordPress developers and release candidate testers move closer to a final version, the WordPress RC3 prelaunch version was released as announced earlier today. The official WordPress blog post characterized this RC as “What will … Continue reading →

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WordPress Live Online Demo Introduction

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Jim Degerstrom

Imagine buying a new custom blog or cms web design and just like a car you get to kick the tires and test drive the website. That’s the idea behind the WordPress Road Test live online demo. Customers may learn … Continue reading →

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