Google Sitemap Plug-in for WordPress
Sitemaps are critical to informing Google about the pages on of your website, some of which may not be discovered by their regular crawling process. If you have a blog keeping the sitemap updated can be a tedious process, particularly for the novice and because of the fact that the preferred format is XML. Luckily for WordPress users, there is an easy to use WordPress plug-in that not only creates the sitemap but keeps it updated as new posts are added. Read the rest of this entry �
The Hypertext Markup Language [HTML] still provides the foundation for presenting documents on the Internet however they may be generated, be they static or dynamic, or enhanced with a variety of scripting languages. The current standard, HTML 4.01, started it’s reign as the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C] recommendation back in 1997 as HTML 4.0. During it tenure other standards for the Extensible Markup Language [XML], a markup language for crating custom solutions, and the Document Object Model [DOM] Level 2, which defines JavaScript implementations for HTML and the Extensible Hypertext Markup Language [XHTML]. The HTML 5 standard is a work in progress that will seek to consolidate these standards into a single workable document that browser developers can use to render incorporate the functionality they offer and render documents in a consistant manner. 
WordPress users can take advantage of an almost infinate variety of free theme designs or can choose amoung and equal number of professional designs. Any one of these can be easily installed by downloading the theme, uploading it’s folder to the theme directory and using the theme administration page to activate it. For those with sufficient knowledge of web design you may be able to create or alter an existing theme that would enable you to integrate a WordPress blog into an exiting site. With that in mind we will try to explain some of the basic elements that make up a WordPress theme. 
With over a 100 million active monthly users MySpace is the dominant social networking site. Like most users, you probably have your ID and image completed and have contemplated how you can enhance the appearance of your page. Without too much difficulty, this can be done with a little knowledge of HTML tags and Cascading Style Sheets [CSS]. If you are an active user you will want to have a first impression that says something about you to any new visitor. 
Blogging is an interactive process where visitors to a blog site can leave comments in response to articles or stories, referred to as posts, created by the site owner or publishers. The term “blog” is short for Web Log and was apparently first used in 1997 by Jorn Barger to describe a site he maintained comprised of a list or “log” of links to sites he believed to be of interest. Since then, the development community has developed a variety of content management and blogging applications with a wide range of capabilities that have made the process of publishing content and exchanging ideas almost as simple as creating documents in a word processor. 
WordPress blogging software offers everything you could want to publish your blog in an intuitive user friendly interface for both visitors and publishers alike. You’ll enjoy the state-of-the-art technology updated regularly by a dedicated development community including a variety of easy to implement themes to choose from that will compliment the image you hope to present to your public on the Internet. Don’t be suspect just because it’s free!