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Having trouble installing Wordpress, or customizing your Wordpress site? The videos on this site are an excellent resource, but if you just want it done, now that’s an option. For $99 I will install and customize Wordpress for you, on the web host of your choice. You provide the hosting and domain name (But I’ll handle all the details) and in just a few hours you will have a fully functioning Wordpress site.
Install and configure themes and plugins for you, show you how to use Wordpress, and even set up a Podcast for you, if that’s what you want.

Interested? Want more information? Give me a call on my Google Voice number: (917) 512-9397 and we can talk!

Hi Bill. I know that as a geek, you really want to do everything yourself, which of course includes setting up your web site and doing a podcast, but sometimes you need help. I saw your “podcast” , but I have to tell you from one geek to another, that’s not a podcast, all you’ve done is post some WMA and MP3 files. I think you have a really great idea though, I bet you could have millions of subscribers if you had a real podcast, and I think you’re doing really great things so I’d love to help you.

So Bill, I would be happy to set up a web site for you to host a proper Podcast, for no charge. I would build this site on the free and open source platform – Wordpress. I would configure an RSS fed for you and even set you up with some great stats packages to know how many people are listening. You know what, I even have a spare Behringer PodcastStudio USB package which has a Microphone and a small mixer that is just perfect for podcasting – I’d be happy to send it to you at no charge. I assume you would have no problem getting listed in the Zune marketplace so I’ll let you handle that, but I will take care of the dirty details of getting your podcast listed in the iTunes podcast directory – you won’t ever have to talk to anyone from Apple. I bet we could even get your podcast featured on the front page.

This isn’t a joke Bill, I would be happy to help a fellow geek out. If you’re interested just use the call me button on the top right hand of this site, or drop me an email: podcast@teachmewp.com and let me know.

Thanks
Dave Holowiski

Well if you just listened to my rant about the importance of open source to wordpress, what I’m about to say is not a surprise… if you download a theme from anywhere but Wordpress.org, you risk doing really bad things to your web site.
It seems that if you google for wordpress themes, almost all of the top results host modified versions of wordpress themes, with obfuscated code inserted in them. This code might do something benign like just adding backlinks to other sites, but it could potentially do terrible things, like installing malware on your viewer’s computers.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Never install plugins or themes from any site other than wordpress.org!

Check out the video and links to some articles below…

Stop downloading Wordpress themes from shady sites
How Downloading a Premium Theme/Plugin From the Wrong Place Can Ruin Your Site
Watch Where You Download That

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In this Audio only episode of the podcast I discuss how Open Source, and free, is very important to Wordpress. This is a hot topic right now, with core plugins and Wordpress 3.0.

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A quick look at the new image editing features with Wordpress 2.9, and I show you how to customize the 404 (Page not found) page in your Wordpress Theme.

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How can you get viewer stats from iTunes? You can’t but I show you how to use Podtrac to get viewer stats. I also introduce you to the Atahualpa Wordpress theme which is highly configurable. Read the rest of this entry »

Just found this on the Automattic web site (Automattic is closely tied to Wordpress) it is for a job opening called “Happiness Engineer”, which is basically tech support. When I worked in tech support, we always talked about how much better every company would be if employees had to work tech support before they went on to their ‘real’ job. Nice to see someone is actually doing it!

Jobs « Automattic: ” In fact everyone who joins Automattic, regardless of position, does support for 3 weeks”

(Via Automattic.com.)

John Bintz: Publishing Webcomics Using ComicPress « WordPress.tv: “”

(Via Wordpress.tv.)

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An update on the status of the podcast, and I show you how to add a super simple click to call button to your web site. I also show you how to redirect a page to an external web site! Fun stuff. Please be sure to fill out the listener survey at teachmewp.com/survey.

First I want to thank all of the viewers from the past year. I really appreciate you sticking with the podcast, through it’s on again off again, variable video size and quality and everything. If you want to know how many people viewed the podcast, be sure to watch this week’s episode.

For the first tutorial, I walk you through adding click to call to your web site. This is basically an icon a user can click on, and they will receive a phone call – so will you, and you will be talking to the user. This is great for marketing, but I also use it on teachmewp.com and point it directly to voicemail so that users can leave feedback on the show, from their phone, just by clicking. Be sure to watch the video for the details.

In the second part of the tutorial I show you how you can make a page link to an external site using the redirection plugin. Check out the “Discussion” tab along the top of this site, which started life as a page, but now links to the discussion forums at teachmewp.ning.com.

There are now many ways to give feedback on the show.  First, you can just leave a comment on this post! That’s probably the easiest way.  You can also use the click to call button, you will receive a phone call and be able to leave a voice message that I can play on the next podcast episode.  You can also go over to the discussion forum at teachmewp.ning.com and start a discussion, or you can email podacst@teachmewp.com or you can even get ahold of me on twitter @dholowiski

I look forward to hearing from you! Enjoy the podcast!

034 – Free Click to Call, Page Link Redirection and a Podcast Status Update