Posted on December 23rd, 2009 at 8:49 PM by admin

With your installation complete, it’s time to set up WordPress so it will work the way you want it to work. As you change various settings, it is recommended you view how those changes impact your site by frequently clicking the View Site link at the top of the Administration Screen. Though you may choose to do these steps in any order, your site will cause you fewer problems if you proceed in the following order:

Take time to explore the WordPress Codex site, the official documentation site for WordPress. You’ll find helpful information by reading WordPress Lessons. If you need hosting please try this company

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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 PM by admin

  1. Download and unzip the WordPress package,  here if you haven’t already.
  2. Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.
  3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
  4. Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor and fill in your database details as explained in Editing wp-config.php to generate and use your secret key password.
  5. Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (but excluding the directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.

    If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blog/), rename the directory wordpress to the name you’d like the subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server. For example if you want the WordPress installation in a subdirectory called “blog”, you should rename the directory called “wordpress” to “blog” and upload it to the root directory of your web server.        Hint: If your FTP transfer is too slow read how to avoid FTPing at : Step 1: Download and Extract.

  6. Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser.
    • If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php
    • If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php

That’s it! WordPress should now be installed.

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Posted on December 23rd, 2009 at 2:01 PM by admin


Step One – Read

Before you invest your valuable time and energy into installing WordPress, there are some documents you need to read. WordPress is a great product; it’s easy-to-use, it’s quite powerful, but it isn’t necessarily the right software for everyone. Just like building a house, you have to use the right tool for the right job. Consider creating a PDF to read at your leisure.

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Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 4:24 PM by admin

THE CAUSE OF SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER

Who experiences social anxiety symptoms? Is it only people who have some deeply repressed unconscious psychological trauma? NO! Is it only people who are shy or people who have low self-esteem? NO! Is it due to some sort of failure to develop good social skills? NO! People who have social anxiety that reaches the point that it is interfering with their enjoyment of life are simply those among us who have a very powerful ability to practice what is called mind-sight, combined with a self-perpetuating process of avoidance and anxiety. The ultimate cause of both of these underlying mental processes is genetics. You didn’t do anything wrong. It’s not your fault, and yes, you CAN improve your lot in life by focusing on tactics that recognize the true underlying cause of social anxiety.

Who else recognizes the following patterns?

1. More anxiety about someone noticing your anxiety than about having the anxiety in the first place.

2. Dread of situations in which you could not easily disappear from the spot light if you needed to.

3. People thinking you are, “quiet,” when that’s not the real you.

4. Being afraid that someone will notice that your voice is shaking, your hand is sweating, your face is blushing, or some other physical sign of anxiety.

5. Wanting to speak up and show people how interesting and smart you can be, only to find that the thought of speaking up is enough to start your heart pounding or your breath to feel like it’s been sucked out of you.

These patterns are complex, but the cause of social anxiety disorder is caused by your genetically inherited personality traits more than anything else. Over time, what happens is that your hypersensitivity to the way others are perceiving you leads to situations that are very uncomfortable or embarrassing (though to someone else it would seem like a normal life experience). Normal life experiences like blushing in front of others and having someone point this out and laugh can lead someone with a social anxiety disorder trait to become hyper vigilant to the normal experience of blushing. As you mind begins to label blushing as a threat, you may begin to become super tuned-in to the slightest inkling of blushing, which then causes you to feel embarrassed at the thought that you might blush…and BAM…you are blushing out of nowhere and you look at the floor instead of making eye contact, and before you know it, you’ve been labeled, “quiet.” This is just one tiny example of the many variations that social anxiety disorder can take. Yours will be unique.

The mind-sight issue is at the root of all of the symptoms. Mind-sight is the process by which you mentally project yourself into the other person’s perspective and then look back at yourself through their eyes. This gives you a great social advantage (unless it takes over as in social anxiety disorder). You are able to self-monitor to present yourself in a positive light to others. People who are low on this ability are the are at a great disadvantage in relationships and business ( Think of someone you have known who seems clueless about how they talk on and on without checking to see if the listener is still interested. Or think of someone who doesn’t seem to realize that other people brush their hair and don’t start personal conversations in the grocery store line). Mind-sight allows you to predict what others are thinking about you. If the mind-sight ability is genetically wired into you to a very strong degree, all it takes is one or two situations that cause you anxiety about how others are perceiving you, and then the process of feeling anxious about a recurrence of those situations sets in. Once you begin to consciously or unconsciously anticipate a certain kind of situation with fear, you will become more aware of the first signs that the situation is approaching.

Trying to “not feel anxious” doesn’t work. In fact, to stick with the example from above, trying to not feel anxious can lead a person who fears blushing to become more likely to blush out of anxiety that they might be approaching a situation that would be embarrassing if they blushed. Translate this to a more general “feeling of anxiety” in social situations and you get a sensation of increasing quiet feelings that seem to take over and suppress your natural spontaneity even before you arrive at the destination where you begin to anxiously anticipate that you might get that “quiet feeling” with all the unwanted judgements of others about seeming shy and quiet. Avoiding the sensation you don’t want ends up creating it. And for a person who wants to know the cause of social anxiety disorder, that’s the crucial point to understand beyond genetics. It’s this point that allows people with social anxiety disorder to make a change in the way their mind and body reacts, and that’s what the site, www.anxiety-counselor.com is all about. See that page: the cause of social anxiety disorder for more information on how to put these ideas to practical use in reversing the effects of social anxiety on your life.

Dr. Todd Snyder is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in helping people with social anxiety disorder and public speaking phobia as they reclaim their lives from the grips of anxiety. He is the owner of a private practice psychological counseling clinic in Northwest Indiana near Chicago, IL. www.anxiety-counselor.com
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Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 4:24 AM by admin

 

With the popularity of social networking sites, there has been a surge of social bookmarking sites too. Social networks revolve around the maintenance of relationships between members of the community. Social bookmarking, on the other hand, is responsible for connecting content that are made by its members. Because of its connectivity function, social bookmarking sites provide another business tool for site owners.

It is no longer uncommon to see icons at the bottom of blog posts and articles. When you hover the mouse, website names like Technorati, Digg, Furl or Delicious pop out. These are social bookmarking sites. A social bookmarking site is pretty much the same as an actual bookmark. Bookmarks are made to indicate a page or passage so it will be easy to locate. The same purpose goes for social bookmarking icons. A website can be marked for convenience. Others can also be directed to a site using a social bookmark.

There are many forms of social bookmarking sites. Squidoo deals with creating lenses that highlights a particular niche of the lens owner. Flickr’s specialization is on photos and images. Others deal with movie or music reviews.

For the business owner to utilize social bookmarks there is a need to choose the appropriate site. Always remember that traffic to the business site is the number one purpose. The content or information that is placed on the social bookmarking site should be interesting enough to let readers click on the website URL. The objective is to have the readers mark your page and make comments or inquiries. People will be interested in updates because they are informative and useful.

Content is very important. A business owner can have a following of readers and even have a higher search engine ranking because of the traffic. In order to have good content, visit popular bookmarking sites and observe the most popular sites that are being viewed. Analyze what others are reading and why they find the sites interesting and informative. Visit competitive sites and investigate how they are doing content and presentation. Be observant on what readers are commenting and what type of information that they are asking for.

With the use of social bookmarking sites, a business owner can increase visibility and makes it easy to get prospective clients. By adding social bookmarking icons to blogs or websites, it is an effective way to bring traffic to the business website and a strong possibility that the reader will add the URL to the favorite list on the browser.

 

Therese Prentice is a Social Networking Expert, Joint Venture Broker, Certified Marketing and Business Coach Tools and Resources for Lifestyle Entrepreneurs… http://www.socialnetworkingqueen.com http://www.inthelivingroom.com http://www.theoutsourcesquad.com
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