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The Principles of Design: Clarity
- Layout & Design
- March 25, 2015
Tell a clear story with your design.
Measure Twice, Cut Once
- Beginner
- September 10, 2014
Planning your content first can help you choose the right theme.
How to Publish Posts that Search Engines Will Love
- General Advice & Pro Tips
- March 10, 2016
Explore the six elements that can help push your blog to the top of the search rankings.
An Intro to CSS, or How to Make Things Look Like You Like
- Advanced
- June 21, 2013
What is CSS? It’s the design of your site — special code that tells your site how to display things…
An Intro to CSS: Finding CSS Selectors
- Advanced
- July 25, 2013
Last month, we introduced a series on CSS (Cascading Stylesheets) and talked a bit about how you can use CSS…
Set the Scene with a Three-Picture Story
- The Craft of Photography
- February 19, 2014
I upload sets of photos to my photoblog and use images to liven up posts here all the time, but…
SEO and Your Blog
- Blogging Etiquette
- April 11, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post for the WordPress.com blog about how SEO works on WordPress.com, and…
The Art of the Open Letter
- Intermediate
- August 13, 2013
Want to try writing an open letter? Take a look at these examples for inspiration.
Cast a Wide Net: Promote Your Blog With Social Media
- Blogging Etiquette
- January 23, 2013
All of your friends subscribe to your blog, right? What about your coworkers? Your family members? Your classmates or former…
Quick Tip: Tagging for Shelf Life
- Beginner
- February 12, 2015
Keep your posts visible in the Reader for a longer time with smart tag choices.
The Web is Your Oyster: Where to Find Free-to-Use Images
- Beginner
- April 30, 2014
Browse sites that offer high-quality, free-to-use images for your personal projects — like your blog or website — or commercial work.
Perspectives on Watermarks (and Various Methods to Protect Your Images)
- Intermediate
- April 30, 2015
A roundup of opinions and processes on adding watermarks to images online, from nine WordPress photographers.
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