Before we begin this week’s edition, I would like to offer the disclaimer that I am nowhere near an SEO expert. I am just offering some advice and pointing to resources, as well as passing on some things that I have noticed after working on multiple installs for many clients. SEO, if you aren’t aware, stands for Search Engine Optimization. This is important, as we want search engines to...

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So our site is up and running, our main page is getting all set up, but what now? The reason we built the site in the first place: our users. Like a houseplant, we have to give them everything they need so they don’t shrivel up and go away. Remember the notes we made back in week #1? This is where we’ll need them. We’ll need to think about our users and what they will be doing, and...

This issue is becoming increasingly common as more people try out WPMU on their existing servers, with an existing WordPress install in place. You put the files in a folder, go to the URL, and unlike what the instructions say, you get a brief message saying “There doesn’t seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started.” and a big ” Create configuration...