The FirstSiteGuide Blog
Welcome to the FirstSiteGuide blog where you will find everything you need to know about blogging. It doesn’t matter if you’re an experienced blogger or a total beginner, we cover topics of all levels. This blog also includes extensive sections about WordPress.
If you’re serious about blogging, you should take the time to look at the blogging stats regularly. Without having a clear insight into the performance of your blog posts, you can’t know whether or not there’s a need for some adjustments. However, you should also check the general blogging stats available online, and not just […]
Whether we like it or not, bullying has been around since the beginning of civilization. It hasn’t truly changed its form over those years, it’s always the stronger ones who prey upon the weak, but it has evolved with the rise of technology. A new form of bullying, namely cyberbullying, has become a growing problem […]
Truth to be told, Wix is a stunning website builder that seems perfectly tailored to beginners’ needs. It looks beautiful, comes with some great premade designs that will help you jump start your first site, and it is actually relatively easy to handle & manage. We are sure that you have already stumbled upon some Wix commercials […]
In the modern world, starting a personal blog or a simple website is quite easy. There’s no need for coding, and you actually don’t have to have any experience with web development. You just need the will to start a blog and a bit of browsing in order to find the platform you will like […]
Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to start over your WordPress site? Although WordPress allows everyone to easily start a blog, creating that perfect site you have been dreaming of isn’t so straightforward as you may have imagined. You will have to spend some time messing around with WordPress until you […]
Before you start working on a new blog, you will probably want to name it. While you can spend weeks on developing an idea and even sketching some of the first concepts that will form the entire blog, it is not really advisable to put a blog online without having a name for it. But […]
Redirections are a standard part of websites, plugins, and themes. Some are happening right in front of eyes, and you might not be even aware what’s going on in the back. Although redirections are usually left for developers, we are going to show you several tips that will let you: Redirect users after successful login […]
Congratulations! You have decided to start a blog, and we are happy to welcome you to the broad family of millions of bloggers spread literally all around the world. Making a decision to start a blog might have been easy, but this is the point where the real decision-making process will start to unfold. Since […]
Similar to categories, tags are a way of grouping WordPress posts and pages. They are usually more specific than categories but are entirely optional. Although you can easily decide not to use tags in your posts, most people in WordPress do tag their posts with at least one word which is the most relevant to the article […]
When browsing the Internet, you probably don’t overthink website speed. If your Internet connection is good enough, you probably have only two conclusions about each and every site regarding the speed – the site is or isn’t fast enough. And that’s how most of the Internet users will see your WordPress website. Even if it’s attractive […]
YouTube is 13 years old and it has definitely changed the way people think about video on the Internet. Although there are few other services which are quite popular among users all over the world, Google’s video service is still number one for many of us. Because of that, WordPress developers made sure that embedding […]
Did you know that there are more than 150 million blogs online? And only a few thousands of those attract a significant and satisfying readership. Building a blog, writing and posting articles is one thing while increasing the blog traffic and maintaining it is quite another. If you have ever wondered how you can increase […]
If you have created a website powered by WordPress, the chances are that you’re are going to publish new content on a daily basis or at least weekly. If so, you will want to hand out your content to users. While many of them will get updates from your site through the site itself and the social media pages you create, you […]
Hi Henry. Could you please introduce yourself and ThemeREX to our audience? Hey, guys. I’m Henry Rise, the ‘commander-in-chief’ of ThemeREX, the power elite author on ThemeForest, which is specialising in producing niche-oriented WordPress themes. For how long have you been online and do you have any side projects that you’re currently involved in? It […]
Who is Sue B Zimmerman and how she got involved with social media marketing and became The InstagramExpert? Sue B. is a lifelong entrepreneur with over 30 years of business experience driven to help business owners leverage the power of Instagram to meet (and exceed) their business goals. And, with my extensive knowledge and implementation […]
Have you ever realized that you had made a mistake while writing a WordPress post just to find out that there’s no easy way to search and replace that typo throughout the entire post? What if you’ve been writing a wrong word, phrase or link for the last few months? Unfortunately, WordPress doesn’t allow you […]
Once you start writing and accumulate more than just a few articles, you will hopefully get more visitors to visit your site. And when they get there, your visitors will want only the best content and that’s only true if they are interested in the topic. So, even if you narrow the field and write […]
Do you know what blogs are? If you don’t, then you’ve come to the right place. In the beginning, a blog was more of a personal diary that people shared online, and it goes back to 1994. In this online journal, you could talk about your daily life or share things you do. But, people […]
Sometimes an online journal, other times an informational website, a blog is the internet’s way of indulging opinionated writers and coaching curious readers. It’s a place within the online universe where individuals (or groups of them) may voice their thoughts and share them with millions. The blog’s definition is somewhat elusive, and the ways to […]
Menus are one of the most vital parts of every website. They are omnipresent and they guide users through your blog. And while it’s relatively easy to add a navigation menu in WordPress, there’s so much more you can do in order to customize it for your website. Whether it’s a small icon you want […]