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Installing WordPress Plugins

Plugins are a great way to customize the look and functionality of any WordPress blog. They’re an easy way to do things like add Facebook functionality to your blog, block spam from your comments, and embed fill-in forms into your pages, just to name a few. WordPress makes it really easy to search for and [...]

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WordPress Tip: Insert a Google Map

Embedding Google Maps onto your ministry blog is a really easy way to show people where all of your events and outreaches are happening without them navigating away from your site. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to embed a map onto your WordPress blog. 1. Go to www.maps.google.com 2. Enter the desired address in [...]

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Installing The Facebook Like Button: Pt 1

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Recently, you may have seen the Facebook Like button on many of the websites and blogs that you frequent. They are a great way for your content to reach more people in a viral way by giving people the opportunity to post it on Facebook. Links to your various blog posts, or website, can now [...]

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Google Analytics: Make Your Blog More Effective

Google Analytics is a great, and free, tool for any Christian ministry blog and/or website. With it, you can see: The traffic coming to your ministry blog When people are going to your site, and how much time they’re spending there What people are clicking on when they’re visiting your ministry’s website Where your viewers [...]

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Social Plugins for WordPress

A key way to building community on your blog is to cross promote it through other social media outlets, while at the same time making it really easy for your readers to engage in conversations on your blog . Integrating your blog with a Facebook Fan Page, for example, makes your content more accessible to [...]

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Facebook Share Button: Let Others Share Your Blog Across Facebook

A really simple way to let others spread the word about your blog, and to integrate your blog into Facebook is with a Share button. With a Share button, anyone, including yourself, can instantly share your blog posts on their Face book profile page, news feed, and wall. Once they’re sharing, your content has the [...]

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Anti Spam and Security Plugins for Your WordPress Blog

Spam happens, and it can happen to your blog. Just like your email, your blog comments can get spammed. And just like your computer, blogs have security issues too. Here are a couple articles to help you deal with it. Top 5 WordPress AntiSpam Plugins Security and AntiSpam Plugins for WordPress Of the plugins listed [...]

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Thesis Openhook Plugin – Making the Thesis Theme Even Better

The Thesis theme from DIYthemes makes customizing your WordPress blog much simplier, and the Thesis Openhook plugin takes that easy customization to the next level. I highly recommend this plugin along with the Thesis theme. Many of the tutorials on Mediaforministry assume that you’re using both Thesis and Thesis Openhook. As implied by it’s name, [...]

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Adding Video to Your Blog Posts and the Youtuber Plugin

Here’s a step by step guide to adding videos from websites like Youtube to your blog posts. There’s a few different ways to do this. First we’ll show you how to embed videos using an embed code, and then we’ll show you an even easier way to do it using a plugin. Embedding a Video [...]

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