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Make your post titles into links - On archive pages, and on permalink pages, make your post titles link to the permalink page (even though it just link to itself). Have you heard of Google Bombing before? Didn’t think so..

Optimize your Page Titles - Your title tag should contain more than just your blog’s name. It’s a great place to put some keywords in. Try this format: “%the Post Title% - %Your Blog Name.COM%.” Your average post title probably has good keywords relevant to your post, right? For your index/home page, you want something like the name of your blog, and either your tagline (you know, that witty line you came up with!) or just a list of keywords that are relevant to your site.

Change Your Permalink Structure - If you use Wordpress, do not use the default permalink style or ?p=page-number. If fact, the best way is to input a custom structure field such as: /%category%/%postname%/.

Optimize Post Slugs - Many blogging platforms, such as Wordpress, offer a “Post Slug” feature that allows you to tweak the URL of the post your working on. When using you can change name of post to something SEO friendly.

Use Meta Tags - While meta tags don’t have as much value placed on them as they used to, there still is some, and it’s a good idea to use them.

ALT and Link Your Logo - Make sure your logo links to your blog’s homepage. This is more of a usability thing than SEO advice, but it’s still a good idea. On a SEO note, make sure you use an “alt” tag on the image, adding something such as the blog’s name to it.

I also was able to find some of my animated banners (animated .gif’s). They range in sizes, and are from different events and advertisements I have done over the past 4 years.

I know I have more graphics to put up, but this is the starting point.

After reading the article and browsing the comments I saw a link to Conditional Tags on Wordpress’ Codex. After searching for the terms I was going to use I had to write the PHP code. I went over to php.net to visit the code for if statements.

I used the following php structured code:

<?php
if ($a > $b) {
    echo "a is bigger than b";
    $b = $a;
}
?>

To apply the code to my page I inserted;

if (is_page('about')) {

Now where is_page asks the web site if the page that is loaded is the page titled about, then do what ever code it followed, such as:

if (is_page('about')) {
echo "page_item_current";

Now if the page about is loaded inside the browser, echo (write)

class="page_item_current"

So lets see what comes next.

if (is_page('about')) {
echo "page_item_current";
} else {
echo "page_item";
}

So in the final code you will see the first line asking if the current page loaded it about, and telling the page to write (echo) the class page_item_currentBut, if the current page you are on is not the page about, then just write page_item.

The final code will be placed in between the class quotes where ever you need to use Conditional Tags.

my final code:

<li class="<?php
if (is_page('about')) {
    echo "page_item_current";
} else {
    echo "page_item";
}
?>"><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>/about" class="menu-about"><span>about me</span></a></li>

The next step is changing you CSS in your stylesheet to display your current page.

My CSS code looked like this:

#menu a:hover {
background-position: left bottom;
}
#menu .page_item_current a {
background-position: left bottom;
}

Also not all of my work has been put into my portfolio section, though I do have more content on theFrosty.com, which is my portfolio site; I know this is my portfolio too!

Well, as I have more to write, you’ll see it here.

As quoted from the Wordpress site:

WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

I have used the latest; version 2.5 as my content management system (CMS) for my blog and portfolio on this site. If you would like your own blog or website with powerful plug-ins, and ease of usability contact me for a custom designed blog!

You can also browse my Blog section and read up on my latest news, some of my newer designs and even download material such as wallpaper’s, avatars and more…