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How to embed a hyperlink in your WordPress webpage or blogpost? updated for Block (Gutenberg) Editor 2019

Links are extremely important for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). You probably know that building backlinks is essential for off-page SEO – this is when other websites link to pages on your website – because Google and the major search engines attach great significance to pages which are being linked to by other sites and are being ‘talked’ about on Social… Read More »How to embed a hyperlink in your WordPress webpage or blogpost? updated for Block (Gutenberg) Editor 2019

Custom CSS for WordPress – A quick introduction

Custom CSS for WordPress

Welcome to the 3rd article in the series of Quick Hacks for WordPress. Post two addressed HTML and referred to CSS which stands for Cascading Style Sheets. This article will now provide a brief introduction to CSS in order to explain how you can use Custom CSS to make small changes to your WordPress Theme for instance prescribing the colours… Read More »Custom CSS for WordPress – A quick introduction

A quick explanation of Html for WordPress

The wonderful thing about WordPress is that you no longer need to learn HTML to create a website. However it can be useful to know a little HTML and to know how the front end of WordPress takes care of all the HTML for you. What is HTML? Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve… Read More »A quick explanation of Html for WordPress

How to create Anchor links within WordPress (updated 2020 – Block Editor)

WordPress 5.0 released in December 2018 makes it very easy to create Anchor links on any page or post – this is a link that takes you a specific part of the page that you are browsing as opposed to an internal or external link. This post will talk about when you might use an anchor link and how to… Read More »How to create Anchor links within WordPress (updated 2020 – Block Editor)

How to add photo or image slideshow to your GIBO website?

Picasa Web Albums LogoThis blogpost will outline how to add (embed) a slideshow of images or photos stored in your Picasa Web album to your website. The post will detail how I added a slideshow to this post in WordPress and also the steps followed to add the same slideshow to a sample website that I created as part of the Getting Irish Business Online (GIBO) initiative using the Blacknight Solutions Content Management System which is known as the Blacknight Sitebuilder. BTW, similar principles and general instructions apply when embedding other media such as YouTube, interactive Google Maps and Slideshare presentations. Read More »How to add photo or image slideshow to your GIBO website?

How to create TABs for your Facebook Business page

Facebook Landing Page

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This blogpost explains how to create Menu items called TABs for your facebook page. All visitors will firstly see your Facebook timeline but some people will want specific information that is not included in your About Page such as: maps, timetables, youtube videos, twitter and blog feeds, and competitions.  Studio 21, a fitness studio in Limerick City, have a great example of a two part Welcome Page, created using a 3rd party App, that explains how the facebooker can request a complimentary voucher for a fitness class .  Read More »How to create TABs for your Facebook Business page