Eugen Oprea

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How To Create Custom Menus in WordPress 3.0

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Have you ever asked yourself how to add a link or a specific category to the menu of your WordPress blog? Especially if you are not using a paid theme like Thesis, Genesis or Headway (aff links) which tend to simplify things?

If you did, this tutorial will guide you through the process of creating custom menus in WordPress 3.0. But if you don’t have WordPress 3.0 by now, I would strongly recommend you to upgrade, because there are some awesome new features, bug fixes and security enhancements.
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How to Install a WordPress Theme

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Updated August 06, 2012

Continuing with the WordPress tutorials series, today I will write about how to install WordPress themes on your blog.

Similar with the WordPress installation, there is an automatic and a manual way of doing it and I will cover both types of installation in this article.

Choosing a theme is an important decision for your blog, because you can either go for a custom design of your blog or choose a premium theme, such as Thesis, Genesis or Headway (aff links) which can be later customized.
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How to Install WordPress in 7 Easy Steps

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Updated August 06, 2012

This is the first post from a series of WordPress tutorials, in which I will try to make it easier for your to install and manage a WordPress website.

Right now, I would like to start from the beginning,and the beginning means installing WordPress.

If you would rather hire someone to do it for you, then you can check one of our packages tailored exactly for your needs on WP Backpack.
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27 WordPress Plugins to Rock Your Blog

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Updated March 14, 2012

If you are like me, you want things to run smoothly, especially when it comes to your business.

You definitely want reliable tools to be there for you when you need them.

This is why I decided to write about some of the tools that you can use for your WordPress blog and that can make your life a lot easier.

Even if all these plugins might make a joy out of your WordPress experience , please bear in mind that you should install only the plugins you badly need.

This is because the more plugins you add to your WordPress blog, the more easily you can get incompatibility errors or security issues. So, stick only with those that are strictly required.

Now lets dig into the list with some important plugins you can enhance your WordPress with.

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How To Get Rid Of Ugly Affiliate Links

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I am sure that everyone knows what affiliate marketing means.

But just to make myself clear for everyone, affiliate marketing it’s when someone promotes to others a product or service that is not his own and he gets a commission out of it.

Some of you most probably use affiliate links for your blog and want to get some money out of the great resources your refer.

I know that feeling! It helps paying for hosting, domain renewal and, if you’re lucky enough, you can even get a nice extra income out of affiliate marketing.

But people want to protect their privacy,  thing that they should do, and this is the reason why they will not always click on links that might look spammy or, let’s say, not so nice-looking. Anyway, you get the idea. Something like this:

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