Clients often ask about the best choice of domain name for their business. Because our HomeFreeHost office is located in Canada, our Canadian clients also must decide between a dot COM or dot CA, for Canadian domains. Deciding on your TLD, or top level domain, can have a big influence on your success online. If …
What’s so great about WordPress? Why WordPress? WordPress is widely used, powering a large percentage of some of the most popular sites on the internet. These are just some of the reasons your website should use the most popular CMS (Content Management System) on the world wide web.
Want to add new content to your HomeFreeHost website? We make it easy! It is just the same as using an ordinary word processor, like MS Word, etc. Log in to your website Dashboard. Choose Posts/Add New or Pages/Add New from your Dashboard menu. (See Post or Page? How do I choose? for more information …
When you add an Article or Post to your website or blog, it is always a good idea to add the appropriate tags. Use keywords from your post that represent the subject matter. This can really help your blog or website get noticed. Ask yourself, “What words will people use to find my post online? What …
In addition to being helpful for Search Engine Optimization, tags can help your readers find what they are looking for on your blog. Using a Tag Cloud, like the one shown here, enables users to find all posts related to a certain topic by clicking on the keyword in your Tag Cloud. Try it now! …
In your dashboard, choose Appearance, Widgets, to go to your widgets page. Drag and drop the Tag Cloud widget into the sidebar of your choice. If your sidebars are closed, use the triangles at the top right to open them. As you add tags to your blog posts, your tag cloud will grow. Tags used …
When you are adding new content to your website or blog, you have the option of adding your new material as a Post or Page. How do you decide between the two? It is always good make this decision when you first plan out your website. Generally, Pages are used for content that remains fairly …