Why do you blog? The vast number of blogs in the world can make you feel as if your blog is completely lost in anonymity. Sometimes it feels like spinning your wheels as a result. If you have a blog, I’d be interested to hear about what you find discouraging about blog writing? What keeps you motivated?

May 23rd, 2007 | Blogging | 6 comments

Note: This post has been republished due to new interest in it. In addition, more detailed information and instruction has been included with the post.

I have always thought that one of the main flaws of many WordPress themes is that the main page navigation, when called by using the wp_list_pages() function, applies a title to each of the navigation links with whatever value is used in the the_title() of that particular page.

Don’t get me wrong, this is a good idea, but because of the way most navigation links are designed, the page titles need to be quite short and not very descriptive. Similarly, these themes tend to also use the_title() as the main H1 or H2 tag for the page display itself. In other words, if the navigation link says “Home”, the page title for that page usually displays as “Home” as well. This may be the way a designer wants it, but often it seems that a more descriptive page title is what’s really needed.

May 20th, 2007 | Most Popular, Search Engine, WordPress | 18 comments