XAMPP

This particular method of localhost installation using XAMPP will work for WordPress, WordPress MU, BuddyPress and bbPress. Installing a localhost version of WordPress will enable you to create a local hosting environment on your PC or USB storage device so that you can test your installation before going live. This process creates an offline live version of your WordPress blog. If you use the USB installation this also enables you to take that USB storage device to your client and perform a demonstration of the blog before it goes live. This will save you and your client a tremendous amount time and effort.

I saw a great live presentation of this process at the WordCamp Dallas 2009 given by SpamBoy. I have included a copy of his video and his PowerPoint presentation for your convenience.

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Click here to access the PowerPoint Presentation: Creating Local WordPress Installs

Let’s dive in to our installation of WordPress in Windows localhost using XAMPP:

1. Install XAMPP www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

• Unzip file
• Follow the easy instructions at www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
• Either install on USB or on hard drive (not both for the same PC)
• Start the XAMPP control panel

2. Download and install WordPress or WordPress MU into the htdocs (which behaves like the public-html folder) www.wordpress.org or www.mu.wordpress.org

• Here is a great tutorial for WordPress MU XAMPP installation www.maketecheasier.com/install-wordpress-mu-in-windows-localhost-with-xampp/2009/05/02
• For WordPress MU use sub-directories for easier installation (I couldn’t get the sub-domains to work)
• You will need to make an adjustment to your PC for WordPress MU:
  • For WordPress MU localhost.localdomain: go to C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
  • Add 127.0.0.7 (tab) localhost.localdomain
  • Place a “#” in front of the action to temporarily disable it
• Edit wp-config-sample.php file

3. Import posts from live blog – Tools/export and import
4. Change permalink structure and match live blog
5. Copy and download  wp-content folders from live blog, themes, plugins, uploads
6. Reactivate plugins – except ping/post, Google, Akismet
7. Remove default installed items – post links, categories, plugins
8. Scrub links in wp_posts table:

UPDATE wp_posts
SET post-content =,
Replace(post_content, ‘www.yourdomain.com‘, ‘localhost/wordpress”);

UPDATE wp_posts
SET post_content  =,
Replace(post_content, “yourdomain.com’, ‘localhost/wordpress’);

*make sure to change your wording in the localhost and the wordpress file name to match your wording used

9. To copy the database from your blog:

• Create new database user
• Copy custom .htaccess settings
• Copy database from live blog
  • Export/import using phpMyAdmin
  • Scrub links in wp_posts table (see previous step)
  • Scrub options in wp_options table:

UPDATE  wp_options
SET          option_value = ‘http://localhost/‘
WHERE   option_name = ‘siteurl’ ;

UPDATE  wp_options
SET          option_value = Concat(option_value, ‘ LOCAL’)
WHERE   option_name = ‘blogname’ ;

UPDATE  wp_options
SET          option_value = 0
WHERE   option_name = ‘blog_public’ ;

I had header errors whenever I tried to save anything in the locahost environment. Try these two great articles and see if they help remove your errors. The first one was a fix for me.

1. www.wordpress.org/support/topic/267604
2. www.hongkiat.com/blog/wordpress-error-warning-cannot-modify-header-information

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1. You will need to know your blog’s RSS feed address. In WordPress this is usually http://www.yourblogurl.com/feed, you might also be using Feedburner or another type of blogging platform.  **tip: If you are using the Firefox browser you might also notice the RSS logo to the far right of your address bar notifying you of an available RSS feed on your blog page. In Internet Explorer you should see an RSS symbol to the far right of the domain tabs navigation with a drop down of the available feeds on your blog page.
2. Navigate to your Facebook Notes at: www.facebook.com/notes.php and install to your Facebook account if you have not already done this.
3. On the right hand side of your Facebook Notes page you will see a NOTES SETTINGS box. Click on  IMPORT A BLOG
   

   How to Add Your Blog to Facebook Notes

4. You will add your blog’s RSS feed right where it says WEB URL. At this time time you can only add one RSS feed to your Facebook Notes so choose which RSS feed you want to use carefully (although there are other ways to have your feeds post to Facebook).
   

   How to Add Your Blog to Facebook Notes

5. Check the box if you have the right to reproduce this content on the Facebook site.
6. Click on START IMPORTING.

Now just sit back and enjoy watching Facebook populate your Notes with your blog articles. One of the huge perks is that all of these notes will also show up in your friends feeds too. You will be gaining a huge audience in just the click of a few buttons. And. it is just that easy to add your blog to Facebook Notes.

Enjoy all your new traffic and readers!

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DFW Social Media Marketing

Once a month in the Dallas/Fort Worth area there is a Meetup that shares an interest in learning or sharing practical applications of social in your business. The DFW Social Media Marketing – Education & Networking is an awesome way for experienced or newbies to keep in the know with social media. The November Meetup was by Tony Cecala, Ph.D. on Integrating WordPress & Social Media.

Dr. Cecala did an awesome job explaining the “why” behind social media for your business and then specifically how you can integrate several different applications into your WordPress website. He was also gracious enough to place his slides on slideshare so you can benefit from his presentation.

Here are my notes from the Meetup:

Integrating WordPress & Social Media

Tony Cecala, Ph.D.

Small Business Consultant

Critical Questions for Success:

• Who are you?
• What are your goals?
• What are you selling?

Your offer needs to be clearly stated on your website – download white paper, sign up for email, get a free report, get an ebook – you want to engage them and meet them. Make them comfortable so they will “hand over their wallet” to you.

Getting to “Yes!”

When people are comfortable with your brand and who you are then you can get to the “yes” more frequently and rapidly.

AIDA Formula – inverted triangle

Attention

Interest

Desire

Action

It is hard to get people’s attention with so many websites available today

Interest – Do you stand out in a crowd?

Desire – Do you have something tasty? Unique?

Action – Call, click, enroll, download, subscribe – What is it that you want them to do to engage with your brand…what’s the first step?

Mindshare/Branding

What is a brand?

Unique Selling Proposition

“Why I should by from you, and not someone else.”

i.e. Wal-Mart – “Always Low Prices.”

i.e. AAA – “24 hour roadside assistance”

WordPress

Build a home on the web.

The WordPress Advantage – stable, mature, good-looking, open, extensible

Own your data, dominate the search engines, easily manage multimedia, easily integrate with social media

Mashable: a WordPress Site

Now Trending Plugin?

Linking to your profile accounts

Social Bookmarking – used to be called Tell-A-Friend

DandyID – great WordPress plugin – notice it in the lower right corner of this website

PrefPass – multi-social media plugin

Socialble – notice near the bottom of each article on this website

Tweetmeme – adds a Twitter count and an easy Tweet button

BigTweet – very similiar to Tweetmeme

tip: Don’t forget to put your email (contact form) and phone number on your site

LinkedIn – can add a plugin for a WordPress website and SlideShare Presentations

Twitter for WordPress – plugin – nice sidebar single post widget but can be customized

TwitterLink Comments – plugin so that your commenters can add their Twitter account to their comment

Openinviter.com – invite friends to your website using sidebar widget

Keep the message the same across all your social media sites – keep one congruent thought

So as you can see this is one powerful Social Media Group. You can hooked up by visiting their Meetup group by clicking here. Don’t forget to friend me I hope to see you at the January meeting!

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The installation of WordPress went very smoothly and the customer service was wonderful. I had sent out a Tweet about a frustration I was having with my GoDaddy hosting and within a few minutes I had received a tweet reply and gotten a personal phone call from tech support. That is customer service, my friends.

Today while installing all the fun stuff for the new client’s blog I discovered that installing ionCube php loader (a neccesary component for the Traffic Getting SEO Plugin from Jeff Johnson) on GoDaddy was a little confusing (okay, I was stumped for an hour and a half). I could not find any specific information for my GoDaddy errors. I figured I would save you a few steps and a couple handfuls of hair by sharing with you how I was able to accomplish this task with the GoDaddy WordPress Hosting package.

1. Install WordPress on your GoDaddy WordPress Hosting
2. Make sure your hosting plan is on the Linux hosting
3. Verify you are running PHP5 (this is the GoDaddy default at this time)
4. Install Jeff Johnson’s Free Traffic Getting SEO Plugin
5. Try to activate the plugin and take notice of the information in the header error that I have bolded for you (Site error: the file
   /home/content/39/4784739/html/wp-content/plugins/auto-blogster/auto-blogster.php
   requires the ionCube PHP Loader ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so to be
   installed by the site administrator.)
6. Login to your Godaddy Account and your WordPress Hosting Control Center
7. Click on CONTENT > FILE MANAGER
8. Click on CREATE NEW DIRECTORY and name your new directory ionCube
9. Copy this code into a text editor like Notepad and save as php5.ini
   

   register_globals = off
   allow_url_fopen = off

   expose_php = Off
   max_input_time = 60
   variables_order = “EGPCS”
   extension_dir = ./
   upload_tmp_dir = /tmp
   precision = 12
   SMTP = relay-hosting.secureserver.net
   url_rewriter.tags = “a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset=”

   [Zend]
   zend_extension = /home/content/39/4784739/html/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
   zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
   zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/home/content/39/4784739/html/Zend/lib/Optimizer-2.5.7
   zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts=/home/content/39/4784739/html/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-2.5.7
   zend_extension=/home/content/39/4784739/html/Zend/lib/ZendExtensionManager.so
   zend_extension_ts=/home/content/39/4784739/html/Zend/lib/ZendExtensionManager_TS.so

10. Change all my bolded content from step 9 to your information from step 5
11. In your WordPress Hosting Control Center click on UPLOAD and upload your php5.ini file into your main html directory
12. Download the Linux ioncube Loaders to your computer, unzip and upload into your newly created ioncube folder

IonCube

I Hope these steps help save you a ton of time while trying to install ionCube on GoDaddy WordPress Hosting. Here are the references I used to pull together the information for the settings.

Reference Reading:
IonCube loader on cPanel web Hosts – http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/ioncube/
Installing a Loader on GoDaddy – http://forum.ioncube.com/viewtopic.php?t=2722
iocCube Problem on Godaddy Shared Host – http://forum.ioncube.com/viewtopic.php?t=1481&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

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I found this great article at www.wordtracker.com. This was just too fabulous to not share it with you. You will most certainly want to add this to your SEO tools arsenal. Let’s check out SEO Blogger a FireFox plugin (add-on).

1. Click here to DOWNLOAD the SEO BLogger for Firefox. I am a Microsoft lover but please tell me you’re not still using Internet Explorer. If so start by using the Mozilla Firefox free download by clicking here.
2. Install the Firefox plugin (you might get a warning from Firefox but just okay it)
3. Firefox will require a restart so the plugin will be fully installed and functional.

Now, let the fun begin!

Notice the little blue and white “W” in the lower right of your Firefox window

Go ahead and click on it

Now let’s create a blog post and optimize it

1. Enter a starter keyword into the search box and click on search
2. Notice it pulls up a list of matches including phrases
3. You’re going to be looking for words that get enough traffic to matter but not so much traffic that your competition is too great. I’d say between 80-500 unless you have a high traffic blog with great SEO already.
4. Select any keywords you are going to be optimizing for and click ADD or you could Add them all…but probably not
5. Worry about the most important phrase first.This needs to be in the title of your article and used several times during your article/blog. Notice that the tool tells you how many times you have used this keyword in your article/post.
6. Publish your article and you are almost done
7. Now promote your article using your various social media contacts or email list. Of course it’s better when other people give you a little link love but go ahead and kick start the process by social bookmarking yourself too (remember 1 bookmark for yourself and 5 for other sites keeps your account safe).

SEO Tools A Firefox Plugin

Advantages

• Quick and easy download of SEO Blogger to start using immediately
• Save time by doing keyword research right in your browser window
• Can be used with almost any blogging software
• Lets you keep your concentration on the post you’re writing
• Compare keywords instantly to find out which ones pack the most SEO punch. (For example, is it better to write a post about “fries” or “french fries”?)
• Verify your keywords by seeing how many times you’ve used each chosen keyword in the post

This type of on-page SEO is just a taste of effective SEO. But, hey, you have to start somewhere. Have any other great on-page SEO tips or SEO tools? Do share…

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Ever wonder how your site stacks up against your competition? Want to know where you can improve your website? How do you know what SEO you are doing is working? Be real…you know you just want to see if you have stomped your competition yet! LOL

Check your SEO and site stats with Website Grader. This free website is developed by HubSpot and prides themselves in having done marketing reports for 1,000,000 URLs and counting. You will definitely want to check out Website Grader quite frequently.  Okay, how do I get this great free grading service?

1. Visit www.websitegrader.com
2. Enter you Website URL
3. Enter the website for your competitors you want to be measure up against
4. Include an email address in the last box so you can receive the final report
5. Click on GENERATE REPORT
6. Watch the cute little HubSpot icon generate your grade

Check Your SEO with Wesite Grader

Here’s all the valuable information you will receive from using their free website grading service.

Your Website Grade – You can see www.themoxiemomblog.com has a grade of 96.2.
I. On-Page SEO

• Metadata – Page Title, Meta Description, Meta Keywords that tell search engines what your site is all about.
• Heading Summary – Headings and Sub-headings are like chapter titles to a book and help search engines and readers catch what the web page is all about.
• Image Summary – Images are great for your readers but do you have them optimized for search engines?
• Interior Page Analysis – Interior pages can help you to use keywords to their fullest potential.
• Readability Level – KISS – Keep it Simple Stupid! Know your target audience readability level and adjust accordingly.

II. Off-Page SEO

• Domain Info – Registering your domain for at least 3 years will show search engines you are serious about your website.
• Google PageRank – Google uses many factors to calculate how important your website is to the internet world.
• Google Indexed Pages – How many from your website pages does Google have stored?
• Last Google Crawl Date – When was the last time that Google crawled your site. Yes, you want Google crawling your site!
• Traffic Rank – Displays your Alexa rank.
• Inbound Links – Lets you know how many inbound links you have to your website. This is how many other websites have links pointing to some page on your website.
• DMOZ Directory – Are you currently listed in the highly regarded DMOZ directory?
• Yahoo! Directory – Another highly regarded paid directory
• ZoomInfo – Is your site currently listed in this business and search engine directory?

III. Blogosphere

• Blog Analysis – Does your website contain a blog?
• Blog Ranking – How does your blog rank on Technorati?
• Recent Blog Articles – Displays the last three articles from your blog.

IV. Social Mediasphere

• del.icio.us Bookmarks – How many instances of your domain or sub-domain are listed on del.icio.us?
• Digg.com Submission Summary – Lets you know if anyone has dugg an article about your website. Unlike the dachshund going to China in the backyard, you want someone digg-ing you

V. Converting Qualified Visitors to Leads

• RSS Feed – Looks for an RSS Feed on your website.
• Conversion Form – Does your site contain any web forms that helps turn visitors into leads or customers?

VI. Competitive Intelligence

• Keyword Grader – This cool little area compares your keywords against the competitors website keywords you listed on the initial page.
• Competing Websites – A summary of some of the information you have already seen reported.
• Historical Data Available – If you have ran this grader before this will give you the past dates you used their site.

Remember when you entered your email address? Within minutes HubSpot will send you an email with a link to you free report to share or put the badge on your website. They will re-grade your site occasionally so keep checking back for an updated grade.

This is an excellent, easy and simple way to check yourself on your website SEO skills. Test it out and see how you rank? Did you make the grade?

Tip: Don’t just check your website or blog but also check some of your social networking sites too! You might be amazed to see how you are doing against your rivals.

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I first tried the free version of this plugin just to check the ease of use and conversion. You can check out the free version of MaxBlogPress Max Banner Ads by clicking >>Here. Basically the only difference is that in the free version they add a link at the bottom that says, “Powered by Max Banner Ads” you can even have this link attribute sales to your ClickBank affiliate account…that is a cool thing.

After using the free version for about 60 days and tracking my conversions I noticed this is one sweet plugin. It was then time to convert to the full version or Max Banner Ads Pro. This removes the link at the bottom and gives you a lifetime of updates on your blogs.

Upgrading was super simple:

• You just download your product
• Deactivate the free version
• In WordPress 2.7+ go to PLUGINS/ADD NEW (any version below 2.7 upload the Pro version to WP-CONTENT/PLUGINS/FOLDER)
• Use the CHOOSE FILE button to locate the file on your pc
• Click on INSTALL NOW button
• Activate your plugin and you are good to go!
• It imports all your previous setting automagically

Inside the plugin on your WordPress blog admin you will be able to see your ads name, view a preview of ad, track number of impressions, track the number of click throughs. The program will calculate a CTR % for you (Click Through Rate), view the status of each ad and have various ad actions to choose from.

I am confident you will love this plugin just as much as I do. Blessings with your affiliate marketing endeavors.

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These are the two best affiliate tracking software companies that I have tried.

StatsJunky

This is actually my favorite of the two applications. You’ll want to make sure that you already have some affiliate income happening to justify the expense of this program. However, it is packaged very attractively, offers great flow charts, graphs, stats and the layout is just very well thought out (I wonder if they had a woman designer?…LOL).

Currently they are tracking information for the following networks (but you can request a network at any time).

Pay Per Clicks Sites

Ad On Network, Adwords, Bidvertiser Adv., Business.com, Facebook, Microsoft Adcenter, Revenue Pilot Traffic Vance, Yahoo Search Marketing,

Affiliate Programs

1Shopping Cart, 2Click Affiliate, A & A Marketing, Ad Drive, Ad Mob, Ad Valiant, Adbrite, ADM Tracker, Adreporting, Ads 4 Dough, Ads Venture, Adsense, Adzacta, Affiliate Fuel, Affiliate Future, Affiliate.com, Affiliateer, Affiliation Cash, Amazon, Amped Media, AP Leads, APCM Media, Aquasis Media, Article Marketer, As Seen on Tv Network, Attachable Pty, Awareness Tech, Aweber, Azoogle Ads Adv., Banner Boxes, Bardon Advisors, Better Universe, Bidvertiser, Bloo Ads, Blue Phoenix Media, Bright Secure Sites, Canadian Sponsors, Capital Network, Cash Factory System, CC Bill, Cirrus Data Management, CJ.com, Click 2 Sell, Click Booth, Click Kingdom, Click Xchange, Clickbank, Clicksor, Cold Cash Partners, Commission Wizard,Commission Xchange, Convert 2 Media, Copeac, Cotter Web, CPA Empire, CPA Junction, CPA Lead, CPA Storm, Cube Phobic, Data Entry Business, Direct ROI, DirectAgents, DirectLeads, Doba, Domains into Dollars, E-Commerce Strategies, eAdvertising, Ebay Partner Network, eCom Lead, Empowerism, Esellerate Publisher, Exclusive Health, ExoClick, Ezanga Adv., Filiado, Filinet, Float Interactive, Flux Advertising, Flux Marketing, Forex Affiliate, Free Store Club, Gibble, GlavMed, Glispa, Gorilla Nation, Gozing Network, Hydra Media, Hypnosis Direct, Ibibo Web, Ignotius, Incent Reward, Incenta Click, Incite Networks, Infusion Soft, Instant Dollarz, IntelliChat, iPower, Iron Traffic, Jump Launch, Kontera, Launchit Network, Lead flash, leader Markets, Leaders Club, Leading Edge Cash, Link Connector, LinkShare, Logical Media, Longtail Video, LSF Network, Market Health, Market Leverage, Marketers Choice, Marketing Tips, Max Bounty, Media Stay, Millnic Media, Mint Jobs, Modern Ad, Modern Click, More Niche, Motive Network, My Affiliate Program, My Help Hub, Never Blue, Offer Web, OfferFORGE South Africa, OffersQuest, Offerwise, OZN Medya Reklam, Party Partners, Pay Dot Com, Pkr, Plimus, Primar Ads, Product Review, ProfitCenter, Profitistic, Promo Offer Network, Responsive Data, Revenue Data, Revenue Gateway, Revenue Loop, Revenue Universe, Revenue Wire, Rewards Affiliates, Rex Direct, Rex Topia, RoboForm, Rocket Profit, Roi Rocket, SFI, Share A Sale, Silver iNet, Singles Net, Specific Media, StatsJunky, StatsJunky Test, Stiffy Cash, Submission Technology, Super Affilate lab, Synervation, The Biz Opp Network, The WAH Insider Admin, The Work At Home Insider, Top Niche Networks, Top Online Profits, Traffic Needs, Traffic Payouts, Traffic Payouts New, Traffic Synergy, Tribal Fusion, Underground Cash Secret, Value Click Media, Virtual Learning Center, Warrior Pro, Wealthy Affiliate, WebJamAds, World Niche, World Wide Brands, WOW Media UK, XY7, XY7 Track, Yahoo Publisher, Your Affiliate Site and Zango Cash (man…that is one heck of a list…my fingers need a vacation…LOL)

This program will:

• Check your affiliate earning and track your PPC in one place
• View total profits across all campaigns
• Generates live stats to you iPhone hourly
• Maximize profits by spotting your most profitable campaigns in seconds
• Easily spot your most proftiable keywords/adgroups
• Organize keywords by profit dollars or profit percentage
• One click filtering
• View ad variations and stats without unnecessary logging in and out of pages
• View detailed chart by program or profit

Click here to get your 7 day free trial started today! >>CLICK HERE

AffMeter

Currently they are tracking information for the following networks (but you can request a network at any time). Advaliant, Affili.net, Affiliate Future, Affiliate Window, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, AvantLink, Buy.at, CPA Empire, Canadian Sponsors, Clickbank, Clixgalore, Commission Junction, Copeac, DGM-UK Affiliates, DGM-AU Affiliates, Forex Affiliate, GlobalDirectMedia, Google Adsense, Google Adwords, Hydra, Kolimbo, LinkConnector, LinkMo, Linkshare, Linktrust, Market Health, Market Leverage, Offerforge, OnenetworkDirect, , OMG, Paid on Results, PepperJam Network, Performics, Reporting.net, Share Results, Silvertap, Tradedoubler, Trienta, Webgains, Zanox, Zzounds

Software is simple to use. Sets up in minutes. Emails stats so you can put it on autopilot and concentrate on your more important efforts.

This program will:

• Check revenue automatically and instantly
• Find top revenue generating merchants
• Make comparisons between different time periods
• Receive email alert daily at the time of your choosing
• View your stats in USDs, Pounds or Euros
• Check Google Adwords PPC automatically

Click here to get start for $14.95 with a 60 Day Money Back Guarantee! >>CLICK HERE

If money is not a concern to you I would definitely give StatsJunky a try first. But, AffMeter will get the job done…and done well too.

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Every week we will be tuning in to our favorite T.V. station www.thirtydaychallenge.tv to get the scoop on the latest news. Tonight’s show unveiled some amazing news for newbies and seasoned online marketers. Remember–There is no charge for awesomeness! Did you miss the show? Now worries. They post them on the site for you to view at your convenience.

• This year they have created a Facebook app that will integrate with the Thirty Day Challenge 2009 season. One username and password gets you into your Facebook account, Thirty Day Challenge: blog, dashboard, lessons, forum, etc. Also, you can invite your Facebook friends interested in online marketing to join in on the fun too
• The biggest “wow!” for me is the new iPod Phone/iPod Touch app they have developed. This hasn’t been unleashed yet…but it is coming soon to an iTunes near you! All the benefits of the Facebook connect right in your hands, wherever you are, wherever you go, 0n your terms, at your convenience…brilliant!
• I didn’t yet mention you will get bonus points (like “brownie points” LOL) for all your hard work finished…plus the teams will be integrated so you not only benenfit yourself but your team! This will be on both the Facebook and the iPhone/Touch. This is awesome!

Over the next couple of days you can expect that the www.thirtydaychallenge.com website will be updated and ready for the 2009 content. You still have about two weeks left if you didn’t get a change to finish the 2008 season. They must remove the 2008 materials because so much has changed in online marketing in the last year…just the last 30 days. But, fear not…the YouTube videos will still be available is you are running a little behind.

The pre-season will run June-July 2009 with the actual Thirty Day Challenge begining on August 1, 2009.

If you can’t be on my team…I hope you will find your way onto someone’s team. Our team last year helped keep me afloat. You did not want to be the one show up at the meeting who hadn’t done anything that week or was embarrassingly behind on their eduation. The teams help keep you moving in a forward direction with other like-minded individuals who want to see you succeed. I would highly encourage you find a team for the 2009 Thitry Day Challenge.

TEAM Ed Heads 2008

The best part is the entire training program is FREE. Did you hear me FREE! The exact training materials you will be getting for free is being taught at an MBA level at a university (http://friendfeed.com/thirty-day-challenge/52b70580/i-have-been-using-last-year-30dc-training-as-part). So you can get for free what some people are paying $21,462 (http://registrar.stanford.edu/students/finances/)! What are you waiting for? Run do not walk to:

Join the forums here: http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/forums/

Join our team here: http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/forums/meetups/12547-ellis-county-texas-meetup.html

Keep tabs on the Thirty Day Challenge Blog here: http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/

View your training here: http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/training/

Join the Awesomeness here: http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/

Here’s to seeing you succeed in online marketing!

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First make sure you meet the requirements for installation:

To run the BuddyPress plugins you will need a couple of things:

• A working installation of WordPress MU version 2.7.1 or greater. Which we did yesterday.
• PHP version 4.3 or greater. Hostgator has this all ready for you.
• MySQL 4.0 or greater.  Hostgator has this all ready for you.
• The mod_rewrite Apache module enabled. Hostgator has this all ready for you.

Installing BuddyPress

is a very simple process once you have WordPress MU up and running. Here’s how I did it and how you can do it:

1. Make sure you have WordPress MU set up and working correctly.
2. Log into you WordPress admin area as a site admin and head to the “Plugins” menu. If you see a red error message saying that the menu must be activated first, please click the link and activate the plugins menu (check the box at the bottom of the page).
3. Once activated, select the ADD NEW submenu under the plugins menu. Type “BuddyPress” in the search box and locate the BuddyPress plugin entry in the list. Click the INSTALL link, and then the INSTALL NOW button in the popup.
4. Enter your FTP details so BuddyPress can be downloaded and installed. If you cannot use FTP, please manually download BuddyPress and install it in “/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/”.
   1. Open your FireFTP in Firefox or your preferred FTP program.
   2. Browse to your domain – for me this would be quiltingwithmoxie.com – by
   3. In the upper left of the FireFTP window click on CONNECT
   4. In the right window click on Public_html/yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins
   5. In the left window browse to the location on your hard drive where you stored the unzipped BuddyPress files. Select the folder buddypress that directly contains all the BuddyPress files.
   6. Now click on the green right pointing arrow in the center of the windows to move the file into the Public_html/yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins.
5. Head back to the plugins admin panel. You will need to activate the “BuddyPress” plugin by clicking the ACTIVATE SITE WIDE or ACTIVATE link (both will work).
6. The plugins are now activated and running, but you will need to move the themes to the correct locations. Move /wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-themes/ to /wp-content/bp-themes/
7. You can use any WordPress theme as your root blog theme, but BuddyPress comes bundled with an extra “home” theme that you can optionally use. To install it, move /wp-content/bp-themes/bphome/ to /wp-content/themes/bphome/.
8. To activate the BuddyPress home theme, head to the WordPress admin area as a site admin, then to the SITE ADMIN menu, and to THEMES. Check the YES radio button by the WordPress home theme, and you will then be able to activate the home theme under the APPEARANCE menu.

Other Information

1. You can enable and disable BuddyPress components by heading to BUDDYPRESS/COMPONENT SETUP in the WordPress admin area. BuddyPress themes will automatically adapt to only show the components that are enabled.
2. In BUDDYPRESS/PROFILE FIELD SETUP in the WordPress admin area you can set up profile groups and fields for users to fill in. Any fields you add to the “Base” group will appear on the signup form along with an avatar upload option (if enabled).
3. If this is a brand new WPMU install you will need to enable registrations. Head to: SITE ADMIN/OPTIONS. Check the ENABLED radio button under ALLOW NEW REGISTRATIONS and click the update options button. You can enable/disable blog registrations if you wish.
4. You can customize some BuddyPress options in the SITE ADMIN/BUDDYPRESS menu item in the wp-admin area.
5. Please note: The forums component will not work without an installation of bbPress and some further set up. Please see this file for more details

This was as easy as pie to install and get up and running. Now it is just waiting for me to setup the customized profile fields and add some content.

Voila! You’re almost finished!

We have now installed WordPress MU and Buddy Press. We will move onto the last phase of the installation with installing bbPress…check back tomorrow for more help!

See the progress so far on www.quiltingwithmoxie.com.

Installing BuddyPress is a post from: The Moxie Mom Blog

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