Okay this has got to be my longest post title, I’ll have to continue the rest of it in another post. I’m still learning my way around WordPress so actually this post won’t tell you everything you want to know, just the little bit I do know, by accident.

Blog Archive. If you’ve ever paid attention to your post titles or looked at the top of your browser, the word “Blog Archive” appears before your post title. I hated it, but never bothered to ask or even search how to get rid of it. Kathy was kind enough to Zoom the fix for removing blog archive from WordPress allowing me to find it. The solution can be found here. It’s very easy to do because I did it, just don’t forget to backup your blog, always. Also after you remove ‘blog archive’ you will still see this “>>” the solution to removing this is also on the same blog post. I however had to use this: wp_title($sep = ‘ ‘, $display = true) { instead of what was suggested in the post. Keep a copy of any code you are overwriting in, say for example, a WordDoc.

SEO Title Tag. I actually made the edits to my blog myself, but if you want to save about 5 hours, several bouts of crying and pulling your hair out, try this plug-in. This is just one of many, find the one that works for you. I did not know how to do this before yesterday, but if you know what you are doing, it only takes a minute. With a few modifications now the name of my blog shows at the top of the browser along with the post title and no ‘blog archive’. To make this happen I made changes to the Header.php file. Thanks to Megan for pointing me in the right direction.

Find this:

<title><?php bloginfo(’name’); ?> <?php wp_title(); ?></title>

Replace with this:

<title>ThinkingOutLoudBlog.com<?php bloginfo(’name’); ?> <?php wp_title ($sep = ‘-’); ?></title>

Of course, replace ThinkingOutLoudBlog.com with the name of your blog, unless you want to leave it there. :)

Okay two things you probably always wanted to know about wordpress (but were afraid to ask). I tried out some other customizations, but I won’t post them until I get them working, I hope these two are helpful.

I was able to install edit comments on my blog, so now you have the option of editing your comment after you hit send. It took me all of two minutes to try it out on my test blog before making the changes here. It’s so easy, even a cave man can do it.

If you do need help though, feel free to email me.