Some clients can’t understand the value of HTML- and still want pretty pictures of their PDFs. This little tutorial is the ticket if you want to actually display a PDF in your post:
These are the steps to embed PDF files into a page or post for clients, enabling a visitor to read the PDF document right from the page. The process of embedding PDF files into a WordPress post is fairly simple, assuming your using a WordPress version later than 2.6.- click the following link to see the full instructions
You can also make a stock icon- like the Adobe Acrobat document icon, store it in your media library- and then link to the image, which should allow faster page views.
Just had a client running 2.3 wonder what the new version looked like (2.8.2) and how it would change his site. I explained, that other than his “supertheme” K2 may be a bit wonky with a new version of WP- the site would look the same to the viewer- but very different to him.
I did a search of the dashboard design- and found this great post with screen shots from the earliest WP to 2.7 – very interesting, especially to user interface designers:
With the recently launched WordPress 2.7, bloggers now marvel at how clean, beautiful and usable is the new interface. But do you remember what it used to be a couple of months ago? For those who started using WordPress years ago, can you remember what your admin area looked like?
via A Journey Through Five Years of WordPress Interface. « planetOzh.
We started with WordPress 1.2, the first of the “modern” dashboards. I have to say, that I agree with most assessment of the changes. The thing that has driven me mad the most, has been the playing with the “Press this” function through time- and the really crappy picture upload interface (4 choices that all present the same uploader screen is just LAME).
But, compared to other CMS options- WordPress remains the hands down simplest for the most effect.
Update 11/09/2016
Since publishing this article years ago, Google has documented the business listing process on their end very well. Therefore, we recommend users head over to Google Business for additional info and instruction. Original post is below.
If there is one thing you should do ASAP- it’s do a Google search on your business and see if you come up- from Google maps.
You should also be indexed in Google local.
This isn’t optional in the internet age.
I found a great tutorial on claiming your Google maps listing- I’d suggest you head over to the site and follow the instructions. If you are a business with multiple locations and one website- it’s even more important.
How To Claim Your Google Maps Listing
Step one is to go to Google Maps and do a search for your business. Let’s imagine we own K-Mart in San Mateo, California. So, we do a search for k-mart san mateo ca. Unless your business is brand new, chances are it will have been indexed by Google already. So, all we have to do is click the More info link next to the business title, as shown:
via How To Claim Your Google Maps Listing – Search Engine Guide Blog.
Localizing your business online is a key to making this all work.
If you have questions or problems, we can help. If you don’t have a site, you should consider taking our Websitetology seminar- the fastest most effective way to go online and get Google to pay attention to your site.