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Rebecca Markowitz has built over 40 WordPress sites for clients as Web Marketing Manager and WordPress specialist at illuminea. illuminea is a Jerusalem-based boutique web agency. WPGarage shows my dedicated relationship with WordPress over the years - full of love, laughs, tears, growth and strong drinks. L'chaim!

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How to create a Simple Directory in WordPress using Grandparent, Parent, and Child Pages

Rebecca Markowitz | June 4, 2009 | 19 Comments

I wanted to create a simple directory of non-profit organizations. To do so, I wanted to use pages for the directory, rather than posts so that I could separate the static directory listings from the dynamic blog posts. I didn't want to have to exclude tons of categories from feedburner and the main ... View Post

Canonical URLs to help WordPress duplicate content issue

Rebecca Markowitz | February 23, 2009 | 11 Comments

Fancy words aside, a canonical URL is Google's way of identifying a "preferred" URL for your posts to avoid duplicate content. Duplicate content is generally defined as "separate web pages with substantially the same content, which may attract a penalty from search engines." Wordpress is often criticized for having duplicate content since ... View Post

WordPress Plugins Directory Search no longer “sucks”

Rebecca Markowitz | February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

I just received an email from Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress, letting me know that the "Plugin search no longer sucks". I was so excited that I didn't even notice the typo he later reported on Twitter. According to the official Wordpress site, Wordpress Plugins directory search is no longer a ... View Post

How to rename widgetized sidebars in WordPress

Rebecca Markowitz | November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

You can manage multiple sidebar widgets in WordPress. To do so, you go to the Widgets page in the Admin, and select the Sidebar you want to manage. If you have 1 widgetized sidebar, the name "Sidebar 1" is not a big deal for managing it. But what if you have 5 or ... View Post

Review of Wordcamp Israel 2008

Rebecca Markowitz | November 17, 2008 | 9 Comments

Being that Wordcamp Israel was a bloggers conference in Tel Aviv, I'm sure there will be tons of people writing up their reviews in Hebrew. But maybe not quite as many in English, so here goes. This year's ... View Post

Best 4 WordPress Calendar plugins

Rebecca Markowitz | October 29, 2008 | 66 Comments

Here's a review of 4 of the most comprehensive calendar plugins that Wordpress has to offer. I tried out each one and tracked the features, pros, and cons. Which calendar are you using? Send a link ... View Post

How to set up WordPress on a Wampserver

Rebecca Markowitz | October 6, 2008 | 88 Comments

Recently, someone asked me how to set up a local Wamp server on their computer so they can test Wordpress sites locally before uploading and editing online. MakeUseOf nicely explained what a Wamp server is and how to set it up. I wanted to expand their explanation to include setting up Wordpress. What is ... View Post

Crash! Burn! How to repair tables in the WordPress database

Rebecca Markowitz | September 23, 2008 | 16 Comments

We just got a scary phone call. Don't worry, everyone's ok. We logged into one of our Wordpress sites and, while the backend was still there, all the posts and pages and comments were gone. G-O-N-E. Poof. Just like that. I went into the PHPmyadmin section of the control panel to look at the ... View Post

7 Reasons to Check out ThemeForest

Rebecca Markowitz | September 9, 2008 | 0 Comments

ThemeForest is a brand new online marketplace where you can buy and sell Wordpress, CSS, Joomla, Drupal and many other types of templates. I'm aware that I get overly excited about new theme/template sites, so I'll try to tone down my excitement by putting my impressions into list format. Here are some reasons why ... View Post