So you want to get into blogging and you are going to try your hand at this Wordpress that everybody is talking about. Where do you go? How do you begin? Is the installation process difficult?

These are just a few of the questions that you may be asking as you begin to go down the rabbit hole into the wonderful world of Wordpress. Fear not though, in continuing with our series of screencast tutorials, the above video will walk you through the installation and configuration of your Wordpress site, including how to set-up your database, the difference between Wordpress.com and Wordpress.org, and more.

Still have some questions? You can check out this handy guide or you can leave a comment below and we’ll be glad to help you out as well!

Happy Wordpressing!

I am sure many people are wondering if WordPress has an ecommerce plug-in that can compete with other shopping carts on the web. Well, the answer is YES! The Wordpress E-commerce plug-in for is an easy-to-use, customizable plug-in that adds e-commerce capabilities to any Wordpress site with ease.

With its multiple tools, including some of my favorites such as themes settings, ship by weight or flat rate, multiple payment options, cross marketing, size and color variations, sales tracking, and hundreds more, this plug-in has it all! It even has a premium upgrade feature where you can purchase additional tools such as selling MP3’s, drag and drop shopping cart, and member’s only module. So if you’re deciding on setting up a WordPress website that needs a flexible yet easy to operate ecommerce module,give the WP E-commerce plug-in a try!

Do you know of some different plug-ins? Do you currently use an e-commerce plug-in? Leave a comment and let us know!

Attention all So Cal business owners and tweeps. Clear your schedules on February 18th for the first ConnectOC event being held at the Costa Mesa Hilton. This event is bringing together all of he Orange County professionals to meet, mix, mingle, and more.

Founded by a few Orange County Professionals, ConnectOC was devised as a central portal of event-hosting for Orange County Networking throughout the year. The mission of ConnectOC is to use social media to connect, socialize, network and contribute in meaningful ways to each other, the Orange County community as well as the local economy.

Hit the jump for the full press release of the event or click the link to view a list of event sponsors that can be found on the group website: www.facebook.com/connectoc

RSVP and be sure not to miss this fantastic event!

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So you’ve decided to make the jump to Wordpress and considering you’re here reading this, you’re probably looking for some help in navigating your way around the Wordpress Dashboard. Below you’ll find the first in our series of Wordpress tutorials that will help better orientate you with the dashboard. This video gives you a brief overview of the dashboard including how to add and edit some new pages and posts, as well as how to format them and add images and video, and what are tags and categories.

More tutorials are to come which will cover some of the many additional functions that allows Wordpress to be so user-friendly and all around awesome.

Leave a comment with additional questions and feedback!