How To

Workshop: WordPress Workflow

Let’s have a look at the basics of working with WordPress. I’ll show you how to use the “back end” and the “front end” at the same time.  I’ll also demonstrate how a change you make to your website will become live on your front page. Check out my other workshops in this series here.

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How to upgrade WordPress

If a new stable version of WordPress is available, you’ll be prompted to upgrade at the top of the dashboard. Upgrading not only introduces some new (and usually cool) features to your installation, but it also protects you from hackers as security holes are being fixed. I reccomend you upgrade as soon as a new [...]

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How to add a Favicon to my website?

Simple! Follow these steps: check out this fabulous free Favicon Generator: http://www.favicon.cc/ find or draw a picture you like download the file FAVICON.ICO and copy it into your root directory celebrate your new Favicon That’s it!

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How to shorten the_content() in WordPress Themes

If you’ve ever created a WordPress Theme and you’re not happy with the way it outputs text to your theme, you might be interested in a handy plugin called the_excerpt_reloaded(). You can shorten the number of words being printed to screen you can add a handy “Read More” or whatever link allow or disallow certain [...]

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How to backup your WordPress database?

The Database is the heart of your WordPress installation. Simply backing up and restoring all your files via FTP is not enough – it only contains the actual WordPress “programme” if you will, your plugins and themes, and all your uploaded media files (like pictures). It does NOT however contain your posts, links and some [...]

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How to restore your database?

The Database is the heart of your WordPress installation. Simply backing up and restoring all your files via FTP is not enough – it only contains the actual WordPress “programme” if you will, your plugins and themes, and all your uploaded media files (like pictures). It does NOT however contain your posts, links and some [...]

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How to add a NEW THEME to your site

One of the most amazing things about WordPress is that you can select a completely new layout for your site at the touch of a button. It’s just as easy to upload a new theme to your library – try it out for yourself. Here’s what you do: download and un-zip your theme, so you [...]

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How to setup a Cron Job

Wouldn’t it be great if something could be triggered even when you’re not around? Say once an hour, once a day, once a week or whenever you like in predetermined intervals? Then you want to do this with what’s known as a Cron Job, or Scheduled Task. Unfortunately, this is a bit beyond what WordPress [...]

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How to add a Facebook Group Feed

I’ve come acoss this the other day, comes in handy as Facebook Groups don’t have a generic RSS feed. Here’s how you can display what’s new in your favourite groups within your WordPress Site: Make sure you have your Facebook Group ID handy (it’s the last 11 or so numeric digits after the ‘groupid’ tag [...]

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How to display hidden files in FileZilla

If you can’t find those all important files, and you know for sure they exist, it might be that your FTP client isn’t set to display hidden files. Here’s how to do it in FileZilla: in Version 2.x it’s in VIEW – SHOW HIDDEN FILES (2nd option from the top) After a quick refresh (or [...]

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How to change the PHP Upload Limit

Usually your hosting package limits the amout of data you can upload to 2MB, which isn’t enough for most of us. It’s good for that 200k photo, but say you’re uploading a 4MB audio clip, a video or a large PDF, you’re stuck. Fret not my friends, for help is at hand! Put the following [...]

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