In this workshop I will introduce you to the styling options of the Twenty-Ten default theme. This is a great starting point to get a feel for what you can do with your new site. Twenty-Ten is ideal because it allows you to use Custom Menus, a Custom Header and a Custom Background. Not ever … Read more
In this screencast I will explain how you can populate your sidebar with useful widgets. WordPress has plenty of them built-in and it is really easy to add them to your site. Many websites offer badges for their services, and I will explain how you can embed them into your own site using the Text … Read more
I seriously hadn’t expected over 1000 downloads in only 9 days of releasing Snapshot Backup. Thank you to every Presser out there giving it a chance – I truly appreciate it 😉
This success puts the pressure on me to get things right and make things better – and this is a heads up that I’m working on just that. Let me give you a rundown of the features that will (hopefully) make the next release:
In this podcast I will introduce you to the WordPress Menu System. With it you can add pages, blog categories and even internal/external hyperlinks to your menu. You can even create pages that will never show up in your navigation – that’s great for landing pages and content you don’t want every visitor to see. … Read more
I’ve just finished writing a new WordPress Plugin which creates a Snapshot Backup of your entire website: that’s your Database, current WP Core, all your Themes, Plugins and Uploads. The resulting single archive file is then uploaded to an FTP repository of your choice.
Peace of mind included 😉
Download from the official WordPress Repository
If you want a static page instead of your blog posts on the front page, this screencast is for you. I’ll explain all you need to know to remove the blog from your home tab (as is the default). I’ll also explain how to do the opposite and will talk more about pages and the … Read more
In this podcast I’ll tell you everything you need to know about writing pages in WordPress. These are great for static information that does not change over time.Once you grasp this, you’ll be able to build brochure sites quickly and you’ll be able to update pages. This used to take forever with static HTML! Pages … Read more
Sometimes you have posts that exceed 500 words by a landslide. At the same time, you don’t what to split your content into several posts for the sake of your readers and commenters. The easy solution is to use multiple pages per post – also known as Pagination.
You may have seen this feature on various sites and you may have been wondering which magic plugin these authors use for a complex task like this.
Guess what: The solution is BUILT IN to WordPress – it’s just not publicised very well.