In this video we will take 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 with two open browser tabs. I will also demonstrate how a change you make to your website will become live on your front … Read more
Did you know that you can configure WordPress.com as a central dashboard for all your blogs, including your self hosted ones? It’s fairly easy to setup and comes as a by-product of using the Stats plugin. To use Stats, you need a WordPress.com API key, which you’ll get for free once you sign up for … Read more
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 … Read more
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!
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
