All Entries in the "Wordpress University" Category
How To Update Your WordPress Site To WordPress 3.0
It’s important to keep your WordPress website up to date with the latest version of WordPress. This is a security issue as well as a functionality issue. The new WordPress 3.0 has some additional functionality but for the most part, the administration panel will look and feel as it did before. More importantly, upgrading your [...]
How To Add An RSS Feed To A WordPress Sidebar
Log in to your WordPress admin panel. Under the “Appearance” menu (along the left side of the admin panel), click on “Widgets Every WordPress theme has a slightly different set of “widgetized” sections. Your “widgets” will likely be named differently than what you see in my screenshot below. Nevertheless, they all function the same. Click [...]
Which Web Host For A WordPress Blog?
If you just want the quick version of this — I have used and highly recommend either Bluehost or Hostgator hosting. If you read this blog regularly (actually — if you read nearly any bloggers blog regularly) you know that WordPress is the most powerful blogging platform available. You also know that in order to [...]
How To Back Up a MySQL Database For A WordPress Blog
This may be the most important plug-in (besides the life-saving Akismet spam blocker) that you install on your WordPress blog. It will back up and email your WordPress database to you at a scheduled time each week. If your database becomes corrupt, your site is deleted or is otherwise attacked by Internet gremlins you will [...]
3 Websites Where I Buy Quality WordPress Themes
At the center of my tiny business marketing strategy is the content “hub” that resides on a business blog. I recommend using a WordPress blog over all other blogging platforms because WordPress is: Easy to use Search engine friendly Well Supported Stable (Is secure and doesn’t crash all the time) And Free! Designing a WordPress [...]
How To Log In To Your WordPress Website
1. Type in www.yoursite.com/wp-admin in the address bar of Internet Explorer. 2. Log in to your WordPress “back-end” 4. Open a new tab by pressing Ctrl+T on a Windows maching or Command+T on a Mac. 5. There will now be a second tab available within your web browser. 6. Type in www.yoursite.com in the address [...]
How To Make a Change To an Existing Page in WordPress
1. In your “back-end” Click on “Pages” in the left sidebar 2. Click on “Pages” in the sub-menu. 3. Find the page to edit 4. Click on “Edit” 5. Make the necessary changes 6. Click “Update Page”
How To Make a Change To An Existing Post in WordPress
1. In your “back-end” Click on “Posts” in the left sidebar 2. Click on “Edit” 3. Find the post to edit 4. Click on “Edit” 5. Make the necessary changes 6. Click “Update Post” in the upper right
How To Add A New Post In WordPress
1. In your “back-end” click on “Posts” in the left sidebar. 2. Click on “Add New” 3. Add a Post Title 4. Add your Post Text 5. Click “Save Draft” if you would like to save and work on it later. -OR- 6. Click “Preview” to see what the post would look like on your [...]
How To Copy & Paste From Microsoft Word to a WordPress Page or Post
1. Copy the text from the Microsoft Word document to your clipboard by highlighting the text and using a CTRL + C on a PC or a CMD + C on a Mac. 2. In your WordPress “back-end” find the page or post where the text will be pasted. 3. Click on “Edit” 4. Click [...]
