All Entries in the "Wordpress University" Category

Which Web Host For A Wordpress Blog?

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 execute an effective Content Marketing strategy you will need to set up a blog and begin adding relevant, valuable and consistent content [...]

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 be [...]

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 site is very easy.  You will [...]

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 bar of the new [...]

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 “Edit”

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 site if you published it to [...]

How To Copy & Paste From Microsoft Word to a Wordpress Page or Post

1.  Copy the text from the Microsoft Word document.
2.  In your Wordpress “back-end” find the page or post where the text will be pasted.

3.  Click on “Edit”
4.  Click on the “Show/Hide Kitchen Sink” button in the Wordpress Editor.

5.  Click on the “Paste From Word” button

6. Paste the text from the Word document into the box.
7.  [...]

How To Embed a YouTube Video Into a Wordpress Page or Post

1.  Type in www.youtube.com into Internet Explorer.
2.  Find the video you would like to place on your site.
3.  Copy the “Embed Code” by highlighting the code and pressing Ctrl + C on a Windows machine and Command + C on a Mac.

4.  In your Wordpress “back-end” Find the page or post where you will “embed” [...]

How To Create A Link in a Wordpress Page or Post

1.  Highlight the text that will become the link
2.  Click on the “Insert/edit Link Button”

3.  Type in the exact URL that the link will go to in the “Link URL” field.
4.  Click on “Insert”