WordPress themes are great, but they can be tricky blighters. Some themes break your site, some take you down a one way street, possibly to a dead end, and some seem impossible to get looking the same as the demo. With over 3000 themes available in the WordPress directory you can, and we all do, […]
WordPress Starter Guide Part 5: WordPress Plugins
WordPress Plugins WordPress Plugins are also known as add-ons or extensions. They are software scripts that add functions and events to your website. They cover the gamut from up-to-date weather reports to simple organization of your posts and categories. Plugins are designed by volunteer contributors and enthusiasts who like challenges and problem solving. They are […]
WordPress Starter Guide Part 4 : Put Posts in Categories
Putting Posts in Categories Let’s put some of your test posts into categories so you can see how this works. From the Posts > Category Screen, click on the tab for All Posts. You should see the test posts you entered here. When you hover your mouse over each post title, under the title, you […]
WordPress Starter Guide Part 3 : Create Categories
Create Categories In the Posts > Categories tab, in the Add New Category area, fill in the information about your category. Continue to add your parent categories, going down the list. Hold off on entering subcategories until all the main categories are entered. [themify_box style=”note light-blue rounded” ]You can add any new categories at any time, […]
WordPress Starter Guide : Part 2
Now that you have an idea of how your site looks and what the different layout sections are called, it’s time to test drive the WordPress Administration. This is like familiarizing yourself with the backend of your new website. In fact, the first page you see after logging in is called the Dashboard, a collection […]
WordPress Starter Guide : Part 1
You’ve just been given the keys to a brand new installation of WordPress. Now what? Over the next few weeks we will be talking about getting started with WordPress. We will assume that the user is unfamiliar with WordPress. Let’s take a step-by-step tour through your WordPress site and see how the different functions work and how […]
Backing Up WordPress
Let’s face it: backing up WordPress, or any website for that matter, can take time and can be tedious work. It’s something that often gets overlooked until you have a problem with your website. The more time something takes, and the more tedious it is, the less likely it is to get done. The more […]
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
WordPress, straight out of the box, comes ready to embrace search engines. Its features and functions guide a search engine through the posts, pages, and categories to help the search engine crawl your site and gather the information it needs to include your site within its database. WordPress comes with several built in search optimization […]