The WordPress Dashboard – Screencast Tutorial
Here we give you a tour of the central control center of WordPress 2.6 . The Dashboard. 
New and revamped in version 2.6 the Dashboard gives you quick access to all your main links and resources.
NOTE : If you are running WP 2.7 this will be outdated.
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Media and Formatting Demo for WordPress 2.6
This is a demonstration of some of the formatting and media posting options you have in WordPress.
Here’s an MP3 player to get you started. 01-preparing-the-way
Then an example of normal text.©
Bold – Italic – Strikethrough – Underline – Multicoloured text. © copyright and other €®?߶∞ symbols.
How To Manage Widgets – WordPress Sidebar Layout
This Screencast will give you an introduction to the Widgets page in the Design tab
Widgets are blocks of content that make up your sidebar or sidebars depending on the Theme you are using. To re-arrange the order of sidebar Widgets click and drag them then press Save.
Adding plugins will add more widgets. Explore more widgets on the WordPress website right here.
The Manage Tab in WP 2.6 – Screencast Tutorial
This short 4 minute training will give you a look at the tabs in the Manage menu in WordPress 2.6.
NOTE: this has all changed with the upgrade to WP 2.7. See a more recent video.
How to prepare images for the web in Photoshop – Screencast Tutorial
This training video will show you step by step how to prepare images for the web in Photoshop ©. In this example I am using Photoshop CS3 but previous versions also have the same controls and menus.
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A summary of the steps are as follows:
Preparing for WordPress – Essential Downloads and Setup
This article outlines some essential downloads and setup you will need to make sure that your experience with WordPress is a smooth and happy one. Screencast coming soon!
NOTE: All the links in this article open a new browser window.
Adding a web address to your links page in WordPress 2.6 – Screencast Tutorial
Adding a link to another website or URL is easy in WordPress 2.6.
The steps are as follows:
How To Embed Video into Articles in WordPress 2.6 – Screencast Tutorial
This tutorial will show you how to embed videos from YouTube and other sharing sites into your WordPress blog posts and pages.
For information on how to maximize your video sharing efforts click here.
Here is the process summarized:
Writing Posts and Pages in WordPress 2.6 – Screencast Tutorial
This 27 minute Screencast Training goes into depth, and will show you how to post articles and pages in WordPress 2.6.
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Uploading and Previewing Themes in WordPress 2.6 – Screencast Tutorial
This short guide will show you how to easily upload and preview themes in your self-hosted WordPress site. Want to explore more Themes? Go to our links page.
To be able to upload new themes from your WP Admin as shown in this movie you will need the plugin – WP-Easy Uploader. If you have a website made by us and this is not already installed you can request it here.
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