Uploading and Installing Themes in WordPress

Posted by: on Nov 4, 2009 in WP Themes | One Comment

With a few clicks, your whole WordPress site can look totally different. The content remains but is displayed differently thanks to some awesome coding wizardry. Fortunately for us, getting some new layouts for your site is pretty easy.

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This will show you how to upload and install a new WP theme that you have downloaded. It also covers how to browse the WordPress.org themes site as well.

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Preparing Firefox for WordPress – A visual guide to fast WP access

Posted by: on Mar 19, 2009 in Wordpress Tutorials | One Comment

This WordPress tutorial will show you how to setup Firefox so that getting to your dashboard or posting an article is quick and easy. (Screencast Video Training included)

Take the time and follow this guide step-by-step and WordPress will be only 2 clicks away!

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How To Upload using Cpanel – Install WordPress plugin WP-Easy Uploader

Posted by: on Dec 4, 2008 in Wordpress Tutorials | One Comment

WordPress 2.7 users: You can use the inbuilt plugin and auto install feature to install the WP-Easy Uploader plugin. This bypasses having to use Cpanel in the below example. (Go to Plugins >> Add New. In the search type “uploader” and a little way down you will see WP-Easy Uploader – Choose Install Now and foloow the prompts to have this plugin installed.)

This short video Screencast will show you how to upload plugins (or anything for that matter) using Cpanel.

Cpanel is a very common admin backend system that comes with most hosting packages.

In this case we want to upload and install the WP-Easy Uploader plugin. This one plugin gives us the ability to upload anythign to our WordPress blog. Plugins, Themes and anything in fact.

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Sidebar Widgets – Creating and Editing – WordPress Tutorial

Posted by: on Oct 30, 2008 in Wordpress Tutorials | No Comments

Take charge of your Sidebar in WordPress!

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This video training shows you how to create and edit sidebar widgets in your self hosted WordPress website. A summary of which is as follows:

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SEO or Search Engine Optimization in WordPress

Posted by: on Sep 30, 2008 in Wordpress Tutorials | No Comments

seo-enginesHaving a WordPress blog that you post quality content to is one of the best ways to have a strong presence in the search engines.

Every time you create an article or page it is an opportunity to:

  • Create value for your readers and/or customers.
  • Reinforce the keywords that target your topic or media.
  • Create a stronger presence in the blog and search engines for higher visibility online.

Keep in mind that search engine optimization is just one way that you can attract the right people to your post, page or offer. There are more active ways to bring people to your website but in this article I will cover the basics of SEO within WordPress.

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Uploading and Managing images in Next Gen Gallery – Screencast Tutorial

Posted by: on Sep 1, 2008 in Wordpress Tutorials | 8 Comments

This Screencast video training will show you how to upload and manage galleries in your Next Gen Gallery on your WordPress website.

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There are 4 Chapters in this Quicktime movie. They are:

  1. Adding Images
  2. Managing Galleries
  3. Adding a New Gallery
  4. The Next Gen HTML Button
Remember you can go full screen!

The WordPress Dashboard – Screencast Tutorial

Posted by: on Aug 27, 2008 in Wordpress Tutorials | No Comments

Here we give you a tour of the central control center of WordPress 2.6 . The Dashboard. dashboard-dials

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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How To Manage Widgets – WordPress Sidebar Layout

Posted by: on Aug 26, 2008 in Wordpress Tutorials | No Comments

This Screencast will give you an introduction to the Widgets page in the Design tab

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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.

How to prepare images for the web in Photoshop – Screencast Tutorial

Posted by: on Aug 23, 2008 in Web Tutorials | No Comments

photoshop-iconThis 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:

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Preparing for WordPress – Essential Downloads and Setup

Posted by: on Aug 21, 2008 in Web Tutorials, Wordpress Tutorials | No Comments

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.

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