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Practical Web Tips – Wordpress Tutorials – Making Your Own Website

How To Manage Widgets – WordPress Sidebar Layout

Posted by Herrin On August - 26 - 2008

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.

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: Read the rest of this entry »

Preparing for WordPress – Essential Downloads and Setup

Posted by Herrin On August - 21 - 2008

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. Read the rest of this entry »

world-linkAdding a link to another website or URL is easy in WordPress 2.6.

The steps are as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

youtube-movie-iconThis 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: Read the rest of this entry »

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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The Quicktime chapters are: Read the rest of this entry »

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Herrin Larkan

I am an Aussie guy helping every day people:
• Get leverage online,
• Navigate the web more skillfully and securely,
• Use the dynamic web platform, Wordpress.
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