Sidebars and Widgets 3.x

To Manage the Sidebar, we need to go to the Widgets from the Dashboard. What is a Widget? Widget is a fancy word for tools or content that you can add, arrange, and remove from the sidebars of your blog. Widgets make it easy to customize the content of your blog sidebar. You can access [...]

New Posts and Pages 3.x

Quick review of Posts vs Pages Pages are where you would store you more static info like “about me” or “contact us”.  Posts automatically appear in reverse chronological order on your blog’s home page (in most themes). Pages Pages are static and are not listed by date. Pages do not use tags or categories. An [...]

Users and Administrators 3.x

From a Security prospective it is advantageous to use a second account that has the same level of access as the admin account.  I recommend that you create a primary Username that you use for creating content.  Each user must have a separate email address, be sure to have this ahead of time. How to [...]

Overview Dashboard 3.x

How to log into the Dashboard You will start all updates to your website from the Dashboard.  From a new web browser window Step 1 – In the browser web address bar, type your domain name and the admin page http://www.yourname.wp-clique.com/wp-admin Step 2 – Enter Username and Password Step 3 – Click Log In The [...]

Post and Page Visual Editor

As we mentioned in class the formatting options are very similar to what is available in a word processor WordPress comes equipped with some great features to allow you to easily format your blog posts and pages without knowing or even seeing the underlying HTML coding. Here is what the Button bar looks like normally [...]

Easiest Way to Install Google Analytics

Having statistics for your website is a high priority if you are a business.  You want to know where people are coming from to track if you advertising dollars are paying off.  You can also see what information people are looking for most often. Statistics answer the big questions, who, when, where, what. Why would [...]

Where to Find Themes

Some great resources to find themes. Still use your best judgment and test, test, test. Speckyboy.com – An online web design magazine with all kind of articles on the topic. Click on the WordPress tabs for lists of themes, useful plugins, free icon sets and more. Blogohblog.com – These guys provide both free and premium [...]

How to create a Gallery

Putting together a group of pictures into a nice gallery is easy. Even the base setting can give you a great blog post.   Add a image plugin and you can really have a great post. Step 1. Add as many pictures as you like.  Keep in mind that even then small thumbnails will take a [...]

Settings – Privacy Page

Over view of the Privacy Page From the Dashboard Step 1 – Under Settings, Click Privacy Blog Visibility – you can toggle whether or not your website is available for goggle to search. Step 2 – once you have completed updates, click Save Changes

Settings – Reading Page

Overview of the settings on the Reading Page. From the Dashboard Step 1 – Under the Settings, Click Reading Front Page Display – You can set the front page of your website to be a static page or a list of recent posts.  If you pick a Static page, you have the ability to select [...]

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