WordPress Checklist: Have you completed everything?

Here is a Quick list to get you started: WordPress installed Unique theme installed In WP Settings —> General make these changes: Site Title, Site Description. Email should be youremail@email.com. Timezone = YourTimezone In Posts —> Categories, change the default “Uncategorized” category In WP Settings —> Permalinks change it to Custom Structure, use /%category%/%postname%/ In [...]

Plugins – XML Sitemap Feed 3.x

This plugin dynamically creates feeds that comply with the XML Sitemap and the Google News Sitemap protocol. There are no options to be set nor file or dir access rights to be tampered with and the feeds become instantly available.

Plugins – Google Analyticator 3.x

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 [...]

Installing Themes 3.x

Fundamentally, the WordPress Theme system is a way to “skin” your weblog. Yet, it is more than just a “skin.” Skinning your site implies that only the design is changed. WordPress Themes can provide much more control over the look and presentation of the material on your website. A WordPress Theme is a collection of [...]

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 [...]

Install WordPress 3.x

The Famous 5 Minute WordPress Install WordPress is well known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. Many web hosts now offer tools to automatically install WordPress for you. The web hosting we are going to be using for [...]

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 [...]

Applying a new Theme

Fundamentally, the WordPress Theme system is a way to “skin” your weblog. Yet, it is more than just a “skin.” Skinning your site implies that only the design is changed. WordPress Themes can provide much more control over the look and presentation of the material on your website. A WordPress Theme is a collection of [...]

What is WordPress?

What is WordPress? WordPress is a powerful open source publishing platform, and it comes with a great set of features designed to make your experience as a publisher on the Internet as easy, pleasant and appealing as possible. WordPress is freely distributed, standards-compliant, fast, light and free personal publishing platform, with sensible default settings and [...]

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