Users and Administrators 3.x
January 17, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
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
January 17, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Blogs, RSS and Social Media, Oh my!
January 17, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
The team over at Common Craft have an AWESOME way of cutting through all the hype and “web 2.0″ speak and explain things in plain english. Here a couple of videos that are relevant to the class. Blogs in Plain English Social Media in Plain English RSS in Plain English
Post and Page Visual Editor
May 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
How to Secure your website
April 30, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
There are a few quick easy tips to just give yourself a step up on the would be hackers out there. 1. Upgrade – Always make sure your running the latest version of wordpress. If you are self-hosted do this as soon as you receive notice of the latest upgrades. If you are using managed-hosting [...]
Applying a new Theme
April 25, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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 [...]
How to add New Links
February 23, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Sometimes called the “Blogroll” this is where you add links to external websites, friends, related websites etc. As with other areas you can create categories for all your links, by default WordPress creates a category called “Blgoroll”. You can change this and add as many as you like. From the Dashboard Step 1 – Under [...]
Settings – Permalinks Page
February 23, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Overview of the Permalinks Page From the Dashboard Step 1- Under the Settings, Click Permalinks Common Links – there are several options for built in link structures. – we actually recommend using a custom structure /%category%/%postname%/. Example : http://www.wp-clique.com/resources/glossary-of-wordpress-and-web-terms/, this adds to your keywords and search engine optimization. Just keep in mind there is the [...]
Glossary of WordPress and Web Terms
This is a list of commonly used terminology used when speaking about WordPress and Web sites. This post will be updated often to add definitions that come up during any of the classes. WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at [...]