One of the very friendly tools in WordPress is the Quick Edit function Use this to change categories (or add a category if you’ve forgotten to categorise a post – a very common oversight) There are quite a few things you can do with the Quick Edit. Open your dashboard to All Posts I’ve taken [...]
Starting with WordPress Make a Link in a Post
Posted on February 2, 2013 ·
I want to make a link .. I want to make a link to the site Canny Granny. How can I do that? 1. First I write the name of the link Canny Granny in my post and I highlight it 2. I hit the Link icon in the list of icons above the text [...]
Starting with WordPress Add Images
Posted on February 2, 2013 ·
Starting with WordPress Part Three – How to add an image Begin a new post Have a look at the Add Media button When you click on the Add Media button, a window will open up. This window has three working panels – have a look at the centre panel. You have a choice of [...]
Starting with WordPress Part Two
Posted on January 14, 2013 ·
Working with the Text Editor Part Two of a short tutorial: See Part One The Text Editor in WordPress is the same as all the other text editors you’ve used before. They’re all cut from the same cloth. Close Up and Friendly with your Text Editor Have a look at the Tabs to the top [...]
Starting with WordPress
Posted on January 14, 2013 ·
A short tutorial for those using the WP as Author/Editor/Contributor and NOT using the WP as Administrator. Just starting out on WordPress? OK, you’ve got your user credentials and you’ve logged in. You will arrive at the Dashboard and this is what you’ll see You’re going to be concentrating on that left hand side so [...]
Why Free WordPress is really not a good idea
Posted on April 9, 2012 ·
WordPress.com is free. You can sign up for a free account, and be blogging before you know it. You won’t even need to invest in a domain name, just have a blog of your own at a domain like yourname.wordpress.com. However, going from a yourname.wordpress.com domain to yourname.com in the future is going to hurt [...]
How to Upload a PDF file
Posted on February 22, 2012 ·
WordPress has a fabulous little Upload function. You’ll see it on the tools, right above the content box where you’re placing your content. A strange seven sided star or possibly an inkblot. Hover your mouse over and you’ll see ‘Add Media‘ Have a look at the image below. Once you click that, you’ll see [...]
Back up your WP content
Posted on February 16, 2012 ·
Make a habit of downloading your WordPress content. You never know what may happen. Make a folder in your documents. Call it whatever you wish but it’s probably easier all round to call it ‘blog content’ or something that you’ll recognise again. Go to Dashboard – Tools Choose Export- and this page will open up [...]
Export your WP content
Posted on January 20, 2012 ·
This is something you should be doing every month, at least. If you’re a prolific blogger it may be an idea to export your content every week. If anything goes wrong, it’s easier to handle an exported xml file than to be fiddling around with databases. It’s also extermely handy, wonderful in fact, if you’re [...]
Make a Post
Posted on May 30, 2010 ·
The first step is making a post. Go to Dashboard- Posts -Add New 1. Start Writing and we will also add an image 2. When you click on the Upload/Insert button a box will open for you 3. Select your file to upload. I’ve chosen to place this image in the CENTRE and I’m using [...]
