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How to Use the WordPress.com Dashboard
When you click the My Dashboard link in the WordPress.com menu bar, you go directly to your WordPress.com Administration panel, starting at the Dashboard page. Several modules provide you with information [more…]
How to Set General Options on a WordPress.com Blog
WordPress.com allows you to set options so that you can manage your own WordPress.com blog, and you can use these options to personalize your blog: [more…]
How to Get Help on Your WordPress.com Blog
You can find help with all aspects of your WordPress.com blog from the WordPress Web site. Look for information about how to use WordPress.com, or have your specific questions answered, by checking out [more…]
Ten Popular WordPress Plugins
These ten plugins available for your WordPress blog provide multiple ways to extend the functionality of your blog. You can find many more at the official [more…]
BuddyPress and WordPress MU Support Forums
You must run WordPress MU before you can use BuddyPress. Here is where you can find communities of WordPress and BuddyPress users helping one another with troubleshooting, tips, and advice: [more…]
Outsourcing BuddyPress Programming and Design
Several talented consultants can help you get your WordPress MU and BuddyPress community up and running with some custom programming and design work. The following table lists these consultants and provides [more…]
BuddyPress Glossary
Sometimes, the simple terminology used to describe different features can be confusing. Here is a quick look at the terms involved with the key BuddyPress components, along with a description. [more…]
How to Invite Friends to WordPress.com
Now that you’ve experienced the fun, ease, and excitement of having your very own WordPress.com blog, you can share your posts by inviting your friends, so that they can tell their friends, and their friends [more…]
How to Get a Domain Name for Your WordPress Blog
Before you can start blogging with WordPress.org, you have to set up your base camp. Doing so involves more than simply downloading and installing the WordPress software. You also need to establish your [more…]
How to Choose a WordPress Software Platform
WordPress offers two versions of its software platform. Each platform version is designed to meet the various needs of bloggers. So, you can get your blog on at WordPress by matching up what you're looking [more…]
How to Create a WordPress.com Account
Creating an account on WordPress.com gives you a blog of your very own without the worry of finding a server. To create your WordPress.com user account, you need only Internet access: [more…]
How to Navigate WordPress.com
After you create a new WordPress.com account and log in, the main WordPress.com Web site reappears, only now you can navigate it by using the WordPress.com menu bar, shown in this figure. The WordPress [more…]
How to Self-Host Your Blogs with WordPress.org
The self-hosted WordPress.org software lets you run an unlimited number of blogs on one installation of its software platform, on one domain. When you configure the Network options within WordPress to [more…]
How to Set Personal Preferences on WordPress.com
WordPress.com gives you the ability to set a few different preferences based on your individual tastes for publishing, proofreading, and passwords. In the WordPress.com Dashboard, click the Personal Settings [more…]
Managing Disk Space and Bandwidth on Your WordPress Blog
The web hosting services you use to host your WordPress blog provides you with disk space for posting your site and bandwidth to transfer the data you and other useds use when accessing content on your [more…]
How to Upload Your WordPress Files
As part of the WordPress installation process, you will need to upload your WordPress files. To upload the WordPress files to your host, return to the folder on your computer where you unpacked the WordPress [more…]
How to Run the WordPress Install Script
After you set up the MySQL database, to hold your WordPress files and upload the WordPress installation files to your server, the final step in the installation procedure for WordPress is connecting the [more…]
What Do You Need to Install WordPress?
Installing WordPress is a multi-step process that involves setting up your MySQl database, uploading the WordPress installation files and finally running the install script. By the time you’re finally [more…]
How to Create a Category on Your WordPress Blog
In WordPress, a category is what you determine to be the main topic of a blog post. Through the use of categories, you can file your blog posts into topics, by subject. To improve your readers’ experiences [more…]
How to Organize Your WordPress Links List
Wordpress lets you create and organize a list of links to other Web sites and blogs that you’ve collected and want to share with your readers. The link list is displayed in your blog, usually in the sidebar [more…]
How to Customize Permalinks on Your WordPress Blog
Each WordPress blog post is assigned its own Web page, and the address (or URL) of that page is called a permalink.WordPress lets you customize your permalinks to make them more attractive and, ultimately [more…]
How to Change Your WordPress Blog’s Background
To make your WordPress blog reflect your personality, you might want to control the colors your blog uses. The Twenty Ten WordPress theme is packaged with an option that allows you to change the background [more…]
