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How to Customize WordPress Permalinks
Each WordPress blog post is assigned its own web page, and the address (or URL) of that page is a permalink. Posts that you see in WordPress blogs usually have the post permalink in four typical areas: [more…]
WordPress Site Design in a Sandbox Environment
A sandbox environment is a critical tool for designing a WordPress website. A sandbox allows you to design and test different website layouts and methods of content delivery before launching the site live [more…]
Test WordPress Designs in a Sandbox Environment
A sandbox is a neutral environment in which a designer can test different web layouts and content delivery designs before launching a WordPress website live on a client’s hosted domain. [more…]
How to Install WordPress
Before creating a WordPress website, be sure you have the latest version of WordPress installed on your web server and know how to upgrade it when WordPress releases a new version of its software, which [more…]
How to Create a MySQL Database for WordPress
In WordPress, your content (options, posts, comments, and so on) is stored in a MySQL database in your hosting account. One of the first steps in creating a WordPress site is to create this MySQL database [more…]
WordPress Release Cycles
A new version of WordPress is released about three times per year, despite the fact that the WordPress development community is made up of primarily volunteer developers who donate their time and talents [more…]
How to Run the WordPress Install Script
The final step in the WordPress installation procedure is to run its install script, install.php. Doing so connects the WordPress software you uploaded to the MySQL database. [more…]
How to Troubleshoot WordPress Installations
WordPress often installs easily, but if you encounter problems, there are things you can do to troubleshoot the installation. These common WordPress installation problems are some that you might run into [more…]
Web Marketing: How to Keep Your WordPress Website Secure
If you use WordPress for your web marketing, you should be aware that any web-based application that sports a URL to visit and an administration username and password to enter is inviting to potential [more…]
How to Set General Options on a WordPress.com Blog
To get started managing your own WordPress blog, you need to set some important options. To begin personalizing your WordPress blog by setting the General options, follow these steps: [more…]
How to Set the Date and Time in Your WordPress.com Blog
On the WordPress General Settings page, you need to set your local time zone so that your blog posts are published with a time stamp in your own time zone no matter where in the world you are. Use the [more…]
How to Set Up Your WordPress Public Profile
You need to configure your personal settings for your public profile to individualize your WordPress blog and tell the world a little more about yourself. This blog is, after all, about you, and this is [more…]
How to Insert Your Picture/Avatar into Your WordPress Blog
When setting up your WordPress profile, you're given the opportunity to insert your picture. The picture/avatar that you insert into your WordPress blog is used in several ways: [more…]
How to Set Personal Preferences on WordPress.com
WordPress gives you the capability to set a few different preferences based on your individual tastes for publishing, proofreading, and passwords. On the WordPress Dashboard, click the Personal Settings [more…]
Privacy Settings for Your WordPress Blog
When creating a WordPress blog, you have three very simple options when it comes to privacy, and the option you choose lets you determine how you want to deal with publicity on your blog. To access the [more…]
How to Choose a WordPress Software Platform
Among the realities of running a WordPress blog today is choosing among the veritable feast of software platforms to find the one that performs the way you need. You want to be sure that the platform you [more…]
Using WordPress.com to Host Your Blog
WordPress.com is a free service. If downloading, installing, and using software on a web server sound like Greek to you — and like things you’d rather avoid — the WordPress folks provide a solution for [more…]
How to Self_Host Your Blogs with WordPress.org
The self-installed version from WordPress.org requires you to download the software from the WordPress website and install it on a web server. Unless you own your own web server, you need to lease one [more…]
How to Create a WordPress.com Account
If you’re just starting out and don’t want to spend money purchasing a domain name and hosting your site with a third-party web host, WordPress has a great solution for you. To create your WordPress user [more…]
How to Get a Domain Name for Your WordPress Blog
Domain names for WordPress blogs all follow a simple pattern. The URL for your WordPress.com blog is http://blogaddress.wordpress.com, with blogaddress [more…]
Managing Bandwidth and Disk Space on Your WordPress Blog
Web hosting services provide two very important things for your WordPress blog account: Disk space and bandwidth transfer. Think of your web host as a garage that you pay to park your car in. The garage [more…]
Using FTP to Upload Content to Your WordPress Blog
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a method you use to move files from one place to another — for example, from your computer to your WordPress blog's web hosting account. This method is referred to as [more…]
How to Use SimpleScripts to Install WordPress
SimpleScripts is a very popular script installer that several web-hosting providers make available to their clients. SimpleScripts contains different types of scripts and programs that you can install [more…]
Setting up a MySQL Database for Your WordPress Blog
The WordPress software is a personal publishing system that uses a PHP-and-MySQL platform, which provides everything you need to create your own blog and publish your own content dynamically without having [more…]
How 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 software that you downloaded. You’ll find all the files you need in a folder called [more…]
