Widgets Smidgets
When I ask “what is a widget?” the responses vary but mostly, if I’m honest, unintelligible to a non-technical person like me. So, my task, having chosen to accept it, was to find out the answer...
View ArticleAdding Twitter’s Follow Button to WordPress
A very quick run-through to add Twitter’s own Follow Button to your WordPress sidebar. Go to http://twitter.com/about/resources/followbutton Add your Twitter username, select the light or dark...
View ArticleHelp! My file won’t upload to WordPress
You want to upload a great image, or a pdf file, or a spreadsheet, or a …. The list goes on. We can share files through our WordPress blogs and websites using the Media, Add New option in the Dashboard...
View ArticlePixels in a nutshell AND a great tool to make your images smaller
So when I’m doing a blog post and want to add an image or photograph, or just add a photo to my gallery, I am bemused (to say the least) about people talking about pixels and dpi and references to...
View ArticleFavourite WordPress Plugins – revisited
As WordPress evolves and becomes more efficient, doing more of what we want as standard, it is important to take a look at the plugins you are already using and which of those may no longer be...
View ArticleA WordPress website, just a website and nothing but a website
A plea for help arrived recently to which we promised this post. Some of you have no interest in having a blog on your website, whether because it’s not something you are keen on, or because it just...
View ArticleWordPress Menus and how to use them
Did you know that with WordPress we can make our own navigation menus? This is one of my favourite things in WordPress now; before we would have to add plugins to specify which pages and links we...
View Article“One Click” WordPress install with Softaculous on Ezpz Hosting
Just a quick share of a video on how to use the Softaculous “one-click” WordPress install option on ezpzhosting. It could not be simpler!
View ArticleLet’s Update WordPress
WordPress 3.3 was launched last month and having enjoyed the festive season while allowing the plugins and themes to catch up, it’s about time to update our websites and blogs. Indeed, as is usually...
View ArticleHosting your WordPress
So – you’ve decided to work with WordPress, the version that you arrange hosting for so that you can really make the most of the full functionality available, such being limited on the totally free...
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