Archive for May, 2008

Change Static HTML Page Into A WordPress Page

If you are converting a static HTML site into a WordPress site and want to convert the pages into WordPress pages it can be done. However the new WordPress pages would need to be made manually one at a time. If there is just text content on the pages it is pretty easy. But what if you have images mixed within the content? This can get tricky. This WordPress guide will show you how to copy an existing HTML page and make it into a WordPress page.


Edit Modify Or Change WordPress Links

The way links are shown on a WordPress theme are determined from the themes stylesheet. Every WordPress theme is coded slightly different but finding the code to change should be relatively easy. This is a short WordPress guide to give you a general understanding of how to find and change the behavior of the links in your WordPress theme.


Add Or Change WordPress Header Image

I get this question asked so often and I keep deflecting it almost every time. Why? Because this is a can of worms that can get complicated and trying to explain it in a post, comment or email is difficult. All themes are coded similar, but different. See what I mean?


WordPress Resources Best Of List

The great thing about blogging, and using WordPress to do it, is the community that you can become a member of. Contributing to the niche you are blogging about will eventually get you noticed by other blogs. the can go a long way to getting noticed and traffic to your blog.


Change WordPress Header Font Size And Color

Changing the font in the header of WordPress blog theme can be done if you know what files to edit. However the code to edit can (and will) vary in all themes. This WordPress guide will help you figure out what code your header is using to call for the blog name and description and how to edit it.


How To Upload Plugins WordPress Guide

Some of the most common tasks for those of us who do it every day can be quite frustrating for others trying it for the first time. Uploading WordPress plugins can be one of those things that newbies find frustrating. I have had people ask here on the site and I see it in forums quite often. Someone will upload a plugin but it doesn’t show up in the dashboard. This WordPress Guide will walk you through the process of uploading a WordPress plugin and how to know when to upload the whole folder or a singe file.


WordPress 2.5 Dashboard Video Guide

There have been significant changes in the WordPress dashboard for version 2.5. most of them are visual with a few additional enhancements. One of the big changes is in the write post panel and additional functionality in the visual editor toolbar. This WordPress video guide covers the major changes in the dashboard and shows how to upload images and wrap them within the text of a WordPress Post.


WordPress To Run Your Website

Too often I get contacted by people who just spent a lot of either time and money to get a static HTML website setup who then want a WordPress blog theme to match their nice new website. Or those that want to start a website and then add a blog that will match. My question is always why? Why bother with both when WordPress can do it all?