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Change the Date of a WordPress Post Edit the Timestamp

If there is ever an occasion that you want to change the date of a WordPress post there is an easy way to change the timestamp of a WordPress post.

From within the WordPress dashboard click Manage to open the posts and then the title of the post to edit.

After you open the WordPress post to edit look on the top right side just under the Publish Status for the Published on date. Click the Edit link next to the date to change the post timestamp.

Clicking the Edit link should open the menu to change the month, day, year and time. Make your changes and click the save button just under the timestamp menu. Keep in mind that changing the date of a post will also effect the order it’s shown in the blog loop.

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Installing WordPress Multiple Times On The Same Site

Installing WordPress multiple times on the same site is real easy. There may be times you want to have two different installs of WordPress on one domain. You can install WordPress on the root of your domain, on a subdomain or in subdirectory or on all of the above. These however, will function as completely separate blogs.

If you can create multiple MySQL databases then it’s a pretty straight forward approach just create a new database for each install. But what if you have a limited number of MySQL databases? You can share the database of one WordPress blog with multiple blogs. It just take one little change in the wp-config.php file to work.

After you have created the new directory for the new WordPress blog you can simple copy the files from the existing blog over to the location of the new blog. But, and this is a very important step to do before the actual install steps! You need to change, or actually create a new database table prefix for the new blog. So before you go through the install steps of the new blog open the wp-config.php file of the new blog and change it.

When you open the wp-config.php file there actually are instructions right in the file to tell you what to do, look for this:

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

The part you want to change is the ‘wp_’ part. Make it anything you want and I suggest making it something that corresponds to the new blog so you can easily reference it if you ever need to do any database maintenance.

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When To Find The Right WordPress Theme

Finding The right WordPress theme is one of, if not the only thing most new bloggers think about. I often get a total newbie blogger that wants me to setup WordPress for them that is completely and totally focused on the theme. While the look of your blog or site is important, the first thing to focus on, for those new to WordPress is if you are going to stick to blogging.

The beauty of WordPress, and any CMS for that matter is that the entire “look” or theme can be easily changed without loosing any of the content on your blog or site. So if you are just starting out I suggest to find a nice free theme to get started and spend some time getting to know WordPress. Unless you have every little detail planned out your blog will evolve and you may find that the theme you originally picked out, maybe paid for or paid to have it customized will not fit your future needs.

What I mean by future needs is it is so easy to add items to the sidebar with widgets and upload images to posts that you may find that your theme is too narrow for some items. Or maybe down the road you don’t like that custom WordPress header image you paid for and paid to have added to your blog.

But if you determined to get started out with a custom or semi-custom WordPress blog or are ready to upgrade your WordPress theme then there are many nice themes to choose from. A quick Google search for WordPress themes will keep you busy for hours on end looking at themes. Make sure the theme is version 2.5 compatible and if it requires plugins make sure those plugins are version 2.5 compatible. Make sure it is “Widget Ready” and if it is AdSense ready, or has other embedded ads on it be sure to read the instructions for the locations of the ads and how to change them to your links or code.

There are more and more premium WordPress themes coming out everyday and these themes make it easy for someone with a little CSS skill to tweak and make them look totally original. Kyle Eslick over at Hack WordPress has a nice list of premium WordPress themes, check it out here: Premium WordPress Themes Gallery

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Blogging To The Lowest Common Denominator

The saying goes “there are no stupid questions” OK if there are no stupid questions then what about the questions asked by stupid people? What are those supposed to be? And how do these people actually grow into adulthood without sticking themselves in the eye with a knife because nobody told them otherwise?

If you look through the posts here you will notice that there is very little opinion, or commentary within it. Most all of the content here on WordPress Max has been straight-forward, guides and tips. The only time my smart ass, cynical, attitude shows is occasionally in reply to a question in the comments section of a post. I have kept most of my personality out of the site to appeal to a broad range of people and not to offend anyone.

My “real” job has dealt with the public in some type of technical or mechanical capacity for over twenty years. Teaching people how to do something or helping them troubleshoot a problem has to be done at times, in a very basic manner. One little thing that you may think would never be overlooked, even by the dumbest of the dumb, should not be bypassed. I used to work for a large window manufacturer, and a “contractor” who told me he had “installed thousands of windows in over twenty years” complained that a window was leaking. I asked questions on the phone and finally agreed to “have a look at it”. When I got to the house and asked where the leaking window was he pointing to the ceiling. Yeah, sorry skylights are for your roof, windows are for your walls, and I also suggest not using them in that glass bottom boat your building there either Einstein! I would have never thought to ask if the window was actually in a vertical wall or a sloped roof, but have ever since.

When I started this site and started writing guides about WordPress my intent was to keep it very simple for the beginning WordPress blogger. I did this because I found some of the basic answers to questions on one particular WordPress forum were not answered or the questioner was chastised for asking such a simple, stupid question. Now I fear I have turned into what I once loathed. But I will still try to keep my sunny disposition and answer questions and write guides for the lowest common denominator.

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Add Stationary Content To Main WordPress Front Page

Adding static or stationary content to the front page of your blog can be done two different ways. One is to use the static front page option. Another is to just add your text or HTML code to the index file. This WordPress guide will address the latter.

First your themes files permissions will need to be writable in your hosting account to make any changes to them. To see if yours are writable in the WordPress dashboard go to Design or Presentation, Theme Editor. scroll down and see if you have an “Update File” button under the themes template file. If so you are ready to go. If you see “If this file were writable you could edit it.” then you need to change the file permissions on the theme to 666 or 777. If you don’t know how to do it check your particular hosting account for more information.

Once in the Theme Editor, click the Main Index Template also known as the index.php file. Find the following code and simply place your text or HTML code in the area just above the code where the posts start as shown below: