Shortcodes were introduced in WordPress 2.5 and are used for adding macros to a page or post. There are several
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Like many other web hosting providers 1and1 offer email hosting as part of their web hosting package. Hosting email and
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Some parts of your web site may be private. For example you may have a family website that has private content or a small business site might have employee only content. WordPress offer two… Read More
If you are developing for the web then having access to your own test sites is essential. In this tutorial we will look at installing and configuring Xampp for multiple test sites. Xampp Ins… Read More
Since WordPress 2.6 WordPress has incorporated two features designed to make editing pages and posts easier and more secure. These features are designed to allow you to recover from connecti… Read More
In Part 1 we looked at creating a child theme and changed the look and feel of a WordPress by creating new styles. In part 2 we will look at modifying the header and footer files. Before we… Read More
There are thousands of professional WordPress themes available to choose from, but even with all that choice you often find that you would like to make minor changes to your chosen theme. Fo… Read More
Install scripts make it very easy to install WordPress. Before you start the install script you need first to decide Your site name Admin user name and password contact email address For 1an… Read More
You may have seen an email from1and1 or noticed a notification in your control panel related to extended support for PHP 5.2. If you have then you are probably paying extra for it, but you p… Read More
When upgrading WordPress and plugins, WordPress places the site in maintenance mode. This you will notice if you visit the site you should be greeted with a screen like the one shown below… Read More
Google provides two tools for monitoring your site. They are Google analytics and Google webmaster tools. If you want to see how many visitors are accessing your site, what pages they visit… Read More
How do you stay in touch with past website visitors and keep them informed ? If you run a club website how do you contact your members easily and quickly? The answer is to use Email ? Collec… Read More
Install scripts make it very easy to install WordPress. Before you start the install script you need first to decide Your site name Admin user name and password contact email address Scripte… Read More
Before you start the install script you need first to decide Your site name Admin user name and password contact email address Scripted installs are installed in a sub folder of a special fo… Read More
When you upload images/video,documents etc. WordPress automatically places them in a directory on the web server. Note: they are not stored in the database with the pages and posts. Media fi… Read More
All websites should provide a means for the visitor to contact the site owner. There are many different ways of doing this: They are: Provide physical Address. Provide phone number. Provide… Read More
Images are usually added to a post or page from within the Posts/page editor by clicking the add media button. Images or media that you add are stored in the file system and not in the WordP… Read More
Images are usually added to a post or page from within the Posts/page editor by clicking the add media button. Images or media that you add are stored in the file system and not in the WordP… Read More
Comments allow your visitors to provide feedback to your articles. By default they are turned on,and one of the first things you need to decide is whether they should be left on or turned of… Read More
Although it isn’t possible to have a 100% secure website you can minimise your risk of being hacked by taking a few simple steps. With security there are always many different levels t… Read More
Out of the box WordPress isn’t particularly SEO friendly, but fortunately it is a relatively easy problem to fix by following some basic SEO practices. Basic SEO requires that: All Pag… Read More
Once you are familiar with the control panel and have made the necessary changes to the settings it is time to add pages/post and other basic tasks. Here we will look at how you do the follo… Read More
A Theme is a collection of files that controls the look and feel and layout of your site. Themes are totally separate from the site content, and can be easily changed without affecting the s… Read More
WordPress plugins greatly increase the basic functionality of WordPress. All WordPress installs will include some plugins. The ones I use on most of my sites are: All in one SEO pack Updraft… Read More
When you create a new WordPress page or post the first thing you see is a screen like that shown below: The Title that you enter into the top text area is used in several different ways: To… Read More
WordPress has its own basic WYSIWYG page editor. Although it isn’t as powerful as even the most basic desktop editors it is usually all you need to create Posts and Pages. Here we will… Read More
URLs (Uniform resource locators) are everywhere today. On business cards, in newspapers, emails and of course on websites. But what exactly is a URL? URL Definition: A URL is defined as the… Read More
WordPress, WordPress plugins, and themes are software programs, and like all software programs they will be modified by developers to add/change features and fix bugs, These modifications ap… Read More
FTP (File transfer protocol) is used for transferring files between computers and was the primary method of uploading web pages to the Internet. It is still used for this purpose, but mainly… Read More
Although you may not actually get involved in designing a site yourself, as it is common to use pre-built templates, you will need to understand the design elements, and probably make change… Read More
One of the main elements of on page SEO is creating and editing the web page meta tags. HTML tags are located in the header section of a web page and are invisible to the web page visitor. (… Read More
A basic understanding of how search engines work and what they are looking for is necessary to successfully optimize your own website. Before we talk about search engines we need to understa… Read More
Many website owners/designers make very basic mistakes with their website that make it more difficult for search engines to find them, and to know what they are about. Although SEO (search E… Read More