In WordPress, you can put content on your site as either a “post” or a “page”. When you’re writing a regular blog entry, you write a post. Posts, in a default setup, appear in reverse chronological order on your blog’s home page. In contrast, pages are for non-chronological content: pages like “About” or “Contact” would […]
WordPress has the ability to allow post authors to assign custom fields to a post. This arbitrary extra information is known as metadata. This metadata can include bits of information such as: Mood: Happy Currently Reading: Cinderella Listening To: Rock Around the Clock Weather: Hot and humid With some extra coding, it is possible to […]
What Are Smileys? Smileys, also known as “emoticons”, are glyphs used to convey emotions in your writing. They are a great way to brighten up posts. 🙂 Text smileys are created by typing two or more punctuation marks. Some examples are: 😉 is equivalent to 😉 🙂 is equivalent to 🙂 🙁 is equivalent to […]
The size and quality of an image for use on a web page is determined by a variety of things. Physical Size The physical size of an image is based upon two things: The size of the image on the screen and the file size. Generally, the file size is treated as a different issue. […]
A favicon (short for “favorite icon”) is an icon associated with a particular website or web page. It is generally intended to be used when you bookmark a web page. Web browsers use them in the URL bar, on tabs, and elsewhere to help identify a website visually. Favicons are also used as application icons […]
Overview When creating or editing a WordPress page or blog post, you can easily add images at any time using the WordPress Media Uploader tool. Here’s how to add an image, step-by-step, using the media uploader: Step 1 – Placing your cursor In order to add an image to your page or post, you must […]
Customizing the Time and Date Format Certain WordPress tag functions are used to display or return date and time information; the_date() and the_time() are examples of this. By default, these functions will display or return date and time in format as it is set in Administration > Settings > General. This is the place where […]
Whether you write plugins or hacks for WordPress, or you want to add bits and pieces of code about your own WordPress site or other programming code like HTML, CSS, PHP, or JavaScript, putting code in your post that looks like code, but doesn’t behave like code, is a frequent challenge for bloggers. By default, […]
What is an excerpt Excerpt is an optional text associated to a Post. Most of the time, it is used as the Post summary. Not finding the Excerpt editing box? Check your Post’s Screen Options. Regarding the Theme you are using on your site, Excerpts can be displayed on different pages (search results, archives, etc.). […]
Working with Images Adding images in WordPress is very easy. All of your images will be stored and can be managed in the Media Library, but you can take several different paths to get there. The most common path is adding an image directly to a post or page. This automatically saves the image in […]