Comments allow your website’s visitors to have a discussion with you and each other. When you activate comments on a Page or post, WordPress inserts several text boxes after your content where users can submit their comments. Once you approve a comment, it appears underneath your content. Whether you want to customize how you receive […]
If you are new to WordPress, here is a step-by-step plan for getting started. If you need help along the way, plenty of options for assistance are listed in this article. Welcome to the exciting world of WordPress! Step one – Read WordPress is a great product. It’s easy-to-use, powerful, and flexible. Creating a website, […]
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 […]
There are two parts to backing up your WordPress site: Database and Files. This page talks about Files only; if you need to back up your WordPress database, see the Backing Up Your Database. Your WordPress site consists of the following files: WordPress Core Installation WordPress Plugins WordPress Themes Images and Files Javascripts, PHP scripts, […]
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 Video feature allows you to embed video files and play them back using a simple shortcode. This was added as of WordPress Version 3.6 and is used like this: [ video] Note: Do Not put Space between “[” and “video”. You can also use built in embeds and simply put the media file on its […]
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. […]
It is strongly recommended that you backup your database at regular intervals and before an upgrade. Restoring your database from backup is then possible if something goes wrong. NOTE: Below steps backup core WordPress database that include all your posts, pages and comments, but DO NOT backup the files and folders such as images, theme files […]
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 […]
Overview Image galleries are a great way to share groups of pictures on your WordPress site. The Create Gallery feature of the WordPress media uploader allows you to add a simple image gallery to pages or posts on your site. This article introduces how to add an image gallery using the media library, and explains […]