WordPress Tutorial - Make Menus of Links Using the Blogroll
Beginner-level WordPress Tutorial shows how to create lists or menus of links to other websites using the Blogroll. These menus usually appear in the sidebar of a WordPress page or post. You create a new menu by creating a new Blogroll category. You can make as many menus as you want. In the second part of this tutorial, I show how you can also make lists of links to pages or posts within your own website or blog. -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
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Wednesday, 14 December 2011
WordPress Tutorial - How to Use the Easy Text Editing Window
WordPress Tutorial - How to Use the Easy Text Editing Window
Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to set up WordPress so you can use the easy visual rich text editor to edit your website or blog. Without the correct "Use visual rich text editor" setting you will only see the "code" editing window in the Dashboard. The setting is under Users - Your Profile. On a Mac, use Firefox, not Safari. -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
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Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to set up WordPress so you can use the easy visual rich text editor to edit your website or blog. Without the correct "Use visual rich text editor" setting you will only see the "code" editing window in the Dashboard. The setting is under Users - Your Profile. On a Mac, use Firefox, not Safari. -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
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WordPress Tutorial - How to Make a New WordPress Page
WordPress Tutorial - How to Make a New WordPress Page
Beginner-level WordPress tutorial by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications shows how to create a new static web page like Contact Us so that a link to the page appears in the site navigation. (Different than creating a new Post.)
Beginner-level WordPress tutorial by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications shows how to create a new static web page like Contact Us so that a link to the page appears in the site navigation. (Different than creating a new Post.)
WordPress Tutorial - How to Add Bold, Italic, Color to Text
WordPress Tutorial - How to Add Bold, Italic, Color to Text
This Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to apply formatting to WordPress text: Bold text, Italic text, color text. WordPress version 2.3 visual editor includes a color palette for text. -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
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This Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to apply formatting to WordPress text: Bold text, Italic text, color text. WordPress version 2.3 visual editor includes a color palette for text. -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
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WordPress 2.5+ Tutorial - How to Upload and Insert an Image
WordPress 2.5+ Tutorial - How to Upload and Insert an Image
This beginner-level tutorial shows how to insert an image using WordPress version 2.5 or later. Inserting an image using WordPress version 2.5 or 2.6 is slightly different than inserting an image using WordPress version 2.3 or earlier. Versions 2.5 and 2.6 are essentially the same. Version 2.6 is the latest version as of July 2008. Inserting an image that you have already uploaded to WordPress but haven't used in a particular post or page is actually a bit confusing in version 2.5 or later. You need to be able to find the elusive "Insert into Post" button. It's not obvious. There are many other settings and features in the "Add media" tools in the WordPress editing interface. This tutorial covers only the most basic aspects of uploading and inserting an image.
This beginner-level tutorial shows how to insert an image using WordPress version 2.5 or later. Inserting an image using WordPress version 2.5 or 2.6 is slightly different than inserting an image using WordPress version 2.3 or earlier. Versions 2.5 and 2.6 are essentially the same. Version 2.6 is the latest version as of July 2008. Inserting an image that you have already uploaded to WordPress but haven't used in a particular post or page is actually a bit confusing in version 2.5 or later. You need to be able to find the elusive "Insert into Post" button. It's not obvious. There are many other settings and features in the "Add media" tools in the WordPress editing interface. This tutorial covers only the most basic aspects of uploading and inserting an image.
WordPress Tutorial - Put Text Over Image - Image Behind Text
WordPress Tutorial - Put Text Over Image - Image Behind Text
This WordPress tutorial shows how to put text on top of an image, or, put another way, how to set an image behind text. The HTML code works on any web page, not just in WordPress.
This WordPress tutorial shows how to put text on top of an image, or, put another way, how to set an image behind text. The HTML code works on any web page, not just in WordPress.
WordPress Tutorial - Where is Insert Image Into Post Button - Add Image Gallery
WordPress Tutorial - Where is Insert Image Into Post Button - Add Image Gallery
This WordPress tutorial show two things: 1. Where the "Insert Into Post" button is so that you can insert an image into a WordPress post or page. 2. How to insert a gallery of images into a WordPress post or page.
This WordPress tutorial show two things: 1. Where the "Insert Into Post" button is so that you can insert an image into a WordPress post or page. 2. How to insert a gallery of images into a WordPress post or page.
WordPress Tutorial - How to Upload & Link to PDF or Word Doc
WordPress Tutorial - How to Upload & Link to PDF or Word Doc
PLEASE NOTE: SEE THE UPDATED TUTORIAL for WordPress 2.7 here: bit.ly Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to upload a PDF, Microsoft Word document, Excel, PowerPoint, or other document using WordPress, and then make a link to that file in a Post or Page. When finished, you will have a link that site visitors can click on to download the file or open it in a Web browser. - by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications.
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PLEASE NOTE: SEE THE UPDATED TUTORIAL for WordPress 2.7 here: bit.ly Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to upload a PDF, Microsoft Word document, Excel, PowerPoint, or other document using WordPress, and then make a link to that file in a Post or Page. When finished, you will have a link that site visitors can click on to download the file or open it in a Web browser. - by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications.
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WordPress Tutorial - Make a "Back to Top" Link (Advanced)
WordPress Tutorial - Make a "Back to Top" Link (Advanced)
This Advanced-level WordPress Tutorial shows how to insert a "Back to Top" link in a WordPress Page or Post. The tutorial is advanced because it requires use of text editing software and FTP software to download and add HTML code to the header.php file in a WordPress theme. Once you add the HTML code to the header.php file, you can use the Code editing window in the WordPress Dashboard to insert a "Back to Top" link on any page or post. The advanced "Back to Top" link is superior to the "easy" "Back to Top" link covered in an earlier tutorial because it takes you to the top of the page much faster. A faster site provides a better user experience. -Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
This Advanced-level WordPress Tutorial shows how to insert a "Back to Top" link in a WordPress Page or Post. The tutorial is advanced because it requires use of text editing software and FTP software to download and add HTML code to the header.php file in a WordPress theme. Once you add the HTML code to the header.php file, you can use the Code editing window in the WordPress Dashboard to insert a "Back to Top" link on any page or post. The advanced "Back to Top" link is superior to the "easy" "Back to Top" link covered in an earlier tutorial because it takes you to the top of the page much faster. A faster site provides a better user experience. -Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
WordPress Tutorial - Make "Child" Subpages and Subpage Links
WordPress Tutorial - Make "Child" Subpages and Subpage Links
This Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to create a "child" subpage that has another page as its "parent". You can make links to these subpages using the Blogroll. In some WordPress themes, links to child subpages appear underneath a link to the parent page in the website navigation links - either in the sidebar or under the main horizontal navigation links. In other WordPress themes, you cannot see any links to child pages. In either case, you can create a visible link to a child page by making a new link under one of your Blogroll categories. This tutorial also shows how to find the web address (URL) of a WordPress child page when it is not visible anywhere in the website navigation links.
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This Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to create a "child" subpage that has another page as its "parent". You can make links to these subpages using the Blogroll. In some WordPress themes, links to child subpages appear underneath a link to the parent page in the website navigation links - either in the sidebar or under the main horizontal navigation links. In other WordPress themes, you cannot see any links to child pages. In either case, you can create a visible link to a child page by making a new link under one of your Blogroll categories. This tutorial also shows how to find the web address (URL) of a WordPress child page when it is not visible anywhere in the website navigation links.
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WordPress Tutorial - Make a Link to Specific Place on a Page
WordPress Tutorial - Make a Link to Specific Place on a Page
This Intermediate-level WordPress Tutorial shows how to make a link that takes you to a specific place in a Page or Post. You can put a link at the top of a page so that when you click on it, it takes you further down on the same page. You can also put a link on a different page so that when you click on it, it takes you to whatever specific location you designate on the target page. This is an Intermediate-level tutorial because you use the Code editing window to insert the HTML you need to make the link work.
This Intermediate-level WordPress Tutorial shows how to make a link that takes you to a specific place in a Page or Post. You can put a link at the top of a page so that when you click on it, it takes you further down on the same page. You can also put a link on a different page so that when you click on it, it takes you to whatever specific location you designate on the target page. This is an Intermediate-level tutorial because you use the Code editing window to insert the HTML you need to make the link work.
WordPress Tutorial - How to Make a "Child" Page (Subpage) and How to Hide Sidebar Widget Link
WordPress Tutorial - How to Make a "Child" Page (Subpage) and How to Hide Sidebar Widget Link
This beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows 1. How to make a "child" page or subpage of another page (a "parent" page) using the WordPress 2.7 editing interface. And 2. How to hide a link in the Pages sidebar widget, in other words, how to keep a link to a page from showing in the Pages sidebar widget by putting the page ID number into the "Exclude" box in the Pages sidebar widget dialog box. Making "child" pages (subpages) is useful because you may not want all your pages to show in the main page navigation of your WordPress theme. In most themes, only "main" pages (pages that don't have a "parent") show up in the main page navigation. In some newer WordPress themes, child pages show up in a popup menu that appears when you roll over the main page link. And in some themes, sub-subpages show up in popup menus as well. These are sometimes called "cascading" navigation menus: sub-subpages show up in a popup menu when you roll over a subpage link. The second part of this tutorial shows how to hide (or "exclude") a link to a page that would otherwise appear in the links of the Pages sidebar widget. This is useful for a number of reasons. One is that when you make a static page your Home page in WordPress, some themes will show the link to this static page as a second home page link in your main navigation. By making the Home page a subpage and excluding that link from the Pages sidebar navigation, you can eliminate the double Home page link.
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This beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows 1. How to make a "child" page or subpage of another page (a "parent" page) using the WordPress 2.7 editing interface. And 2. How to hide a link in the Pages sidebar widget, in other words, how to keep a link to a page from showing in the Pages sidebar widget by putting the page ID number into the "Exclude" box in the Pages sidebar widget dialog box. Making "child" pages (subpages) is useful because you may not want all your pages to show in the main page navigation of your WordPress theme. In most themes, only "main" pages (pages that don't have a "parent") show up in the main page navigation. In some newer WordPress themes, child pages show up in a popup menu that appears when you roll over the main page link. And in some themes, sub-subpages show up in popup menus as well. These are sometimes called "cascading" navigation menus: sub-subpages show up in a popup menu when you roll over a subpage link. The second part of this tutorial shows how to hide (or "exclude") a link to a page that would otherwise appear in the links of the Pages sidebar widget. This is useful for a number of reasons. One is that when you make a static page your Home page in WordPress, some themes will show the link to this static page as a second home page link in your main navigation. By making the Home page a subpage and excluding that link from the Pages sidebar navigation, you can eliminate the double Home page link.
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WordPress Tutorial - Make a Static Page Your Home/Front Page
WordPress Tutorial - Make a Static Page Your Home/Front Page
NOTE: Updated tutorial at bit.ly for WordPress version 2.7. This Beginner-level WordPress Tutorial by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications shows you how to make a static WordPress Page your home page (also called "front" page). The default WordPress home page in most themes shows the chronological blog post entries with the most recent post at the top. You can create a static page using the Dashboard - Write - Page, and then tell WordPress to use that page as your home page (using Options - Reading - Front Page). This WordPress tutorial also shows you how to change the order of page navigation tabs or links.
NOTE: Updated tutorial at bit.ly for WordPress version 2.7. This Beginner-level WordPress Tutorial by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications shows you how to make a static WordPress Page your home page (also called "front" page). The default WordPress home page in most themes shows the chronological blog post entries with the most recent post at the top. You can create a static page using the Dashboard - Write - Page, and then tell WordPress to use that page as your home page (using Options - Reading - Front Page). This WordPress tutorial also shows you how to change the order of page navigation tabs or links.
WordPress Tutorial - How to Wrap Text Around an Image
WordPress Tutorial - How to Wrap Text Around an Image
PLEASE NOTE: This Intermediate-level tutorial is for WordPress version 2.3 and earlier. To wrap text around an image in version 2.5 or later, see the new tutorials in the mcbuzzvideo collection called "WordPress 2.5+ Tutorial - How to Upload and Insert an Image" and "WordPress 2.5+ Tutorial - How to Wrap Text Around an Image". The second technique in this tutorial works for any HTML page, whether you use WordPress or not. If you need more control over how an image is positioned relative to text wrapping around it, you can use this technique (even in WordPress version 2.5 or later). This tutorial shows two ways to position an image on the left or right side in the body of a WordPress Post or Page, and how to wrap text around the image. The first way is quick and easy to do. The second way gives you more control over the image's position and the padding or "air" around the image. It's an Intermediate-level WordPress tutorial because the second of the two ways shows you how to insert a bit of HTML code using the WordPress Code editing window.
PLEASE NOTE: This Intermediate-level tutorial is for WordPress version 2.3 and earlier. To wrap text around an image in version 2.5 or later, see the new tutorials in the mcbuzzvideo collection called "WordPress 2.5+ Tutorial - How to Upload and Insert an Image" and "WordPress 2.5+ Tutorial - How to Wrap Text Around an Image". The second technique in this tutorial works for any HTML page, whether you use WordPress or not. If you need more control over how an image is positioned relative to text wrapping around it, you can use this technique (even in WordPress version 2.5 or later). This tutorial shows two ways to position an image on the left or right side in the body of a WordPress Post or Page, and how to wrap text around the image. The first way is quick and easy to do. The second way gives you more control over the image's position and the padding or "air" around the image. It's an Intermediate-level WordPress tutorial because the second of the two ways shows you how to insert a bit of HTML code using the WordPress Code editing window.
WordPress Tutorial - Make Menus of Links With the Blogroll 2
WordPress Tutorial - Make Menus of Links With the Blogroll 2
This Beginner-level WordPress Tutorial is the second of two parts about how to create lists or menus of links using the Blogroll. These menus usually appear in the sidebar of a WordPress page or post. In this second part of this tutorial, I show how you can make lists of links to pages or posts within your own website or blog. This is a handy way to create additional navigation within your site given that WordPress themes often have a limited amount of space for main page navigation (About Us, Contact Us, etc.). -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
This Beginner-level WordPress Tutorial is the second of two parts about how to create lists or menus of links using the Blogroll. These menus usually appear in the sidebar of a WordPress page or post. In this second part of this tutorial, I show how you can make lists of links to pages or posts within your own website or blog. This is a handy way to create additional navigation within your site given that WordPress themes often have a limited amount of space for main page navigation (About Us, Contact Us, etc.). -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
WordPress Tutorial - Edit a Sidebar File Using a Text Editor
WordPress Tutorial - Edit a Sidebar File Using a Text Editor
This Advanced-level WordPress tutorial shows how to download, edit and upload a WordPress theme sidebar file (sidebar.php) using FTP software and a text editor. This is considered an advanced WordPress tutorial because you work with the files for the WordPress theme. You do not use the WordPress Dashboard in this tutorial. The tutorial assumes you know how to setup and use FTP software on your computer so that you can download and upload the sidebar file. It also assumes you know how to open a text file like sidebar.php using a text editor. On a PC, common text editors are Notepad and Wordpad. On a Mac, the default text editor is TextEdit. A good Macintosh text editor for HTML and PHP files is BBEdit.
This Advanced-level WordPress tutorial shows how to download, edit and upload a WordPress theme sidebar file (sidebar.php) using FTP software and a text editor. This is considered an advanced WordPress tutorial because you work with the files for the WordPress theme. You do not use the WordPress Dashboard in this tutorial. The tutorial assumes you know how to setup and use FTP software on your computer so that you can download and upload the sidebar file. It also assumes you know how to open a text file like sidebar.php using a text editor. On a PC, common text editors are Notepad and Wordpad. On a Mac, the default text editor is TextEdit. A good Macintosh text editor for HTML and PHP files is BBEdit.
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