Install a plugin easily and safely :: WP Quick tip 3

Plugins are additions to your WordPress site or blog to extend it’s functionality in a lot of ways, and adding them can achieve a lot of things without the need to change any code yourself.

A lot about Plugins by 103 Graphics

What makes plugins so popular?

1. Plugins are very easy to install( explained below)
2. They can let you do a lot of extras with your site, like create membership sites, accept Paypal payments, add social media icons, and a lot more.
3. Most of them are FREE!

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Change the look of your WP site using themes

The ability to change a theme with one click was one of the first things that attracted me to WordPress, and I have to admit that the first time I tried it, I couldn’t believe my eyes how easy it was!

This is part 5 of a WordPress How-to video series.

Topics covered in Screen Cast:

• What are themes and why we need them.
• How to get and install a new theme .
• Where can you get free themes or paid ones.

Check out some of the themes I created for WP sites here, my portfolio.

You can get lots of free themes at the WordPress.org site here.

And there are lots of sources for paid themes, like themeforest.net, woothemes and a lot others.

I also do a lot custom theme creation, so if you have a design you want me to do for you or want to have your site designed and coded, please, contact me here.

As usual, watching the screen cast in Full screen gives you a better experience.

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Full control over images :: WP Quick tip 2

Images are a very important part of any site, and WordPress gives you a lot of control over your images, and it even added new features in WP 2.9 to make it even easier to control and edit without the need for any extra software.

How to Insert Images:

• Click on the first button next to the Upload/Insert found above the text input area in the Edit Post screen, and this opens up another where you get to choose your file and then click upload.
• Once uploaded you can have full control over your images as see below( click on image to see in full size).

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Organize your Pages easily

This is part 4 of a WordPress How-to video series.

Although WordPress was initially a blogging platform, nowadays, lots of people are using as a regular website, or what’s called a CMS( content management system). To make this easier you need a way to control the pages especially if you have lots of them, in multiple levels.

This screen cast explains how to use a popular plugin for such a task called, Page Tree, which makes it super easy to control as many pages as you like. Of course you need to install the plugin first to be able to try what’s in the video yourself.

Topics covered in Screen Cast:

• Using page tree to have better control over your pages.
• How to find your page easily

You can get the free plugin here, Page Tree Plugin

Another plugin that you can use for the same purpose is called, PageMash.

I look forward to hearing any comments or suggestions and other plugins that you know with the same or better functionality.

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Viewing the screen cast in full screen mode will give you a better experience.

WordPress Overview for beginners

After I started my WordPress How-to video series I thought, what if somebody is totally new to WordPress and doesn’t know where to go to get things done into WP Dashboard, so I decided to shoot a quick video as an overview for the absolute beginners to WordPress.

Topics covered in Screen Cast:

A quick overview on the WP Dashboard, and a walk-through the various main tabs and sections and what does each of them do.

For more in depth coverage of specific parts, feel free to watch the other episodes of  WordPress How-to video series.

I look forward to hearing any comments you might have after watching the video.

Enjoy!

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Viewing the screen cast in full screen mode will give you a better experience.

Adding Links and Managing pages

This is part 3 of a WordPress How-to video series.

Topics covered in Screen Cast:

• How to add links to your text.
• Password-protecting your pages or keeping them private for registered users only.
• Controlling the menu order of pages and page hierarchy.

I look forward to hearing any comments or suggestions to improve it further.

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Viewing the screen cast in full screen mode will give you a better experience, and I apologize for the noise that appears near the end.