We all know that pictures speak louder than words. And you have ideas about how you want your posts to look - but when starting out, there can be unending frustration in the how-to. We intend to start a short series on the beginner's steps to blogging with WordPress. Know someone who is going it without any technical support? Send them our way and we'll help them along over the coming weeks. How to Insert an Image 1) Log in into Wordpress admin panel and click "Add New" under Posts to create a new post. 2) Click the small image titled "Add an Image" besides "Upload/Insert" You … [Read more...]
The Argument between WordPress and Thesis for the Lay Person
July 15, 2010
There's a big kafuffle going on right now in the tweet/ wordpress/ social world. Have you heard? Dave of ThinkDave.com summed it up the best: Bill Erikson sent out a Tweet explaining that WordPress had dropped him as a developer because he suppports Thesis (they feel Thesis violates the GPL). A bored 12-year old in Elbonia injected some malicious code into the Thesis 1.7 and 1.8 Beta releases, so that anyone installing the theme from these downloads got infected. It’s fixed now Matt smacked Chris across the face with a wet fish, suggesting he doesn’t know how to code (how many … [Read more...]
How to add thumbnail images to excerpts
September 28, 2009
Of course there is more than one way to do this, but we'll use the plugin, "Thumbnail for Excerpts". Log into your Admin Panels and open the "Plugins" panel. Click on "Add New". Type: Thumbnail for Excerpts in the search box and click on the search button. The first search result should be the Thumbnail for Excerpts plugin by Radu Capan At the far-right of the search result, you'll see the link. Click on that. Click the "install" button. On the next screen, click the "activate" button. That's it! And now, IF your theme shows excerpts in any page - for example, the archives - then you … [Read more...]
WordPress 2.8 and Google Analytics
June 22, 2009
Image via CrunchBase Hello all, I wrote here about upgrading to wordpress 2.8. And if you follow my directions, you will be able to log out and log back into your blog no problem. However, if you leave the plugins active, you will likely not be allowed back into your blog once you log out. You will need to erase/rename the offending plugin from your wp-includes/plugins directory. ***There is a conflict with the Google Analytics plugin that we provide to most blogs when we install them. To resolve this conflict: Please deactivate this plugin Install "Google Analytics for … [Read more...]
How to Upgrade to WordPress 2.8
June 11, 2009
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming.... (What? I do SO have regular programming.) to bring you.... WordPress 2.8. The biggest upgrade in this version is the widget area and more cool goodies for our sidebars!! Dont forget to check out the warnings in the Save the Sidebars article series!! I haven`t done my research on the new features yet but when I do, I`ll be sure to update the blog with the news! And YES - please DO upgrade your WordPress to 2.8 with the CLICK of a button! How cool is that? If you haven`t yet upgraded to 2.7 then you won`t be able to do the … [Read more...]
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