If you are just beginning to use WordPress for your content publishing needs, you might be overwhelmed by all the terminology in various tutorials and forums. This article will provide brief explanations of some of the most commonly used terms, helping you get off to a good start. AJAX AJAX is a … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Terminology
How to Install WordPress Multi-Site in Localhost (Using XAMPP)
So you want to install a WordPress Multi-site Network on your local computer using XAMPP, huh? (you like that HTML Goodies throwback?) Well, in this article, and the accompanying video I will go through the process to make that happen. I will be using XAMPP to run a "web server" on my local … [Read more...] about How to Install WordPress Multi-Site in Localhost (Using XAMPP)
How to Change the URL of a WordPress Site
Sometimes the URL or domain for a WordPress site is no longer appropriate. This could be for several reasons. Perhaps everything was setup using a different domain (like localhost) for testing purposes. Maybe, it was installed in a folder and now needs to shine at the root of the site. Maybe the … [Read more...] about How to Change the URL of a WordPress Site
How to Add Meta Boxes to Provide Extra Content for WordPress Posts
I started a new blog several months back and I wanted to include extra boxes on the WordPress edit/add post screen to provide extra "behind the scenes" data. More specifically I started to learn more about how meta tags (HTML elements that aren't shown in the browser unless "viewing source") can … [Read more...] about How to Add Meta Boxes to Provide Extra Content for WordPress Posts
How To Create an Attractive Subscribe & Follow Box For Your WordPress Blog
Your WordPress blog isn't the only place that you should be adding fresh content to. It's important these days to also add new content to social networks as well. Most of the time, webmasters create profiles and pages on social sites that are specific to just one web site (or niche that they are … [Read more...] about How To Create an Attractive Subscribe & Follow Box For Your WordPress Blog
Adding Images to Your WordPress Blog or Website
A picture is worth more than 1,000 words when presented within a blog post (or page). On the web, an image could break up text, which can part the sea of text making it all more readable. An image can also help illustrate a point, and provide SEO value. An image could find its way into image … [Read more...] about Adding Images to Your WordPress Blog or Website
A Brief Introduction to WordPress Nonces
This is a follow up article for the creating a WordPress plugin tutorial Nonce – what is it and why is it important when it comes to WordPress and security? What Does Nonce Mean? The word "nonce" is an abbreviation for the term number used once and is a string generated by WordPress … [Read more...] about A Brief Introduction to WordPress Nonces
How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS (Video Tutorial)
Check out our new tutorial on how to do this using any browser's developer tools. In this video tutorial I will show you how you can customize the style of your WordPress site easily using a FireFox addon called Firebug. You can do the same thing using Google Chrome's inspector tool too. I will do … [Read more...] about How to Use Firebug to Modify Your WordPress Site’s CSS (Video Tutorial)
How to Create a Custom WordPress Page Template (Video Tutorial)
We published a tutorial on how to create a Custom Page Template in WordPress a while back. Since then we received many requests from our readers to create a video tutorial on this topic so we are following up with a video tutorial covering the basics on how to create a custom WordPress page … [Read more...] about How to Create a Custom WordPress Page Template (Video Tutorial)
WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks for Better Performance and Speed
Is your WordPress blog performing at it's best? How quickly does the page load? Is it sluggish? Your website's performance is one of the key factors in ensuring that the visitors are having a good experience with your site. So I personally think it is worthwhile to spend some time tuning/optimizing … [Read more...] about WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks for Better Performance and Speed