by WealthyDragon on 30 June, 2009
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I wrote a post a while ago describing how to change a theme on WordPress.
When I re-read it today I discovered that it was written for WordPress 2.6 and we're now on WordPress 2.8 - so time for an update!
So here's a video on changing themes in WordPress 2.8:
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by WealthyDragon on 29 June, 2009
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Here’s a question I saw today: can someone explain how to back up my WordPress blog?
Backing up your blog is an essential housekeeping task that you should do at least once a week.
If you’re a hyper blogger (2, 3 or more posts a day) then you’d probably want to back up your database each day, although you could probably leave your system files to be backed up on a weekly schedule.
So here’s how to back up your blog: ==> Click Here to Read More
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Google Webmaster's Tools has always been a fantastic (and free) resource for webmasters and bloggers. It recently got even better.
If you're not using Webmaster's Tools it's very easy to activate: just go into your Google account and add it to the services you use.
You'll need to fill out your site details and they'll give you a piece of code that you can put into an HTML file and upload to your site. This is so they can verify you're the site owner.
Do that and you're up and running.
Here, then, is a short video that summarises the information and help you'll get from Google Webmaster's Tools:
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by WealthyDragon on 24 June, 2009
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WordPress has always frustrated the life out of me when I try to use the HTML view to write posts.
I like writing in HTML. It’s a precise language and you’re able to control exactly how you want your page to look, especially when you combine it with CSS.
But WordPress has always had these filters in place that reckon they know better than me. You want to do HTML? Hah – you do it our way or the highway.
But no more. ==> Click Here to Read More
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by WealthyDragon on 22 June, 2009
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Here are two videos on adding and managing plugins in WordPress 2.8
Firstly – adding plugins:
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