How to Manually Disable WordPress Plugins

1. Open your WordPress Dashboard in your preferred browser. It is accessed at the '/wp-admin' location of your site. For example, if your WordPress site is at 'mywordpressblogsite.com' the address of the Dashboard is 'http://www.mywordpressblogsite.com/wp-admin.'
2. Enter your administrative user name and password and click 'Log In.'

3. Click 'Plugins' on the left side of the screen.
4. Place a check mark next to the name of each plugin you would like to disable. The list of plugins is displayed in the main portion of the browser window, right of the navigation bar.
5. Click the 'Bulk Actions' drop-down menu below the list of plugins. Select 'Deactivate' from the list of options.
6. Click 'Apply' to the right of the menu. All selected plugins are now disabled.

How to use your own domain name on a WordPress.com blog

1. Log into your WordPress.com account using your user name and password.
2. Hover your cursor over the 'My Blogs' tab at the top, left-hand side of the page. You will see a listing of all your blogs, plus an option to manage a blog or add a new one.

3. Hover your cursor over the the 'Register a New Blog' option under 'My Blogs' and click on it.
4. Look for a dialog box titled 'Blog Address' near the top of the page. Write in the blog address you'd like to use. A prompt will let you know whether the name is available. If it is, you'll see a button asking 'Use it for your blog for $17 a year?' Click on this button to confirm yes. The domain name to the left of your blog name will change from .wordpress.com to yourblogaddress.com. You'll receive another prompt confirming that the domain is for a new blog.
5. Click on the down arrow to the right of the '.com' domain name of you wish to change your blog domain to .net or .org. You will receive the same prompt.
6. Click on the 'I Want a New Blog' button after you've chosen your desired blog name and domain.
7. Go to the second dialog box beneath 'Blog Address,' titled 'Blog Title.' Enter a title for your new blog (which is not the same thing as your blog address; the title will appear at the top of the browser). Select the blog language in the third dialog box. Finally, select privacy preferences in the fourth dialog box. The blog title, language and privacy settings can be changed later. The blog address cannot be changed.
8. Click the orange 'Create Blog' button at the bottom of the page. Fill in the required registration information and click on the 'Register Domain' bottom at the bottom of the page. Select your payment process for a credit card or PayPal. Input the required payment information and click on the 'Purchase and Register Domain' button.

How to Add Breaks in WordPress Posts

1. Click the 'Add New' link in the 'Posts' section of your WordPress dashboard to begin creating a new post. To add page breaks to an existing post, click the 'Posts' menu, then click the name of the post that you want to edit.
2. Click the 'HTML' tab at the top of the text editor to view the HTML code for the blog post.

3. Place the cursor at the beginning of a blank line, after the end of where you would like the first page to end.
4. Type '
' in the text editor. Repeat this step and the previous one in each position where you would like to create a page break.
5. Scroll to the top of the page and click the 'Publish' or 'Update' button in the upper-right corner. WordPress splits the post into multiple pages, adding a page number at the bottom of each one for navigation.

How to Change a WordPress Meta Description

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard. Open the 'Appearance' heading in the main menu, and select 'Widgets.' This screen shows all the widgets included with WordPress, as well as any additional widgets you have installed.
2. Click and hold the mouse pointer on the 'Meta' widget, and move the mouse to drag the widget to the sidebar area on the right side of the page. Release the mouse button to place the widget within your website's sidebar. When you release the mouse button, the configuration options for the Meta widget appear.

3. Click the 'Title' field. Type the description that you would like your website to display in the sidebar for the Meta widget.
4. Click the 'Save' button.

How to Install a WordPress

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard with your username and password. Click the 'Down' arrow next to Pages in the left navigation menu, then click 'Add New.'
2. Type your featured post and title in the page interface and click 'Publish' to make it public.

3. Click 'Reading' under 'Settings' in the left menu, then select the radio button 'A static page.' Choose the title of your featured post page from the drop-down list next to 'Front page' and click 'Save Changes.' Your featured post will remain on the home page of your blog.

How to Make a Slideshow in WordPress

1. Sign into your WordPress website administration panel.
2. Open the post or page to which you'd like to add a slideshow.

3. Click 'Add An Image.'
4. Select the images or photographs to include by navigating to their location on your hard drive, desktop, or removable flash drive.
5. Click 'Save All Changes' to go to the Gallery tab.
6. Click 'Insert Slideshow' in the Gallery tab, and click 'Update.'

How to Add Post Thumbnails in WordPress

1. Navigate to the 'Write Post' panel sidebar of the WordPress Dashboard.
2. Click on 'Set Thumbnail' under the 'Post Thumbnail' category.

3. Find the image you would like to use as the thumbnail and select it.
4. Add a title, alternate text, caption, or description if needed.
5. Click 'Use as thumbnail.'
6. Click 'Publish.'

How to Create Automated Posts on a WordPress Blog

1.

Write an entry on your WordPress blog. You can prepare it as if you were about to publish it including categories, links, photos and all the content that you want to publish.
2.

Once you are ready to save the post, look on the right hand side of your screen and you will see the Publish Status menu.
As you can see, there is an option right next to 'Publish Immediately' and it says 'Edit.'

3. Click on 'Edit' to schedule the date and time when your post will go up on the Internet. On the date and time that you decide, your blog with be updated with this posting, just as if you were in front of your computer doing it.
4. Now that you have entered the date and time when you want to publish this post, click Save and your entry will remain as a draft until it goes live.
You can do this with as many posts as you want or need. They will all go live when you scheduled them on WordPress.

How to Design Websites on WordPress

1. Find a web host. There are thousands of them on the Internet that support WordPress. WordPress has its recommended sites; however, you can use any that you are comfortable with.
2. Install WordPress. You must download and install the application onto your computer.

3. Read the documentation on how to create your website. There is a lot to read and understand to create the site that will be perfect for your uses.
4. Upload a WordPress template. Save the template to your wp-content/themes folder. Tens of thousands of templates exist for you to choose from. Take your time and find the right one for you. You can change the template later if you decide you don't like the one you start with.
5. Sign in to your WordPress admin panel. Click 'Appearance' and then 'Themes.' Activate the theme you uploaded.
6. Alter the theme to fit your site's purpose. You can change the images, text and colors. Each theme has different modifications for you to try. If you know HyperText Markup Language, or HTML, then you can alter it further.

How to Use the WordPress Menu With Thesis

1. Log in to your WordPress account.
2. Select 'Thesis' from the menu on the left, then click 'Site Options.'

3. Click the plus ' ' icon next to 'Navigation Menu' to extend the options.
4. Click the option next to the 'WordPress Nav Menu,' then click the 'Save' button. This will change your default menu to the WordPress menu.
5. Click 'Appearance' from the left menu, then click 'Menus' to view the WordPress menu setup.
6. Type a name for your new menu in the 'Menu Name' text box.
7. Select a location, such as 'Main Menu,' from the 'Theme Locations' drop-down menu in the upper left corner.
8. Place a check in the box next to each page from the 'Pages' list that you would like to include in the menu, then click the 'Add to Menu' button. You will see the selected pages appear in the menu list on the right.
9. Click the down-arrow icon next to the page name to edit your menu item, such as changing the name that appears in the menu or removing the item from the menu.
10. Click the 'Save Menu' button in the upper right corner when you finish. You will now see the WordPress menu display on your website.

How to Post a Juke Box in Wordpress

1. Log in to the Wordpress admin panel.
2. Go through the left-hand navigation pane, and locate 'Plugins.' Click on 'Add New' under plugins, so the plugin search page will load.

3. Insert 'audio playlist manager' in the search box, and click the 'Search Plugins' button to the right. Click the 'Install' link for the 'audio playlist manager with autoresume' plugin which will be the first search result. The auto-resume feature makes the player pause for page loads, and start automatically afterward, instead of stopping the player altogether. If auto-resume is not needed, install the second search result - 'Tierra's audio playlist manager.'Click on the 'Activate Plugin' link when prompted.
4. Click 'Tierra Audio Playlists' under 'Settings' in the left-hand navigation menu. If there are any server limitations for uploads, a warning message may appear at the top of the page with instructions to enhance memory capacity as well. If the music files and the plugin options can be managed within the allowed capacity, ignore the warning.
5. Upload music files to the server via the 'Add New Media File' form at the bottom of the page. Alternatively upload files to the 'Uploads' folder via an FTP client, and add the music files to the playlists by specifying each URL within the 'Add New Media File' form.
6. Create playlists using the uploaded audio files. Name the playlists with recognizable, meaningful names, e.g., name of the artist, or the genre of music.
7. Click 'Widgets' under 'Appearance,' in the main navigational menu to the left. Notice the new widget named 'Tierra Audio Playlist Player.' Drag this widget to one of the sidebars to the right.
8. Configure the options for the music player widget, and specify the playlist to use.
9. Load the front end of the Wordpress site in different browsers, and test the playback of the jukebox.

How to Secure a WordPress Blog From a Trojan Infection

1. Upgrade Wordpress every time a new version is available. Click 'Tools' then 'Upgrade.' Click 'Update Automatically' to perform the upgrade. New versions of Wordpress fix security holes and issues, so you will be protected against known exploits and fixed bugs.
2. Ask your Web host to upgrade your server operating system and scripts when updates are available. This minimizes the risk of trojans getting in to your Wordpress installation through backend holes.

3. Create an administrator password that cannot be easily guessed. Using numbers, symbols and various letter cases can prevent your password from being cracked.
4. Use a FTP program or the file manager on your web server to check file and folder permissions. Unless otherwise required by your server or Wordpress, folders should be set with permission '755' and files should have permissions set at '644.'

How to Manage the Sandbox in WordPress

1. Open the .css file from your WordPress site. You can open the .css file in any text editor like Notepad.
2. Open a Web browser, and then open the page you want to work on.

3. Make a change to the .css file, and then refresh your browser to see the changes. For example, if you want to change the background color of your site to gray, type 'body{ background-color: gray;}'.
4. When you are finished making changes, move the style.css style sheet file to your WordPress Theme folder on your website, replacing the old file. Make sure to load graphics and images to relevant folder.

How to Create a Canonical URL for a Homepage in WordPress

1. Log in to your WordPress blog's administrative interface.
2. Click 'Plugins.'

3. Click 'Add New.'
4. Search for 'homepage canonical link' in the plugin search box.
5. Click 'Install' next to 'Homepage Canonical Link' in the search results.
6. Click 'Install Now.'
7. Click 'Activate Plugin.' The canonical link tag now appears in your homepage's header code.

How to Restore a WordPress Blog With WP

1. Log in to your hosting account, then click 'PhpMyAdmin' in the Databases section. The PhpMyAdmin page opens.
2. Click the database that you want to restore the WordPress backup to, then click the 'Import' tab.

3. Click 'Browse' or 'Choose File' next to the 'Text' box, then go to the backup file on your computer.
4. Click the backup file to select it, then click 'Open.'
5. Select 'SQL' from the 'Format' drop-down list, or click the 'SQL' button. Click 'Go.' When the backup process is complete, the Success screen appears.

How to Use Viewport for a WordPress Theme

1. Write a post in WordPress.
2. Create three JPEG or GIF images using any image-editing program. The image sizes should be 940 by 600, 940 by 300 and 270 by 172 pixels.

3. Click 'Add an Image' in your post. Upload the 940 by 600 pixels image.
4. Copy the link from the list that appears when the image uploads, then click 'Save all changes' and close the window by clicking on the 'x' at the top right of the page.
5. Scroll down the page to the Custom Fields tab and type 'lead_image' into the key image field.
6. Paste the image link you copied in Step 3 into the value box and click 'Add Custom Field.'
7. Repeat Steps 3 through 6 with the other two images, typing 'single_image' into the Custom Fields value for the second image and 'archive_image' into the Custom Fields value for the third image.

How to Build an Amazon Store With a WordPress Plugin

1. Log in to your WordPress account by entering your WordPress user name and password onto the login page and pressing the 'Login' button. This takes you to the Dashboard administrative area of your WordPress blog.
2. Click on the 'Plugins' menu from the left column of the Dashboard. Click on the 'Add New' option from the menu that appears below the 'Plugins' header.

3. Choose which plugin you want to use to create the Amazon store on your page. Some options are the Free WordPress Store for Amazon Associates, the Amazon Bookstore, WordPress-Amazon-Associate and Amazon Store Plugin for WordPress. They all integrate your Amazon associate ID with the store and allow you to choose products to feature on your website.
4. Click on the button on your plugin that says 'Download' with a version number. Allow the download to happen and click on the option to 'Install' the plugin on your page. When the installation process finishes, click on the link that says 'Activate Plugin.'
5. Enter your Amazon associate credentials and choose the products for your store.

How to Do a Lightbox Pop

1. Visit WordPress.org and search for the Lightbox plug-in. Click 'Extend' > 'Plug-ins' at the top of the Web page and execute a search for 'lightbox.'
2. Download Lightbox Gallery, Lightbox 3 or Flexible Lightbox. Lightbox 3 is the newest version of the original Lightbox plug-in, but many of the available Lightbox plug-ins will accomplish the same result.

3. Upload and install the plug-in from your WordPress Dashboard. Click 'Plug-ins' > 'Add New' > 'Upload' and browse for your downloaded plug-in. Click 'Install' and the plug-in should upload automatically. When it's finished, click 'Activate.'
4. Test the plug-in by going to the website and clicking one of your images. It should automatically be 'Lightboxed' once the plug-in is installed.

How to Create a Divider Line in WordPress

1. Click the 'HTML' tab on the top of the post editing field.
2. Type your first section of text into the post.

3. Add the following HTML code. This code creates a black line divider that extends across the width of the entire post. Adjust the width, pixel height and background color hex code as needed. Place your second line of text beneath the divider.This is the first line of text.

This is the second line of text.

How to Move Static Pages to WordPress on Bluehost

1. Log in to your BlueHost account. Click 'File Manager,' select the name of the domain whose File Manager you wish to access then click 'OK.'
2. Double-click 'WP-Content,' then double-click the name of the theme you use on WordPress. Click the 'Upload' button located along the top of the screen.

3. Browse your computer's hard drive for the HTML file of the page you wish to move to BlueHost. Click the name of the file and click 'Open.' Wait until BlueHost tells you the upload has completed, then return to your File Manager.
4. Input your site's URL, followed by a backslash and the name of the page --- '/Contact.html,' for example --- into your browser's 'Address Bar.' Your page now exists within your BlueHost-hosted WordPress blog.

How to Import a Flash Header Into WordPress

1. Upload the SWF (ShockWave Flash) file to your WordPress site via an FTP client.
2. Log on to WordPress and go to 'Appearance' and 'Editor.'

3. Select 'Header' from the list of templates to the right.
4. Add the following code to your template using the online text editor:
Replace 'myflash.swf' with the location of your SWF file and adjust the width and height to the dimensions of your SWF file.
5. Click 'Update File' to apply the changes.

How to Export Joomla Content to WordPress

1. Log into the WordPress administrator dashboard.
2. Click 'Add New' under 'Plugins' in the left-hand navigational menu. Search for 'Joomla 1.5 Importer.'

3. Click 'Install Now' to install the plugin. Click 'Activate Plugin' when the installation is complete.
4. Click 'Import' in the left-hand navigational menu under 'Tools.'
5. Click 'Joomla 1.5' in the list of importers.
6. Fill in the connection information for your Joomla website. You will need the host name, port, database name, user name and password. All of this information is either located in your Joomla installation or available from your hosting provider.
7. Click 'Connect to Joomla Database.' The importer will run and then confirm when it has imported all the data from your Joomla website.

How to Turn Off Alphabetical Pages in WordPress

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Select 'Pages' from the left menu area. On the 'Pages' page your page titles appear.

3. Customize the order in which titles appear by selecting 'Quick Edit' or 'Edit' below the title.
4. In numerical form, type the order in which you want pages to appear. If you selected 'Quick Edit,' look for 'order' to the right of the title. If you selected 'Edit,' look for 'order' under 'Page Attributes.'
5. Click 'Update.' The page will now appear in the order specified.
6. Repeat this action for all your website's title pages, ordering them numerically.

How to Move From WordPress SQL to GoDaddy

Create a Backup of WordPress Database
1. Log in to the cPanel account of your Web hosting server.
2. Click the “phpMyAdmin” icon from the cPanel main page.

3. Click “Databases.”
4. Click the name of the Wordpress database you want to move.
5. Click the “Export” tab located about the database files in the center of the screen.
6. Click “Select All” from the Export dialog box to copy all tables in the database.
7. Click “SQL” as the file type to save in.
8. Check the box next to “Save as” and select the option of “None” under 'Compression.'
9. Click the “Go” button at the bottom of the screen. The SQL database file is saved to your computer.
Import WordPress Database to GoDaddy
10. Launch your FTP client of choice.
11. Enter your GoDaddy username and password and click “Connect.” Your website files appear within the FTP program.
12. Double-click the _db_backups folder.
13. Paste the .SQL database file you created into this folder.
14. Close the FTP client to save your changes.

How to Move a WordPress Blog to Root

1. Back up all existing files on your server. Pay particularly close attention to existing files in your root directory that share the same name as files in the WordPress subfolder.
2. Log in to your blog. Click 'Administration' and then click 'Settings.' Click 'General' and enter the new location of your blog in the 'WordPress Address' box. When moving to the root directory, this should be the top-level domain with a trailing slash (Ex: http://www.mysite.com/).

3. Enter the same URL in the 'Blog Address' box and click 'Save Settings.'
4. Log in to your server with your desired FTP client. When connected, navigate to the folder on your server where WordPress files are currently located. This should be within a subfolder of your root directory.
5. Cut and paste all files and folders from the WordPress subfolder to the root directory. If you experience any overwrite warnings, allow the FTP software to overwrite existing files as you already have a back up copy of all old files.
6. Go back to your WordPress administration interface and log in if necessary. Click 'Administration,' 'Settings,' 'Permalinks' and update your WordPress permalink structure if you modified it with your previous WordPress installation.
7. Click 'Settings' and click 'Media.' Verify that the 'Store Uploads Folder' feature is set to place new uploads in the new folder location and not the old location within the subfolder. Update this information as necessary.
8. Click on the title of your website at the top of the Administration interface to be taken directly to your blog homepage. Verify that your blog loads from the new URL. You have now moved WordPress to the root.

How to Create Anchor Tags in WordPress

1. Open the post for editing and switch to HTML editor mode.
2. Locate the section of the post you would like to direct users to, then add an anchor element in the following format:
Some Text
This would create an anchor with the name 'example.' This name will be used in the next step when creating the link.

3. Locate the section of the post where you would like to place the link, and add it in the following format:
Link Text
Notice that in the quotation marks is the name of the anchor, preceded by a # sign. This tells the reader's browser that the link goes to a specific section of the page.
4. Save and then preview the page. Try clicking the link to make sure it directs you to the anchor correctly.

How to Get Adsense on Wordpress Without Plugins

Sidebar
1. Log in to Google AdSense. Click the 'My ads' tab. Under 'Ad units' locate the ad unit that you want to use. Click 'Get code.' Select the code, right-click and click 'Copy.'
2. Log in to the WordPress dashboard with your administrator account. Click 'Appearance' on the left menu, then click 'Widgets.'

3. Click 'Text' in the 'Available Widgets' area. Drag the widget to the sidebar on the right. If your WordPress theme has two sidebars, then drag the widget to the sidebar where you want to place the AdSense ad unit.
4. Right-click in the 'Text' widget and click 'Paste' to insert the AdSense code. Click 'Save.'
Post
5. Log in to the WordPress dashboard. Click 'Appearance' and click 'Editor.' Click 'Single Post (single.php)' on the right when the editor page appears.
6. Search for a phrase similar to the following in the code window. The exact line may vary from one theme to another. But look for the code with 'the_content' in it like

7. Add a table layout above the 'the_content' line of code. For example:











8. Right-click between the
and
tags. Click 'Paste' to insert the AdSense code. This places the AdSense ad to the top left of your WordPress posts.
9. Review the code. It should look similar to the example shown below:







[Your AdSense code here]










10. Click 'Update File.'

How to Export Files From GoDaddy to WordPress

1. Log into your GoDaddy website. How you log in depends on what software you loaded onto GoDaddy, but if you have WordPress installed log in at http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin where 'yourdomain.com' is the name of your actual site.
2. Click the 'Export' button in your software. Most blogging platforms have a feature to export posts and pages to an XML file. It's usually located somewhere on your Dashboard or Home Page although you may have to navigate a sub menu to find it. If you have WordPress installed, click 'Tools' and then click 'Export.' An XML file will be downloaded to your Desktop.

3. Log into your new WordPress site.
4. Click 'Tools' and then click 'Import.' Choose the type of XML file you'll be importing. Which file you choose depends upon which software you had installed on your GoDaddy site. When you click the relevant button, an import tool will open and direct your through the import process for your specific software.

How to Make Wordpress Not Look Like a Blog

Select a New Theme
1. Log into your WordPress dashboard using your administrative username and password.
2. Click the arrow beside 'Appearance' to display the settings in this section. Then click 'Themes.' Select the 'Install Themes' tab.

3. Type a word describing the type of theme you might like ('non-blog' for example) or click on the 'Featured,' 'Newest,' or 'Recently Updated' links to browse themes at random.
4. Click on any theme to see a preview of your website using that theme.
5. Click 'Install' to install the theme to your website. You may need to use an FTP program to upload the them to your web server, depending on which Web hosting service you use. Consult your Web host documentation for full instructions.
Create a Home Page
6. Log into your WordPress dashboard using your administrative username and password.
7. Click on the 'Pages' link on the left of the screen. Then click 'Add New.'
8. Design your home page as you would like it to appear with appropriate content and images. This will be the first page visitors see when they go to to your site's web address.
9. Name your page 'Home' or some other name you will remember as the main page of your website. Then click the 'Publish' button.
10. Click the arrow beside 'Settings' on your administrative dashboard. Then click 'Reading.'
11. Click the radio button beside 'A static page' in the 'Front page displays' section. Then select the 'Home' page you just created from the 'Front page' drop-down menu.
12. Click 'Save changes.'
Use Permalink Settings
13. Click on the 'Permalinks' entry in the 'Settings' menu of the dashboard.
14. Select 'Custom Structure' by clicking on the radio button.
15. Type '/%postname%/' (without quotation marks) into the 'Custom Structure' field. This will make the Web address of each page and blog entry display in a traditional, less blog-like format, using the name of each page rather than a date or post number in the address field of a visitor's web browser.
16. Click 'Save Changes.'

How to Upload VCF to WordPress

Uploading a VCF
1. Log in to your WordPress admin control panel. Click 'Media Library' from the main menu bar, then click 'Add New.'
2. Click 'Select Files,' and when the pop-up window appears, navigate to the location of your VCF on your computer's hard drive. Select the file, then click 'Open.'

3. Fill out any of the text fields you wish to add information to the file's entry in the Media Library. You can enter a title or a description for the file, which will make it easier to search for if you need to find it within the Media Library in the future. Click ' Save all changes' when you're done.
Attaching a VCF
4. Log in to your WordPress admin area. Click 'Media Library,' then search for the title or description you gave the VCF using the search box near the top of the screen. Locate the VCF in the search results, click its title, then copy the the URL listed at the bottom of its entry.
5. Go to 'Posts' or 'Pages' depending on where you want to attach the VCF. Click the title of the post of page to which you want to add the vCard link.
6. Place the cursor at the point you want the link to go, and type some descriptive text, for example 'Click here to download my vCard.' Select the text you have just written, then click the link icon. Paste the URL into the box that appears, and click 'Insert.'
7. Click 'Update' at the top-right of the screen to save your changes. Your vCard is now attached to the post or page.

How to Display Asian Fonts in WordPress

Display Asian Fonts for Your Blog Readers
1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard from the wp-admin directory of your website. Navigate to 'Editor' from the 'Appearance' screen and load header.php in the editor. Check that your opening HTML tag includes the 'language_attributes()' function like this:
>Change your HTML tag to include the function if you do not see it there.
2. Check that your header.php includes the following line after the opening head tag:
'>Add this line if it does not already exist in the code, or replace anything between the quotation marks after 'charset' with the PHP code to call 'bloginfo().' Click the blue 'Update File' button to save your changes.

3. Navigate to 'Settings' in the dashboard and click 'Reading.' Check that your blog is set to use 'UTF-8' character encoding. You must use 'UTF-8' to display foreign characters on your blog.
4. Create a post or page in any Asian language you need. Click 'EN' on your Windows taskbar and switch to your Asian language if you did not already do so. Publish the post as you normally would.
Switch the Dashboard to an Asian Language
5. Visit 'WordPress in Your Language' at the WordPress Codex website and scroll down until you see the language you want. Use the links under the language's heading to find the MO file. The file you need for Japanese, for example, is 'ja.mo.' Download the file to your computer.
6. Create a 'languages' directory under the wp-content or wp-includes directory of your WordPress website. You can do this using an FTP client. Upload your MO file to that directory.
7. Download the wp-config.php file from the main directory of your WordPress website. Open the file in a code editor or Notepad and look for this line:define('WPLANG', '');Add the code for your language between the empty set of single quotes. The code is the same as the name of your MO file, so for Japanese, edit the file to look like this:define('WPLANG', 'ja');Save the file and upload it to your server, overwriting the old version.
8. Go back to your WordPress dashboard and refresh if you do not see the new language. WordPress now displays in your chosen language. If you see question marks instead of the Asian fonts, install the language on your computer.

How to Use Multiple Template Files in Wordpress

1. Log into your WordPress website.
2. Click 'Pages' from the left menu, then click 'Edit' under the page you want to change. You can also click the 'New Page' button in the top right corner if you want to create a new page.

3. Click the arrow next to 'Page Attributes' from the menu on the right. A new box will drop down.
4. Select the name of the template you want to use from the 'Template' drop-down menu.
5. Change or add content to your WordPress page, then click 'Update' or 'Publish' to post your page. The page will display using the template you chose from the drop-down menu.

How to Integrate Your WordPress Blog With Facebook

1. Log in to your Facebook account.
2. Select 'Notes' from the left menu. Choose 'My Notes' and then 'Write a Note.'

3. Select 'My Drafts.' Do not create a new note.
4. Click on 'Edit import settings' under Subscribe.
5. Type your WordPress blog RSS feed URL into the 'Web URL' field. Click on the check box to confirm you have the right to reproduce content from that blog on Facebook. This content also can't include anything illegal or obscene. Click 'Start Importing.'
6. Preview the blog entries Facebook imports. If everything looks good, click 'Confirm.'

How to Create Columns in WordPress Posts

1. Navigate to the WordPress Plug-in Directory (see Resources) to download the Magazine Columns WordPress plug-in. Save the .zip file to your computer when prompted.
2. Log into your WordPress account, click on 'Plug-ins' on the left-hand menu and click on 'Add New.' Upload the file you just saved to your computer. Click 'Activate' when you receive a confirmation screen that the upload has completed successfully.

3. Create columns within a page or post by inserting the code '
' where you want each column to begin (for up to five columns) or by using the 'Start Columns' and 'Stop Columns' buttons now found within the top menu in HTML view.
4. Preview your post to see if the columns are where you want them, then click 'Publish.'

How to Change the Font Color in WordPress

1. Log in to your WordPress admin panel. Either go to the WordPress website and log in if you use a hosted WordPress blog (see Resources), or enter the URL to your admin panel (you will have set this yourself when you set the blog up).
2. Click 'Posts' followed by 'New Post.'

3. Click 'HTML.'
4. Type the following code in, replacing 'XXXXXX' with the color or RGB code of the color you want to use:
Type the words you want to be displayed in that color. For example, type 'Hello this is a blog in a different color.'
5. Type the closing tag, '
' (without quotes) to close the tag. Click 'Post' to post with your new color.

How to Use a Div With WordPress

1. Sign in to your WordPress account. Hover your mouse over the Appearance pane and choose 'Editor.' Open the 'style.css' file.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the document. Type in a name for your div class and specify attributes that you want the text to have. For example, if you want to create a div called 'newdiv' with font size 14 and black text, you use the following code:.newdiv {font-size: 14px; color: #000;}Save the CSS file.

3. Click the name of HTML or PHP file to which you want to apply the div's formatting. Find the text that you want to style and enclose it within 'div' tags as in this example:
Your text goes here
Save the document. Load the page in a new browser window to verify that your div displays as you intend.

How to Write Arabic in WordPress

1. Go to 'Start' on the Windows taskbar and click 'Control Panel.' Open 'Regional and Language Options' and click the 'Keyboards and languages' tab. Go to 'Change keyboards...' and click 'Add.' Select the version of Arabic you want to use, click the 'plus' icon next to its name and check the box next to the keyboard you want to add. Click 'OK' to install the keyboard to Windows.
2. Open your Web browser and visit the 'wp-admin' directory of your website. Log in to the WordPress dashboard. Navigate to 'Posts' and click 'Add New' to start writing a new post. Click the 'EN' icon on the right side of your Windows taskbar and select Arabic. Begin typing Arabic in to the editor box. Click the blue 'Publish' button when finished.

3. Go to 'Settings' in the WordPress dashboard and click 'Reading.' Check that your blog is using UTF-8 encoding: the default for WordPress that is required to display non-Latin text. Replace the current setting with 'UTF-8' if needed and save changes.
4. Navigate to 'Appearance' and click 'Editor' to load the 'Edit Themes' screen. Check that your theme includes a file named 'rtl.css'. Your theme needs this file to reverse styles to fit the Rright-to-left script Arabic uses. Install a different theme or create the file yourself if it does not exist.
5. Click the link for 'header.php' under 'Templates' on the 'Edit Themes' screen and locate the '
' tags. Below the last '
' tag, add this code:
/rtl.css' type='text/css' />This code imports the RTL styles after your main styles. The RTL style sheet will flip margins, padding and floats as necessary to fit your Arabic text. Click the blue 'Update File' button to save changes.

How to Move Your WordPress Blog to Another Server

1. Log into your current (old) WordPress dashboard in your Web browser if you are also changing the URL of your WordPress blog and installation directory. Navigate to the general settings page and change the URLs of your blog and installation directory to the new addresses. Click the button at the bottom of the page to save the settings.
2. Download your WordPress database by logging into your old host's control panel and click the PHPMyAdmin icon to open the utility. Click the database that contains your WordPress files from the left panel and click the 'Export' tab when it appears on the right.

3. Select the tables that you wish to export (if WordPress is the only script in the database, select them all) from the list. Choose 'SQL' as the output format. Check to select 'Stucture' and 'Data.' Check 'Save As' and type a file name into the text field. Click 'Go' and PHPMyAdmin will create the SQL file for download onto your computer.
4. Log into PHPMyAdmin from the control panel on the new server. Click the database name and click the 'Import' tab. Click the 'Browse' button and navigation to the location of the saved SQL file on your computer. Double-click to select the file. Check to select 'SQL' file in PHPMyAdmin and click the 'Go' button to begin importing. This process may take several moments.
5. Download your old WordPress files to your computer via FTP program or by logging into your file manager via your hosting control panel. You will want to save the WordPress core files in the root of your website or in any directory that you have specified as the WordPress installation directory
6. Open 'wp-config' -- which you downloaded with the WordPress files -- in a text editor if you need to change the name or location of the database, username or password. Type the new entries into each field and save the file on your computer.
7. Log into your new server via browser-based file manager or with your FTP client. Upload the core files, as well as the 'admin,' 'content' and 'includes' folders, to the root of your site -- if you wish to keep all WordPress files in one location. If you had WordPress installed to a separate directory, upload 'index.php,' to the root of your website. Then create the directory on your new server and upload the rest of your WordPress files and folders into the new directory.

How to Autofeed Articles in Wordpress

1. Download a WordPress autoposter plugin from the plugin's website. Extract the plugin files if they are contained within a compressed archive.
2. Open your FTP program and connect to the Web server hosting your WordPress blog. Navigate to the 'wp-content' folder and double-click 'Plugins.' Drag and drop the plugin folder to this directory and wait for the upload to finish.

3. Open a Web browser and load your WordPress blog. Click 'Plugins.' Click 'Activate' next to the RSS posting plugin.
4. Click 'Edit' to go to the settings for your autoposter. Each autoposting plugin has a different options panel, but generally you're going to at least need the URL for the RSS feed that you want to supply the content from, as well as the posting frequency. Other options may include automatically rewriting keyword phrases, altering titles and categorizing the RSS posts. Save the settings.

How to Stop Image Stealing in WordPress

1. Click 'Add New' under the 'Plugins' menu on the left side of the WordPress dashboard.
2. Type 'WP Hotlink Protection' in the search box and click 'Search Plugins.'

3. Click 'Install Now' under 'WP Hotlink Protection' on the result screen. Click 'OK' and 'Activate Plugin' to complete the installation.
4. Click the 'Settings' link under 'WP Hotlink Protection' after returning to the Plugins page. This confirms that the plugin is successfully installed.

How to Add Chat to Wordpress

ChatRoll
1. Open a Web browser.
2. Navigate to the Chatroll website (see Resources).

3. Create a Chatroll account using your email address or Facebook account.
4. Type a name for your chat box in the 'Name' text box. This name will appear on your website above the Chatroll widget.
5. Copy the HTML code to a Text widget, if you have a 'Wordpress.com' website. Change the editor from Visual to HTML. Install the Chatroll plugin if you are using a self-hosted Wordpress website.
6. Click the 'Continue' button on the Chatroll website to customize the Chatroll settings.
Talkinator
7. Open a Web browser.
8. Navigate to the Talkinator website (see Resources).
9. Click the 'Get Talkinator' link at the top of the screen.
10. Change the 'Room' name, size and color according to your preferences in the 'Get your own Talkintor' section of the page.
11. Copy the code in the gray box at the top of the frame.
12. Copy the code into an Text widget in your Wordpress.com website. Change the editor from visual to HTML.
Bleetbox
13. Open a Web browser.
14. Navigate to the Bleetbox website (see Resources).
15. Click the 'Sign Up' link at the top of the page.
16. Type your username, email and password in the text boxes.
17. Type the address of your Wordpress website in the 'Start Bleeting' text box.
18. Click the 'Start Bleeting' button. The chatbox will be added to your website as a floating frame.

How to Embed a Facebook Widget in WordPress

Using Facebook Badges as Widgets
1. Log in to your Facebook. Click 'Profile.' Then click 'Add a Badge to Your Site' on the bottom of the left sidebar.
2. Select the type of badge you want from the left menu. Click 'Other' under 'Choose Where to Add the Badge.' Then click 'Edit This Badge.'

3. Configure the size and appearance of your badge using the options provided. For the 'Like Badge,' select the Facebook page you would like linked to the badge, and click 'Create Your Like Badge.' For all other badges, click the 'Save' button.
4. Click on the link, and press 'Ctrl' and 'C' on your keyboard to copy it to your computer clipboard.
5. Log in to your WordPress administrative dashboard. Click 'Widgets' in the 'Appearance' section on the left of the window.
6. Drag the 'Text' widget from the center pane of the window to the position you would like it to appear in a 'Sidebar.'
7. Click the arrow at the top of the 'Text' widget. Then place your cursor in the text field by clicking on it with your mouse. Press 'Ctrl' and 'V' to paste Facebook badge into the widget. Click 'Save.'
Using Third-Party Widgets
8. Log in to your WordPress dashboard. Click 'Add New' in the 'Plugins' section on the left of the window.
9. Type 'Facebook Widget' into the search field. Click 'Search Plugins.'
10. Scroll through the available plug-ins. Click 'Details' to see more information about a plug-in.
11. Click 'Install Now' when you have found the plug-in you want. Then follow the instructions in the plug-in details page to embed it on your WordPress website. Most plugins can be activated by clicking 'Activate' in its entry on the plugins page. You can then click 'Edit Settings' to configure the plugin for your website.

How to Put a Twitter Button in the Sidebar of a WordPress Blog

1. Open the 'Plugins' section on the side of your WordPress website's dashboard, and click 'Add New.'
2. Place the cursor in the search field and type 'TweetMeme Twitter Follow Button.' Press 'Enter' to search for the widget.

3. Click 'Install Now' below 'TweetMeme Twitter Follow Button' on the results page, and install the widget by clicking 'OK' and 'Activate Plugin.'
4. Open the 'Appearance' section on the side of the dashboard, and click 'Widgets.' You should now see a widget in the 'Available Widgets' section of the window called 'Follow Button.'
5. Drag the 'Follow Button' widget to the sidebar on the right side of the page. The widget expands to show the configuration options.
6. Type your Twitter user name in the 'Twitter Screen Name' field.
7. Click 'Save.' The sidebar of your WordPress website displays your Twitter account picture, current number of followers and a 'Follow' button.

How to Add Amazon Context Links to Wordpress

1. Download the Amazon Links Pro WordPress Plugin from Tod Sacerdoti. WordPress add-ons are managed through user-created plug-ins.
2. Unzip the plugin. Via FTP, upload the amazon-links-pro.php file to the /wp-content/plugins folder on your Web server.

3. Log in to your WordPress administrator’s panel and click on “Plugins” so that you can activate it. After activation, you will need to customize the Amazon Context Links plug-in.
4. Click on “Settings” and then on “Amazon Links Pro” to configure your new plug-in. You can choose which features Amazon will show with your Context Link, as well as configure custom colors. It is best to choose colors that blend in with your current WordPress theme.
5. Choose how many Context Links you would like to appear on a page, as well as from which categories you would like products chosen. Enter your Amazon Associate Tag in the appropriate box. It is important that you enter this, or you will not be credited for purchases from your site.
6. Verify that the links appear as you want them to by checking the Sample Preview box. After selecting all of your options, click on the “Update Options” button.
7. Check your site in 45-60 minutes to see if Amazon has crawled the site and added Context Links. Context Links will have a small pop-up box appear if you hover over ext that is hyperlinked. If the links do not show up within the first hour, Amazon is likely a bit backlogged and it will take a bit more time.

How to Export WordPress eCommerce Products to a New Blog

From Old Blog
1. Navigate to the location of your old WordPress blog and log in to your account.
2. Scroll down the WordPress Dashboard to the Tools section and click the 'Export' link.

3. Click the radio button next to 'All Content' to choose what you want WordPress to export.
4. Click the 'Download Export File' button.
5. Click 'Save File,' then click the 'OK' button.
6. Navigate to a folder on your computer where you want to save the WordPress Export File and click the 'Save' button to save it to your computer.
To New Blog
7. Navigate to the location of your new WordPress blog and log in to your account.
8. Scroll down the WordPress Dashboard and click 'Import' under the Tools section.
9. Click the 'WordPress' link on the Import screen.
10. Click 'Choose File' to navigate to the folder on your computer where you saved your WordPress Export File.
11. Click 'Upload File and Import' to upload the file to your new blog.
12. Click the radio button next to 'Admin' to assign the WordPress Export File to you.
13. Click 'Submit' to complete the move of your blog and all your WP e-Commerce product files from your old blog to your new blog.

How to Convert From Cutenews to Wordpress

1. Log in to your Wordpress admin area. Click 'Plugins' from the menu bar, then click 'Add New.' Type 'Other-Ext-WP' into the search box in the middle of the screen, then click 'Search Plugins.' Look for 'Other-Ext-WP' in the search results; it should be the top result. Click 'Install Now' just beneath it, then click 'Activate Plugin' when the confirmation screen appears.
2. Click 'Other-Ext-WP' from the Plugins menu of your main menu bar to bring up the configuration screen of the plugin. The plugin can import comments from your Cutenews site if you wish -- select this option from the 'Add Comments?' drop-down menu. From the 'Select User for all Posts' drop-down, select the user you want to be listed as the author of all the Cutenews posts you import. Finally, enter the path to the Cutenews installation in 'Path' if the plugin has not already detected it for you.

3. Click 'Start Transfer' to begin the transfer. The process may take some time if you have a large number of posts or comments on the Cutenews site. When the process is finished, examine each imported post manually to ensure the formatting and category structure has been imported correctly, and correct any mistakes you find.
4. Check the comments imported by the plugin. You may have to manually delete some of the comments you flagged as spam. Also, check that the URLs of the commenters have transferred properly, and if not, correct any errors or omissions.

How to Edit the Registration Form in WordPress

1. Click to open the 'Plugins' menu on the left side of the WordPress dashboard and then click 'Add New'.
2. Type 'Register Plus' in the search box and press 'Enter'.

3. Click 'Install Now' under 'Register Plus' and complete the installation by clicking 'OK' and 'Activate Plugin'.
4. Click to open the 'Settings' menu on the left side of the page, and then click 'Register Plus'.
5. Click the two check boxes next to 'Password' to allow new users to select their own passwords and display a meter that displays the strength of the user's password as it is entered.
6. Click the 'Choose File' button to upload a custom logo for the registration page. Locate the logo file on your computer, and double-click it.
7. Click the check box next to 'Email Verification' to prevent new users from registering under fake email accounts. With this feature enabled, a new user must receive an email from your website and click a verification link to complete the registration process.
8. Click the check box next to 'Admin Verification' if you would like to manually approve all new accounts. Note that you cannot use this and the 'Email Verification' feature simultaneously.
9. Click a radio button next to 'CAPTCHA' to display a alphanumerical code on the registration form that a new user must enter when registering.
10. Click the check boxes next to 'Disclaimer', 'License Agreement' and 'Privacy Policy' to require new users to accept your website's policies when registering. For each box that you click a field appears below for you to type the policy.
11. Use the check boxes under 'Additional Profile Fields' to add any additional information that you would like new users to provide, such as their names, instant messaging accounts and website addresses.
12. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Save Changes' to begin using the new form.

How to Sync Wordpress With Facebook Profiles

1. Log in to WordPress.com with your username and password. Click the 'Log In' button.
2. Select 'My Blogs' from the top navigation bar and go to the blog you want to edit.

3. Click the 'Sharing' link from the 'Settings' panel in the left sidebar.
4. Click the 'Facebook' logo to connect your WordPress blog with your Facebook profile. When a pop-up dialog box appears, click the'Authorize connection with Facebook' button. On the next page, you will need to click 'Allow' to give permission.

How to Insert a Tagline in WordPress

Changing the Existing Tagline
1. Log in to your blog dashboard at http://yourblogdomain.com/wp-admin/.
2. Scroll down to the 'Settings' section of the left navigation bar, and click the heading to expand it.

3. Enter your tagline in the second box and click 'Save Changes.'
Using a Text Widget
4. Log in to your blog dashboard at http://yourblogdomain.com/wp-admin/.
5. Click the small arrow next to 'Appearance' in the left menu and select 'Widgets.' Click the small arrow next to 'Sidebar' on the right of the screen to expand it. If you have more than one sidebar, use the top one.
6. Click and hold the 'Text' bar under 'Available Widgets' and drag it into the 'Sidebar' area.
7. Type your tagline in the 'Title' area of the widget and click 'Save.'
Adding Tagline Code
8. Log in to your blog dashboard and click the small arrow next to 'Appearance' in the left menu. Click 'Editor.'
9. Click 'Header' in the right menu.
10. Enter the following code, without quotes, into the header.php file where you want the tagline to appear:'


'
11. Click 'Update File' to save your changes. Click the 'Settings' header in the left navigation menu to open 'General Settings.'
12. Type your tagline into the second text box and click 'Save Changes.'

How to Automatically Link Wordpress Posts to Facebook

1. Sign into your Facebook account.
2. Click 'Profile' and then click 'Notes.'

3. Click 'Write a Note' and then click 'My Notes' in the left sidebar.
4. Click 'Edit Import Settings' in the left sidebar.
5. Type your WordPress blog address in the 'Web URL' text box and click the check box beside 'By entering a URL, you represent that you have the right to permit us to reproduce this content on the Facebook site and that the content is not obscene or illegal.' Click the 'Start Importing' button
6. Review the import settings and then click 'Confirm.'

How to Use Script With WordPress

PHP Scripts
1. Go to your WordPress theme folder and open the 'functions.php' file on Notepad. If the theme does not have one, create a new file named 'functions.php.'
2. Type in your PHP script. For example:function myscript() {return 'WordPress rocks!';}

3. Define the shortcode to use when using the script on your WordPress blog. Add the following after your PHP script:add_shortcode('wprocks', 'myscript');Replace 'wprocks' with the name you wish to have for your shortcode and 'myscript' with the name of your PHP function.
4. Save your file and upload it to your website.
5. Log in to your WordPress site.
6. Go to 'Posts' and click on 'Add New.'
7. Switch to the 'HTML' tab and type in the shortcode:[wprocks]
8. Save the post. View it to see your script in action.
JavaScript
9. Open Notepad, paste your JavaScript code and save the file as a JS file. For example, type 'myjavascript.js.'
10. Log in to WordPress. Click 'Media' and 'Add New,' and select your JavaScript file to upload.
11. Copy the URL displayed in the 'File URL' field.
12. Go to 'Posts' and 'Add New.' Switch to the 'HTML' tab.
13. Type in the following code to load your JavaScript file:

Replace 'myjavascript.js' with the URL codeType in the code to call your JavaScript function. For example:


Save your post and view your page.

How to Embed Google AdSense in WordPress With a Widget

1. Log in to Google AdSense with your AdSense credentials. Click the 'My Ads' tab. Click 'Get code' under the ad unit you want to use, or click 'New add unit' to make a new one. Follow the prompts to create the ad. Select and copy the ad code.
2. Sign in to your WordPress blog. Click 'Appearance' on the left. Click 'Widgets.'

3. Look to the right to see the available sidebars. Click the arrow symbol on the sidebar you want to insert the AdSense ad in. This will display the sidebar contents.
4. Hover the mouse over the 'Text' widget in the 'Widgets' section. The mouse cursor will change into four arrows that resemble a cross. Click the widget and drag it to the open sidebar. When a dotted rectangle appears, drop the widget by releasing the mouse button.
5. Click the arrow on the 'Text' widget to open it. Right-click on the blank text box and click 'Paste.'
6. Click 'Save,' and then click 'Close.'
7. Wait for a few minutes. It may take a little while for the AdSense ads to appear. Type your blog's address in the browser's location bar. You should see the AdSense ad unit on the sidebar.

How to Embed a Poll in a WordPress Blog

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Open the 'Plugins' section of the WordPress dashboard and click 'Add New.'

3. Type 'WP-Polls' in the search box and press 'Enter.' Click the 'Install Now' link under 'WP-Polls' when it appears on the results list.
4. Click 'OK' and 'Activate Plugin.'
5. Open the new 'Polls' menu in the lower-left corner of the dashboard and then click 'Add Poll.'
6. Click the 'Question' field and type the question that you would like your readers to respond to.
7. Click the 'Answer 1' field and type the first possible answer for the poll. Continue this process until you have added all of the answers that you would like your readers to choose from. Click the 'Add Answer' button to add additional answer spaces if needed.
8. Change the drop-down menu next to 'Allow Users to Select More Than One Answer?' if you want your readers to have the ability to select multiple options in the poll. The menu below allows you to define a maximum number of answers that one person can select.
9. Use the 'Start Date/Time' fields to select when the poll should become active on your website. By default, the poll becomes active immediately. Remove the check from the 'Do Not Expire This Poll' check box if you want to define an ending time for the poll.
10. Click the 'Add Poll' button.
11. Open the 'Appearance' section of the WordPress dashboard and select 'Widgets.'
12. Drag the 'Polls' widget to the sidebar area on the right side of the page. By default, the widget displays the most recent poll that you have created.
13. Click the 'Save' button to begin displaying the poll in the sidebar of your website.

How to Convert WordPress MU to WordPress

1. Download the latest WordPress installation package from WordPress.org. Unzip this download. Upload the files over top of your WordPress MU installation using your website's file manager or a FTP program.
2. Log in to your WordPress MU account. Click 'Site Admin.' Click 'Upgrade.'

3. Open your file manager or FTP software once again. Double-click into your 'wp-content' folder. Remove 'blogs.php' from this folder.
4. Open the '.htaccess' file in your FTP program or file manager. Search for the line which says 'RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L].' Alter this line to 'RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L].' Save this file.
5. Open 'wp-config' in your file manager or FTP. Add the line 'define( 'NONCE_SALT', '6xF{bvT_PAsmbnG
D8R8M!M{~r.U]-~j:rG!g!0(g7hvz) /h9 IY7Ge' );' to this file and save it. Log back in to your WordPress account. Click 'Super Admin.' Click 'Updates.' You can update the individual blogs associated with this WordPress MU installation.

How to Upload WordPress Theme 2.9

Upload files to the server
1. Extract the files from your theme by using a ZIP utility such as WinZip. Navigate to the download location and click on the file to extract. Read the guidelines provided by the theme's author as you might need to keep the directory structure of the archive intact when extracting.
2. Use an FTP client such as FileZilla to log on to your Web server. Click 'File' then 'Site Manager.' Make sure the 'My FTP Sites' is highlighted. Click on 'New Site.' Type your FTP server information into the 'Site Details' and click on 'Connect.'

3. Navigate to your theme's folder in the 'Local' pane. Right click the folder and select 'Upload.' Name the folder and click 'OK.' Place the theme in the wp-content/themes folder of your WordPress installation.
Upload to Wordpress
4. Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel.
5. Click on 'Themes' from the 'Appearance' panel. Click on 'Install Themes' then 'Upload.'
6. Click on 'Browse.' Select your theme's ZIP file then click 'Open.' Click 'Install Now.'
7. Activate the theme by clicking on 'Themes' in the 'Appearance' panel. Under the 'Available Themes' section, find your new theme and click 'Activate.'

How to Enable OpenID Server in a WordPress Blog

1. Open the 'Plugins' section of the WordPress dashboard menu, then click 'Add New.'
2. Type 'OpenID' in the search field and press 'Enter.' When it appears on the result screen, click 'Install Now,' 'OK' and 'Activate Plugin' to return to the 'Plugins' menu.

3. Click 'Add New' again. Search for and install the 'XRDS-Simple' plugin. Click 'OK' and 'Activate Plugin.'
4. Open the 'Settings' section of the dashboard and click 'Discussion.'
5. Scroll down to the 'OpenID Settings' section and click the 'Enable OpenID for comments' check box. Click the following check box if you do not want to require OpenID users to enter their names and email addresses when leaving comments, and click the final check box if you want to automatically approve all comments from OpenID users.
6. Click the 'Save Changes' button.

How to Install and Activate Thesis Wordpress Theme

1. Unzip your Thesis theme files. When you pay for Thesis, you are given the option to download a .zip file containing all installation files. Unpack the .zip file using the Windows file utility or a program like Winzip.
2. Log into your server with an FTP client. Filezilla is a free, popular FTP client. Once you are logged into your server, locate the Themes directory of your Wordpress installation. The Themes directory is found it the WP-Content folder in your Wordpress installation directory. Upload the unzipped Thesis theme package into the Themes directory.

3. Set your Thesis file permissions using your FTP client. Set the entire Thesis directory to use '755' permissions, which will allow your Wordpress installation to access the files. In the Custom folder, change the 'custom.css' file and 'custom_functions.php' files to 666 permissions so you can edit them from the Wordpress administration panel.
4. Open your Wordpress administration panel and select the Appearance tab. In the appearance tab, locate the Themes panel. In the Themes panel, select Thesis and choose the option to activate the theme.

How to Remove WordPress Break Tags

1. Log into your WordPress account.
2. Click 'Posts' and click the name of the blog post you want to edit.

3. Click the 'HTML' tab to access the HTML version of the post.
4. Delete any extra
,

or empty blank spaces in the place where you want to remove line breaks.
5. Click 'Preview Changes' to see how the post looks with the line breaks removed. Undo your changes or remove additional line breaks as needed.
6. Click 'Update' to save your changes.

How to Use WordPress as a Facebook CMS

1. Log on to your WordPress website by inputting the website name and entering “wp-admin” after adding a slash after the dot com. Input your user name and password and hit “Enter.”
2. Navigate down the left side of the WordPress dashboard menu to the heading “Plugins” and click on it.

3. Click the “Add New” button at the top of the next screen that appears adjacent to the title “Plugins.” Enter “Facebook” into the field provided. There are a minimum of 33 pages of WordPress plugins that interface directly with Facebook. Some add your WordPress posts directly onto your Facebook wall, while others simply post a link or an excerpt on your Facebook wall when you create a new WordPress post. Others simply add a Facebook widget to your WordPress sidebar. Review all the applications and choose the one that best suits your requirements.
4. Select “Install Now” beneath the preferred application name. Answer “OK” when it asks if you want to install this application.
5. Click on “Activate Plugin” after installation and follow the instructions for configuring the plugin. If it places a link in the “Settings” part of the WordPress dashboard menu on the bottom left of the screen navigate to the plugin and click on it to configure the settings.
6. Press the “Connect with Facebook” button to allow the plugin authority to access the Facebook site. Select “Allow” on the screen that comes up.
7. Choose the options for your WordPress posts automatically appearing on your Facebook wall. Options include font setup, colors and more. Select the ones that apply to your uses.
8. Write your blog post as you normally would and configure the “option” in the block provided below the post or as a button in the WordPress post, however the plugin displays. Configuration may include naming the Facebook account to post to, whether you add a share link or more.
9. Use “Facebooks Notes” on your Facebook fan page to import your blog directly to your Facebook fan page if you don't want to use a plugin.
10. Edit your Facebook fan page; click on the “Facebook Notes” application, select “Edit” and on the screen that pops up click “Import a Blog.” On the next screen that appears type in your blog feed address. Every time you create a WordPress blog it will post automatically to your Facebook fan page and act like a content management system for Facebook.

How to Rotate Images in a WordPress Blog

1. Click 'Plugins' to expand the Plugins section of your website's dashboard menu. Click the 'Add New' link to proceed to the search screen.
2. Type 'Random Image Widget' on the search screen, then click 'Search Plugins.' The Random Image Widget appears first on the result screen.

3. Click 'Install Now' under 'Random Image Widget,' and follow by clicking 'OK' and 'Activate Plugin.'
4. Click 'Appearance' on the dashboard menu, then click 'Widgets.' You should see a new widget in the 'Available Widgets' section of the window called 'Random Image.'
5. Drag the 'Random Image' widget from the center of the window to the sidebar area on the right side.
6. Enter a name such as 'Image Archives' into the 'Title' field.
7. Click the drop-down menu after 'Number of images to show,' and select the number of images that the widget should display.
8. Click the 'Path to image directory' field, and type the path to the folder where images are stored on your website. The default folder is '/wp-content/uploads/.'
9. Click the 'Look for photos in subdirectories' check box.
10. Use the two fields next to 'Scale to' if you would like to define a fixed size in pixels for each image. This prevents the sidebar widget from changing shape each time a reader loads a new page.
11. Click the 'Save' button.

How to Insert NextGEN Gallery in WordPress

Install NextGEN
1. Login to your WordPress dashboard and click on the 'Plugins' link in the left-hand menu. Click on 'Add New' and then type 'NextGEN' into the search form.
2. Click on the 'Install Now' link under 'NextGEN Gallery,' then click 'OK' when WordPress asks if you want to install the plugin.

3. Wait for the plugin to install itself, then click on the 'Activate' link to turn on the plugin.
Create a Gallery
4. Click on 'Gallery' at the bottom of the left-hand menu in WordPress's dashboard. This expands the 'Gallery' menu, and offers a number of links to gallery setup and options pages. Click on the 'Add Gallery / Images' link to start creating your first gallery.
5. Type a name for your new gallery, then click the blue 'Add gallery' button. Click on 'browse' and highlight the files you want to add to this gallery. You can select multiple files at once.
6. Select the gallery you are uploading to from the select box. Click on 'Upload images' to upload the images. Some pop-ups appear as the plugin uploads the files and creates the thumbnails.
Insert a Gallery
7. Click on 'posts' or 'pages' on the left-hand sidebar in the WordPress dashboard, depending on which content type you want to edit. Both posts and pages are compatible with NextGEN galleries.
8. Click on the 'edit' link below the title of the post or page where you are inserting the gallery. On the right-hand side of the editor are two tabs marked 'Visual' and 'HTML.' Click on the 'Visual' tab to make sure you are using the visual editor rather than the HTML editor.
9. Find the place in the post or page's text where you want to add the gallery. Type the following shortcode: [nggallery id=your-gallery-name]. The gallery name must match the name you gave your gallery, so a gallery titled 'new-gallery' will have a shortcode of [nggallery id=new-gallery]. Click the blue 'update' button to save the changes.
10. Visit the edited post or page on your WordPress website. The gallery shows where you placed the shortcode. By default, a link to 'Show as slideshow' appears as thumbnails. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger version of the image as an overlay on your site.

How to Display Hebrew in WordPress

1. Download an MO file for Hebrew. The file names for MO files that WordPress uses for translation match international language codes, so the name for a Hebrew file is he_IL.
2. Open an FTP client and navigate to the main directory for your WordPress blog. If your Web host has you put website files in a directory called public_html and you installed the blog in a sub-directory called myblog, then here is the location of your blog in FTP:/public_html/myblog/

3. Navigate to either wp-content or wp-includes and create a new directory called languages. Find the Hebrew MO file on your computer by clicking through the file tree in the left-hand panel of your FTP client, and click and drag it into your languages folder.
4. Go back to your main WordPress directory by double-clicking the top folder that is preceded by two dots in the right-hand panel of your FTP client. Double-click wp-config.php to download the configuration file.
5. Open your configuration file in a code editor or Notepad. Look through the code for this line:define('WPLANG', '');Add 'he_IL' (minus quotes) between the empty pair of single quotes in the 'define()' function. The changed code looks like this:define('WPLANG', 'he_IL');
6. Go back to your FTP client and find your configuration file in the left-hand panel representing your computer's files. Click and drag the file back over to your server, overwriting the old version.
7. Open your Web browser and visit the wp-admin area of your website. Log into the WordPress dashboard to see it displayed in Hebrew. You can go to 'Settings' and select 'English' from the 'Site language' box to revert your website to English at any time.

How to Create a Custom WordPress Page Template From an HTML Table

1. Log in to your WordPress administration control panel. Click on “Appearance,” then click “Editor.” From the list of files on the right of the screen, click “page.php.” When the file appears in the central editing area, select all the code and then paste it into a text editor like Notepad.
2. Start a new line at the top of the file, then copy and paste the following code:
/*
Template Name: PageTables
*/
?>Feel free to change “PageTables” to any name you think would be most descriptive.

3. Save the file to your computer's hard drive, giving it the same name as in Step 2, and the extension “.php”. For example, type “pagetables.php”.
4. Scroll down until you reach the “
” tag. Replace everything below this tag with your HTML code. If you have not already put the WordPress loop into your HTML code, paste this in to your code at the position you want the post content to go. The loop begins on the line that starts with “
” line. Save your changes when you're done.
5. Log in to the FTP account for your WordPress site. Navigate to your WordPress folder, then go to “wp-content,” then click “themes” and then open the folder for the theme you use on your site. Upload your page template file to this folder.
6. Return to your WordPress admin area. Go to “Pages” and click the title of one of the pages that you want to be displayed using your new template. Look to the right of the screen for the “Template” drop-down menu. Click it, then select the page template you just uploaded. Click “Update File” to save the changes. Repeat this process for all the pages you want to change.

How to Place Ads on WordPress

1. Go to google.adsense.com and click the sign up link. You will be asked to fill out a few text fields, including the URL of your primary site. Put your WordPress site's homepage URL into this field. Once you have signed up, log in to your account.
2. Look at the control panel. You'll see an overview of your advertising revenue, which will be zero at present. Click 'AdSense Setup' then 'Get Ads.'

3. Decide whether you want the ad unit to display text ads, image ads, or both. Select the relevant option from the drop-down menu. Click continue.
4. Customize the appearance of the ad using the drop-down menus that appear on the next screen. You can choose from a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. You can try an ad that blends in to the design of your site, or try a style that stands out. Different styles work for different websites, so feel free to experiment with different designs. Click continue when done.
5. Click 'Add new channel,' and choose a name to identify this ad unit. Choose something descriptive like 'Side bar skyscraper.' Click continue when done.
6. Click 'Submit and Get Code.' The code for the ad unit will appear. Copy the code to the clipboard.
7. Log in to your WordPress site. If you are familiar with HTML, you can click 'Appearance' then 'Theme Editor,' and place the ad directly into the source code. Otherwise, Click 'Plugins' then 'Add New,' and search for a free AdSense management plugin, such as WhyDoWork, Advertising Manager, or Easy AdSense. Activate the plug in, then look for it on the left menu bar. Click it, and look for the box to paste in your AdSense code. Choose where you want it to be placed.
8. Wait 10 minutes then load your site in a Web browser. See if the ad has appeared correctly. If it has not, return to the source code or plugin and ensure the ad code has been entered correctly, then check again. If the code is present and correct, but the ad has not appeared, try logging out of WordPress and looking again, as some plugins do not display ads to administrators.

How to Make a Scroll Box in a WordPress Post

1. Log in to your WordPress admin area. Click 'Appearance,' then 'Editor.' This brings up the Theme Editor, which allows you to modify your blog's HTML code.
2. Click 'Stylesheet,' located near the bottom of the list of files on the right side of the screen. The stylesheet governs the positioning and formatting of different aspects of the blog -- here you will add the parameters for your scroll box.

3. Scroll to the bottom of the file, and start a new line. Copy and paste the following code:#scrollbox {width:300px;height:300px;overflow:scroll;}Change the width and height figures to whatever size you want the scroll box to be. This does not have to be perfect on the first attempt. You can always return and make any adjustments after you see how it looks in your post. Add any other styling you want, such as a background color, image, or border. See pageresource.com/dhtml/csstut6.htm for the available properties. Click 'Update File' when done.
4. Click 'Posts' and load up the post in which you want to insert the scroll box. Click the 'HTML' tab at the top-right of the editing window.
5. Copy and paste the following code into the post, at the point you want to scroll box to go:


6. Type whatever text you want to appear within the opening and closing
tags. Click 'Update Post' when you're done, or 'Publish' if you started a new post. The scroll box will now appear on the post.

How to Upload an MP3 to WordPress

Uploading and Inserting Your MP3 File
1. Upload your MP3 file to your hosting account and make note of the URL.
2. Create a new post or page from the Wordpress dashboard.

3. Click on the HTML editor. Do not use the visual editor as it will not work properly to upload your MP3 file.
4. Insert your MP3 by typing this code: [audio: URL]. Replace 'URL' with the URL of your MP3 file. Do not include any spaces in the code, except between 'audio:' and 'http.'
Customize the MP3 Player
5. Change the color of your MP3 player by visiting the Wordpress audio page (see Resources section) and selecting from the customizable options, found under 'Default Color Options.' Each customizable option should be separated with a '|' and have no spaces in between.
6. Adjust the width of the MP3 player by adding '|123' immediately after the MP3 URL. Ensure there are no spaces, and replace '123' with the width in pixels. Only include the number of pixels wide you want it to be, don't include 'px' after.
7. Create a MP3 playlist, by using this code: [audio URL1,URL2|titles=TITLE1,TITLE2|artists=ARTIST1,ARTIST2]. Where URL 1 is the URL of the first MP3 in the playlist, TITLE1 is the title of the first MP3 in the playlist, and ARTIST1 is the artist of the first MP3 in the playlist, and so on.
8. Adjust other options by adding them after the URL in the code. Separate them with a '|' and no spaces. Options include: 'animation=no' (player is always open), 'initialvolume=80' (0-100, the volume is 60 by default), 'loop=yes' (loop the playback), and 'remaining=yes' (display the remaining time instead of elapsed time).

How to Post a Podcast on a WordPress Blog

1. Create the audio or video file that you want to share. Edit the file to eliminate background noise and content you want excluded. This will be your podcast file.
2. Upload your podcast file to a Web server. WordPress recommends Odeo.com.

3. Add a link to the file in your blog post. When you use Odeo.com, this link will also include a player for the audio or video content, and should look like this: [odeo=http://odeo.com/audio/filenumber/view], where 'filenumber' is replaced by the actual number of the file you wish to include.
4. Include a link in RSS/Atom feed for syndication so that listeners know new content is available.
5. Post your entry to your WordPress blog.

How to Backdate Your Posts in WordPress

1. Log in to the WordPress administrator account or the account that you used to create the posts that you want to backdate.
2. Click 'Posts' below Posts on the left side of the WordPress webpage that opens.

3. Point your mouse pointer above the title of the WordPress post that you want to backdate and then click the 'Quick Edit' option that shows up below it.
4. Click the drop-down box below 'Date' to select the month as you want on the post (for example, Feb). Next, type the date in the adjacent box (for example, 26) and then type the year in the next box in the row (for example, 2011).
5. Type the hour in the box after '@' (for example, 09) and then type the minutes in the adjacent box (for example, 45).
6. Click 'Update' to update the WordPress post. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to backdate other WordPress posts.

How to Keep Comments Open in WordPress

1. Log in to your website's administration panel.
2. Click on the 'Settings' button, located at the bottom of the list of options along the left edge of the screen.

3. Click on the 'Discussion' link in the expanded 'Settings' menu.
4. Check the box next to 'Allow People to Post Comments on New Articles.'
5. Remove the check in the box next to 'Automatically Close Comments on Articles Older Than (number) Days' to prevent comments for your posts from being disabled in the future.
6. Click the blue 'Save Changes' button at the bottom of the 'Discussion' page to save the changes.

How to Get Your Pictures Side

1. Sign in to WordPress, and click the 'New Post' button in the upper-right corner of the main WordPress page. Click the 'Picture' icon just above the 'Post' field.
2. Click the 'Browse' button to browse your computer's hard drive for the image you want to upload to WordPress. Alternatively, open the 'From URL' tab, and paste in the URL of an image hosted online to embed an image from the Internet. Click 'Insert Into Post.'

3. Hover your mouse over your image, and click it immediately to the right of the first image you uploaded, so the cursor appears just behind it. Click the 'Picture' icon once again, and upload an image from your hard drive, or once again from the Internet. Click 'Insert Into Post.' Your second picture now appears next to the first one.

How to Find a WordPress Page on My Server

1. Open your server explorer or FTP program so you can see a view of the entries on your server. This requires an active FTP account with your server company, with a correct log-in name and password. You need to be able to see all of the files currently hosted on your server.
2. Look for WordPress files in the root directory for your domain. If you are hosting a WordPress site, your WordPress package will be installed on your server in the root directory for that site. For example, if your website is called MyBlog.com, look for WordPress files under the directory for 'MyBlog.' Most of the WordPress files within that directory will be identifiable because they are named with the preface 'wp-' such as 'wp-content,' 'wp-admin,' or 'wp-includes.'

3. Search for WordPress files in other subfolders. If you are hosting a WordPress page, but within a non-WordPress website, look for these 'wp-' files in other sub-folders on the server. They are usually found in a trio, 'wp-content,' 'wp-admin,' and 'wp-includes,' plus approximately 30 files that make up the root of WordPress. For example, if you have a special blogger's page within your MySite.com website, look under the server directory for 'MySite/blogpagename' for WordPress files.
4. Conduct a search for PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) files, as many WordPress files are PHP files. Open your FTP program's search box and type in '*.PHP' and the search function will locate all PHP files on your server. Note where these PHP files are located, especially in large numbers. You can usually back track and find the remaining WordPress files associated with these PHP files by following these clues.
5. Run a search on a specific file you remember creating for your WordPress site, such as a unique name for a graphics or picture file. If you can recall uploading a photograph named 'angrycat.jpg,' for example, search for that term, 'angrycat.' Invariably, the picture file will be nestled inside a WordPress image file, which may in turn be found within the Wp-Content folder, and so forth.
6. Reinstall WordPress. If all else fails and you can neither find a missing WordPress file, nor get your WordPress site to function correctly, reload a fresh copy of WordPress to the proper directory on your server. You can simply discard any duplicate files found by your FTP upload program so you do not need to delete any files currently in the directory folder. Your WordPress 'engine' will be properly installed in the correct location again.

How to Find the Number of a WordPress Page

1. Navigate to the Dashboard page for your WordPress blog and log in.
2. Click 'Pages' in the menu column on the left side of the screen. This displays a list of the pages that you have created for your blog.

3. Click the title of the page for which you need to find the number or page ID. WordPress displays the Edit Page screen for that page.
4. Examine the text in the address bar at the top of the window. The address bar displays the text 'post=' followed by a number, such as 'post=225.' The number is the page ID for that page.

How to Update WordPress 2.3 to 3.0

1. Download the WordPress 3.0 setup file (see Resources). When you click on the link, a dialog box will open asking you where to save the file. Choose the location where you want to save the file, and then click 'Save.'
2. Click 'Start' followed by 'All Programs.' Select your FTP software to open it. Type the username and password required to connect to your Web host on the FTP software, and then log in to your Web host. If you do not know your FTP username and password, contact your Web hosting service provider.

3. Right-click the 'wp-include' directory on your Web host, and then click 'Delete.' In the same way, delete the 'wp-admin' directory and the '.maintenance' file.
4. Upload the new 'wp-includes' and 'wp-admin' directories that your downloaded onto your Web host. To do this, click the 'Upload' button on the FTP software, and then select these two directories. The FTP software will automatically upload the selected directories to the Web host.
5. Double-click the new 'wp-content' directory that you downloaded to open it on your computer. Similarly, open the old 'wp-content' directory on your Web host, and then individually upload the files from the new 'wp-content' directory to replace the old ones on the Web host as you did in step 4.
6. Upload all the remaining new WordPress setup files from your computer to replace the ones on the Web host. These include the 'index.php' and 'wp-login.php' files.
7. Navigate to the WordPress log in website on the Internet using your Internet browser, and then login using your administrator credentials. Your WordPress log in website address will be 'www.mywebsite.com/wp-admin'. Replace 'mywebsite' here with the name of your website. This completes the WordPress update process.

How to Create Columns in Wordpress

1. Log in to your WordPress account with your username and password.
2. Click 'Pages,' and click the page you want to create columns.

3. Click 'HTML.' Type this code into the page:
Left Column Text

Right Column Text


Click 'Update.'
4. Click 'Editor,' and then click 'Style.css.'
5. Type the following code into the page:.embed {width:48%;float:left;padding:0 0 0 10px;margin:0 0 20px 0;}.
6. Click 'Update File.'

How to Change the User Name Password in Wordpress

Changing Your Password
1. Navigate to the administrative page of your website (http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin) and log in with your administrator credentials.
2. From the administrative main page, locate and click the subheading link on the left navigation bar called Users. Click the link underneath called Your Profile.

3. Scroll down to near the bottom until you locate the New Password option. Enter your password twice and click the button Update Profile.
Changing Your User Name
4. Log in to your web hosting control panel. Locate and click the phpMyAdmin link, which is usually located under the database section.
5. Once phpMyAdmin is open, locate your database from the list of databases on the left navigation bar. Click on the database link to open it.
6. Once you have opened the database in phpMyAdmin, scroll down the table list to locate the table called wp_users. Click the little browse icon to the right of the table name to browse the table contents. HINT: If you hover over the icon with your cursor, it should pop up and display the name and action of the icon.
7. Once you have opened the table and are browsing its contents, select the account that you would like to change the user name of by clicking the little pencil icon located to the left of the user name. This will allow you to edit the user name entry.
8. Change the user_login entry to the new user name that you would like. Scroll down and set your two drop-down boxes to Save and Go back to the previous page. Click the Go button and close phpMyAdmin.

How to Add Dates to WordPress Posts

1. Use an administrator account to log in to your WordPress installation.
2. Click 'Appearance' and 'Editor.'

3. Click the theme file for your WordPress posts.
4. Input the tag '?php the_date(); ?>' to display the date. You can enter this code anywhere within the WordPress loop, which is the code that handles the post display and processing. Save your changes to the theme file to make the changes on your theme.

How to Make a Contact Form on a WordPress Template

1. Click the 'Add Contact' button on the 'Add New Post' page. This opens the 'Add a Contact Form' page.
2. Click the 'Add a New Field' link to add more fields to the form.

3. Enter information into the label field. This information is displayed at the top of each field.
4. Click the 'Required' check box. Clicking this check box will force users to fill out the field before submitting the form.
5. Click the negative sign next to a field to delete it from your form.
6. Place your mouse over the 'Move' link to drag the field position up or down.
7. Click the 'Add This Form to My Post' button to finish your customization.

How to Use WordPress

1. Go to your hosting company's website and log into your account. Make sure you are at the control panel of your user profile once you are logged in.
2. Scroll through the control panel or profile options until you see WordPress. Depending on what type of hosting service you have it will be listed in the 'Software/Services' section of the control panel.

3. Click on the WordPress icon and choose whether you want to install a new version or import an existing installation.
4. Check you email for a message from WordPress with your user name and password. This is what you will use to access your WordPress account. You may always have the option to change the default generated password into your own code.
5. Log into your WordPress account. Click 'Appearance on the left hand toolbar and select 'Add New Themes. Choose which theme options you want and click 'Find Themes' to find a theme. Click 'Install > Install Now > Activate' to enable a theme. You may also disable themes by going to 'Appeareance > Themes > Delete.'
6. Go to 'Plug-ins > Add New Plug-ins' to search for plug-ins to add to your sites. Plug-ins may offer the latest Twitter Tools or even SEO for you website.
7. Explore the options on the 'Dashboard.' Do not be afraid to edit your site's PHP by going to 'Appearance and clicking 'Editor.' However if you choose to do this make sure you copy and paste the HTML code into a .Doc file so you can save a backup. Although WordPress is an extremely easy to use software it does not mean that it is error free.

How to Add PDFs to WordPress

1. Log into your WordPress account at wordpress.com.
2. Click on 'My Blogs' and select the name of the blog you want to post to, then click new post.

3. Click on the first icon above the text box, the one that says 'Add an image.' Click 'Select files' and find the PDF you want to insert into the post. Click 'Insert into post' when the file finishes uploading. There will now be a link to the PDF in the post.

How to Get Rid of Time Author in WordPress Blog Posts

1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard by visiting the 'wp-admin' directory of your website. Navigate to 'Appearance' and click the 'Editor' link to load the 'Edit Themes' screen.
2. Locate your 'index.php' template under the 'Templates' heading on the 'Edit Themes' screen and click its link to load the file.

3. Find the following template tag in your 'index.php' template's code and remove both the template tag and any wrapping HTML tags used to mark it:


In the above example, 'the_author()' is the template tag for outputting the author name and is wrapped in '
' tags to mark the text as bold. This is a case where you need to remove both the template tag and the HTML tags.
4. Locate the 'the_date()' or 'the_time()' template tag and remove it along with any wrapping HTML. This code is often found near the code outputting the author name. Some themes use 'the_date()' while others use 'the_time()' to show dates on posts.
5. Click the blue 'Update File' button to save your changes. Repeat the steps necessary to remove the author name and date in other post-related templates as needed. Template files where you can find the relevant template tags include 'home.php' and 'single.php' as well as any category- or tags-related template.

How to Moderate Comments on a WordPress Blog

Moderating Comments
1. Open your favorite Web browser.
2. Log in as the Administrator on your WordPress blog.

3. Click on the 'Manage' link in your control panel.
4. Click on the 'Comments' link.
5. Select the comment you want to moderate.
6. Delete the comments you want to remove.
7. Click 'Save Changes.'

How to Get WordPress to Use Google CDN

1. Go to your website's 'wp-admin' directory and log in to the WordPress dashboard. Click 'Appearance' in the menu on the left-hand side of the screen and then click the 'Editor' link that appears.
2. Locate your 'functions.php' file in the list under 'Templates' on the right-hand side of the 'Edit Themes' screen. Click the link to open the file. Scroll down to the bottom and add this code:function register_google_cdn_jquery() {wp_deregister_script('jquery');wp_register_script('jquery', ' http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6/jquery.min.js');wp_enqueue_script('jquery');}Make sure this code goes above the ending '?>' PHP delimiter. You can change 'register_google_cdn_jquery' to another function name if you like. The above example shows how to deregister the copy of jQuery that comes with WordPress and register the Google CDN version, but you can do this for other scripts hosted by Google.

3. Add this code after your function that registered the Google CDN script:add_action('init', 'register_google_cdn_jquery');You must match the second parameter to the name of the function you used to register the Google CDN script. The first parameter, 'init,' is the initializer for WordPress. In simple terms, the next time you run WordPress, the 'register_google_cdn_jquery' function will run.
4. Click the blue 'Update File' button to save your work.

How to Learn WordPress CMS

1. Visit WordPress.com and click the 'Sign Up Now' link. Fill out the text fields, and then click 'Sign up.' When you're done, go back to WordPress.com and sign in with your new user name and password.
2. Make a new post to help you become familiar with the editing screen and WordPress structure. 'Posts' are articles on the blog itself, and each post is assigned a 'Category' from the menu on the right side of the editing screen. If you want to start a new category, just click ' Add New Category' and give it a name in the box that appears. When you've written your post, click 'Publish' on the top right, and then visit your blog to see how it looks.

3. Start a new page. 'Pages' are outside of the main blog and used for things like 'About Me' and 'Contact' pages. Click 'Pages' and then 'Add New.' The editing screen is exactly the same as the posts area, with one difference -- pages are not given categories. Try writing an 'about me' page, and then click 'Publish' when you're done.
4. Experiment with themes for your blog. Click 'Appearance' > 'Themes' > 'Install Themes.' You can search for themes here using the check boxes in the middle of the screen. When you find one you like, click 'Install' > 'Activate.' Visit your blog to see how it looks.
5. Go through the menus in the 'Settings' section of the left menu bar. These help you customize the functionality of your blog. 'General' allows you to change the site name and tagline, URL and your admin email address. 'Writing' lets you customize the editing screens when you are writing your posts. 'Reading' covers options regarding how your visitors see your content. 'Discussion' gives options for blog comments, where your visitors can leave messages on your posts.
6. Add widgets to the blog's sidebar. Click 'Appearance' > 'Widgets.' On the right are the active widgets on your blog -- these can include things like a list of categories, recent posts and links to other sites. Drag a widget from the middle area to the bar on the right, and then visit your blog to view the changes.

How to Add Twitter Reactions to WordPress

1. Log into your WordPress account. Click 'Plugins,' then 'Add New.' Note that you will need 'Administrator' or 'Super Admin' privileges to complete this process.
2. Type 'Twitter Mentions as Comments' into the search box, then click 'Search Plugins.' When the results list appears, locate 'Twitter Mentions as Comments,' and click 'Install Now.' The plugin will take a few seconds to install on your blog. When the installation is complete, click 'Activate Plugin.'

3. Click 'Settings' from the left-hand menu bar, then click 'Twitter ' Comments,' a new option that has now appeared. From the options screen, decide if you want to include ReTweets in your comments. A ReTweet is where one Twitter user duplicates another's message, sending it to their own followers. This could give the impression of a large discussion taking place, but it might also fill your comments with redundant Tweets.
4. Select the number of posts you want to check for Twitter reactions, starting with the most recent. If you want to check all posts, leave this field as '-1.' If you set this as '0,' the plugin will only check Twitter for reactions to the posts on your main index page.
5. Select a 'Comment Type.' You can have the Twitter reactions placed in-line with normal blog comments by clicking 'Comment' from the drop-down menu, or you can keep them separate by choosing 'Trackback' or 'Pingback' -- assuming your blog theme is set up to display these differently.
6. Select either 'Hourly' or 'Manually,' depending on how you want the plugin to check for new Twitter reactions. If you want the process to be automatic, leave this on the default 'Hourly' setting.
7. Click 'Save Changes,' then click 'Check for New Tweets Now.' The Twitter reactions will now be displayed on your blog.

How to Reinstate a WordPress Blog

1. Sign up for a new WordPress account if you have deleted yours. Alternatively, install WordPress on the domain that you want to reinstate the blog to if you self-host. Whether you use a custom URL or a free 'myblog.wordpress.org' one, select a blog address that is identical (if possible) or close to the one you used for your deleted blog.
2. Log in to the WordPress Dashboard. Scroll to 'Tools' and select 'Import. Click the 'WordPress' option.

3. Click 'Choose File' and select the latest XML export. Click its name and select 'Open.' Press 'Upload File and Import.' WordPress notifies you after the import is complete.
4. View the blog in a separate browser window or tab to see your deleted blog, visible and reinstated.

How to Move WordPress to a Root DIR

1. Connect to your site using an FTP program and copy all your WordPress site files into your computer.
2. Log in to the administration panel of your website. Go to your MySQL database control panel and export your WordPress database to a SQL file.

3. Open the SQL file in Notepad. Find and replace all instances of your old subdomain to your root domain; for example, if the WordPress site was previously located in 'www.mydomain.com/wordpress,' replace all instances of it with 'www.mydomain.com.' Save the file.
4. Copy all the WordPress files on your computer into the root folder of your site using an FTP program and delete all the old WordPress files residing in your site's subdirectory.
5. Delete your current WordPress database in MySQL.
6. Load the SQL file you edited earlier in MySQL to create a new database with the updated URLs.
7. Open a browser and type in your domain name to test your new root-directory WordPress installation.

How to Track Wordpress Blog Visits

1. Use the WassUp Wordpress plug-in. After installing this free widget on your blog, you can track your visitors in real time. That means that as soon as someone new visits your blog, their statistics will be counted towards your total number of visitors. As well as tracking the number of visits to your Wordpress blog, you can view details like which search terms visitors used to find your blog and even where in the word they are located, all of which can be accessed through your Wordpress dashboard.
2. Install the Wordpress.com Stats widget. With this free plug-in, you can view simple information about your visitor statistics, including the total number of visitors and which pages are most popular with readers. The plug-in presents the data it collects using a small chart in your admin bar if you are using Wordpress version 3.1 or later, meaning you don't have to sift through reams of statistics to find out what you need to know.

3. Set up Google Analytics. To do this, you will need to create a Google Analytics account and then paste your unique code into your blog homepage. Google will then start counting the number of visitors to your blog and you will be able to view statistics such as how long each visitor stayed on your blog, how many pages they looked at and which country or area they are from. Although Google Analytics is free, you will have to log into your account through the Google website to view your data; you can't do this through the Wordpress website.