How to Migrate From ASP to WordPress

1. Sign in to your new WordPress website installation.
2. Click the down arrow next to 'Pages,' and then click the 'Add New' link.

3. Enter the navigation title for a page on your old site into the 'Title' field. This ensures that the same page title shows up in your WordPress navigation bar.
4. Copy the old content from that corresponding page using your mouse, and then paste the content into the 'Body' field.
5. Click the 'Publish' button to make the Web page live. Repeat this process for each page on your website.

How to Merge Tags in Wordpress

1. Click 'Plugins' on the left side of the dashboard menu on your WordPress website, then click 'Add New.' This displays a search interface.
2. Type 'Term Management Tools' in the search interface, then press 'Enter.' You should see the Term Management Tools first on the list of search results.

3. Click 'Install Now' under 'Term Management Tools,' then click 'OK' and 'Activate Plugin.'
4. Click 'Posts' on the left side of the dashboard interface, then click 'Post Tags.'
5. Click the check box next to each tag that you would like to merge together.
6. Click the 'Bulk Actions' drop-down menu, then click 'Merge.' A new text field labeled 'Into:' appears.
7. Click the text field, then type the name of the new or existing tag that will contain the tags that you have selected.
8. Click 'Apply.'

How to Make Boldface Headlines in WordPress and Thesis

1. Log in to your WordPress Dashboard, then click the 'Posts' tab on the left side of the page.
2. Click 'All Posts,' then click the post you want to edit. The Edit Post window opens.

3. Select the headline in the post that you want to edit, then click the 'Bold' button at the top left corner of the post editing area. The headline in the post automatically turns bold.
4. Click 'Preview' to view the changes. Click 'Save Draft' to save the changes or 'Publish' to publish the blog post.

How to Place Photos Side by Side in WordPress

1. Place the cursor at the location in the post editor where you want the two images to appear.
2. Click the 'Add an Image' button above the post editor and upload the first image from your computer or select an image that you have already uploaded to the gallery. Click the 'Insert into Post' button to add the image to the post.

3. Add the second image to the post in the same manner.
4. Click the 'HTML' tab above the post editing field to view the source code for the post, and place the cursor at the first blank line above the code for the first image attachment. The attachment code begins with '
5. Type the code '
' without quotation marks. You may find it helpful to copy the code from this article to avoid a typing error. The number after 'margin-right' indicates the distance between the two image in pixels. Modify the number to change the spacing of the two images.
6. Move the cursor to the first blank line after the code for the first image attachment. The code ends with the name of the image and the tag '
.'
7. Type '
' without quotation marks in the blank line.
8. Move the cursor to the first blank line before the code for the second image. If there is no blank line, press 'Enter' to create one.
9. Type '
' in the blank line.
10. Type '
' in the first blank line after the code for the second image.
11. Save or update the post.

How to Add a Header to a Wordpress Blog

Installing Your Custom Header Graphic
1. Download the free Wordpress theme of your choice. Be sure to choose one that already has a header graphic. You'll be replacing this graphic with your own custom graphic. Pick out a theme that has colors that complement the colors in your header graphic.
2. Unzip the folder containing your theme, and find the folder labeled 'images.' This is where all images for the theme are stored, and where you'll be placing your new header image.

3. Delete the file labeled 'logo.' This image file is the theme's existing graphic.
4. Replace the 'logo' file with your custom header image. Rename your image 'logo.' This tells the software that you'll be using this image as your header graphic. This step is important--if you forget it, no image will be displayed when you install your theme.
5. Upload your new Wordpress theme using your FTP software. Place it in the 'themes' folder of your Wordpress site, as you would any other theme.
Activate Your New Theme
6. Activate your new Wordpress theme from the 'Design' tab within the Wordpress software.
7. If your logo is the wrong size or only partially displays, you may need to edit the CSS stylesheet. Find the code that lists header dimensions, and replace the listed dimensions with the dimensions of your custom header.
8. Click the 'View site' button--you should see your new theme, featuring your custom graphic.

How to Use WordPress for an Online Auction

1. Install WordPress through your website's host company or set up a WordPress-hosted blog. Many hosting companies provide WordPress as a standard blogging application available with basic web hosting packages. Often the installation is as easy as the click of a button in your control panel. If your host does not provide the WordPress application, you can establish an account on the WordPress website to host your blog there.
2. Determine the page layout of your blog. Login to your WordPress administrative site using the username and password provided during installation. Click the 'Design' tab from your Dashboard main menu. Here, you can choose your theme from the list of available options included in your installation. You may also choose one from the many available through the WordPress website. Just follow the installation instructions provided with your theme download. Select a theme that offers two widget sidebars for displaying content. You may want to customize your header to correspond with the look of your main site.

3. Configure your blog to show descriptions of auction items. Choose Widgets from the WordPress Design menu and select the left sidebar. Add the widget for showing recent posts. You can change the title of the widget to an appropriate heading like 'Click to View Auction Items.' Then, choose Write from your the main WordPress menu. Write and publish a post for each item to be auctioned including a description and photographs if applicable. At the end of your post, include any stipulations for bids on each item such as bid minimums or increments. Once published, links to the auction item posts will appear under the 'Click to View Auction Items' heading on your blog site.
4. Configure the comment feature to display bids. Choose Options > General from the main WordPress menu. Under the Membership category, be sure the 'Allow anyone to register' and 'Users must be registered and logged in to comment' boxes are checked. This will ensure that bidders are registered on the site with their contact information so you will know who is bidding. Click the Discussion option tab to further configure your comment preferences. You may choose to be notified by email whenever a bid is placed and to hold comments for approval before they are posted. Once your comment feature is configured, add the 'Recent Comments' widget to your right sidebar through the Design menu. You may choose to change the widget title to 'Recent Bids' and select the number of 'bids' you would like to post.
5. Configure your User preferences to accommodate bidders. Using the Design > Widgets interface, add the Meta widget to your left sidebar. You can title this widget 'Register to Bid.' This will allow visitors to register for their first bid or login to place subsequent bids. Now, from the Options > Discussion tab, check the 'Comment author must fill out name and email' box so that site users must register with this information in order to place bids.
6. Post bidding instructions for your site visitors. Using the Write > Pages tab, publish a concise description of the bidding process including any organizational parameters. Include instructions for registering with the site, clicking the auction item posts and adding comments containing a visitor's bid to the applicable post. Under the Options > Reading tab, click the static page option for what your blog front page will display. Then, you can select your instructional page from the list. This setting will ensure that the instructions for bidding information appear on the blog home page at all times. You may also want to add this page to your main blog links so it is available when visitors click on other site pages.
7. Test the process as a 'dummy' user. Click the 'Register' link on your blog page and set yourself up as the first user. You can choose a username like 'StartBidding' as a teaser for other users while your comments appear in the list. Now, click on each auction post and add a comment like 'Start your bidding at $1.00.' Depending on your moderation preferences, your comments will appear on each auction item page and under the 'Recent Bids' list.
8. Interface the blog auction site with your main site. Include a link to the blog website on your home page to alert visitors your auction has begun. Depending on your WordPress preferences, you can keep up with bid postings via email alerts as the auction proceeds. As auctions are completed, you can close bidding by disallowing comments on the applicable posts.

How to Use View Source to Figure Out Wordpress Style Rules

1. Open your blog in a browser window.
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Pick out something in the regular browser view that you want to change. Here's an image of a post from my blog. Suppose I want to change the way the headings look. The heading in this post is: 'WCAG 2.0 released as Candidate Recommendation: Test Drivers Wanted.'

3. Use the browser menu to view the page source. This is an option under the View menu in most browsers. Select the menu command that says 'View Source.'The page source will open, showing you the underlying HTML that built the page.
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Find a heading in the Source. The easiest way to skip through all that code is to find some particular text, say 'WCAG 2.0 released as Candidate.' Using the menu you can select Edit > Find and then type in the phrase you're looking for to skip immediately to that part of the page.
5. Here's what I found in my blog: From the source I learn a number of things about the heading and the styles. I learn that it's an h2, so perhaps changing the h2 rules will do what I want. I also see that the h2 is assigned to the class 'entry-title,' so that may be the rule I want to look for. Those two clues should be enough to help me quickly find what I'm looking for.
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For a Wordpress blog the styles are found in wp-content > themes > yourthemename > styles.css. Open the styles.css page and look for the clue words you found in the page source. In this example I looked for 'entry-title.' The styles I found in the rule you see in the image look like just what I need to make changes to the appearance of my headings. The rule in this example controls two different headings. If I didn't want to change them both, I would need to separate the styles into two different rules.