How to Load a WordPress Backup

1. Go to your website and log into your WordPress blog.
2. Scroll down the Dashboard to the 'Tools' section and click the 'Import' link.

3. Choose 'WordPress' from the list of systems you can import.
4. Click 'Choose File' to select the WordPress backup that you want to import.
5. Click the 'Upload File and Import' button to load the backup.
6. Select 'Admin' when prompted to assign an author to the backup on the 'Assign Authors' screen. This gives you control over the backup you are importing.
7. Click the 'Submit' button to complete the import of your WordPress backup.

How to Redirect in Wordpress

Redirect Post Or Page
1. Log in to the admin area of your WordPress site. Click 'Plugins' on the left-side menu bar, then click 'Add New.' In the search box, type 'Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin' and press enter. This is a free plugin for WordPress that lets you easily redirect posts and pages.
2. Find 'Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin' on the results page and click 'Install Now.' Wait for the plugin to install, then click 'Activate Plugin.'

3. Click 'Redirect Menu' on the left-hand menu bar, then click 'Quick Redirects.' You will see two text boxes. One is under the header 'Request' -- in here, put the URL of the page you want to redirect, excluding the domain name. For example, type /my-post/ instead of http://mysite.com/my-post/. The other box is labelled 'Destination' -- this is where you want the post to redirect to. Type the URL in full in this box. This can be any URL -- it does not have to be on your own site.
4. Click 'Save Changes.' Whenever a visitor attempts to access the pages listed under 'Request,' he will be redirected to the corresponding destination.
Changing Permalinks
5. Log in to the admin area of your WordPress site. Click 'Plugins' on the left-side menu bar, then click 'Add New.' In the search box, type 'Permalinks Moved Permanently' and press enter. This is another free plugin. Whenever a visitor searches for a link that does not exist, the plugin searches for another post with the same slug -- the last part of the URL, usually containing the post title -- and if it finds one, redirects the visitor there.
6. Find 'Permalinks Moved Permanently' in the search results, and click 'Install Now' just below it.
7. Wait for the plugin to install, and click 'Active Plugin' when prompted to do so. No further actions are necessary -- the plugin is now installed and running, and will redirect visitors to the correct locations of your posts.

How to Put a Theme to a WordPress Blog

Upload Your Theme in the Dashboard
1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard and navigate to 'Appearance' and then 'Themes.' Click the 'Add New' link under 'Themes.' Go to 'Upload' under 'Install Themes.' Select the zip file containing your theme and click 'Install Now.' Click the 'Return to Themes Page' link after the theme finishes installing.
2. Navigate to 'Appearance' and click the 'Themes' link to load the 'Manage Themes' screen. Find your new theme in the list of 'Available Themes' and click the 'Activate' link beneath its screen shot.

3. Look under 'Appearance' for a link with a name like 'Theme Options.' Look under 'Settings' for a theme options page if you do not see one under 'Appearance.' Not all themes come with an options page, but you can use this page to set up text, ads and other options. Remember to click 'Save' before previewing your website.
Install a Theme From the Directory
4. Log in to your WordPress dashboard and click 'Themes' to navigate to the 'Manage Themes' page. Click the 'Add New' link below 'Themes' in the menu and fill out the search form. You can search by keywords such as 'framework' or 'white' or search for themes by their names. Check off features under 'Feature Filter' to narrow down the results.
5. Browse the search results and click the 'Install' link under the theme you want to install. Click the blue 'Install Now' button on the pop-up. Wait for the theme to finish installing and then click the 'Return to Theme Installer' link.
6. Navigate to 'Themes' and find your new theme in the list. Click the 'Activate' link beneath a theme's screen shot to set it as your new theme. Locate the 'Theme Options' page if one exists to set up your theme. Not all themes come with an options page.

How to Insert a Read More in WordPress Posts

1. Click 'Add New' in 'Posts' to create a new WordPress post, or click 'Posts' and then click 'Edit' under an existing post you want to edit.
2. Click the 'Visual' tab if it is not yet enabled. This ensures you are in WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) mode.

3. Write your blog post. Click where you want the 'Read More' link to appear.
4. Click the fourth icon from the right on the editing toolbar. This icon is the 'Insert More Tag' command. It looks like two rectangles separated by a line. WordPress will now display a horizontal line followed by the word 'More' where you added it.
5. Resume writing your blog post. When you are finished, click 'Publish' if it is a new post or 'Update' if it is an existing post. Your blog will initially display only the words coming before the 'Read More' link. When a visitor clicks that link, the rest of the post will be displayed.

How to Turn Excerpt Off in WordPress 2.9.2

1. Log in to your WordPress account.
2. Click 'Appearance' on the left-side menu bar of the admin control panel, then click 'Editor.'

3. Look at the list of posts on the right side of the page. The ones you need to modify are called archive.php and index.php. The archive.php file controls the appearance of your category, tag and archive pages, and index.php controls your main index page, which is usually the homepage of your site.
4. Click 'archive.php.' The code for this page now appears in the center area. Select all the text in the editor, and paste it into a text editor such as notepad. Do not use a word processor such as Microsoft Word, as this will add additional code to the file. Save the file to your computer's hard drive. Now you have a backup, so if you make a mistake you can easily replace the file with a working version.
5. Return to the WordPress admin screen and scroll through archive.php in the central editing area until you find the line of code containing 'the_exerpt()' (without quotations). This may be surrounded by php tags, like this:

6. Replace the word 'excerpt' with 'content,' so the code looks like this: 'the_content()' (again without quotations), then scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Update File.'
7. Go to your blog's main index page, followed by a category page, to confirm that the posts are displaying in full. If they are not, return to the code and ensure that the changes have been saved correctly and that there are no typing errors.

How to Embed Images in Comments in WordPress

How to Enable Images in Comments
1. Log in to your WordPress admin area. From the large menu bar on the left side, click 'Plugins,' then click 'Add New.' Your user role must be either 'Super Admin' or 'Administrator' for the 'Plugins' menu to be visible to you. If you cannot see it, you will not be able to complete these instructions and must ask a site administrator to do it for you.
2. Type 'Comment Images' in the text field, then click the 'Search Plugins' button. Find 'Comment-Images' in the search results, which will probably be right at the top of the list, and click the 'Install Now' link, located just beneath the title.

3. Wait for the plug-in to finish installing, then click the 'Activate Plugin' link when prompted. The plug-in is now installed and active. You do not need to perform any further action for the plug-in to work.
How to Embed An Image in a Comment
4. Visit the blog post that you want to leave a comment on. Note that the above series of steps must be fully completed for images to be successfully embedded in comments. Scroll down to the comments section and write your comment in the text box.
5. Open a new browser tab or window, and locate the image you want to embed. When you find the Web page it is on, right-click the image and click 'View Image.' The image will appear in its own window. Copy the URL of this page.
6. Return to your blog comment and click the link to add an image, located directly beneath the text box. A pop-up window will appear asking you for the image's URL. Paste the URL into the text bo, and click 'OK.' The image will be embedded in your comment inside [img] tags. You can move this code to any location in your comment where you want the image to be displayed. When you are finished, click 'Submit Comment.'

How to Restore a WordPress Blog From EZ Backup

1. Log into your WordPress blog.
2. Click 'EZ Backup' from the menu, then click 'Backup Browser.'

3. Select the backup you want to restore to from the drop-down list, then click 'Prepare for Download.'
4. Click the 'Download Now' link provided on the page to download a copy of the backup. This file will be in a '.tgz' format.
5. Right-click the downloaded file and select 'Decompress' or 'Unzip.' This will unzip the contents into a new folder on your computer. This folder contains the files backed up from your WordPress blog.
6. Launch your FTP program and log into your website hosting account.
7. Navigate to your WordPress blog directory on the server side of the FTP program. Navigate to the folder with the decompressed data on your computer's side.
8. Highlight the files and folders you want to restore from the decompressed folder in the FTP program. If you hold down the 'Ctrl' button, you can select many files at once.
9. Click the 'Transfer' button to upload the backup data into your WordPress folder on the server. This will restore any files that were corrupted or erased from your EZ Backup.