Category Archives: WordPress

WordPress 4.1 Updates

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Sue

WordPress 4.1 ?Dinah? has dropped and we’ve begun updating sites in our network. This release offers some nifty new features including distraction free writing, a clean new theme for 2015 and support for Vine embeds. As always if you have … Continue reading →

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Benny Drops

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Sue

Just a heads up that we’ve begun updating client sites to WordPress 4.0 or the “Benny” release. As usual I’m all late and wrong about updating the site itself here, but I can confirm 4.0 is nifty and squashes some … Continue reading →

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Creating a Link in WordPress

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Sue

To create a link, select the text that you want as a link anchor by highlighting it with your mouse. Click the icon that looks like a paperclip (next to the left justify icon in the visual editor) and you’ll … Continue reading →

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Fresh Starts

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Sue

I’m kicking off the year with a number of WordPress refreshes to the Charlie Parker release (3.8). This means that many of you will log into your WordPress admin and see a whole new color scheme. If you’d like to … Continue reading →

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Event Registration

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Sue

We are using Event Espresso (affiliate link) to manage event registrations and ticketing on a new WordPress site we’re deploying. Here is a brief tutorial on adding your first event in Event Espresso: As always, please use the comments section … Continue reading →

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Advanced WordPress Use

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Sue

Now that we’ve covered both basic and intermediate WordPress skills, let’s move on to advanced skills! Today’s tutorials include: Managing Widgets [wpmudev-video video=”widgets”] Restoring a Post [wpmudev-video video=”restore-post”] Restoring a Page [wpmudev-video video=”restore-page”] Trashing (deleting) a Post [wpmudev-video video=”trash-post”] Trashing … Continue reading →

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Intermediate WordPress Tutorials

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Sue

We’ve barely scratched the surface of fun things you can do with your new WordPress site. Today’s tutorials include: Adding Video to your WordPress site: [wpmudev-video video=”oEmbed”] Using QuickPress: [wpmudev-video video=”quickpress”] Creating and Managing Custom Navigation Menus [wpmudev-video video=”menus”] Tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Beyond WordPress Basics

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Sue

Now that you’ve mastered the basic techniques of working with WordPress, it’s time to take a look at some of the additional features of your WordPress site. Today’s tutorials: Working with WordPress Pages [wpmudev-video video=”add-new-page”] WordPress Comment Manager (if we … Continue reading →

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WordPress Tags & Categories

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Sue

WordPress offers the ability to use tags and categories to sort and refine post data. Many advanced themes use tags and categories to display additional post information within pages or sidebars. Here are some helpful tutorials on using these functions … Continue reading →

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WordPress and Links

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Sue

Working with links in WordPress is fairly straightforward. The following tutorials go into more depth about link tools available in your WordPress site: Adding Links: [wpmudev-video video=”add-links”] Editing Links: [wpmudev-video video=”edit-links”] Working with Link Categories: [wpmudev-video video=”link-categories”]

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