Widgets are incredibly useful modular blocks of specialized content you can add to any widgetized area of your site—that is, special sections in your theme coded to contain widget content. (Usually referred to as sidebars, widgetized areas can be placed anywhere in your page layout.)
The Widgets Panel
Log into your Wordpress dashboard and select Appearance»Widgets [...]
Why Is Upgrading Wordpress Important?
Like all software, Wordpress is periodically upgraded to make improvements and fix security loopholes. It is very important to keep your Wordpress installation up-to-date so that malicious hackers won’t exploit those loopholes and wreak havoc on your site. Sometimes an upgrade may break plugins on your site due to incompatibility, but [...]
What Is a Blogroll?
A blogroll is a list of links to Web sites external to your site. Examples are:
Industry news
Influential bloggers in your field
Any information resources you think your visitors will find useful
You might notice that many sites include a Blogroll (or Related Links, Useful Resources, etc.).
This blog roll lists online marketing and Web [...]
Let’s face it—bad things happen to good Web sites sometimes. In the event that some or all of your site is damaged or deleted, you want to be able to restore it quickly. That’s why backing up your site is a must. For your Wordpress site, you will want to back up two things:
Your [...]
You can organize your blogroll into categories so that you can display resources specific to a particular topic instead of everything all together in one list.
Note: You do NOT have to create link categories for your blogroll to function properly. Using the default “blogroll” category is just fine.
This tutorial shows you how to create a [...]
A blog’s posts are organized into categories. Using categories gives you a way to help Web site visitors navigate your blog based on topic.
Categories are hierarchical, which means you can have categories with subcategories and even sub-subcategories.
Two Ways to Add Categories
Option 1: Add Categories before You Blog
Log into Wordpress and go to [...]
You just got your brand new Wordpress site. Congratulations! You’re probably thinking to yourself…
That’s great?…Now what do I do?
The Admin Panel
You control just about everything about your Wordpress site through the admin panel, which lies right on your own Web site. (That means you can log into your admin panel from any computer in the [...]
