Using Excerpts and the More Tag
Many themes display a list of recent blog posts or articles, showing only a few lines of text from each — a teaser. Depending upon the theme, this may be automatic; the first 55 words of the post (an...
View ArticleWordPress 4.3 brings some interesting changes
WordPress 4.3 was just released, and includes these changes: Menu management with instant previewing in the Customizer Site Icons for managing favicons and app icons Improved password handling for...
View ArticleOh no, something’s gone missing from my Admin screen again
Everybody has to learn about Screen Options at some point in his WordPress journey, since there’s nothing very intuitive about the feature. On any Admin screen, it’s at the top right, a hanging tab....
View ArticleNormally, a child theme should be used when developing any website with a...
Normally, a child theme should be used when developing any website with a free or commercial theme. It’s actually a very simple process, although it changed slightly about a year ago, so recent...
View ArticleGoogling for WordPress solutions #1
When you Google a couple of words describing the WordPress problem you want to solve, there will be a lot of results, many of them referring to long-outdated WordPress features. As the first step in...
View ArticleGoogling for WordPress Solutions #2
There will be a lot of results from two sources: (1) The WordPress.org Support Forums, and (2) The WordPress.org Codex. The Forums tend to have very old discussions and unclear posts; I avoid them...
View ArticleGoogling for WordPress Solutions #3
If at first you don’t succeed, and your search results don’t seem to have much to do with your problem, try phrasing your search different ways. Try to use the most common and accurate terms for the...
View ArticleWhat is WordPress?
Website software WordPress is software used to create websites. It started out as a platform for blogging and is still used on millions of blogs. But it has become an excellent content management...
View ArticleRequirements for Installing WordPress
Here’s what you’ll need to put together a self-hosted WordPress website. 1. An up-to-date computer with a decent Internet connection Please be sure that the computer you’re using is in good health. The...
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Installing WordPress
In this lesson, we’ll walk you through installing WordPress on your server, with the end result being a live, working WordPress website. An alternative: utilize a host company’s WordPress-quick-install...
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