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How to Move from Blogger to WordPress

February 9, 2012
by Dave Clements
120 Comments

Moving from Blogger to WordPress – Your Guide

More and more people are taking advantage of the freedom, customisation and extensibility that only WordPress can provide, so follow this tutorial to move your site from Blogger and join the revolution. Continue reading →

Categories: Blogging, Non-WordPress, The Basics | Permalink

wp-config.php is where you set up the most important settings

February 6, 2012
by Dave Clements
11 Comments

Useful Configuration Tweaks for wp-config.php

There are a whole bunch of special definitions that you can specify in wp-config.php to specify how your WordPress site should operate and these are the most used ones. Continue reading →

Categories: Code & Snippets, Security, The Basics | Permalink

Create as many sites as you want in your network

January 23, 2012
by Dave Clements
99 Comments

How to Set Up Domain Mapping for WordPress Multisite

This tutorial guides you through domain mapping for WordPress Multisite, allowing you to create a network of sites that all have their own domain names. Continue reading →

Categories: Plugins, The Basics | Permalink

Create as many sites as you want in your network

January 16, 2012
by Dave Clements
35 Comments

How to Install & Setup WordPress Multisite

WordPress Multisite allows you to create an infinite number of websites under one WordPress installation and this tutorial shows you how to set it up and how to add new sites to your network. Continue reading →

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WordPress Code Comments

January 5, 2012
by Dave Clements
22 Comments

2012 New Year’s WordPressolution

As we move into 2012, I recommend following these few tips to help make running and managing your WordPress sites so much easier for you, including editing your WordPress themes and files. Continue reading →

Categories: Resources & News, The Basics | Permalink

WordPress has a hierarchy of user roles that will help establish your CMS

July 21, 2011
by Dave Clements
4 Comments

WordPress User Roles – A Quick Guide

WordPress is a viable CMS solution, especially given its range of user roles, which allow you to create a structure of content producers and administrators. And if the six default user roles don’t quite cut it, you can always create your own. Continue reading →

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Blogging is a hobby

July 18, 2011
by Dave Clements
6 Comments

How to Split Posts Across Several Pages

If you’ve written a long post, you can use this native WordPress functionality to split posts into several pages automatically Continue reading →

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A simple snippet can help set your favicons

July 8, 2011
by Dave Clements
9 Comments

Set Favicons for WordPress Site and Admin Area

Whether you want different favicons for your main site and admin area, or WordPress is displaying the wrong favicon in your admin area, this snippet will allow you to firmly set the favicon for both areas of your site. Continue reading →

Categories: Code & Snippets, The Basics | Permalink

You need to be sure to have backups of your key data

June 20, 2011
by Dave Clements
12 Comments

Backup WordPress Files and Database Automatically to Avoid Catastrophe

Backups of your WordPress database and files are essential in case something happens to your site. Updraft does backups for you on a regular basis automatically so that you can rest in the knowledge that you always have a backup should the worst happen. Continue reading →

Categories: Plugins, Security, The Basics | Permalink

WordPress logo

June 16, 2011
by Dave Clements
6 Comments

How to Install WordPress

WordPress is some immensely useful and powerful publishing software and this tutorial will show you how to install it so that you can unleash its full power on the web and start creating your online content. Continue reading →

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