How To Use the WordPress Dashboard
A grand tour of the Dashboard, the first thing you see when you log into WordPress.
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WordPress for Beginners
WordPress tutorials for absolute beginners.
Five Reasons Why Your Son or Daughter Should Learn WordPress Instead of Wix
A while back I received an email from a mother asking for advice on behalf of her college-aged son — a marketing major wanting to earn some extra cash building websites. Mom wondered whether it’s worth her son’s time and effort to learn WordPress, noting: A lot of people are looking to Wix these days …
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How to Install WordPress
This tutorial shows you how to install WordPress on your web hosting account. While that may sound complicated, it’s pretty easy. WordPress is famous for its legendary five-minute installation. That’s not an exaggeration either. If anything you’ll have WordPress up and running in well under five minutes. Once you’ve got all the pieces in place, …
Setup Your WordPress Profile
One of the first things you’ll want to do after installing WordPress is to set up your user profile. Your profile determines how your name is displayed on your blog and contains other bits of personal information that may be displayed by your theme. This is also where you set your user preferences that control …
Fighting WordPress Comment SPAM with Akismet
It’s easy to complain about unwanted SPAM (is any SPAM really wanted?), it’s another matter entirely to do something about it. This lesson shows you how to stop comment SPAM in it’s tracks.
How to Use the WordPress Media Library
All of the media you upload to WordPress ends up in the media library. This lesson gives you the knowledge you need to effectively manage your media library.