Using WordPress for your Website – the 6 basic steps
As outlined in the webinar on 20th June, the steps and notes on how to set up WordPress to use as your website: Log in to the Dashboard of your new WordPress install and then set up some basics:...
View Article5 Essential Facts about Using WordPress
If you are tempted or being persuaded to consider using WordPress, if it is being suggested as a mighty useful tool for your blog and/or website, please read this first. Every client of ours is now...
View ArticleHelp! I’ve lost my WordPress password.
Fear not, gentle WordPress user, forgetting your password is something WordPress allows for and makes simple to remedy within minutes. First, go to your WordPress login page. If you cannot remember...
View ArticleHow to use Photo Pin to add an image to your WordPress blog post or page
Adding an image to a blog post or to a website page is a “good thing”. Ideally relevant to the content, a photo or picture can draw the reader in by breaking up the text and making the whole page...
View ArticleWhere to get images for your WordPress blog posts
Many of us need and want to know where to find and how to add great images to our WordPress blog posts and pages. Pictures can take a add polish to good blog, making it a great blog; using quality...
View ArticleQuickie: Adding a Search option to your WordPress website / blog
In the Blogmistress Facebook group we were asked about adding a search option to a WordPress website. And while there are plenty of plugins that offer the various search functions you might want, the...
View ArticleRenaming Your “Comments” Title in Genesis
I happened across a retweet of a post written earlier this year by my friend and client, Suze, which considered how we ask for readers’ feedback, questions, thoughts, comments… For instance, here on...
View ArticleChildren in Need and The Blogmistress
Every year this incredible event raises millions of pounds for children in need throughout the UK and beyond. And of course it is never enough – perhaps one day it will and all children will be safe...
View ArticleWordPress Snippet: English UK Language setting
Just a quickie, in case you were not aware… You can set the language within WordPress to English UK, which may not mean a great deal, but it is rather nice to be greeted with “How are you, Babs?”...
View ArticleSome Favourite, Recommended WordPress Plugins
With so many great plugins available it can be bewildering, knowing which are best for our WordPress blogs and/or websites. And it makes sense to review this regularly, perhaps every few months, to be...
View ArticleThank a WordPress plugin developer day
In 2009 Matt Mullenweg decreed 28th January each year to be “Thank a Plugin Developer Day“, and justly so. We have over 42,000 plugins at our fingertips now. They handle our spam, backups, security,...
View ArticleThe Blogmistress confesses, and what comes next…
So, I’ve been working with WordPress since 2008 but it took me a while to actually get used to it. Indeed when I first played with this strange blogging tool, probably version 2.5, I really did not...
View ArticleWhen Count per Day stops working
Some of you have wonderfully busy websites and blogs that can result in Count per Day struggling to keep up. One such popular client had this, being unable to view her Count per Day visitor stats....
View ArticleWhen WordPress updates fail
This is a quick video of what I do whenever a WordPress plugin update freezes the screen or throws me out and generally just does not work. For this you will need access to your hosting control panel...
View ArticleMental health and the WordPress community
How are you? Really, how are you? A question that whenever I ask it, I really want to know the answer, and am aware that not everyone feels the same when they ask me, which I can understand, but… Our...
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