Noob Mistake With Domain Name Costs Several Hours

I have got several sites up and running since I started with WordPress last year, but I can still make mistakes.  Had I followed my own instructions, I would not have been scratching my head for a couple of days, and spent a few hours troubleshooting a WordPress installation. As is usual for me now, I...

Beginning WordPress – Plugins

Oh boy, this is a tough one.  I picked WordPress because there are a zillion of these plugins that do different things.  Back when I was a baby engineer, one of the grey-hairs shared a piece of wisdom with me.  Never build what you can buy.  Well, and I can’t program anymore anyway, so I’ve got no...

Adding Content

With the site all set up (or at least set up enough to get started), there are actually some pages to check out!  I added a sitemap (using a plugin, of course), a contact me page (using another plugin, of course), and most importantly, a page titled “How to do WordPress”.  I’ve posted the...

Beginning WordPress Settings

The WordPress Dashboard has a number of buttons to click down the left hand side.  The one all the way at the bottom is Settings.  This is a good place to start. The first subcategory under Settings is the General tab.  I changed four things in this category.  I changed the site title, the tagline, the...

Beginning WordPress – Themes (Part 2)

So when I left off last post, I had uploaded a new theme that, instead of making my site beautify made is plain black text on a white page.  Not exactly what I had in mind when I decided to go premium with Elegant Themes. At the top of the Manage Themes tab of the Themes category there is a highlighted box...