There’s a new WordPress now, confirming my suspicions that the dust hasn’t settled on WP 2.5 yet. The new version, WP 2.5.1, includes one important security fix, and (according to the WordPress announcement) “over 70 other fixes.” If you’ve already installed WordPress 2.5 — but only if you’ve already installed it — you may want [...]
Some website designers like to use “breadcrumbs.” WHAT ARE BREADCRUMBS? That term refers to the trail of breadcrumbs left by Hansel & Gretel, hoping to follow it back out of the woods if they became lost. Online, “breadcrumbs” are a string of links showing your website visitor the previous pages (at your website) that he [...]
Can’t find your Category ID numbers in WordPress 2.5? Here’s help. There are many reasons why I didn’t recommend WordPress 2.5… until now. (Security issues make it imperative to upgrade to 2.5.1 immediately.) One reason why I was hesitant about WP 2.5.x is Category ID numbers. You can’t see them as easily in WordPress 2.5, [...]
Would you like a different background color at your website? It’s easy. I’ll show you how. First, let’s talk about the page background. That’s the color around the container where your content is. On my Business of Art website (Arts-Careers.com), the background is dark grey. The arrow in this picture points to the area that [...]
If you’re working with WordPress 2.5 and using Firefox as your browser (I am), you may have wondered where the Popularity Contest widget’s Edit button went. The only way I can see it is if I open my WordPress admin panel in Internet Explorer. It’s there, but this is another reason why I recommend not [...]
Since I’m copying existing pages (in HTML) to WordPress, I’m running into a few layout issues. One of the biggest challenges has been adding blank lines. Sometimes, I need them to place text next to photos ‘just so’. However, simply leaving an extra blank line in the text… it didn’t work… not in Visual mode [...]
After a day of experimenting, this is what I’ve learned: WordPress 2.5 works fine with everything I recommend in my book… except one plugin. On some (but not all) servers, the Extended WP Contact Form plugin doesn’t work. For me, that’s an important issue. Are WordPress 2.5′s improvements worthwhile? Not yet. The new WordPress (2.5) [...]
I had two big problems when I upgraded to WordPress 2.5. One plugin had a fatal error, and I couldn’t upload new images in the “add media” popup window. I was ready to revert to 2.3 until I found the solutions. Here they are: The image upload solution was in the WordPress Support forum. In [...]
It’s baffling. Most hosting services will install WordPress for you. Then, they don’t tell you how to log into your new WordPress blog. Beginners don’t know what to do next. Here’s what you need to know. Your login page is http://www.yourdomainname.com/yourWordPressfolder/wp-admin Of course, replace “yourdomainname.com” with your actual domain name. Your WordPress folder is probably [...]