First, a little background information to help you understand the difference between Pages and Posts. You put your basic information on a Page (upper case P). For instance your About Page would be similar to your Artists Statement, maybe not as detailed, but it can be, if you wish. Pages are considered “Static” because...
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Plugins are little extras that do one specific function. There are hundreds of thousands of blogs, but every one has different needs. The basic program would be terribly bloated if it tried to do every single thing that every single person wants for their own blog. Think of Wordpress as the base software and...
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After your content, your theme is the most important aspect of your blog. Theme options could fill an entire book by themselves, so I’ll just give you the basics. There are dozens of websites that offer free Wordpress themes. Start by looking at these, if you don’t find something you like, type “free Wordpress...
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With Simple Scripts On Bluehost A note before we get started: If you have trouble seeing the screenshots clearly, clicking on them with give you a larger version. Now that you have your nameservers pointing to your Bluehost account, you are ready to install the WordPress software. You’ll start by signing in to your...
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Before you can have a website, you must have a Domain Name. This is how you tell people where to find you. Having a domain name that is an exact match for your business name is the ultimate goal, but hard to do these days, especially with a .com extension. Sometimes you have to...
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If you've never heard of Wordpress, it is a content management system, most often used to publish Blogs. Since being introduced in 2003, it has grown by leaps and bounds, and today over 300 million websites use it. Wordpress itself is free, but several cottage industries have sprung up around it. Many folks are...
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