Step by Step Guide
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WORDPRESS
WordPress is an online, open source blog application. Powering over 30% of the web, WordPress is easily one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) in existence today. WordPress forked from b2/cafelog in 2003, and WordPress MU multiple website functionality has been integrated since 2010. You can read more about the WordPress backstory here.
Video Tutorials
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WordPress has the ability to have multiple users collaborate on a single website. To do so, navigate to your WordPress dashboard. If you need help installing WordPress or logging in, refer to the...
If you are wanting to embed a single Instagram post on your WordPress site, first make sure the account that has posted the picture is public. If it isn’t, the embed will not work properly...
There are two ways to log into WordPress. Direct URL The first way is to type in the name of your website, followed by admin. It will redirect to the login URL similar to the one pictured below. Then...
Elementor is a very common WordPress block based plugin that makes creating a unique website extremely simple. Because of all the options Elementor provides, there is little chance that any other will...
Have you ever fallen in love with a theme but wished you could change just one aspect of it? Some themes do offer the ability to change fonts or colors, but what if they don’t? The answer lies within...
Web Inspector is a powerful tool that lets you view all resources and activity on a web page. This post will guide you through some of the tool’s most useful features and how you can use them to aid...
Utilizing the Additional CSS tab in the WordPress theme customizer can be a very powerful tool, but have you ever wondered if it’s possible to customize CSS for a single page or post? The...
This post is focused on grappling with how to present one’s self to an audience when when working in the public. Written in a very broad and general way, this post is directed at those using Knight...
Each student at St. Norbert is given one gigabyte of space on their domain for free through the Knight Domains program. This storage can fill up quickly, especially if you decide to use many large...
Installing WordPress is fairly simple. Either follow the steps in this article, watch the video below, or make a Tech Bar appointment to learn. Select WordPress Installation Settings On the next page...
Now that you have your WordPress installed and running, it’s time to look at some basic settings for your site. The place that you will access the settings for your site is called the Dashboard...
When it comes to WordPress, customizing the look of your site is simple and straightforward. When you install WordPress, the default (or pre-set) theme is called Twenty Twenty-Three (as of WordPress...
The primary activity that you’re likely to be doing on your WordPress site is publishing content. The content could be the text you write, pictures you take, videos or audios (which may be...
The one way you can put information on your website and separate it is by creating posts or pages. Which one should you choose? This all depends on what information you’re putting on your website and...
WordPress is a very flexible platform for creating full-blown websites, not just blogging sites. This page will show you how to change your homepage and post page settings on your website. If you have...
Part of the popularity of WordPress is how easily it makes a website functional and yet attractive. One of the smaller details that you might want to adjust is how the addresses to your blog posts are...
The way to control the content that appears at the top of your website or sidebar is through menus. Depending on what type of theme you have activated, there are two different ways to create menus...
Widgets are a more advanced feature of WordPress that allow you even more control over the content on your site. In essence, widgets are small containers of content that can be placed in various areas...
WordPress has a lot of functionality built-in, but occasionally you might find a specific need that isn’t a part of the default software. To accomplish this, WordPress has a plugin architecture...
WordPress is a platform intended to allow you to share your thoughts and ideas freely and easily with the world. However, there are options to publish to a more limited audience. The first way is to...
What makes WordPress a powerful platform is that not only can you create a dynamic website, but you can also allow dynamic discussions about the content with your visitors. Comments, the bread and...
SPAM! Everyone hates it in their email. If you’re new to WordPress and blogging platforms, spam exists in the form of comment spam – people (or vermin) leave comments promoting their...
While the WordPress media library supports video uploads, videos can take up a lot of your domain space. A way around this is to upload your video to a separate platform and then embed it on your...
Have you ever had the need to display a PDF on your website? There are two ways you can go about doing this. If you simply want to embed a PDF, you can use the built in file block in WordPress’s...
Featuring the feed of your social media can add to your website. Social media icons can be nice, but embedding your feed can be engaging to your audience. Twitter || Instagram || Facebook Twitter...