Moving WordPress files from one location on your server to another, while changing your URL requires some special steps. Watch to video to learn out how.
2 Comments December 16, 2011
WordPress 3.3 – A Look At Some of the Major Features
NOTE: This post was first published on For Bloggers by Bloggers. Unless you have been asleep for the last two days—or living under a rock— you know it’s time to upgrade WordPress again (the self-hosted WordPress.org version, as opposed to the hosted WordPress.com one). And with 3.3, also known as “Sonny,” you will find some [...]
Leave a Comment July 29, 2011
Free themes versus premium paid themes
There are literally thousands of free themes and hundreds of premium themes. So which should you use? There are so many things to consider: ease of use, customizations, support and updates. In this video I will show you the differences and we’ll look at the features of a few free and premium themes.
1 Comment July 6, 2011
Time to upgrade WordPress to 3.2
1 Comment April 30, 2011
Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance. Check back in a minute.
If you ever do an auto-update on your WordPress site and instead of you site coming up in your browser window, you get “Briefly Unavailable for Scheduled Maintenance. Check back in a minute”, it can really freak you out. What happens is that WordPress slides in a temporary file called .maintenance until the core files [...]
Leave a Comment March 13, 2011
What Is a Child Theme? Can We Play With Them?
1 Comment February 24, 2011
WordPress 3.1 Released – Time to Upgrade
Well, finally the anticipated 3.1 version has been released. It’s time to upgrade – you can either download it at WordPress.org or choose to do the auto update from your dashboard. Just remember, if you are self-hosted, BACKUP EVERYTHING! You can watch our member videos to walk you through those steps. WordPress 3.1 “Reinhardt” is [...]
Leave a Comment August 29, 2010
How to update your website or blog to the newest version of WordPress
In this video, I lay out a step-by-step process for updating your site—and in a way that ensures the transition goes smoothly. I will share precautions and tips that will save you headaches down the road. And I will explain some of the more common “error messages” you may get while updating, and how to [...]
4 Comments July 30, 2010
How To Make Sure You Get the Right Hosting for Your WordPress Website or Blog
I just wanted to quickly jot down a checklist for you if you are looking at self-hosting WordPress. This results from many clients who have come to me with what was promised as full hosting services, only to be found that the web developer is providing subdomains on their own account, or find they find [...]
A Preview of WordPress 3.4 Beta 1
The release of 3.4 is around the corner, sometime in May. It has some great new features, especially around the theme options. In this video I will show you the major features using the Beta 1 version. On the WordPress.org blog they list them as this: Theme Customizer with Previewer Flexible Custom Header Sizes Selecting [...]