How to Add A New User to Your WordPress Site

by May 13, 2011

There may come a time where you hire additional editors to contribute to your WordPress website or you simply want to give someone access to your account for maintenance or support purposes. In this guide I will show you how to create an additional user account in the latest version of WordPress. Note: Depending on…Continue Reading

How to Setup a MySQL Database with 1&1 Hosting

May 07, 2011 No Comments

In order to install WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or any other dynamic content management system (CMS) you must first have a couple of things ready. First, you need a web host that will host your files on the web, second you will need a domain name (www.yoursite.com) and third you will need a MySQL database. This…Continue Reading

How to Log In to Your WordPress Website

May 02, 2011 No Comments

Unless you left one of the Meta widgets enabled on your WordPress website you will probably have a hard time signing on to your site if you have never done it before. The Meta widget I’m referring to is one of the default widgets that you will find on the sidebar in a default WordPress…Continue Reading

How to Run WordPress on Your Windows PC

Oct 27, 2010 No Comments

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could test new plug-ins or a new design without ever touching your Live WordPress installation? Sure, you can create a mirror of your site on a test.yourdomain address, but why run the risk of crashing the server hosting your website if one of the plugins you are testing goes…Continue Reading

Upload Videos to a WordPress Blog from Your iPhone

Oct 14, 2010 5 Comments

In the latest release of the WordPress app for the iPhone, the folks at Automattic added the ability for WordPress users to upload videos from their iPhone’s. The option allows users to upload existing videos or new videos shot from the application. Videos are automatically compressed before they are uploaded to your WordPress blog. The…Continue Reading

How to Add a WordPress Blog to the WordPress iPhone App

Oct 06, 2010 5 Comments

What if I told you that you could write posts, edit pages, upload videos, and manage your WordPress comments all from your iPhone? You would probably agree that it sounds like a very powerful app and it is. The WordPress App for the iPhone from the same folks that bring us WordPress.com and WordPress.org are…Continue Reading

How to Connect to Your 1and1 FTP Account

Sep 08, 2010 4 Comments

Now that you’ve picked out a domain and hosting plan for your website the next thing you need to do is actually access the server. In order to access the server you will need to have your user name and password as well as a FTP program to connect to the server. In the guide…Continue Reading

Tech Observations on a Motorcycle Ride

Jul 16, 2010 3 Comments

I would have never thought that I would get so many tech connections and observations during a recent road trip. Tech is truly all around us and even running down the interstate it was very apparent that many things are changing on the tech landscape.

How to Blog Offline with Word 2010

Jun 04, 2010 No Comments

Although WordPress is an amazing blogging platform it does not allow for the creation of posts while offline. Fortunately there are several applications that will allow you to create or edit posts while you are offline. Word 2010 just happens to be one of those applications. Before you can create posts offline you will need…Continue Reading

Enable Remote Publishing with WordPress

Jun 03, 2010 25 Comments

Have you ever wanted more control over the formatting of a blog post? You can accomplish this by using applications like Word, Windows Live Writer, and others. However before you can use any of these applications to publish to WordPress you will need to enable remote publishing using XML-RPC within WordPress. The how-to below will…Continue Reading

How to Enable Turbo and Improve Your WordPress Experience

May 27, 2009 11 Comments

If you’re using WordPress as your blog’s publishing platform and you have yet to enable Turbo, you’re missing out."The speed increase is most noticeable when Internet is slow or on high latency and makes everybody’s blogging experience more enjoyable." When enabled, Turbo essentially uses a local copy of the admin area of your WordPress installation…Continue Reading