Site running, but no posts? In “Posts” in WordPress is it empty? In PHP MyAdmin (the SQL database admin where all of the content lives), do you get an error when at the wp_posts table? It might be as simple as repairing the database.
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Post Formats
What are post formats and why will you love them? Posts, asides, photos, audio, video, status, etc.. Holy moly.
Genesis Featured Posts Widget
I had used the Genesis Featured Page in a widget, but then I realized it really needed to be a Featured Post. “Aha, what do we have here in the widget area? Genesis Featured Posts!” Lucky me.
WordPress Screen Options
On just about every WordPress admin page, you can customize which editing area, widgets, and features are visible on the page.
WordPress Settings (site name, tagline, size of the post box, permalinks, etc.)
Here are some basic tips for getting your WordPress installation set up. This video goes over site name, tagline, time zone, writing post height, permalinks, media file settings, etc.
Setting up a Google Account, Google Analytics and Google Analyticator Plugin
To make sure your WordPress site is being tracked by Google Account, you’ll need to first set up a Google Account, then Google Account and I like the Google Analyticator plugin.
WordPress Tutorial | Change DNS information, A record
You have your files and database backed up and restored to your new host. Now it’s time to tell the domain to point to the new host.
WordPress Tutorial | Restore files and database
Now that you have your files and database backed up from your previous host, we need to upload them (or “restore” them) to the new host.
WordPress Tutorial | Back up files and database
This is the first in a series of WordPress tutorial videos showing how to move your site from one host to another. In this video, we’ll back up files and the database.
WordPress Tutorial | Adding Posts to a Page and Adding Links (Blogroll)
Here’s a quick video going over some WordPress basics: adding a post to a category and then adding a link (formerly known as blogroll).
WordPress Tutorial | Simple Custom Field
WordPress custom fields can be very powerful. Here’s a quick example of how one custom field is used for automatic thumbnails on the home page.
WordPress Tutorial | Overview of Basic Publishing (2.9.2)
A brief overview of publishing a post (or a page) in WordPress 2.9.2. Adding text, images, categories, etc.
WordPress Tutorial | WordPress E-Commerce Shortcodes
With shortcodes, you can add a quick Buy Now or Add to Cart button directly in a post/page on your site.
WordPress Tutorial | Page Template and Recent Posts from Category
Rather than having code in your editor put it in a page template. Especially if the code is page specific. In this way, we clean up the page editing area and make it “unbreakable” for users who are in there adding content and don’t want to have to not watch out and break code. We [...]
WordPress API Key for Akismet and WordPress.com Stats
To set up the Akismet (for comment spam) and WordPress.com Stats plugins, you’ll need an API key from wordpress.com.