Free Wordpress Tutorials

WordPress 2.8 Finding and Installing Themes

Admin — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:30:28 +0000

If you have tried searching for themes in the WordPress database, you’ll know it can be a bit frustrating…not the best search features in the world.

Fortunately, if you are searching for themes in the new themes upload directory in WordPress 2.8, you can simply leave the search field empty and browse all 850, or so, themes directly in your admin area. Not ideal, but it actually doesn’t take long to scan the 34±, pages of thumbnails to see if any capture your interest.

Posted in Theme Tagged: find theme, install theme, Theme, wordpress theme

How to Move WordPress to a Different Server and Web Address

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:14:23 +0000

How to Move Your WordPress Blog to a Different Server and Web Address — Part 1 of 2

How to Move Your WordPress Blog to a Different Server and Web Address — Part 2 of 2

Posted in Move Wordpress Tagged: Change url, move, Move Wordpress

How to Move WordPress from a Subdirectory to Root and Vice-Versa

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:10:45 +0000

Note: Before attempting any of these techniques, but sure to take a backup of your database and store it in a safe place–just in-case of disaster Also, I do not attempt to address issues with any custom entries in .httaccess that you may have on your site.

How to move WordPress from Your URL Root Directory to a Subdirectory

How to Move WordPress from a Subdirectory to the Root URL of Your Site

Posted in Move Wordpress Tagged: Change url, move, Move Wordpress

How to Redirect Your Root URL to Your WordPress Subdirectory Using Cpanel

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:08:04 +0000

The technique below is an alternative to this process explained in the WP docs.

Posted in Move Wordpress Tagged: Move Wordpress, Redirect WP

Changed WordPress Blog Address in Settings–Locked Out? How to Fix!

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:05:31 +0000

Posted in Wordpress Twicks Tagged: wordpress fix, Wordpress Issue, Wordpress Twicks

How to Change Your WordPress Blog Password Using phpMyAdmin

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 13:03:07 +0000

Posted in Locked out, Wordpress Bugs Tagged: Password, phpMyAdmin, Wordpress Bugs, Wordpress password

How to Deactivate Plugins When You Can’t Login to WordPress

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:58:25 +0000

Posted in Locked out, Plugins, Wordpress Bugs Tagged: Deactivate plugins, Plugins, Wordpress Bugs, wordpress fix

The Difference Between “Fixing” and “Patching”

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:50:16 +0000

Have you changed your blog url or home in Settings/General and it no longer works?

Are you moving your blog to a new server/web-address?

If you answer “Yes” to either of those questions, then you need to know the difference between patching your blog to get it working and fixing your blog so that it continues to work.

Posted in Move Wordpress, Wordpress Bugs Tagged: Change url, Fix, move, patch, Wordpress Bugs, wordpress fix

How to Run WordPress on Your Windows Computer Using XAMPP

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:45:00 +0000

Note: The following tutorial is intended to demonstrate how to install XAMPP and WordPress on your local Windows computer. It is not recommended that you connect this to the web…this is a very insecure set-up intended for local (off-line) purposes such as local testing, development, etc.

How to Run WordPress on Your Windows Computer Using XAMPP — Part 1 of 2

How to Run WordPress on Your Windows Computer Using XAMPP — Part 2 of 2

Posted in Install Wordpress, XAMPP Tagged: install, Install Wordpress, localhost, XAMPP

How to Create Multiple WordPress Blogs Using a Single Database

Admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:40:41 +0000

This tutorial shows you how to create multiple wordpress blogs using a single database

Posted in Install Wordpress Tagged: install, Install Wordpress, Multiple Blogs