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WordPress Tutorial: How to Make a Numbered List [VIDEO]

There are a number of occasions when using a numbered list in a WordPress post or page is not only useful, it’s critical to the overall goal of the article. In this video, I’ll show you how to convert a list of text into an automatically formatted numbered list in your post or a page.

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Make a Bulleted List [VIDEO]

Unnumbered or bulleted lists do a great job of helping to tell a story in an orderly fashion. They can be used for short lists, long explanations, or whatever else you can imagine. In this WordPress Tutorial, I’ll show you how to convert your list of text into a bulleted list with confidence and ease.

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WordPress Tutorial: What Tags are and How to Use Them [VIDEO]

WordPress Tags can seem useless when you’re writing your posts — but they aren’t. Intentionally choosing and creating appropriate WordPress tags can be a significant help to organizing your blog. In this WordPress Tutorial video, I’ll explain what tagare, how they might be used, and how they can enhance your blog. This video was shot on location at the Butte Creek Mill in Eagle Point,…

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WordPress Tutorial: What Categories are and How to Use Them [VIDEO]

WordPress Categories can be a bit confusing — but they don’t have to be. Intentionally choosing and creating appropriate WordPress categories can be a significant help to organizing your blog. In this WordPress Tutorial video, I’ll explain what categories are, how they might be used, and how they can enhance your blog. This video was shot…

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WordPress Tutorial: Distraction Free Writing

I know that Microsoft Word has so many more tools to aid a writer, but most of the time, I have to admit that I just compose my WordPress posts in the Post Editor. It’s just easier somehow. In this post, I’ll show you how to use the default post editor in a distraction free…

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Replace a Picture

Sometimes, you just need to replace an image — and the good news is that in the new 3.9 version of WordPress, replacing that image is easier than ever. In this video, I’ll demonstrate how to quickly and easily replace an image. Of course, you can always delete the image and re-insert it — but…

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WordPress Tutorial: 3.9 Media Changes

You may have noticed that WordPress 3.9 has a number of changes to the media uploader – and you haven’t noticed yet, the first time you try to load a picture, you’re bound to see them — they are significant, and they make WordPress BETTER. In this WordPress Tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the…

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WordPress Tutorial: Where did the Word Clipboard Button Go? [VIDEO]

Surprise! The Word Paste Button is MISSING in WordPress 3.9! In this video, you’ll learn how to paste content from Microsoft Word into WordPress safely and conveniently.

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WordPress Tutorial: Essential Blogging Checklist [VIDEO]

Blogging for business is subtly different than blogging just for pleasure. And while both *should* be enjoyable, the purposes are intensely different. In blogging for business, we find it is helpful to follow this checklist to make sure you are maximizing the time you are spending on your website. Dixie Nuñez joined me today to talk…

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Manage Site Security through Updates [VIDEO]

Did you know that in 2012 more than 117,000 WordPress installations were hacked? (the most recent year I could find data). And that today, 73.2% WordPress installations are vulnerable to being hacked? This is because these sites had software that was out of date on them. And that’s bad enough, but it’s been a bad week in…

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WordPress Tutorial-How to Use Zemanta and Set a Featured Image

I was recently talking with a client about finding images to go on his blog. Obviously Zemanta is, by far and away, the easiest method for locating images that can legally be used on a website. But the downside to using the Zemanta tool is that the images aren’t eligible for use as a Featured…

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WordPress Tutorial: Managing External Links [VIDEO]

It seems like lately there has been a rash of request to remove links like the one below. Hi there, My name is ###### ####### and I am responsible for the website http://######.com/ The reason why I am contacting you is the content of the following link that points towards my site: Link: https://paraduxmedia.com/#### Above links are violating current formal Google…

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Make a Landing Page or Squeeze Page

In this video tutorial, I’ll show you how two different ways to make a landing page or squeeze page in your Genesis WordPress website. Landing pages (or squeeze pages) are a page designed to limit the distractions available to your reader and focus their attention on the one simple choice you are asking them to…

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Edit a Link [VIDEO]

Sometimes you need to be able to change a link on your website. It could be because the link went out of date, it might be that it just needs updating for some other reason, or maybe you forgot to set the target correctly.  But regardless of the reason, editing a link is simple and…

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Change Your Backup Plugin [VIDEO]

When we build a website for a client who wants to self-host the site themselves, we always install a backup plugin to make it easy for them to be able to take complete backups of their website. It seems though, that the one we had been using, WP Complete Backup, might be working intermittently at…

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WordPress Tutorial: Add a Slide to SlideDeck [VIDEO]

One of my new favorite plugins lately is SlideDeck. It makes adding images and slides to a website soo easy. By comparison with other sliders out there on the market, this one is a breeze. The vast majority of websites we’ve built in the last 6 months have had a SlideDeck slider installed on it.…

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Add a Heading

Headings make your WordPress posts easier to read and easier to scan to find the information you’re looking for. They also help with Search Engine Optimization. If you can use your keyword in the body of your post or page, in the H1 heading, and in an H2 and H3 heading, you’ve come a long…

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Recheck Comments for Spam

Have you noticed? The spam-bots are out in full force these days. Even the very best spam filters are getting overwhelmed from time to time and not successfully sorting spam from legitimate comments. Happily, Akismet has provided a way to recheck the comment queue for spam, thus usually halving the workload involved in sorting and…

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Add an Advert to the AdRotate Plugin

There are so many plugins that make your WordPress website do exactly what you want. AdRotate is a great one that does what it’s name implies — it rotates ads on your website. It also manages schedules and automatically starts and stops ads according to the schedule you specify. Adding a new advert though can…

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WordPress Tutorial: Working with Widgets [VIDEO]

One of the more powerful systems in WordPress are the Widgets. Widgets control at least your Sidebars, sometimes your home pages, and sometimes additional locations throughout your website as determined by your theme. Working with widgets is easy — but also dangerous. In Widgets, there is no “undo”. In this video, learn the basics of…

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