Blog Basics and Helpful Hints
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How can I make a link from my portfolio to my blog?
Create a new page (call it blog or whatever you like) then put a redirect link as the only text on the page. Here’s what a redirect link looks like:
REDIRECT:http://www.mywebsitename.com/blog (or whatever the direct link to your blog might be)
How can I make a link back to my portfolio?
- While in the blog admin area select design/appearance then widgets.
- ADD a text widget.
- Move it (drag and drop) to the top of the sidebar so it’s easy to find.
- Give it a title (Visit my portfolio) or not.
- Add an html link to your site like this:
<a href="http://www.tomjohnsonphotography.com">Tom Johnson Photography</a> - To make the text bigger add heading tags like this:
<h3><a href="http://www.tomjohnsonphotography.com">Tom Johnson Photography</a></h3>(change 3 to 2 or 1 to make it bigger or 4 and 5 to make it smaller) - Save it.
How do I import my old blog?
- While in the blog admin area select tools.
- Select import
- Follow the instructions for the type of blog you wish to import
How do I add a new theme to my blog?
- Download the theme to your desktop
- Visit your blog using a ftp client and the ftp access to your site provided in your welcome email.
- Inside the folder containing your blog go into wp-content and then themes.
- Upload the folder containing your theme here.
- In your blog admin visit appearance to activate the new theme.
Where Is My API Key For Akismet?
Register with wordpress here: http://en.wordpress.com/signup/ and select (Just a username, please). They will email you the API key.
Where Do I Login To My Blog?
Some themes have a login link on the front page but you don’t really need it because the login is located in the same spot for all wordpress blogs. All you have to do is add
/wp-login.php
to the url of your blog. For example, if my blog location is
http://robhaggart.com/blog
then the login location would be
http://robhaggart.com/blog/wp-login.php
You can also use /wp-admin which I often do because it’s shorter to type
http://robhaggart.com/blog/wp-admin