FAQ Languages: English • 日本語 • 한국어 • ไทย • 中文(简体) • 中文(繁體) • Türkçe • (Add your language) If you have a question and answer that is not asked and answered on these pages, please add that to the appropriate FAQ or visit FAQ Work Page. Codex Volunteers will merge your contribution into the appropriate area. If you have a question that is not answered, please visit the WordPress Support Forum for assistance from the experts. FAQ About WordPress Information and resources about WordPress including history, features, semantics, glossary, and information to help you determine whether or not WordPress is the blogging tool for you. FAQ New To WordPress Answers to questions frequently asked by new WordPress users, helping you get started with your WordPress site. FAQ Installation Answers to questions involving installation, advanced installation, using FTP, MySQL, PHP, importing from other blog software, and upgrading WordPress FAQ Troubleshooting FAQ Security FAQ Working with WordPress FAQ Layout and Design
FAQs | UAA Commons What’s the Commons all about? The UAA Commons is a place for various groups (both large and small) to collaborate, share, and learn. Unlike most static web resources with limited access, you have a voice in the UAA Commons. It is a public forum, and its not complicated to post. The Commons is managed and supported by Academic Innovations & eLearning at UAA, but we see all users as equal contributors, partners and mentors. We hope the UAA Commons will become a valuable addition to your personal and professional learning network There are a lot of places to post. People have different reasons, needs and comfort levels for visiting and contributing to online spaces. What is the difference between a Forum, a Group and a Blog? Forum: Like an open social mixer, you can post on any topic or create a new one. Group: You can start a group for your collective interests. Your blog domain name will be www.example.commons.uaa.alaska.edu, unless you want to forward your own domain name.
Using the Support Forums Using the Support Forums Languages: English • Português do Brasil • 日本語 • Español • ไทย • 中文(简体) • (Add your language) The WordPress Support Forums are a fantastic resource with a ton of information, but sometimes people have trouble getting help there and they don't know why. This is usually the result of a communication gap. The WordPress forums have one of the most helpful communities on the web, you just need to help them help you. Read the welcome message A potted user guide (at a glance, if you will) can be found on the Forum Welcome Codex Page. Search First Before you do anything, it's usually a good idea to type your query into Google to see if there's anything (on wordpress.org or elsewhere) that addresses your problem. To search the WordPress Support Forum, you can use the Search Box or To search the WordPress site using Google, enter your query in google like this: site:wordpress.org keyword1 keyword2 site:codex.wordpress.org keyword1 keyword Search First
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Beginners Guide: 25 Most Common WordPress Mistakes to Avoid Everyone make mistakes. Oscar Wilde says it very nicely: “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes”. Experience is a great teacher and everyone learn from their mistakes. However, it is much more efficient to learn from the mistakes of others. In this article, we will share 25 most common WordPress mistakes that we see most beginners make. 1. There is a huge confusion between self hosted WordPress vs. Compare the pros and cons and use this guide on how to move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org 2. To get started with a self-hosted WordPress blog, all you really need is domain and web hosting. You don’t want private registration. 3. We have all made the mistake of not creating a WordPress backup. Some real-life stories: “Dumping a WP database without having a backup in case the new WP database I was importing had an error.” “Ran a SQL query without any backups. “My site was hacked, and the hackers wiped everything. Bottom line is folks, start backing up your site. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Can I Use WordPress to Create Websites And Not Just Blogs? by Daniel Scocco This post is part of the Friday Q&A section. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. Malini asks: I am in the process of building two websites – one about dance and one about music. WordPress was born as a blogging platform, but today it is much more than that. In fact if you visit the official WordPress showcase you will find all sorts of websites that are running on WordPress, from corporate and governmental websites to magazines and online communities. The first part of your question should be answered. Well, I would say it is as easy as creating a blog with WordPress. The installation process is the same. Finally, depending on the type of website you are building, you might need to load some special plugins (e.g., a shopping cart plugin or a membership management one). What about you guys, have you used WordPress to power websites and not just blogs? Wanna make money with your own website?
Beginner WordPress SEO (Part 2): 9 Ways to Optimize Blogs for Search Engines Search engine optimization isn’t rocket science. Yes, there are many variables at play, but with a concerted effort, you can rank higher than your competition in the search engines. If you read Paul Suntup’s article Beginner WordPress SEO, perfect. In this article, I’m going to expand on his ideas and show you some of the fundamental on-page search engine optimization techniques that you can’t ignore. 1. One of the best ways to let search engines know that your website is highly relevant to a specific keyword phrase is by having it in your URL. First, you could buy a domain name that includes your keyword phrase. Depending on how many keywords you plan on targeting, this could become expensive very quickly. An alternate option is to add a subpage to your already existing domain. That URL would look something like this: Note, when either of these results is shown on Google, our keywords will be in bold. 2. 3.
Learn WordPress.com 60 brilliant WordPress tutorials | WordPress (Image: © Alexandra Bruel) WordPress is one of the world's most popular publishing platforms. It's highly customisable, very easy to use and it's completely free, making it an obvious choice for anything from a simple blog to an online design portfolio. Because of its enormous popularity, there's a wealth of WordPress portfolio themes available, plus plenty of WordPress tutorials online to help you get to grips with the CMS. But with so much choice, things can often get confusing. To save you time, we've picked 25 brilliant WordPress tutorials from around the web. 01. Perhaps the most frightening part of getting started with WordPress is the business of actually installing it. 02. This complete guide to creating your first WordPress site is a great place to start if you're a total beginner, or someone with a bit of experience looking to fill holes in their knowledge. 03. 04. 05. Next page: Intermediate WordPress tutorials
How To Make WordPress Look Like a Website So you’ve installed WordPress and plan to use it for your small business website. Now what? The first step to making your website look like a website for your business instead of a blog is to create a static front page and configure WordPress to use this as your home page. Normally, when someone visits your WordPress website they will see a list of your latest blog posts. Luckily, this is easy to change. Create a Static Home Page in WordPress – Step By Step: After you log into your WordPress Admin, create two WordPress pages. 1) Go to Pages -> Add New. I also like to turn off Comments and Pings in the settings at the bottom of this page before publishing it. 2) Go to Pages -> Add New one more time. 3) Now go to Settings -> Reading in your WordPress Admin panel. 4) Change the “Front page displays:” settings to look like this: A Video Walkthrough Here is a short video from WordPress.org that walks through these steps: The End Result – More Like a Website Than a Blog That’s all there is to it!