How to transfer a domain to crazydomains When you got your website did you register the domain name yourself? If you left it to the web developer you need to regain control as one day you may part ways and then it gets hard to sort out. It's like buying a car and...
Mindmap of How to review and prepare to build a website
Using mindmapping tools to plan or review a website I use this mindmap whenever preparing to quote on rebuilding an existing website planning to build a new website from scratch the same elements must be accounted for It shows the main areas anyone thinking about a...
How to setup a WordPress website for under 30 dollars with your own web address
Intro Over the yearsI have had a lot of new website enquiries that I couldn't build because the budget was almost zero. To those people I have passed on the following advice as an option that will cost less than $30 in total to do. Now I would like to show you how to...
How to make WordPress 2011 theme use excerpts
Out of the box the current default theme after installing WordPress shows all of your posts in the long format. To change the theme to just show a short summary as per the screenshot below read on.... Go to the Dashboard -> Appearance -> Editor Now...
How to upgrade Gold Cart for WP E-Commerce
If you already have the Gold cart plugin installed with WP E-Commerce this shows you have to do an update. Update available notice in plugin area Locate Gold Cart API key First you need to know the API key before you can download the update. To get the API key go to...
How to have an automated table of contents
Introduction This is a very useful feature to have on your website as it save the visitor time allowing direct access to the section they want. Plugins to use Better Anchor Links is the tool of choice at the moment. It is a fork of Auto Anchor Links which became...
How to install bbPress with any theme
Step 1 - install Dashboard -> Left menus -> Plugins -> Add new Put bbPress in search and it was the first result ( Author should be 'The bbPress Community' ) Clicked install plugin and activated. Step 2 - membership setup Dashboard -> Left menu ->...
How to fix Timthumb security issue
You may have heard about a security issue with a very popular file called timthumb.php used by many themes and a few plugins I might add to dynamically resize images on the fly. A post about it is here -...
WP-eCommerce for WordPress has friends with benefits
Here is a presentation I gave at a Sydney WordPress meetup about why the WP-eCommerce plugin is worth revisiting if you haven't seen it for a few years. Items worth considering: - great looking pre-made themes using this plugin let you launch a shopping site very...
How to use the WordPress 3.0 menu system
Since WordPress 3.0 the new menu system added the new menu system I have been asked how it works a lot. Here is a short video to show how it works. Go to Left menu -> Appearance -> Menus Then follow along with this tutorial for how to use them.
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