One Click InstallerLogging in to the dashboardSetting Your Home PageAdding PagesCustomising your menuAdding a blogAdding and organising blog postsCustomising your siteKeeping your site software up to date.
The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive
Sometimes when trying to upload an image to your WordPress media library you will get an error that says "The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini", What this means in real terms is that the file is too big for your site. While your first...
Cropping Photos
There are times when you need an image for your website to be a particular size or aspect ratio, for example you might need a long thin image for your header or to use a small section of an image for a product or portrait photo. In this blog post I'm going to explain...
Accessing the dashboard
One of the benefits of using a content management system such as WordPress is the fact that you do not need any special software to manage your website, everything you need is built in to the WordPress dashboard. To access the dashboard on your website follow the...
Convert a PDF to JPG using GIMP
I've been asked about how to convert PDF files of scanned artwork into JPGs that can be edited or used on social media, one simple way to do this would be to use image editing software such as GIMP, The GNU Image Manipulation Program, this is often described as a...
Accessing WordPress via FTP
Sometimes there are tasks you need to do with a WordPress website that either require or would be much easier to do via FTP. In this short tutorial I'll explain how to do just that. In this case I'm going to upload a plugin. 1. First you'll need some FTP software,...
Securing the WordPress admin user.
Hands up if you have a WordPress website? OK now hands up if you have an administrator on your site with the username admin? How did I guess? Well the simple fact is, that's the default, but to understand why this can be a problem you need to understand how many...
Editing WordPress images
I've been asked a couple of times recently about how to crop images for the WordPress websites, and while for many jobs I'll tend to recommend Adobe Photoshop or GIMP the fact is the image editor in WordPress itself is perfectly capable if not a little bit hidden...
Creating animated gifs from video
I was asked the other day about hosting video for a website, not an uncommon request and normally I would recommend YouTube for hosting video, however in this case my advice was different. When the video was sent to me I discovered that it was only a few seconds long,...