Wordpress Visual Manual

>> Written on January 11th, 2010 by Leon

In addition to the many Wordpress Video Tutorials I have on this Blog, I’d like to provide a simple, downloadable and printable PDF instruction manual on how to do some of the most common and basic things in Wordpress. The PDF is a series of 12 annotated screenshots form version 2.9.1 of Wordpress which is the latest version at the time of writing this article.

Download the Wordpress Manual PDF

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Add a Contact Form in Wordpress

>> Written on January 6th, 2010 by Leon

Here’s a video tutorial on how to add a contact or enquiry form to a wordpress page or post using the Contact Form 7 plugin.

* Update: The value pasted into the “Mail – From” field and the “Message Body” should be [name] and not [text* name] as outlined in the video.

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Wordpress and Realex Integration

>> Written on December 23rd, 2009 by Leon

I am very pleased to announce that proper Credit Card and Laser transactions using Realex processing can now be taken on Wordpress powered sites via the Shopping Cart plugin from Tribulant. I think this is a significant development considering both the recent popularity of Wordpress as a full website content management and E-commerce system and the position Realex occupies as one of the world’s most popular credit card processors. I am also glad to have personally initiated, advised and funded the integration.

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Add a Gallery to Wordpress using NextGen

>> Written on December 14th, 2009 by Leon

In this tutorial, I’ve tried to explain the relatively simple process of adding a nice, pro looking photo gallery to a Wordpress Post or Page using the well known and excellent NextGen Gallery Plugin.

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Showing Links and Widgets on your Wordpress Site

>> Written on December 14th, 2009 by Leon

This tutorial covers adding the Links widget and others to the sidebar of your Wordpress site/blog:

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Add A Link In Wordpress

>> Written on December 14th, 2009 by Leon

Here’s a video tutorial on how to add Links to other sites in your Blogroll/Sidebar:

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How to Add a New Page in Wordpress

>> Written on March 6th, 2009 by Leon

Heres a tutorial on how to add a new static content page in Wordpress admin:

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Writing a New Post in Wordpress

>> Written on March 4th, 2009 by Leon

Heres how to write a new Post, Blog or piece of News in wordpress:

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Adding Wordpress Widgets

>> Written on March 2nd, 2009 by Leon

Here’s a screencast on how to add and modify different display modules or “Widgets” to the sidebars of your wordpress powered site or blog:

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Add PDF or File Download to Wordpress

>> Written on January 7th, 2009 by Leon

I’m regularly asked how to add a link to a downloadable PDF file for companies wishing to circulate brochures or pricelists etc via download from a website. The tutorial below works for any downloadable file whether it be a PDF, Word Document, Audio file, etc..

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