by Ninja Jon
This is a resource guide for WordPress bloggers. I receive vast numbers of emails from bloggers asking for help with various problems they are having with their blogs. So I decided to compile the most common questions and their answers to hopefully create a valuable reference guide for WordPress users who are having a problem, or wanting to make changes to their site, but don’t know where to go for help.
The guide is broken into two sections. Part 1 lists common problems or emergencies and then provides solutions or ways to get more information or help. Part 2 presents a list of things that you may be trying to accomplish and then describes resources can be used to accomplish your blogging goal.
Quick Start - Table of Contents
Part 1 - Got a Problem?
- DNS or Server Not Found Errors
- Script or PHP Error on the Page
- Website is Really Slow
- Unknown Error or Problem
Part 2 - Trying to Change or Accomplish Something?
- Setting Up WordPress
- Find or Add a Plugin
- Edit or Configure My Theme for a Certain Plugin
- Find a New WordPress Theme
- Upgrade WordPress to the latest version
- Learn More about how to Use WordPress
- Learn About Blogging or Improve My Blogging
- Make More Money Blogging
Part 1 - Houston, We’ve Got a Problem…
OMG - My Site is Broken, People Are Dying!
Take a deep breath, let’s figure out the best place to go for help based on what symptoms that “broken” is actually displaying.
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by Ninja Jon
One of the most common questions that I get asked is how to upload a new theme to a WordPress blog. So I’ve put together a video which demonstrated the entire process.
There are 2 things required to follow along with the video.
1) An ftp application for transferring the files of the new theme up to your blog. There are many many ftp applications. My favorite, which I demonstrate in the video is FireFTP. This is plugin for the popular FireFox browser, which I highly recommend.
Download FireFox browser (if you don’t already have it)
Then get the FireFtp plugin here. I’ll show you how to install it in the video.
Alternatives:
Smart FTP (free for personal use)
Cyber Duck (for MAC users)
2) The new theme that you’d like to install. The best place to start looking for new themes is the WordPress theme repository.
The rest of the information you’ll need is covered in the video, included a bonus section on copying any code changes that you may have done in your old theme over to the new one.
Click the image below to start the video
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by Ninja Jon
In this video I cover how to make some very basic changes to your WordPress theme.
In the first section I open up the stylesheet and change a couple formatting colors. And in the second section I open up the single.php file and show you how to add simple snippets of code that you would like to show up at the bottom of each post.
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If you have any questions, leave them in the comments below.
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by Ninja Jon
Most bloggers start out using a free blog service. Blogger.com or Blogspot.com is the most popular, but there are others including WordPress.com which is a free sub-domain version of WordPress.org (the hosted version of WordPress).
The Best Reasons to Use A Free Blog
Testing Blog Ideas
If you have an idea for a new site, but you’re not sure if the niche will be popular or how people will respond to your idea, you could use a free blog as a way to test your idea risk (no cost) free and do it quickly.
This way you can be more certain that your concept is going to fly before you commit to purchasing a domain and hosting and the time it takes to create a hosted blog.
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