Posts Tagged ‘markmclaren’
WordPress Tutorial – How to Make a New WordPress Page
Beginner-level WordPress tutorial by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications shows how to create a new static web page like Contact Us so that a link to the page appears in the site navigation. (Different than creating a new Post.)
Duration : 0:3:10
WordPress Tutorial – How to Login and Log Out
In this Beginner-level WordPress tutorial you will learn how to login to the WordPress Dashboard (admin panel) on a website / blog hosted on WordPress.com, how to login to a site hosted on your own host such as Yahoo! or GoDaddy, and how to log out (log off).
Duration : 0:4:22
WordPress Tutorial – How to Make Text into a Link
This Beginner-level WordPress Tutorial shows how to make text into a link in a WordPress Post or Page. Steps: Highlight the text, click the “Insert link” button in the WordPress text editing window toolbar, insert a URL and Title for the link, click the Insert button. – by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications.
Duration : 0:6:56
WordPress Tutorials – Introduction to Business Blogging 101
Visit http://mcbuzz.wordpress.com to see all the Free wordpress tutorials available on Business Blogging 101. This video is an introduction to the Business Blogging 101 website, a site dedicated to free support and tutorials for WordPress created by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications. Ask questions, comment and connect with other WordPress users. Most of the tutorials are for beginners, but there are intermediate-level tutorials and discussion about advanced techniques for WordPress including how to customize a WordPress theme, best WordPress plugins, hacks and workarounds for WordPress using CSS, PHP and HTML.
Duration : 0:4:24
WordPress Tutorial – How to Use the Easy Text Editing Window
Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to set up WordPress so you can use the easy visual rich text editor to edit your website or blog. Without the correct “Use visual rich text editor” setting you will only see the “code” editing window in the Dashboard. The setting is under Users – Your Profile. On a Mac, use Firefox, not Safari. -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
Duration : 0:6:24
WordPress Tutorial – Make Menus of Links Using the Blogroll
Beginner-level WordPress Tutorial shows how to create lists or menus of links to other websites using the Blogroll. These menus usually appear in the sidebar of a WordPress page or post. You create a new menu by creating a new Blogroll category. You can make as many menus as you want. In the second part of this tutorial, I show how you can also make lists of links to pages or posts within your own website or blog. -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
Duration : 0:5:36
WordPress Tutorial – How to Edit a WordPress Page
NOTE: For the latest WordPress Tutorials visit http://mcbuzz.wordpress.com This Beginner-level WordPress tutorial uses WordPress version 2.3. See Business Blogging 101 at http://mcbuzz.wordpress.com for more up-to-date tutorials. This tutorial shows how to use the WordPress version 2.3 Dashboard (admin panel) to edit an existing webpage on a WordPress-powered website / blog. This is the first in a series of wordpress tutorials by Mark McLaren and McBuzz Communications.
Duration : 0:6:12
WordPress Tutorial – How to Upload & Link to PDF or Word Doc
PLEASE NOTE: SEE THE UPDATED TUTORIAL for WordPress 2.7 here: http://bit.ly/wp-upload-pdf
Beginner-level WordPress tutorial shows how to upload a PDF, Microsoft Word document, Excel, PowerPoint, or other document using WordPress, and then make a link to that file in a Post or Page. When finished, you will have a link that site visitors can click on to download the file or open it in a Web browser. – by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications.
Duration : 0:10:39
WordPress Tutorial – Edit a Sidebar File Using a Text Editor
This Advanced-level WordPress tutorial shows how to download, edit and upload a WordPress theme sidebar file (sidebar.php) using FTP software and a text editor. This is considered an advanced WordPress tutorial because you work with the files for the WordPress theme. You do not use the WordPress Dashboard in this tutorial. The tutorial assumes you know how to setup and use FTP software on your computer so that you can download and upload the sidebar file. It also assumes you know how to open a text file like sidebar.php using a text editor. On a PC, common text editors are Notepad and Wordpad. On a Mac, the default text editor is TextEdit. A good Macintosh text editor for HTML and PHP files is BBEdit.
Duration : 0:8:35
WordPress Tutorial – Make Menus of Links With the Blogroll 2
This Beginner-level WordPress Tutorial is the second of two parts about how to create lists or menus of links using the Blogroll. These menus usually appear in the sidebar of a WordPress page or post. In this second part of this tutorial, I show how you can make lists of links to pages or posts within your own website or blog. This is a handy way to create additional navigation within your site given that WordPress themes often have a limited amount of space for main page navigation (About Us, Contact Us, etc.). -by Mark McLaren of McBuzz Communications
Duration : 0:6:41