The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to write a new post in WordPress. You need to begin by logging in, and going to your WordPress Dashboard. In the left hand column, the first menu item is Posts. Click on it to expand the menu. You will see Posts, Add New, Categories, [...]

This tutorial will teach you how to write a comment in WordPress. Log in to your WordPress dashboard. In the upper left corner, click on the My Blog link to go to your blog. Click on the leave a Comment link. This will open a new page, with a comment box. Enter your comment in [...]

This tutorial will teach you how to update your WordPress installation. You should be logged in to WordPress, and at your Dashboard. At the bottom of the center left section, it will tell you what version of WordPress you are currently using. Next to that will be a button to Update, if one is available. [...]

This tutorial will teach you how to manage your plugins in WordPress. First you need to log in and go to your Dashboard. On the left hand side you will see a column of items. Near the bottom is Plugins. Click on this link and expand the menu. You will see Plugins, Add New and [...]

This tutorial will teach you how to manage users in your WordPress program. You will need to open WordPress, and go to your Dashboard. In the left hand menu column, click on the Users option. This will expand the list to include Users, Add New, and Your Profile. Click on Add New. This opens the [...]

The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to manage pages in WordPress. You will need to log in to WordPress, and open your Dashboard. In the left hand column, you will see the item Pages. Click on this Link. It will drop down and display two items, Pages and Add New. Click [...]

This tutorial will help you learn how to manage your categories in the WordPress program. You should begin by logging in to WordPress, and going to your Dashboard. In the left hand column you will find your menu items. Click to expand the Posts option. This will give you the options of Posts, Add New, [...]

The purpose of this tutorial it to teach you how to install WordPress directly from WordPress.org. You will need to go there – to http://wordpress.org. Scroll to the right. You will see a download button for the latest and most stable release of WordPress. Click this button. On the next page, choose your version, and [...]

This tutorial will teach you how to edit your profile in WordPress. You should be logged in, and at your dashboard. In the left hand column, expand the Users option by clicking on it. You will see Users, Add New, and Your Profile. Click on Your Profile. This will open the Profile screen. On the [...]

This tutorial will teach you how to configure your settings in WordPress. You should log in, and go to your dashboard. On the left hand side, click on Settings on the menu. This will open the General Settings page. Here is where you can change the blog title, tagline, and URL. You can change membership, [...]

The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to change your password in WordPress. You should be logged in, and at your dashboard. In the menu in the left hand column, click on Users to expand the options. You will see Users, Add New, and Your Profile. Go to Your Profile. Scroll all [...]

This tutorial will teach you how to change your header in WordPress. You will need to be logged in to your WordPress, and on your Dashboard page. On the left hand side, about half way down, click on the Appearance Menu Item. This will bring out a drop down menu, which contains the items Themes, [...]

Where do I go to do ???? Do I need to go to my Client Area or my cPanel?? Sometimes it is hard to figure out where you really need to go to do things. Most people get confused at one time or another, so here is a little refresher that may help you remember [...]

The following is a glossary of popular words associated with web hosting. ActiveX A loosely defined set of technologies developed by Microsoft. ActiveX is an outgrowth of two other Microsoft technologies called OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) and COM (Component Object Model). As a moniker, ActiveX can be very confusing because it applies to a [...]

One of the most common mistakes made by beginners on the internet is incorrectly using the search field and address bar. This tutorial will explain the difference between the two, and specifically, how to get to a website if you already have the URL (internet address). We will use an example of an ISP (Internet [...]

This tutorial is going to teach you how to take a screen shot of something on your computer. Sometimes this is necessary to help show support services what the problem is with your computer, or to show the error message you are receiving. This is much easier than trying to describe it, or even copy [...]

By default, Vista doesn’t install the Telnet client. The client is for text-based communication with remote systems. You can install it by following these steps: 1. Click Start then select Control Panel. 2. Select Programs and Features. 3. Select Turn Windows features on or off. 4. Select the Telnet Client option. 5. Click OK. 6. [...]

This tutorial will show you how to run a trace route on a Window operating system. If you are unable to reach the server your site is hosted from because of networking issues, this is the best diagnostic tool that can be run easily from your computer that will show where your connection to the [...]

From time to time you may need to perform an operation called “TELNET”. You can use TELNET to check connections to certain ports on a server. To begin you press the “START” button on your browser taskbar, (found in the lower left corner of your browsers screen). This should bring up your Start Menu. Find [...]

The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to do a ping. Pinging is a command which tells you if the connection between your computer and a particular domain is working properly. There are a couple of different ways to get to the Command Prompt screen. In Windows, select the Start button, usually [...]