by Joe Kraynak | Jun 14, 2009 | Blogging, Thesis, WordPress
Behind every WordPress blog is a theme that controls the look and layout of the blog. As I explain in “Make a Website, Changing the Look and Layout with a WordPress Theme,” you can change the entire look and layout of your WordPress blog by installing and...
by Joe Kraynak | Jun 3, 2009 | Blogging, WordPress
After installing WordPress, one of the first things you should do is make sure the blog title and tagline are correct and that the author name for your posts is exactly how you want it to appear. In this post, I show you how to access and change crucial WordPress...
by Joe Kraynak | May 29, 2009 | Blogging, Thesis, Website, WordPress
In this series, I’ve been teaching the basics of making a combination website/blog using Bluehost, WordPress, and Thesis. Here’s what I’ve covered so far: In Part I: Starting with Bluehost, I showed you how to open a Bluehost account, register your own domain name,...
by Joe Kraynak | May 21, 2009 | Blogging, Website
In my previous post, “Make a Website, Starting with Bluehost,” I showed you how to sign up with Bluehost, register your own unique domain name, set up an email account on that domain, and install the WordPress blogging platform. With WordPress, you can...
by Joe Kraynak | May 17, 2009 | Blogging, Website
You can take several approaches to creating and managing your own site on the Internet, starting with low-end stuff like creating a free blog on WordPress.com to high-end stuff like hiring a professional designer to set up everything for you. In this series, I lead...
by Joe Kraynak | May 14, 2009 | Blogging, Website
Blogging software has become so sophisticated that most people no longer need complicated and expensive website creation and management tools to build and maintain a Web presence. In less than 30 minutes, you can register your own domain name, install the blogging...