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Emoticons are also known as ‘smilies’. These are traditionally keyboard character combinations that convey meaning. For example a semi-colon followed by a closed parenthesis may be used to convey that the writer is joking about something. WordPress converts most of these keyboard combinations into graphics e.g. a semi-colon followed by a closed parenthesis will show [...]

WordPress Posts are published in a feed. There are various means of subscribing to your WordPress feed however the simplest means of viewing the feed is by entering your domain name with feed on the end of the URL e.g. http://www.example.com/feed    

Any number of tags may be assigned to a Post. When assigning relevant tags think of keywords people may use in searching for your article e.g. wordpress, posts and tags would be good tags for this Post.    

When logging in to WordPress as an Administrator a Dashboard is available. The dashboard is a summary of the most common WordPress information such as the number of Pages and Posts which have been published. What is viewed on the dashboard is customizable by the logged in administrator.    

Any number of categories may be assigned to a single Post (every Post must have at least one category). For Search Engine Optimization (SEO) purposes it is generally recommended to use a single category per post.    

Something seldom considered is which Internet Browser is best to use as a WordPress Administrator. Although Opera, Safari, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and others may access most functionality, as an Administrator there is certain functionality which requires the use of Mozilla Firefox (particularly WordPress plugins). 8A9J723GVMXP    

Both categories and tags group similar Posts. The difference between categories and tags is that categories are hierarchical (e.g. parent/child) whereas tags have no hierarchy attached. Every WordPress post must be assigned at least one category whereas no tags need be assigned.    

In terms of WordPress, a Post and an Article are the same however all formal WordPress documentation refer to Posts and not Articles. Various other blogging services and software use the term Article rather than Post.    

The fundamental difference, in terms of WordPress, is that, with Pingbacks, the receiving system automatically verifies that the sending system does in fact link to it. This is important because Trackbacks are not system verified and are therefore open to comment spam. It is possible to send a Trackback from a post without any link [...]

The three most common reasons for not being able to access robot.txt are: In WordPress, "I would like my blog to be visible to everyone" isn’t selected  (it’s on "privacy" under configurations) There are no Posts in your WordPress (if you delete all Posts i.e. only have pages, the virtual robots.txt isn’t created) You have [...]

If you need to add information to robots.txt then the simplest is to create a static/physical robots.txt and place it in the root of your URL (it must be the root which is not necessarily the folder in which WordPress is installed). Once robots.txt has been created then merely add whatever instructions you require (a [...]

A robots.txt file recommends to bots which files should be accessed and which should not. robots.txt further may be configured to ‘disallow’ access to files and folders by specific bot (e.g. perhaps only Bing, Yahoo and Google bots are wanted to access certain folders).  robots.txt is read by search bots and other bots by default [...]

WordPress creates a virtual file (as opposed to a physical file) called robots.txt. Whenever a browser or bot attempts to read the robots.txt file it accesses the virtual robots.txt. If, for example you go to the URL (supposing your domain name is example.com) http://www.example.com/robots.txt from your browser you’ll see the contents of the virtual robots.txt. [...]

So you’ve heard the terms GZIP, compress and minify associated with JavaScript? WordPress uses JavaScript and it is a great idea to compress JavaScript as much as possible as this will improve page loading times (there are various methods of compressing including minify and gzip however all achieve similar benefits). Numerous Plugins are available for [...]

The New York Times, Katy Perry, Yahoo, CNN, Xerox, People Magazine, British Prime Minister, The Financial Times, Ford, NASA, Harvard University, Flickr, Stanford University, Sony Playstation, the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, Pepsi, Blackberry and millions more.    

This is possible however rarely happens. Theme designers/developers are given ample warning by the developers of WordPress as to changes. Theme developers are encouraged to test and amend their Plugins if necessary. It is recommended to keep your Themes up to date.    

This is possible however rarely happens. Plugin developers are given ample warning by the developers of WordPress as to changes. Plugin developers are encouraged to test and amend their Plugins if necessary. It is recommended to keep your Plugins up to date.    

No. WordPress is used by leading organizations for the same reason that individuals use WordPress; the software is free, it’s simple to use, it’s very flexible and very reliable.    

Many people believe that WordPress has far better features, is easier to use and is more reliable than paid-for alternatives. The days of free software being inferior to paid software are well and truly over as can be seen with WordPress.    

Yes. WordPress is naturally Search Engine friendly. There are however many Plugins and Themes available that optimize WordPress even further.    

Most hosts will be fine running WordPress. It is essential that your host allow running of PHP and must supply you with a MYSQL database. The safest option is to ask any host you are interested in if they host WordPress.    

No. WordPress is made to be very simple to use without great technical knowledge. Installing and maintaining WordPress however requires slightly more advanced technical skills.    

Yes. WordPress is licensed under GPL which means that it’s free to use (and no one may charge you a fee for the software).    

This is a ‘parent’ Theme from which ‘child’ Themes are created. The parent Theme often has functionality which is inherited by the child Theme/s. Frameworks are popular because users can then change child Themes whilst maintaining most of the parent Theme settings and functionality.    

There are many very good SEO Plugins. Three of the most popular are ‘All in one SEO pack’, ‘Platinum SEO Pack’ and ‘HeadSpace2 SEO’.    

Go to your WordPress login screen (it will be something like http://example.com/wp-admin) and click the ‘Lost your password?’ link. A new password will be emailed to you,    

WordPress.com is a hosted WordPress solution that offers limited free hosting as well as enhancements (priced per enhancement). WordPress.org is the ‘official’ home of WordPress where the software, plugins and themes may be downloaded.    

In your Internet Browser add ‘/wp-admin’ to the end of your WordPress URL e.g. if my WordPress site is at http://example.com/blog then I’ll be able to login at http://example.com/blog/wp-admin    

BuddyPress is a WordPress Plugin that enables simple creation of Social Networks. BuddyPress is developed and maintained by Automattic, the same people as WordPress.    

Yes, WordPress integrates with Salesforce.com and is able to provide lead information from a WordPress contact form to Salesforce.com    

Per wordpress.org, the following summarizes the capabilities of each of the five default WordPress roles: Administrator – Somebody who has access to all the administration features Editor – Somebody who can publish and manage posts and pages as well as manage other users’ posts, etc. Author – Somebody who can publish and manage their own [...]

Roles are the capabilities assigned to people who are enabled to login to WordPress by the Site owner (or Administrator). The five default roles each have different capabilities. The five roles are named ‘Administrator’, ‘Editor’, ‘Author’, ‘Contributor’ and ‘Subscriber’.