So you’ve mastered the basics of WordPress – nicely done! Now that that’s out of the way, do you find yourself wanting to further customize aspects of your page, or add new features you may have seen on other sites you admire, but don’t know where to begin? It sounds like you might have reached […]
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WordPress Can Still Be a Great Fit For You, Even if You Don’t Know How to Code If you’ve been dreaming of building your first website — whether it’s a personal blog or a landing page for your business — and the idea of learning how to code is keeping you from diving in, we’re […]
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Revert to an Old Draft Ever spend hours editing and re-editing a post, only to realize that you really preferred the original version? While the cmd+z (Mac) or ctrl+z (PC) keyboard shortcut is a great way to undo minor changes as you’re working, it won’t do you much good if you’ve re-written entire paragraphs, saved […]
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If your website includes frequently published content in the form of posts (like the blog you’re reading right now), it’s important to consider whether or not you want to allow site visitors to leave comments on those posts.
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The process for uploading a PDF is the same as it is for adding an image. We cover uploading photos in our 5 Helpful Tips for WordPress Beginners post. Here we’ll go into less detail on the upload process. If you want more information on uploading (and screenshots), check out this section for uploading to […]
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Depending on your installation, your WordPress website may have multiple menus or it may have only one. For example, your site may have separate menus for the header and footer, or the site may have only one menu. Often sites with only one menu display that same menu in both the header and footer. In this case, any updates you make will apply to both the header and footer.
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WordPress’ categories and tags allow you to organize your content in a way that lets users sort and filter content to focus on what they are interested in. WordPress designed categories to cover broader topics and tags to cover more narrow classifications within each category. For example, a site on cooking might have a category […]
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Below are a few beginner tips to get new users started in WordPress. The focus of this post is to provide short answers, rather than exhaustive details. Additionally, this post is focused on website owners who have independently hosted WordPress sites (also called “wordpress.org” sites). Some of these tips will still apply to sites hosted […]
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Why you shouldn’t make your own WordPress updates Before explaining how to update your WordPress plugins, we’ll explain why you may want to think twice before doing it on your own. At Corporate Zen, we strongly recommend that you hire a developer to handle updating your WordPress website and plugins. Doing the updating is usually […]
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