How to Resize Your Images on a PC
This is how to resize the high-resolution images your camera takes. First copy the images you would like to resize. You might need the originals later for pieces of the image to harvest for design reasons. This way you will only destroy your copies if you do something wrong and not your originals. Now you will want to open your copied pictures with Paint. The reason I picked Paint is because it is a program that comes with Windows so everyone has this free program if they are running Windows of any flavor. Once your image is opened in Paint...
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I always hate when companies get all creative with their phone numbers and have to have letters in the number. My phone doesn’t have the letters with the numbers the way they are on a landline phone. Sure I can get my phone to do that but it is an extra step and lets face it I might be driving so it is a pain. So when I come across your site do me a favor and I won’t leave your site for another one. So you need to link your phone Number to dial out from a Smart Phone, iphone or Android. Well here is a handy little code that will...
read moreDashboard
Now you are in a Strange New World, the Dashboard of your Website! Don’t panic every thing you are looking to do to your site is found in here but there is a method to the madness. Everything is broken down by topic on the far left hand side of the screen. You have Posts, Media, Links, Pages, Comments, Forms, Appearance, Plugins, Users, Tools, Settings and some more that have been added by various Plugins. Lets ease the fear away by letting you know most of what you will be working on is in Posts and...
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My Site looks Great! Now how do I change things on it? Fisrt you have to Login to your Site. This is done by going to your site and typing /wp-admin and then hit Return. Here is an example: yoursite.com/wp-admin Then hit Return and your Login Page will come right up. At this point you will need to input your Username and Password. If you input those correctly you will be taken to your Site’s Dashboard where all of the Fun Begins! Now you might be thinking oh my goodness there are so many buttons and options where do I begin? That will...
read moreBasic Site Breakdown
Your Site is like every site out there on the internet. Sure the layout varies a little in shape and size but the elements are all the same. When dealing with your web-designer it will help if you understand and can converse in some basic lingo that your uber nerd will understand. I will break down what is in this page’s layout. Your website has a Header which is composed of your company’s logo, navigation menu and possibly anything else you might include above the next element. Your content of the page which usually consists of...
read moreDifference Between Pages and Posts
I have been helping a lot of clients get familiar with Word Press Sites that we build for them and one of the Questions that I always get asked is what is the difference between a Page and a Post?. Well it is as complex as it is simple. First the simple explanation. Posts are categorized and Pages are not. On the right hand side of the screen when you are creating or editing a Page or a Post you will see some differences. When editing a Post you will see Categories on the Right of your input for the Post. This is not present when creating or...
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