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Color Schemes and Color Scheme Tools

Color Schemes and Color Scheme Tools

Color schemes aren't technical, really, are they? You just pick what you like, right? Ah, not so fast. Color choice on your site can make or break how your site is received by it's audience. Clash and you'll drive visitors away with a headache from trying to read your...

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What is web hosting?

What is web hosting?

If you're starting a WordPress website, you'll need to know about hosting. So what is hosting? Hosting is the service that provides the server where your website will live. This server will be where your website is located and where you will get your email if you set...

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Setting Up Basic Pages in WordPress

Setting Up Basic Pages in WordPress

Next, lets set up some of the basic must have pages. You’ll want an about page, a contact page, to start with. For now you’ll just add the pages to WordPress, you can always come back and add the content to them later. To do this, go to Pages, then Add New. (Or you...

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First Look at the WordPress Dashboard

First Look at the WordPress Dashboard

Now that you’ve gotten WordPress installed, lets login to the dashboard and take a look at where things are. When you first login, you’ll notice the menu that runs down the lefthand side of the screen. First lets find Settings and make some changes there. Under...

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Hosting for Your WordPress Site

Hosting for Your WordPress Site

So now you’ve registered your domain and you’re wondering if you’re ready to post on your blog? No, almost but not quite. After you register your domain name, you need website hosting, that’s the next step. So what is website hosting? Hosting is the account you get...

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Registrar and Domains

Registrar and Domains

So what about domain names? We’ve already talk about how many authors use their full name as their domain name. Others use the name of their blog and some are using the name of their company. All three are good choices. The main thing is to choose something you plan...

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Keeping Up with the Keys to Your Kingdom

Keeping Up with the Keys to Your Kingdom

The steps you’ll take to set up your site will leave you with a lots of bits and pieces that need to be organized. There will be links, logins and passwords and other things you’ll need to keep track of and have available as you move through the steps of setting up...

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