How to create a blog on WordPress?

Most novice Internet users at some point begin to think about how to build a website or blog better, with more and earn on it. Implement such a venture with a willingness and desire to simply enough.


For right choice of engine, you need to decide what exactly you want to create - website, blog, or you are going to create some kind of program. The most popular by far the engine to create a small news sites and blogging is WordPress.


This CMS (content management system) is pretty easy to install even a very experienced user. With the help of such a program easily manage the content of the blog, or add new articles. To learn how to create a blog on wordpress, you can read below, but for now let us consider a couple of important points.

Choosing a hosting and  a domain



First, any engine would you choose, you should first solve the problem of choosing the hosting and domain name. Hosting (file allocation site on a web-server) can be both paid and free. On the first couple can try to use free hosting. Usually they are the designers of sites in several templates.


Choose a template, fill it with content, pictures or videos, and all your website is ready. However, free hosting often have little capacity and problems with the internet resusa. Paid hosting is given almost unlimited opportunities to work with the site, but have charged templates.


Payment is usually about 2,000 rubles a year, so purchase a paid hosting will not make any special material costs. Next is tied to the hosting domain name (website address on this hosting), which can also be paid or free.

Now let's talk about how to create a blog on wordpress.



Installing engine site (CMS) WordPress, will be made ​​by you, the more likely your own, on hosting. Therefore, to avoid potential problems when using your website or blog, it's better to use the services of a paid hosting.


Before starting the installation of the platform, make sure that the selected server meets the minimum requirements of WordPress. On technical issues can be forgotten if we make the right settings CMS.


Periodic reports will be coming will be updated, which can be automatically set by pressing the "Update". To install the engine, perform the following manipulations:

• Creates a database (different hosting have different capabilities to create a database, however, if there is support for MySql database and php, deal with it will not be difficult);
• From the official WordPress site download the latest version of the engine;
• Add a site to your hosting (better to use a FTP client);
• After the injection process will be completed in the browser address bar is necessary to register
• In the window that opens, specify the name of your blog and your e-mail, next to "Allow search engines ..." should be a circle. Now you can press the "Install WordPress»;
• In the window that opens you will see your user name and password that will be better to write down. Press "Enter" to open the admin panel through which you will decide how to create a blog on wordpress (through which you can create a design, manage content and install plug-ins).
• Site created, how to attract visitors?

Once the platform is installed, you must perform the initial setup of your website or blog. This is done so that later no problems with search engines. And as you know you can make good money on the only popular site.


With the right approach to building your blog's attendance will be counted in thousands of users per day. 


To configure the necessary:

• Configure the URL-address;
• Remove the duplicate content on your site;
• Install the plugin RusToLat;
• Remove references from the template;
• Create a map of your site.

Now you can begin to change the design or content writing. To change the design enough to change the template (theme). When it comes to choosing a theme, special attention should be paid to:

• Functional design (depends on the ideas and needs of your blog);
• Speed ​​(template must not increase the load on the server, it should be easy and fast, as it directly affects the attendance of your resource);
• Design (in the good it has to be appealing and memorable, but even if it will not be very successful and still have good content, your site will still attend);
• Your knowledge and abilities.

To create an icon on your site that is displayed in the active browser window, create a file favicon.ico. Thanks to this attribute after a search in Yandex, near the found materials seem this image. Icon help users recognize your online resource. With AAA Logo 2009 software, you can create your own logo and use it as a brand created in wordpress blog.


Let this registration virtually no impact on the attendance of your page, but will enhance the position of the resource in the eyes of search engines. By registering, you are inviting guests in search engines to your site. After searching the site system will no longer appear on the last page.


After a while the other search engines, which, by the way, very much, do find your site and index it.


Attendance of your online resource depends on the filled content. Using quality and unique content, creating new topics of interest to the visitor impact on the increased interest in your blog, but also attract new entrants.

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What's New in WordPress 3.9?

Recently a WordPress software update was released, probably the last version 3.xx Unlike the previous version, many updates have Wp3.9 based editor such as adding images, multimedia playlists, editing and real-time visualization of themes, etc..

Smith is the name of the new version of WordPress, which is based on the popular music of the 60s jazz .

Should I upgrade my WordPress?



Generally wordpress users do not update the software immediately expecting any reported bug or incompatibility with plugins or themes in use, for that reason we must take into account many aspects before upgrading to WordPress 3.9



What to do before you upgrade ?



As recommendation is always good to have a copy of your site on a subdomain or have a test blog with the same theme and plugins to our official blog to test compatibility. If all goes well , we can update our version of WordPress. Remember that if you are using a demo or test block should blog tracking search engines.

If you use a theme, mainly payment , you should check for updates to its developers to see if there is a problem with the new version of WordPress.

The editor has been improved and is responsive and faster with mobile terminal. The option to " Copy from Word " was deleted .

The editing is now easier because it allows us to work with them without leaving the editor and can drag the images from the folder where we saved on our computer. It also allows you to create photo galleries, audio playlists and videos without using plugins.

Ready to use WordPress 3.9? If you've updated your blog, you've had problems after the update?

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How to add HTML5 media files in your blog

It is often useful and necessary to add a media file on our blog, regardless of platform. For this we can use the new HTML5 tags which are already supported by browsers other than Internet Explorer and can use the files you want without using plugins, if we use WordPress.

In this case we can use the file we have on our blog, but for this example to reduce bandwidth and server resources in my blogger blog I will use a file that I have in my Dropbox account.


If we want to use an audio file, what we do is add this code:

<audio controls>
<source src="URL the file mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
<source src="URL the file ogg" type="audio/ogg">
<embed src="URL your file mp3" type="audio/mp3" width="200" height="100"/>
</ audio>

You must replace the path for your archive, the source with audio. Ogg is for users who use browsers that do not support HTML5.

The attributes of the element AUDIO and VIDEO are: controls, autoplay, loop, muted, and preload


Controls: allows the player controls and display itself.


Autoplay: causes the file to play when the page loads.


Loop: play the one file and again.


Muted: remove the audio file.


Preload: define whether the player should load when the page loads.


If you want to show a video, is almost the same except that for AUDIO VIDEO changed, in this case the code would look like:

<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="URL the file mp4" type="video/mp4">
</ video>

Copying the file from Dropbox.



In this scenario we will copy the path of a file dropbox we will replace and enter the code.

We enter our own and seek the audio file.

In the file right click and select "Share link".

Immediately a window where we click on "Get link" will open

The route has now been copied and we just replace it in the above code to embed in the blog.

You must remember that to insert the code into a selection post should the editor view in HTML or TEXT as shown WordPress.

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You Need to Know to Protect your WordPress site (HeartBleed)

We all have read on other sites and blogs on technology discovered in the security protocol that has affected thousands of sites that have already taken other security measures such as Facebook, Twitter or Amazon vulnerability.


HeartBleed is the name that has caused panic specialists in network security, but measures to be protected are very simple. Not only important sites are at risk from this vulnerability, but also anyone site using HTTPS


And of all sites created in WordPress or another platform use this protocol, there is nothing to worry. Moreover, if your website uses WordPress these are the steps that you must take to protect yourself:

How to protect yourself from HearBleed in WordPress

Updating the Software



You must contact your hosting provider and ask if your server is affected or if using a vulnerable version of OpenSSL. You also need to inform you through the forum or blog of your company, if you are likely to be affected have already released a statement or are working on updating the software, either way it does not hurt to send an email.


Change passwords



If you manage a site with members or users who have their accounts, you need to send an email notification to request change passwords on accounts and be more secure. Ensures before having spoken to your provider to not cause panic among users and confirm your vulnerability has been corrected.

If you think your site or hosting also been affected or not sure, here you can test this HeartBleed or other site offers an option with HTTPS

You've probably used one of the most famous websites like Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Paypal, Mail Gmail or Outlook for the past two years, so it is important to change passwords to ensure that your details are not exposed. Anyway you can check the list of sites affected by Heartbleed and measures taken their security teams.

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Top Free Speed Analyzers For Your Blog

When we recently installed our blog on WordPress, the default themes and the system is optimized as we want and we will do a great job to improve site performance, especially taking into account the type of hosting that we use, number of plugins that we have installed site template, etc.


After creating the blog with our theme, plugins, etc., we must analyze the load times and how this optimized our site. We can do speed tests on different free online services, keep records and then proceed to optimize our blog.


To measure results, we can use these free services analyzers and speed comparisons, once optimized the blog can again perform the tests and view the results. Among the free services available are: GTMetrix, Pingdom, the famous Speed ​​Service Google Insights, Page Speed ​​Tool Ninjas and service iwebtool


My recommendation is to use "WordPress Super Cache + CloudFlare" and achieve good results, can also create Gzip compression and further improve load times.

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Genesis for WordPress - Why this issue is so fashionable ?

 

Are changes maintained in your theme when you update the version? Do you know how SEO affects the loading time of your blog or website ? Does your design theme of " responsive "? Are you 100% sure ?


If you answered with a resounding YES to all three questions is likely what I will explain in this article , I know . Or maybe not .


Frameworks are a " code layer " working under a child theme. Today I will talk about one in particular which 've probably already heard that it is currently one of the most professional WordPress themes success: StudioPress Genesis framework .


This WordPress theme is the one I use on my own blog and virtues among its highlights, among other things , that your code is optimized to be very friendly to Google , its themes children (child themes ) will make you lose your fear and updates implementation in HTML5 make it a 100 % responsive design .

So who knows, after reading this post , maybe even amines you changed the subject :-)


Why everyone is talking about Genesis Framework?



The easy answer is "it has become fashionable." And it's true, it is. But do not confuse that with something that underestimate the product and its qualities, because it is not.


If you use dedicated bloggers and more people is because the three things I told you in the beginning are true, and some might say more.


However, it is not the purpose of this article to talk thoroughly Genesis Framework and all its features, but will try to explain how his famous "puzzle" works for the Home using my child theme Metro Pro as an example.


Make Your Home a puzzle widget



One of the main attractions of Genesis , because once you understand it much easier to organize and structure of your blog and is the example I will develop in the remainder of post .


We realize that in most blogs what works is a structure based on a space on the left to post content or sidebar and a side bar on the right .


But what we put in the home ? Do you fully control or you 've more or less adapted to the options that have been given your squad ?


Home we have two general options are: show the latest blog entries or specify a fixed specific show page.


This in general, because then every theme ( depending on the provider ) makes war on its own and makes you easy or difficult the making of what is displayed on the root of your domain.


Genesis Framework offers a very simple very resolute solution yet , which together with the inclusion of some plugins that allow you to have your own widgets ( I'm talking about Magic Action Box or specific plugins Genesis ) enhance this puzzle to where you get to your imagination.


Organization by widgets



This is the aspect of options around my blog, which is made with Metro Pro:


I have deployed the "Home-Top" for example, you see that within each of these "blocks of space" you can insert the widgets you want.


The "Black Studio TinyMCE" is a plugin that transforms you classic widgets "Text / HTML" in the same but with the editor's own entries, which greatly facilitates the insertion of images or write HTML and CSS code in them.

Other venues for widgets

You see, there are some spaces around then are not reflected in this image. We explain them one by one below:

• Heading right : this space is child bring many themes and lets you put whatever you want in the top right corner of your blog. Actually , it's a space right in your header or header . In my case I use it to get a "custom menu " , sometimes it is usual to put icons of social networks .
• Secondary Sidebar : All Genesis child themes allow you to play with the layout of your posts and pages. If you insert widgets in high bar , only appear in case you select a layout of three columns (or rather, content + 2 sidebars ) .
• After entry : This space allows you to put what you want right after the content of a post. I do not use it because I usually put a form using Magic Action Box and then the author box , but it is interesting to put other things in there choice.
• Footer 1, 2 and 3: little comment , are the classic spaces to put widgets in the footer . In the case of this child theme have 3 columns, but in others they may be 2 or 4 , depending.

I repeat: the room arrangement to place widgets, varies with each child theme .


International will have a special place to put the Genesis Slider or intended to be all over design in three columns.


That you have to determine seeing demos of the various child themes and how each distributes its spaces. If you want more info, you can see what factors should be taken into account when choosing a child theme of Genesis.


Should you change you Genesis Framework?



It depends on each case. Personally I would say do not change because you see more and puts more people or whim .


Analyzes whether your page load time is slow, if you have problems every time you update your theme or if indeed every cosmetic change that is a nightmare trying to do with your current template.


If you have some of these problems , it is certainly a good choice to change you.


The learning curve is minimal ( depending on your background , obviously) and once you get used to working with a framework ... I personally would not templates offered me great visuals , portfolios or countless types of Sliders . Are comprehensive , yet are complex.


In short, the improvements indicated to the top against other themes, coupled with the ease of use that gives you , make Genesis Framework one of the preferred options for making run our blog on WordPress.

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