Setting up Custom Navigation Menus in WordPress

By Tom Nguyen / January 21, 2013 /

Most themes in WordPress allow you to control what’s on the navigation menu bar.   To set up your navigation menu, you’ll need to know how to log in to your WordPress admin area.  Once logged in, go to Appearance –> Menus.

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My Preferred WordPress Plugins

By Tom Nguyen / November 26, 2012 /

These days, most of my website projects are developed with WordPress.  I use these plugins in many of my WordPress websites. They are all free of charge. ThreeWP Activity Monitor – Tracks all user activity including login attempts.  If someone atttempts and fails to log in to your site, you can see what password they tried.…

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Keeping WordPress Up to Date

By Tom Nguyen / September 25, 2012 /

WordPress is the most popular CMS.  You’ll want to keep the WordPress version, themes, and plugins up to date to minimize hacking attempts into your website. To do the updates, just login to your dashboard, and click any of the circled areas to go to the Updates section. You’ll be taken to the main updates…

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How to Add Images in WordPress

By Tom Nguyen / September 25, 2012 /

First off, make sure that the Visual Tab is active.  If it’s not, then click it, unless you’re an expert in HTML. You’ll need to click on the Add an Image button.  You can see tooltips if you hover over any button for a few seconds.

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Editing Pages and Posts in WordPress

By Tom Nguyen / September 25, 2012 /

If you’re not familiar with the WordPress admin section, you can follow this tutorial to learn how to add pages and blog posts.

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Activity Monitor

By Tom Nguyen / July 30, 2012 /

If you have a WordPress site, you may want to install the free Activity Monitor Plugin to track your users activity.  This plugin tracks logins, page/post creations, page/post edits, page/post removals, etc.  Since installing it on my site, I’ve seen a few attempted hacks with the admin username.

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Keeping Your WordPress Site Safe

By Tom Nguyen / January 2, 2012 /

WordPress is the most popular CMS around, so it’s a big target for hackers.  Be creative with naming your passwords.  You can check out the 25 Worst Passwords in 2011.  If your password is on this list, you might want to change it. Another precaution to take would be to sign up for a Sucuri…

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What’s up with David Beckham’s underwear ad?

By Tom Nguyen / December 12, 2007 /

Yesterday morning, I just happened to finish my yoga workout and pressed the stop button on our VCR when I heard a reporter talking about David Beckham’s underwear ad. Well, fortunately my wife wasn’t in the room when I saw this, otherwise, we might not have gotten to the office in time. I know you may…

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