great tutorial! I just did a comprehensive video on how to install and use the wordpress CMS on your own website. Click my name to check it out. Wish you the best! -J
Commenting on other blogs is a great way to get traffic to your blog. Another really good way is to use sites like Stumble Upon. I get 500-800 visitors a day some days just from Stumble Upon.
I am also a member of a social power linking group. We share posts with each other and vote up the ones we like.
I loved the video helped me a lot. I’m just having problems with the domain directing the wordpess website I go to my bought domain and it works then 20 minutes later I go back and its back at godaddy’s website its odd
yeah, it seems they just changed around the colors. a few differences about how to get to stuff, but i'm new to it so i'm not positive where it all was before. i think the word count on writing is gone….anybody knows where it went…let me know!
http://www.dropofkim.wordpress.com
@timlondinium I am sorry but I don’t agree with you! Chris shows THE REAL thing, not elaborated and not for sale…
Chris YOU’RE AWESOME! thanks for your time & knowledge! please don’t change!
You better begin by learning a little bit about Wordpress (which is not difficult btw). I advise you to download XAMPP to have a local apache web server (www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html) where you can install wordpress (wordpress.org) and test it locally.
Then you have to chose a theme that suits your site, there are hundreds of free quality themes or if you can afford it, go for a premium theme (20$ to 150$ in general).
After you get familiar with wordpress, you can install it on your live server, put your theme, and begin importing (copy / paste ? yeah). You have to chose between putting your old articles as posts or as pages, posts are good if you plan a blog-like site. Ther's also hundreds of free plugins for each single feature you may think about.
You can take the content from your existing portfolio page and create a wordpress page with the same content. When you click "Write" inside the wordpress admin dashboard, it defaults to a new post. You can click "Page" just below "Write" to create a new page instead of a post. When you publish the page it will become part of the sites main navigation bar, too.
Essentially you need a webhost, either free or paid, download Wordpress from Wordpress.org, upload to your webhost, then download Comicpress and upload that as well. This site has a fairly straightforward, easy to understand tutorial.
Why you pay $10 for using your domain? If you use godaddy yust install wordpress on your domain and that it. I don’t now, maybe is that new – I just start with wordress.
Hey Chris this video has been very helpful.
But now I’m stuck. You went through wordpress site to edit. I go through bluehost and see that I dont have all the options you have. Most important one is in settings general there is no Blog photo module and I cant seem to find any informaiton on the web. Help what is the difference between going through bluehost and wordpress?
Hello I am a professional Wordpress website designer and developer – AITpro.com so you can verify that I know what I'm talking about. The website development method you are planning to do is a standard website development method that I use and probably most professional developers use so you are right on the money there. I'm assuming you already know the basics, but I'll add this info for someone else who may not know that info.
Best basic website development practices and planning
1). Create the folder first that you want to install Wordpress to either with FTP or with your CP File Manager
2). Very Important! Add an entry in your Robots.txt file to block indexing of the new folder you just created – you don't want your new folder indexed until you are ready to launch your new website. And in your case you don't want the folder indexed at all since you will be migrating your Wordpress site to the root of your domain. If you don't have a robots.txt file then create one. Trust me if you don't do this it will cost you a lot of headaches.
3). Do the Wordpress installation at this point – Pretty much all hosts offer the Wordpress Application for free with anywhere from 10 to 25 free SQL DB's.
4). After you have completed all your Wordpress design work, customization, plugin installations and configurations then you are just about ready to do the Wordpress migration – SEE the Source link I have provided below for complete WP migration instructions – WP migration is very easy and simple, but be careful to follow the instructions EXACTLY.
5). DEACTIVATE ALL OF YOUR PLUGINS BEFORE DOING THE ACTUAL MIGRATION!!!
6). Since you have installed WP in another directory / folder you have a backup of all your work.
7). Make a backup of your existing website files in the root of your domain.
8). Copy (NOT MOVE) all your Wordpress files and folders to the your domain root
9). Reactivate all your plugins and start testing them and reconfiguring them if necessary. (you can reactivate all of them at once or do them one by one – doesn't matter).
To answer your question about post migration corrections to file paths. Yes, you will have to modify several paths. Since I'm very familiar with this whole process and especially the WP plugin configurations, I don't install certain plugins until after the Wordpress migration is done. And I don't do certain Wordpress configurations until I've after I've done the migration. If you are not very familiar with WP plugin configurations then i recommend you install and configure everything in your "development" folder and then make the file path changes after you have done the migration. Anytime you are doing a migration you should do it during "off business hours" meaning in the middle of the night. If you have a totally new website it doesn't really matter when you do the migration, but if you have an existing website that is getting visitors and making money you obviously don't want to interrupt the flow of $$$.
So to give you some specifics on the Wordpress files that will need to be modified / corrected after the migration:
If you configure Wordpress with Pretty Permalinks you will need to update this first thing right after the migration is done. Personally I recommend that you don't configure Pretty Permalinks until your Wordpress site is migrated. Pretty Permalinks generates your .htaccess file so by updating PP from the WP Dashboard Admin panel at any point you are updating your .htaccess file.
Common WP plugins that will need path corrections:
WP-DBManager – change DB Options > path to backup. Will need to logout and maybe clear cache too to see the new changes.
Theme My Login – Theme my login Redirection URL and Theme my login Links need to be corrected
Cforms – check abspath.php and /cforms/js/cforms.js for correct file paths
Common WP files that will need to be corrected
Theme templates and specifically your header.php file.
The rest of the information you will need is contained in the Wordpress migration instructions below and all over the Internet. Wordpress answers are everywhere.
A theme is not what allows the reader to sub to a newsletter, or rss feed. You need to find a plugin that
will fit your needs and there are tons of them out there. It's simply a matter of installing the plugin and adding code to a template.
December 10th, 2009 - 06:38
great tutorial! I just did a comprehensive video on how to install and use the wordpress CMS on your own website. Click my name to check it out. Wish you the best! -J
December 10th, 2009 - 07:20
lookat2:27
December 10th, 2009 - 07:59
learn how to turn your blogs in to CASH MACHINES!!!!>>>>>>>>>>>
ill tell you how!! feel free to add some comments
@ mybibis.wordpress . com
December 10th, 2009 - 06:11
Wordpress have a help page that you may find useful
http://wordpress.org/hosting/
December 10th, 2009 - 06:22
Commenting on other blogs is a great way to get traffic to your blog. Another really good way is to use sites like Stumble Upon. I get 500-800 visitors a day some days just from Stumble Upon.
I am also a member of a social power linking group. We share posts with each other and vote up the ones we like.
http://1Cat.biz/spl
December 10th, 2009 - 15:18
I loved the video helped me a lot. I’m just having problems with the domain directing the wordpess website I go to my bought domain and it works then 20 minutes later I go back and its back at godaddy’s website its odd
December 10th, 2009 - 16:25
Gracias Sr. Chris! Merci!
I must say I learned something today, more than expected
Thank you from Mexico
December 10th, 2009 - 12:37
yeah, it seems they just changed around the colors. a few differences about how to get to stuff, but i'm new to it so i'm not positive where it all was before. i think the word count on writing is gone….anybody knows where it went…let me know!
http://www.dropofkim.wordpress.com
December 10th, 2009 - 17:39
LOL at 3:10 through 3:15!
December 11th, 2009 - 00:25
@timlondinium I am sorry but I don’t agree with you! Chris shows THE REAL thing, not elaborated and not for sale…
Chris YOU’RE AWESOME! thanks for your time & knowledge! please don’t change!
December 10th, 2009 - 19:33
You better begin by learning a little bit about Wordpress (which is not difficult btw). I advise you to download XAMPP to have a local apache web server (www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html) where you can install wordpress (wordpress.org) and test it locally.
Then you have to chose a theme that suits your site, there are hundreds of free quality themes or if you can afford it, go for a premium theme (20$ to 150$ in general).
After you get familiar with wordpress, you can install it on your live server, put your theme, and begin importing (copy / paste ? yeah). You have to chose between putting your old articles as posts or as pages, posts are good if you plan a blog-like site. Ther's also hundreds of free plugins for each single feature you may think about.
Good luck!
December 11th, 2009 - 04:41
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December 11th, 2009 - 07:56
Chris there will always be that one that needs to complain about free info
December 11th, 2009 - 03:45
You can take the content from your existing portfolio page and create a wordpress page with the same content. When you click "Write" inside the wordpress admin dashboard, it defaults to a new post. You can click "Page" just below "Write" to create a new page instead of a post. When you publish the page it will become part of the sites main navigation bar, too.
December 11th, 2009 - 04:41
yeah you can , only you have to upggrade your account .
December 11th, 2009 - 11:41
chrisabraham, I think I got your point.
December 11th, 2009 - 15:58
learn how to turn your blogs in to CASH MACHINES!!!!>>>>>>>>>>>
ill tell you how!! feel free to add some comments
@ mybibis.wordpress . com
December 11th, 2009 - 16:48
You can purchase Artisteer, which is used to create WP themes and can be previewed in your browser.
Have a great day!
~Daphne
http://mlmrealms.com
http://dreampresstemplates.com
December 11th, 2009 - 17:02
Essentially you need a webhost, either free or paid, download Wordpress from Wordpress.org, upload to your webhost, then download Comicpress and upload that as well. This site has a fairly straightforward, easy to understand tutorial.
http://www.djcoffman.com/tikibar/2008/09/17/host-your-own-friggin-webcomic/
You can replace Dreamhost with any webhost you want to use. Some free ones include http://www.110mb.com and http://www.000webhost.com/
December 12th, 2009 - 00:27
Why you pay $10 for using your domain? If you use godaddy yust install wordpress on your domain and that it. I don’t now, maybe is that new – I just start with wordress.
December 12th, 2009 - 02:01
Thanks Chris! I have been using WP for a while but still learned something! I like your style
December 12th, 2009 - 03:57
Assuming they get deleted is your best bet.
December 12th, 2009 - 05:44
you can edit your page.php file of your current theme, and delete these following code:
<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
then your page will only have the content on it, no header, no sidebar and no footer.
December 12th, 2009 - 08:59
Try copying from GoogleDocs and pasting to Microsoft Word.
December 12th, 2009 - 14:17
either would work – but Wordpress is free. You can get a site for free at Wordpress.com
http://LynnTHarrison.com
December 12th, 2009 - 23:49
Hey Chris this video has been very helpful.
But now I’m stuck. You went through wordpress site to edit. I go through bluehost and see that I dont have all the options you have. Most important one is in settings general there is no Blog photo module and I cant seem to find any informaiton on the web. Help what is the difference between going through bluehost and wordpress?
December 13th, 2009 - 08:47
I totally got lost once you got to the step where we post a new blog. On my Wordpress screen I do not have the visual/html option, please help me!!!!
This is great instruction.
December 13th, 2009 - 14:30
That's not a function you can do.
December 13th, 2009 - 15:57
Hello I am a professional Wordpress website designer and developer – AITpro.com so you can verify that I know what I'm talking about.
The website development method you are planning to do is a standard website development method that I use and probably most professional developers use so you are right on the money there.
I'm assuming you already know the basics, but I'll add this info for someone else who may not know that info.

Best basic website development practices and planning
1). Create the folder first that you want to install Wordpress to either with FTP or with your CP File Manager
2). Very Important! Add an entry in your Robots.txt file to block indexing of the new folder you just created – you don't want your new folder indexed until you are ready to launch your new website. And in your case you don't want the folder indexed at all since you will be migrating your Wordpress site to the root of your domain. If you don't have a robots.txt file then create one. Trust me if you don't do this it will cost you a lot of headaches.
3). Do the Wordpress installation at this point – Pretty much all hosts offer the Wordpress Application for free with anywhere from 10 to 25 free SQL DB's.
4). After you have completed all your Wordpress design work, customization, plugin installations and configurations then you are just about ready to do the Wordpress migration – SEE the Source link I have provided below for complete WP migration instructions – WP migration is very easy and simple, but be careful to follow the instructions EXACTLY.
5). DEACTIVATE ALL OF YOUR PLUGINS BEFORE DOING THE ACTUAL MIGRATION!!!
6). Since you have installed WP in another directory / folder you have a backup of all your work.
7). Make a backup of your existing website files in the root of your domain.
8). Copy (NOT MOVE) all your Wordpress files and folders to the your domain root
9). Reactivate all your plugins and start testing them and reconfiguring them if necessary. (you can reactivate all of them at once or do them one by one – doesn't matter).
To answer your question about post migration corrections to file paths. Yes, you will have to modify several paths. Since I'm very familiar with this whole process and especially the WP plugin configurations, I don't install certain plugins until after the Wordpress migration is done. And I don't do certain Wordpress configurations until I've after I've done the migration. If you are not very familiar with WP plugin configurations then i recommend you install and configure everything in your "development" folder and then make the file path changes after you have done the migration. Anytime you are doing a migration you should do it during "off business hours" meaning in the middle of the night.
If you have a totally new website it doesn't really matter when you do the migration, but if you have an existing website that is getting visitors and making money you obviously don't want to interrupt the flow of $$$.
So to give you some specifics on the Wordpress files that will need to be modified / corrected after the migration:
If you configure Wordpress with Pretty Permalinks you will need to update this first thing right after the migration is done. Personally I recommend that you don't configure Pretty Permalinks until your Wordpress site is migrated. Pretty Permalinks generates your .htaccess file so by updating PP from the WP Dashboard Admin panel at any point you are updating your .htaccess file.
Common WP plugins that will need path corrections:
WP-DBManager – change DB Options > path to backup. Will need to logout and maybe clear cache too to see the new changes.
Theme My Login – Theme my login Redirection URL and Theme my login Links need to be corrected
Cforms – check abspath.php and /cforms/js/cforms.js for correct file paths
Common WP files that will need to be corrected
Theme templates and specifically your header.php file.
The rest of the information you will need is contained in the Wordpress migration instructions below and all over the Internet. Wordpress answers are everywhere.
December 13th, 2009 - 16:32
A theme is not what allows the reader to sub to a newsletter, or rss feed. You need to find a plugin that
will fit your needs and there are tons of them out there. It's simply a matter of installing the plugin and adding code to a template.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/