Archive for the ‘How to – Tutorials’ Category

Working with Photos and Ways to Display them using Nextgen Gallery Plugin in WordPress

Live webinar presented on August 25, 2010 – approx. 70 minutes.

Presented by Russ Larsen with Ron Snayberger presenting Photo Tips section.

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In the webinar recording below, you will learn the following:

• Tips for taking photos
• Where to find photography information on the web
• How to build an inexpensive light box
• How to insert an image into a webpage or post
• How to add a border to an image, change the display size, wrap text, add titles and descriptions, adding tags to photos
• How to create a photo gallery
• Uploading images to a photo gallery
  
• How to display a photo gallery on a web page or blog post
• How to order your images
• How to re-size thumbnail images
• How to add a photo to an existing photo gallery
• How to delete a photo from a gallery
• and more.

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Watch the Webinar recording below by clicking on the Play Button.

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Bonus Webinar – Working Live Inside the WordPress Dashboard.

This webinar was presented live on February 02, 2010 to The I&E Network.

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In this webinar, you will see and learn the following:

Watch Russ create a blog post containing text, pictures and tags.

See the blog post Published live onto the web.

See how this post ranked #1 in google within minutes for keyword phrases.

That’s right – Custom Engraved Easter Eggs – ranked #1 within 2 minutes – LIVE.

5 important factors of Search Engine Optimization and how to implement them into every post or page.

Proper Post Structure for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Why we use wordpress compared to html editors to produce web sites.

Review – re-sizing pics for the web, using the add more tag, the basics of a wordpress web site.

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I recently finished Lance’s new web site – http://www.lancelarsonstudio.com and he has just taken over the site.

He completed his first post and also made some changes to the front page of his web site, then asked me to critique the changes. (There were not many, just a few minor recommendations – Lance did a great job of following the tutorial videos.)

I recorded the critique session for all to view.

Play the video below to view the critique and see what I recommended to Lance.

Webinar #5 – Working Inside the WordPress Dashboard

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Webinar #5 covers the following topics:

• How to Change your Password / Profile
• Visual vs. Html Editor
• Pasting Plain Text into a WordPress Post or Page
• Pasting from a Word Document into a Post or Page
• Working with Sidebar Widgets
• Updating Plugins in WordPress
• Uploading External Files – then linking to them from within a Post or Page
• Creating a Printable Form – such as an Order Form
• Creating a Contact Form

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Webinar #4 – Inside the WordPress Dashboard

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Webinar #4 covers the following topics:

• Customizing the Dashboard (to fit your monitor)

• Make Windows Larger – Minimize Left Column
• Working in Posts and Pages
• Toggle Full Screen – Insert Horizontal Rule Line –  Using Spell Check
• What to do when Something Won’t Work – Refresh
• Spacing of Text – Formatting – Using Preview Function
• Linking Text
• Working with Pictures – Inserting, Linking, Borders, Spacing

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Webinar #3 – Adding To Your Web Site

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Webinar #3 covers the following topics:

How to access all the buttons in the editor

How to back up your work

How to save a page or post

Advantages and Disadvantages of working in a web based program

Re-sizing pictures for your web site (shortcut)

How to properly structure a web page or blog post for search engines

How to balance a web page or blog post for site visitors and search engines

How to schedule a blog post to publish at a future date

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Webinar #2 – Getting Familiar with Your WordPress Web Site

See the bottom of this page for a summary of the topics covered in Webinar #2.

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Webinar #2  includes the following topics:

• Accessing the dashboard
• How to create a web page
• How to create a blog post
• Where web pages show up on the site
• Where blog posts show up on the site
• Why you should post regularly
• How to create a photo gallery
• How to manage images within a photo gallery
• Adding a photo gallery

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Webinar #1

Avoid the common pitfalls when it comes to getting your own web site.

An introduction to Taking Aim Marketing and an explanation of how and why we build web sites the way we do.

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Over the past 8 (or more) years, we have tried just about everything on the web to make a web site work for our business. We started by building our own web site (using one of those very simple, online editors). When we hit the wall on that adventure, and realized that our site was never going to do what we wanted it to do – or be found by anyone including search engines – we had to find a better way.

After years of searching, perfecting, and much trial and error – we have finally found a program that does all of these things.

The webinar recording above was presented to The Inspiration and Encouragement Network on April, 21, 2010.

It may help you understand some of the trials you will be up against as you start your quest to Build Your Own Web Site.

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Other Webinar Recordings:

Webinar #2 teaches the following:

• How to login to the dashboard of the new site
• How to create a web page
• Where web pages show up on the site
• How to create a blog post
• Where blog posts show up on the site
• Why you should post new content regularly
• How to create a photo gallery
• How to manage images within a photo gallery
• How to insert a photo gallery into a web page or blog post

Click Here to Watch Webinar #2.

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Webinar #3 teaches the following:

• How to access all the buttons in the editor
• How to back up your work
• How to save a page or post
• Advantages and Disadvantages of working in a web based program
• Re-sizing pictures for your web site (shortcut)
• How to properly structure a web page or blog post for search engines
• How to schedule a blog post to publish at a future date

Click Here to Watch Webinar #3

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Webinar #4 teaches the following:

• Customizing the Dashboard (to fit your monitor)
• Make Windows Larger – Minimize Left Column
• Working in Posts and Pages
• Toggle Full Screen – Insert Horizontal Rule Line – Using Spell Check
• What to do when Something Won’t Work – Refresh
• Spacing of Text – Formatting – Using Preview Function
• Linking Text
• Working with Pictures – Inserting, Linking, Borders, Spacing

Click Here to Watch Webinar #4

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Webinar #5 covers the following topics:

• How to Change your Password / Profile
• Visual vs. HTML Editor
• Pasting Plain Text into a WordPress Post or Page
• Pasting from a Word Document into a Post or Page
• Working with Sidebar Widgets
• Updating Plugins in WordPress
• Uploading External Files – then linking to them from within a Post or Page
• Creating a Printable Form – such as an Order Form
• Creating a Contact Form

Click Here to Watch Webinar #5

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In order to watch the webinar recordings (and most other online videos) you need Adobe Flash Player – Click Here to go to download page.

Oops….I Deleted a Picture – How do I Get it Back?

It happens…..sometimes you delete a picture from a page or post that you didn’t mean to delete.

Once you upload a picture to a particular post or page within your wordpress web site, that picture is placed in a “gallery” for that post (or page). Therefore, is you accidentally delete an image from a post or page, it is not actually deleted. It is still in the “gallery” for that post, but it is not showing in the post.

All we need to do is open the “gallery” for that post and make the image show again.

The tutorial video below will show you how to get the picture back into your page or post without having to upload it again.

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How to Upload a PDF File, then Link to It

Sometimes we want to upload an external media file such as a PDF file, or another type of file, then link to the file from within a blog post or a web page on our web site.

A good example of this would be if we wanted to create a Custom Order Form for our site visitors to print out. Another example might be that we want to link to a PDF E-Book so our site visitors can download it directly from our web site.

Here is the process to upload a file, then link to it from within a blog post:

1. Upload the file under Media – Add New

2. After Uploading, Copy the URL (location) of the file.

3. Create a new post

4. Link from within the post to the URL (location) of the file (step 2 above.)

The video below will walk you through the process:

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