Image Compression Tutorial with WordPress Upload

The importance of image compression cannot be over stated. It directly affects your website loading speed and indirectly affects Search Engine Optimization. Certainly, it affects your visitors experience with your website as we all know what short attention spans our society has these days. Here’s a tutorial that should clarify some of the ‘how-to’s’ with regard to sizing images down …

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FTP Access Guide

This is for existing Jayne Wayne Design clients who need to work with files on their server. Thank you!  

Facebook and Social Media Tutorial – Facebook to Content Management System

Connecting to Facebook 1. Log into your website 2. In the WordPress dashboard, select “Settings,” then “Wordbooker” on the left hand navigation column 3. Click the blue button, “Connect with Facebook” and proceed to log in 4. You will be asked to click the ‘reload’ button to complete the connection. Wordbooker Settings Under the Wordbooker settings, you should now be …

Remove duplicate thumbnail and image on WordPress post

Many of the themes I use come with an Epanel.  It can be found under ‘Appearance’ in your dashboard panel on the left. In this Epanel, a number of variations are possible for formatting how your WordPress CMS functions. Many of the options like color and font selection, logo placement, etc. are customized by Jayne Wayne Design for clients’ websites; …

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WordPress Tutorial Series

Introduction to WordPress Content Management System: Dashboard 1st Post Add and edit image Wordpress writes code Save as draft/preview Front-end editor Editing content & custom menus: Editing image size & alignment Alt Tags and captions Image URL’s Editing tools including linking, ‘more option,’ kitchen sink, paragraph settings Publish vs save draft, edit publish date Categories and how are used in …

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Why and how to upload media to WordPress

Here’s a wonderful tutorial on how and why to upload your media files (aka images and files) to the server. This is a nice way to go about uploading your content at once, while selecting your media on an as-needed basis when you start posting. Remember to try to always add a photo to your blog posts to add interest …

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Customize your navigation menu in WordPress

This is a great tutorial that illustrates how to customize your navigation bar. What’s super fun about using your menus this way, is that you can mix pages and categories in the same navigation. Creating secondary, drop-down, or nested navigation is also possible and easy. Enjoy!