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How to Simplify the URLs for Downloadable Files

A member is using the Media Library for uploading and managing PDF files that she is offering for download on her site.  Unfortunately she doesn’t like the long and awkward URL that it gets when it is managed by the Media Library.  She asks if there is a way to make the URLs shorter and [...]

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Community Library Website

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This is a 61 part case study on how to set up a community library website, how to organize materials, display them and style the site. Many intermediate techniques are used in this extensive WordPress and Thesis series.

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How to Create a Page With No Sidebars

In this session we show how to turn off sidebars in a page by simply selecting a “No Sidebar” template in the Page Attributes. Video Transcript Okay so next we’ve got Mr. Makowski. Brian, how are you doing? Hey, I’m good Rick. Can you hear me? I can hear you just fine. Let’s see, so [...]

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Lesson 8 - Part 1 - Understanding the parts of a Genesis/Agency Page

Lesson 8 – Part 1 – Understanding the Parts of a Genesis/Agency Page

Good evening everybody and welcome to lesson 8 of the How to Build a Professional Website Using Genesis and WordPress. Tonight what we’re going to talk about what a Genesis page is constructed of. What we’re going to do is to set up the appearance of our site using Genesis and WordPress Theme Settings. This [...]

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The Difference between Post and Pages

In this beginner series we are exploring all the aspects of the WordPress and Thesis interface. In this video we explain the difference between Posts and Pages in WordPress. A post is content that you can categorize and tag and then sort through by categories, tags and dates. A page is content that does not [...]

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Lesson 12 - Part 2 - Organizing Content in WordPress

Lesson 12 – Part 2 – Organizing Content in WordPress

Inherent Organization in WordPress The first part of organizing content in WordPress is the inherent organization that exists in WordPress. By inherent organization what I mean is, organization that exists without you doing anything. WordPress has some organization that is automatic and that is inherent. It also has some organization that requires you to take [...]

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Watch Week 2 - Part 3 Membership Site Video

Lesson 2 – Part 3 – Membership Website, Create the Initial Pages

Create a Membership Website – Create the Initial Pages Now we’re going to talk about setting up the initial pages. And just to remind you we are creating this membership site that sells access to individual courses for a fee. Its courses are going to have a set fee, they are going to have a [...]

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Lesson 1 – Part 3 – WordPress Site Structure

Create a Membership Website – Site Structure Before we take questions and before we close, I want to talk briefly about the site structure. Now as you probably already know, WordPress has four native structural elements. It has pages, posts, categories, and tags. Create a Membership Website – Pages A page is a piece of [...]

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Lesson 12 – Add Blog Functionality to the Site

WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS) – Watch the Video What is a content management system? Terminology WordPress is bad at precise terminology Web Page Content Type Taxonomy WordPress Content Types Page Post Attachment Custom WordPress Taxonomies Categories Post Tags Author Date Custom The Types of Web Pages WordPress generates Page page Post page [...]

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