Add Features to a WordPress Blog with Widgets

Make Your Blog Come to Life When you set up your WordPress blog, you select a Theme to control the look and feel of the site. WordPress themes create a sidebar (or two) on the right and/or left side of your screen. You can add further styling, information, and functionality to your site using Widgets. [...]

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Writing a Blog Aritcle Using the WordPress Web Interface

Publishing Articles in Your WordPress Installation

Now that you have your WordPress Blog installed and configured, you are ready to start writing and publishing articles. WordPress has a web-based interface that allows you to write, edit, and publish articles to your blog.

I’m going to cover the steps involved in publishing your first article from your WordPress Web Interface. You will perform the following steps:

• Log In to your WordPress site
• Navigate to the Add New Post page
• Enter the information for your article
• Publish your article
• Edit and update your article (if necessary)

Accessing the WordPress Post Interface

You need to log in to your WordPress Site Administration panel to begin writing and publishing a blog post.

Click the Log In link under the Meta heading in your site’s sidebar.

Then, enter your Login and Password information on the Login page.

This will bring you to the WordPress Dashboard. You can access the Posts pages from there.

Click the Posts dropdown and select Add New Post from the sidebar.

This will open the Add New Posts page.

Enter Your Article Information

You will enter all of the information and metadata for your article on the Add New Post page. Populate all of the fields with the information for your article.

You can click the Preview button to see what your post currently looks like, before you actually post it. I highly recommend doing this to make sure you get what you expect.

The video below will show you how to use the editing options and add images to your posts.

Publish Your Article

Once you are satisfied with your article, you are ready to publish it. Click the Publish button to make your new article go live. There is also a calendar button that allows you to schedule the date and time that a post will be published.

Edit Your Article

Sometimes after you publish an article, you need to make changes or modifications. You can open the published article and edit any information. Then, you can click the Update Post  button to make your changes go live instantly.

The following video tutorial will walk you through the entire process of publishing your first article on a WordPress blog.

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100th Article on VitaminCM.com

A Look at the Past, Present, and Future

I was looking at some information in my site’s dashboard the other day and noticed that I was at my 99th post. Well, that would make this my lucky 100th article. I started VitaminCM.com on May 16th, 2007 while I was away at a Training & Development convention. That makes 21 months, which equals 4.7 articles per month or 1.1 per week.

My Favorite Articles

Every now and then I crank out a decent article. Here are a few that I really liked.

Easy Way to Download TV Shows from the Internet

How to Download TV Shows from the Internet (Part 2)

10 Worst TV Spin-Offs of All Time

10 Best TV Spin-Offs of All Time

Reusing an Old PC as a Server Part 1

Reusing an Old PC as a Server (Part 2)

Awesome Adobe Acrobat Alternatives that Will Make Love to your Computer

See How to Upgrade Your Career in a Recession Using Technology

How to Set Up A Testing Server on Your PC

What was I thinking?

Sometimes I think I’m onto something and well, I’m really not. Here are some of my more questionable calls.

What’s the Point to Unlocking the iPhone?

How to Survive a Zombie Attack this Halloween

Driving in a Winter Wonderland – Christmas Lights Overload

The Best Horror Punk Lyrics Ever!!!

What have I learned?

I’ve learned a lot over the last two years. First and foremost, I’m a lousy proofreader. If I ever have a budget to hire anyone, it will surely be a proofreader. I need to take my time to right a thorough article, even if it means getting it out a little slower. Probably the most important thing I learned is that I need to write something useful. People don’t have time to waste, so I need to provide useful tips, reviews, or opinions.

A couple of other things that I learned is that I have to hustle, hustle, hustle. That involves two things: reading a lot and meeting a lot of people. I’m pretty good at the reading part, but I don’t get out to events enough. Gotta work on that.

Where am I going?

I plan to do more tutorials and productivity articles. I’m also going to do product reviews of whatever gadgets come into my life (given this ginormous budget). If you have anything that you would like to read about or see how to do, please write it in the comments or email me. You can find my information on the Contact page.

So, thanks for reading and if you really like it, tell a friend.

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Best Blogging Practices and Search Engine Optimization

Good Ideas make a good post but Good Practices make a good Blog. Bloggers, today face a lot of competition. One can easily find a handful of blogs written about the iPhone or about making the ‘Chicago Sunset pie’. So, to come to the spotlight, a blog must be different from its competitors. Here we [...]

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New Features O’ Plenty – Early Christmas for the Readers

Several New and Improved Features Added to Improve VitaminCM I was starting to get a little frustrated with some of the site’s layout and features recently, so I decided to do a major overhaul. Over the last week or so, I tested out and deployed sever updates that should make your reading experience a little [...]

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