http://trotterway.com Better Web Publishing using the Genesis Framework. Thu, 24 May 2012 04:40:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Better Web Publishing using the Genesis Framework. trotterWay.com no Better Web Publishing using the Genesis Framework. http://trotterway.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://trotterway.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/V9oCn70oIEo/backup-wordpress-sites http://trotterway.com/598/backup-wordpress-sites#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=598 It is Critically Important to Backup WordPress Websites and Blogs It is always a good idea to make regular backups of your WordPress website.  I would highly recommend backups before periodic events such as WordPress upgrades, WordPress theme updates, and installation or upgrade of WordPress plugins. 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In order to be able to reconstruct your website or blog in case anything goes wrong, you’ll need to backup WordPress files residing on your web host server as well as the WordPress MySQL database. With copies of both these items, you can recreate the website as it was at the time of the backup, if required to do so. In order to backup the database you will need the WordPress Database Backup plugin. Below are 4 simple steps backup WordPress database and files Step 1 Choose Backup from Menu From the Dashboard, locate the Tools menu and click on Backup as shown on the right: - Step 2 Select Backup Options On the resulting page, Backup, scroll to “Backup Options” and:- Specify your email for “Email backup to:” Click on “Download to your computer”. And then, click on “Backup now!” button. You will be asked to save the back to your computer.  Create a folder on your computer and save the database file. Step 3 Schedule Backups Scroll down to Schedule Backup section, click “Once Daily” (or Weekly if you prefer), and specify your email (“Email backup to:”). Then click on “Schedule backup” button. You will now receive email with your WordPress MySQL database as an attachment.  You should keep several copies of these handy just in case you need them. Step 4 Backup WordPress Folders and Files Using an FTP program such as FileZilla, select all the files in your domain and copy them by dragging them to a folder on your local computer as shown below: - Please see video demonstration of how to setup Filezilla to your webserver. Video Demonstration Of How To Backup WordPress Website or Blog Below is a video that demonstrates the steps outlined above on how to backup WordPress website. Click to play. trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/598/backup-wordpress-siteshttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/Backup.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/E2srfdNkCzg/robots-txt-file http://trotterway.com/597/robots-txt-file#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=597 Robots.txt Is An Important File On Your Webserver Robots.txt is an important file to create and maintain on your webserver.  It resides in the same directory as the WordPress configuration (wp-config.php) that can be used to control what the search engines, and other potentially malicious automated software processes, can access on your WordPress website or<a class="read-more-link" href="http://trotterway.com/597/robots-txt-file" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading &#x2026;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~4/E2srfdNkCzg" height="1" width="1"/> http://trotterway.com/597/robots-txt-file/feed/ 0 robots.txt,Video Robots.txt Is An Important File On Your Webserver Robots.txt is an important file to create and maintain on your webserver.  It resides in the same directory as the WordPress configuration (wp-config.php) that can be used to control what the search en... Robots.txt Is An Important File On Your Webserver Robots.txt is an important file to create and maintain on your webserver.  It resides in the same directory as the WordPress configuration (wp-config.php) that can be used to control what the search engines, and other potentially malicious automated software processes, can access on your WordPress website or blog.  You can find out more robots.txt here. Here are the steps to create and maintain your robots.txt file.  In this example, I’m using Hostgator cpanel.  If you have another hosting provider, the steps should be similar, especially if they offer a cpanel interface as well. Step 1 From your cpanel, click on File Manager. Step 2 Then navigate to the domain name you set up for your website.  Locate and click on the robots.txt file and then click on Edit as shown below: - If the robots.txt file does not exist, you can create one by clicking on the “New File” icon on the File Manager menu bar as shown below: - Name the file robots.txt and click on “Create New File” as shown below: - Be sure to name the file "robots.txt". Step 3 Once you have the file open, add the following lines to the robots.txt: - User-agent: * Disallow: /wp- Disallow: /search Disallow: /feed Disallow: /comments/feed Disallow: /feed/$ Disallow: /*/feed/$ Disallow: /*/feed/rss/$ Disallow: /*/trackback/$ After adding the above lines have been added, click on “Save Changes”, and you done. Watch the video below for the steps outlined above. Video to Create and Mainatin Robots.txt File Below is a video demonstrating the steps outlined above. Click to play! trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/597/robots-txt-filehttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/Robotstxt.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/aVsTobAxQW4/genesis-framework-navigation-menus http://trotterway.com/596/genesis-framework-navigation-menus#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=596 The navigation scheme you use on your website or blog is very important and must accomodate your visitors so that they get the best possible user experience whilst on your website. As search engines evolve, user experience will become increasingly important, and as such it is important to plan and build an intuitive and consistent<a class="read-more-link" href="http://trotterway.com/596/genesis-framework-navigation-menus" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading &#x2026;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~4/aVsTobAxQW4" height="1" width="1"/> http://trotterway.com/596/genesis-framework-navigation-menus/feed/ 14 Genesis Framework,Video The navigation scheme you use on your website or blog is very important and must accomodate your visitors so that they get the best possible user experience whilst on your website. As search engines evolve, The navigation scheme you use on your website or blog is very important and must accomodate your visitors so that they get the best possible user experience whilst on your website. As search engines evolve, user experience will become increasingly important, and as such it is important to plan and build an intuitive and consistent navigational scheme on your website. Creating and Managing Genesis Framework Navigation Menus is a Snap! Once you have created some basic content (pages and posts) for your website or blog, you will need to create navigational menu(s) in order for them to be made easily accessible. All Genesis child themes can support multiple navigational menus, up to three, though some child themes have support for only one, perhaps two navigational menus. The Genesis Framework themes all come with built-in support for WordPress page and page navigation. Additionally the Genesis Framework navigation menus you create can be easily placed anywhere on the site that has a place for a WordPress widget. In this article I will use an example involving the Genesis News child theme with the following pages: Home, Articles, About, Contact, and Sitemap, to create a couple of navigational menus. Step 1.Make sure you are logged in to the Dashboard. On the Appearance Menu, click the “Menus” submenu. You will then see the Menus page, similar to the one shown below: - Step 2.We’ll create the primary menu first. On the Menus page, type in a name for our menu and then click “Create Menu” button on the right side of the page. Menu name can be anything you like, in my example I named it “PrimaryNav”. You will get a confirmation message that the menu has been created. Now from the “Pages” section, select “Articles” and “Home” (as used in this example) and then click on the “Add to Menu” button as shown below: - The Home and Articles pages will then appear on the PrimaryNav menu: - Click on the Save Menu. Step 3. Next, we need to create the secondary menu which will contain the About and Contact pages. Create the secondary menu by clicking on “+” icon as shown on the right (next to the PrimaryNav menu, just created).   Specify a menu name – I decided to call it SecondaryNav – and then click on the “Create Menu” button. Step 4. As before, from the Pages section, select About, Contact, and Sitemap pages and then click on “Add to Menu” button. The SecondaryNav menu should then contain these three pages. Click on the “Save Menu” button. Step 5. Now we need to “hook” up the menu in their appropriate places within the theme. On the “Theme Locations” section, select PrimaryNav menu as the Primary Navigation Menu. Select SecondaryNav for the Top Navigation Menu. Click on the “Save” button to save these changes. Video to Create Genesis Framework Navigation Menus The video below summarizes the 5 steps outlined above to create Genesis Framework Navigation Menus. Any thoughts on this article?... trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/596/genesis-framework-navigation-menushttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/NavMenus.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/cDUFyyqREgU/create-wordpress-genesis-framework-theme-home-page http://trotterway.com/595/create-wordpress-genesis-framework-theme-home-page#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=595 How to Customizing Genesis Framework Theme Home Page Majority of Genesis child themes allow you to create a custom Genesis framework theme home page without you having to alter any of the standard WordPress settings. This is a really nice feature of the framework because you get a high degree of customization straight &#8220;out-of-the-box&#8221;. 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Most of the functinality for the Genesis themes is implemented via simple drag-and-drop widget areas allowing you to quickly create and change home pages that are to your liking. See the video below to see the simplicity of the process of creating a custom home page in Genesis themes. Video on Creating a Genesis Framework Theme Home Page Click on the play button below to watch a video demonstration of how to create Genesis child home page. trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/595/create-wordpress-genesis-framework-theme-home-pagehttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/HomePage.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/-nx1piJqLJM/video-customize-genesis-footer http://trotterway.com/594/video-customize-genesis-footer#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=594 Altering the Genesis Footer The StudioPress Genesis child themes all have provisions for a customizing the footer for its child themes &#8211; just one of the features that makes the Genesis Framework so powerful and convenient.  There are just a few steps to modifying the vanilla Genesis footer. Although the footer can be modified to have a significant amount<a class="read-more-link" href="http://trotterway.com/594/video-customize-genesis-footer" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading &#x2026;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~4/-nx1piJqLJM" height="1" width="1"/> http://trotterway.com/594/video-customize-genesis-footer/feed/ 1 Genesis Framework,Video Altering the Genesis Footer The StudioPress Genesis child themes all have provisions for a customizing the footer for its child themes - just one of the features that makes the Genesis Framework so powerful and convenient. Altering the Genesis Footer The StudioPress Genesis child themes all have provisions for a customizing the footer for its child themes - just one of the features that makes the Genesis Framework so powerful and convenient.  There are just a few steps to modifying the vanilla Genesis footer. Although the footer can be modified to have a significant amount of information, I recommend that you keep the inforamtion contained in the genesis footer to a minimum... copyright, return to top of page, and, of course, a link back to WordPress site. Other information such as privacy statements, sitemaps, social media links, recent posts, etc. should be in the footer widgets, residing either above or below the Genesis footer. For a very simple way to edit Genesis child theme footers, use the Genesis Child Theme Settings Plugin Video To Show How To Modify The Genesis Footer For Child Themes trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/594/video-customize-genesis-footerhttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/CustomFooter.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/u9wnNw9mPd8/add-google-analytics-genesis-framework http://trotterway.com/593/add-google-analytics-genesis-framework#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=593 Adding Google Analytics to your Website or Blog Incorporating Google Analytics will give you tremendous insight into your visitor demographics and and the keywords that they are using to arrive at your site. I recommend that you add Google Analytics to your website sooner rather than later. You can get more information on Google Analytics<a class="read-more-link" href="http://trotterway.com/593/add-google-analytics-genesis-framework" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading &#x2026;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~4/u9wnNw9mPd8" height="1" width="1"/> http://trotterway.com/593/add-google-analytics-genesis-framework/feed/ 4 Genesis Framework,Google Analytics,Video Adding Google Analytics to your Website or Blog Incorporating Google Analytics will give you tremendous insight into your visitor demographics and and the keywords that they are using to arrive at your site. Adding Google Analytics to your Website or Blog Incorporating Google Analytics will give you tremendous insight into your visitor demographics and and the keywords that they are using to arrive at your site. I recommend that you add Google Analytics to your website sooner rather than later. You can get more information on Google Analytics here. Video Demonstration of How to Add Google Analytics Click on the play button below to watch a video demonstration of how to install Google Analytics to the Genesis Framework. trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/593/add-google-analytics-genesis-frameworkhttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/SetupGoogleAnalytics.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/yHLdvrNVjpw/setup-wordpress-genesis-framework http://trotterway.com/592/setup-wordpress-genesis-framework#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=592 Installing the Genesis Framework There are 2 steps involved in setting up a Genesis WordPress website or blog.  First, the framework or the parent Genesis theme needs to be installed but do not activate it, and then, secondly, install your favorite child theme. Once the framework and Genesis child themesare installed, you can customize the<a class="read-more-link" href="http://trotterway.com/592/setup-wordpress-genesis-framework" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading &#x2026;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~4/yHLdvrNVjpw" height="1" width="1"/> http://trotterway.com/592/setup-wordpress-genesis-framework/feed/ 1 Genesis Framework,Video Installing the Genesis Framework There are 2 steps involved in setting up a Genesis WordPress website or blog.  First, the framework or the parent Genesis theme needs to be installed but do not activate it, and then, secondly, Installing the Genesis Framework There are 2 steps involved in setting up a Genesis WordPress website or blog.  First, the framework or the parent Genesis theme needs to be installed but do not activate it, and then, secondly, install your favorite child theme. Once the framework and Genesis child themesare installed, you can customize the Genesis settings from the WordPress Dashboard. The video below will make this process clear, just click on the play button to watch. trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/592/setup-wordpress-genesis-frameworkhttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/InstallGenesis.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/o1u1LLjS41o/alter-rename-wordpress-database-tables http://trotterway.com/591/alter-rename-wordpress-database-tables#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=591 Rename WordPress Database Tables WordPress database tables in MySQL contain most of everything that WordPress needs to operate including website content and  configuration parameters for themes and plugins – something hackers would love to get to!   All default WordPress installations have MySQL database table prefix of “wp_”.  Fortunately, it is pretty simple to rename WordPress database<a class="read-more-link" href="http://trotterway.com/591/alter-rename-wordpress-database-tables" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading &#x2026;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~4/o1u1LLjS41o" height="1" width="1"/> http://trotterway.com/591/alter-rename-wordpress-database-tables/feed/ 2 Video,Wordpress Plugins,Wordpress Security Rename WordPress Database Tables WordPress database tables in MySQL contain most of everything that WordPress needs to operate including website content and  configuration parameters for themes and plugins – something hackers would love to get to! Rename WordPress Database Tables WordPress database tables in MySQL contain most of everything that WordPress needs to operate including website content and  configuration parameters for themes and plugins – something hackers would love to get to!   All default WordPress installations have MySQL database table prefix of “wp_”.  Fortunately, it is pretty simple to rename WordPress database tables. Altering WordPress "wp_" Tables Prefixes Modifying the default WordPress table prefixes to something other than “wp_” will reduce the chances of your website or blog being compromised.  There are many different ways to accomplish this task, though using a WordPress Plugin is probably the easiest way to do it. The recommended plugin for renaming WordPress table prefixes is from a company called SeoEggHead. You can download the plugin here. Video to Rename WordPress Database Tables Click on the play button below to watch a video demonstration of renaming WordPress database tables. trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/591/alter-rename-wordpress-database-tableshttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/RenameTables.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/Zo1CR3VyerY/replace-default-wordpress-admin-account http://trotterway.com/580/replace-default-wordpress-admin-account#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=580 Change Default WordPress Admin Account. It&#8217;s Good Practice Most WordPress installation scripts, by default, create an administrator account called “admin”.  If you do not change default WordPress admin account, then you’re giving would-be hackers half the information that they would need to compromise your WordPress website or blog… they would only have to guess only<a class="read-more-link" href="http://trotterway.com/580/replace-default-wordpress-admin-account" rel="nofollow">Continue Reading &#x2026;</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~4/Zo1CR3VyerY" height="1" width="1"/> http://trotterway.com/580/replace-default-wordpress-admin-account/feed/ 0 Video,Wordpress Security Change Default WordPress Admin Account. It's Good Practice Most WordPress installation scripts, by default, create an administrator account called “admin”.  If you do not change default WordPress admin account, Change Default WordPress Admin Account. It's Good Practice Most WordPress installation scripts, by default, create an administrator account called “admin”.  If you do not change default WordPress admin account, then you’re giving would-be hackers half the information that they would need to compromise your WordPress website or blog… they would only have to guess only your password since they would already know the username. Not Perfect, But Still Recommended Although replacing the default WordPress admin account is by no means a guarantee of keeping the system 100% secure, it does make it much harder for it to be compromised.  And so, changing the default admin account name to something other than “admin” is a good idea and should be done for all new installs.  Even for existing WordPress sites, the process to change it is the same and very simple. Video to Demonstrate How to Change Default WordPress Admin Account trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/580/replace-default-wordpress-admin-accounthttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/ReplaceAdminAccount.mp4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TrotterwayPodcasts/~3/UAeBoa-f8Cw/filezilla-ftp-web-server-files http://trotterway.com/576/filezilla-ftp-web-server-files#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 20:04:27 +0000 Nilesh Peshawaria http://trotterway.com/?p=576 Filezilla FTP Software FileZilla is a secure, light-weight, robust, fast FTP software application which can be used to upload and download files from your web server (web host) and your local computer. FileZilla is open-source software and the support and upgrade cycles are both very, very good. 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FileZilla has a support forum where common questions and issues can be addressed. How To Setup and Use FileZilla FTP Here is a short video explaining how to download the FileZilla client, setup the proper connections to your web server, and how to upload and download files.  Before you download FileZilla, I highly recommend you watch the video below that explains how to download, setup, and use FileZilla to transfer files from your local computer to your web server and vice versa. Benefits of FileZilla FTP This product is very user friendly – once you have setup a web server connection in the Setup Manager, you can connect quickly and transfer of files is fast and efficient.  The tabbed user interface on the main window and drag and drop feature makes it super easy to use. For added security FileZilla supports FTPS as well FTP.  Also, if you need it, the software supports many different languages. trotterWay.com no http://trotterway.com/576/filezilla-ftp-web-server-fileshttp://dkub2akqmeb9d.cloudfront.net/videos/FileZilla.mp4 trotterWay.comnonadultBetter Web Publishing using the Genesis Framework.