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Working with the Site Footer on Medinteract.com

Michael — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:51:13 +0000

The footer on the Medinteract.com website is widgetized. This means you can control its content under “Appearance > Widgets” in the WordPress admin. Watch this screencast to see how:

An Introduction to the Ebenezer-Ministries.org Redesign

Michael — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:14:13 +0000

The following videos serve as an introduction to the beta version of a redesign I’ve been working on for Ebenezer-Ministries.org. While not an exhaustive review, the videos do serve as a good introduction to many of the main features of the new site:

1) Introduction to Ebenezer-Ministries.org

This video provides a general overview of the newly redesigned Ebenezer-Ministries.org website:

2) Adding Photos to the Ebenezer-Ministries.org Website

Watch this video to see how to upload photos to the Ebenezer-Ministries.org website:

3) Adding Teaching Notes and Prayer Request Posts

This video shows how to add teaching notes and other types of posts to the Ebenezer-Ministries.org website:

How to save a post as a draft in WordPress

Michael — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:15:33 +0000

Saving a post as a “draft” is as simple as clicking on the “Save Draft” button under the publish settings when you’re writing a post in WordPress. Watch this screencast to see a visual demonstration of this technique:

How to administer the Aldis Customer Support Portal

Michael — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:35:35 +0000

The Aldis Customer Support Portal is a WordPress-powered site where Aldis customers and distributors can download files and app notes and also find answers to frequently asked questions. These screencasts show how to administer this portal:

1) New User Registration

This screencast shows how new user registration works from the perspective of a customer coming to the site and registering for access. The video shows how the customer will register for the site and how the admin will approve the customer for the site:

2) How to add a new Download, App Note or FAQ and restrict its access to specific user groups

Watch this screencast to see how to add new content to the Aldis Customer Support Portal and restrict access to that content to a specific user group:

Recognizing Broken Links with the Broken Link Checker Plugin for WordPress

Michael — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:23:08 +0000

The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress adds a strike-through to any invalid links. Watch this screencast to see how you can identify those links and correct them:

How to recover pages and posts from the WordPress Trash

Michael — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:55:14 +0000

WordPress has a trash feature that allows you to recover pages you accidentally “delete”. Watch this video to see how:

How to link to other posts in your WordPress blog

Michael — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:15:12 +0000

Watch this video to see a best practice example of linking to other posts in your WordPress blog:

Google Apps: HowTo Create Forwarders and Setup Group Accounts

Michael — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:21:19 +0000

These two videos show how to solve two common email scenarios in Google Apps:

Forwarding emails to a particular address, and
Creating an account and forwarding that account’s mail to another account.

How to use a group email address to forward mail in Google Apps

How to setup a new mail account and forward that account’s mail in Google Apps

How to change the menu order on the Thesis Theme via drag-and-drop

Michael — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:56:05 +0000

Sometimes it’s hard to do something until you’ve actually seen an example. In this case, the drag-and-drop feature of the WordPress Thesis theme is sometimes hard to get the hang of. Therefore, I’ve made this video to show my client exactly where to click:

Using a CAPTCHA field to deal with cForms II spam submissions

Michael — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:46:32 +0000

If you are receiving spam submissions via your cForms II feedback form, you can use a CAPTCHA field to eliminate most robotic spam submissions: