WordPress Help Blog http://www.wphelpblog.com Video tutorials to get you through the basics of WordPress Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:37:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 WordpressHelphttp://feedburner.google.com WordPress 2.8.6 released http://www.wphelpblog.com/200911/wordpress-2-8-6-released/ http://www.wphelpblog.com/200911/wordpress-2-8-6-released/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:37:19 +0000 admin http://www.wphelpblog.com/?p=27 Post from: WordPress Help

WordPress 2.8.6 released

]]> WordPress 2.8.6 has just been released, and it addresses a few security concerns.

2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.

The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch. The second problem, discovered by Dawid Golunski, is an issue with sanitizing uploaded file names that can be exploited in certain Apache configurations. Thanks to Benjamin and Dawid for finding and reporting these.

Go ahead and download the upgrade as soon as you can.  If you have a few blogs to upgrade, there are only six new files so it’s easy to do:

  • wp-includes/version.php
  • wp-includes/js/swfupload/plugins/swfupload.speed.js
  • wp-includes/functions.php
  • wp-includes/formatting.php
  • readme.html
  • wp-admin/press-this.php

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WordPress 2.8.6 released

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How to add a link to a blog entry

]]> I get asked this question a lot, but you’ll find it’s quite easy to do.  ”How do I link to another site from inside a blog entry?”  Below a short video to show you how:

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How to add a link to a blog entry

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WordPress 2.8 RC1 is now available.

]]> As reported on my SEO blog, the first RC for WordPress 2.8 is out.  I just upgraded this blog from 2.7.1 to this Release Candidate and it was a very smooth, quick update.

Download it yourself, read the release announcement, or see a list of changes since beta 2.

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WordPress 2.8 RC1 is now available.

]]> http://www.wphelpblog.com/200906/wordpress-2-8-rc1-is-now-available/feed/ 1 How to put a PDF in a blog post http://www.wphelpblog.com/200905/how-to-put-a-pdf-in-a-blog-post/ http://www.wphelpblog.com/200905/how-to-put-a-pdf-in-a-blog-post/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 01:21:41 +0000 admin http://www.wphelpblog.com/?p=21 Post from: WordPress Help

How to put a PDF in a blog post

]]> This is remarkably easy to do, but the question pops up from time to time.  Watch the short video below to see how it’s done.

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How to put a PDF in a blog post

]]> http://www.wphelpblog.com/200905/how-to-put-a-pdf-in-a-blog-post/feed/ 1 How to embed a picture in your WordPress blog http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-embed-a-picture-in-your-wordpress-blog/ http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-embed-a-picture-in-your-wordpress-blog/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:39:49 +0000 admin http://www.wphelpblog.com/?p=14 Post from: WordPress Help

How to embed a picture in your WordPress blog

]]> Adding a picture (or multiple pictures) to a WordPress post is very easy to do.  Watch the video below to see how it’s done!

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How to embed a picture in your WordPress blog

]]> http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-embed-a-picture-in-your-wordpress-blog/feed/ 1 How to embed a video in WordPress http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-embed-a-video-in-wordpress/ http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-embed-a-video-in-wordpress/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:29:46 +0000 admin http://www.wphelpblog.com/?p=12 Post from: WordPress Help

How to embed a video in WordPress

]]> Below is a short video showing you how to embed a video into your WordPress post.  Enjoy!

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How to embed a video in WordPress

]]> http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-embed-a-video-in-wordpress/feed/ 0 How to create a post in WordPress http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-create-a-post-in-wordpress/ http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-create-a-post-in-wordpress/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:28:08 +0000 admin http://www.wphelpblog.com/?p=10 Post from: WordPress Help

How to create a post in WordPress

]]> Below is a short video on how to create a new post in WordPress.

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How to create a post in WordPress

]]> http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-create-a-post-in-wordpress/feed/ 0 How to log-in to your WordPress site http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-log-in-to-your-wordpress-site/ http://www.wphelpblog.com/200901/how-to-log-in-to-your-wordpress-site/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:22:04 +0000 admin http://www.wphelpblog.com/?p=8 Post from: WordPress Help

How to log-in to your WordPress site

]]> We’ve had a few people ask the very basic question: “how do I login?”

It seems easy, but if you’re new to WordPress and you switch to a theme that doesn’t include the meta information on the site, you might not be able to remember.  All you need to do is simply visit your blog homepage and put “/wp-admin” at the end of the URL.

For example, if your blog is “myawesomeblog.com”, then it’d be “myawesomeblog.com/wp-admin”.  If you blog is in subdirectory, like “myawesomesite.com/blog”, then you’d put the wp-admin after the directory, like “myawesomesite.com/blog/wp-admin”.

If you’re somehow still confused about that, here’s a short video that I hope helps.

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How to log-in to your WordPress site

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Welcome

]]> Welcome to the WordPress help blog.  We’ll be posting screenshots and video tutorials to help you as you learn to use WordPress.  If you have a specific question, please use our contact form and we’ll help you out.  Thanks!

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Welcome

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