What are Comments? Comments are enabled by default. Your visitors can add their thoughts under your post. To review you can access Comments from the back end of WordPress. Any Comments that are currently waiting for moderation will be highlighted in pink. Move your mouse over an existing comment and you’ll see the action links […]
Disable or Enable the Full Height Editor
As you write a new post in WordPress by default, the box you type in expands automatically. This is great, except if you have written a very long article then to reach some of the meta boxes below (for example Theme SEO Settings, Custom Fields, Author – your boxes may be different) it means you […]
Get Updated on any Post Activity
Are you interested enough in a post in your time line, that you’d like to be notified of any new activity? To turn on notifications, click the down pointing arrow head above the post top right and select ‘Turn on notifications’. You’ll get a notification whenever someone comments on this post. If you want to […]
Readability Statistics
Enabling Readability Statistics in Word 2010, to evaluate the writing’s complexity. This can be useful if you are writing a document aimed toward a particular level of audience, for example either the comprehension level of undergraduates or an average 11 year old. For reading ease in most documents you’ll want to aim between a score […]
Saving and Publishing in WordPress
Once you’ve added content to your post/page you have the option of saving as a draft or publishing. Clicking the Save Draft button will simply save your post/page. This is handy if you would like to come back at a later date to add more content or if you’re simply not ready to publish yet. […]
Crop an Image
Select Image Go to Media > Library and select the image to edit. Click the Edit Image button located below the image. OR When in a post\page click on the Add Media button, select the image to edit. Click the Edit Image link on the right. Crop Image Click and drag to outline the crop […]
Excel chart – fast!
Select your data. Press F11 on the keyboard and voila! An instant column chart is created on a new worksheet…
IMAP and POP3 – what’s the difference?
A mailbox is the place where emails are stored. POP3 and IMAP are protocols which are used to connect your mailbox account to email clients, such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Gmail, Outlook.com (Hotmail), or smartphones and tablets. IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol. The crucial benefit of IMAP is that you can receive your […]
Changing the Visibility of Posts in WordPress
You can change the visibility of the post/page by clicking the Edit link just to the right of Visibility: within the Publish panel. Public: is the default and means the post/page is visible to everyone. There is also an option to make the Post ‘sticky’ (Stick this post to the front page). By default posts […]
Screen Options
In the back end admin area, the Screen Options tab appears in the top right of every screen where it can be used. It’s next to Help. It can be used to change your own personal working area to suit yourself and display, hide from view and customise sections. When clicked, the Screen Options menu […]
