Tag Archives: FTP

Top 5 – Open Source Utility Software

From a free antivirus to a sweet FTP – there are many ways to improve the performance of your computer for free! In this OS ALT I talk about some of the best open source utility software available today. Join the chat: bit.ly Get the Free Utility Software here: FileZilla – filezilla-project.org Clamtk / Clamav – clamtk.sourceforge.net Wireshark – www.wireshark.org Windirstat – sourceforge.net Kdirstat – launchpad.net Gparted – gparted.sourceforge.net

WordPress Tutorial – Edit a Sidebar File Using a Text Editor

This Advanced-level WordPress tutorial shows how to download, edit and upload a WordPress theme sidebar file (sidebar.php) using FTP software and a text editor. This is considered an advanced WordPress tutorial because you work with the files for the WordPress theme. You do not use the WordPress Dashboard in this tutorial. The tutorial assumes you know how to setup and use FTP software on your computer so that you can download and upload the sidebar file. It also assumes you know how to open a text file like sidebar.php using a text editor. On a PC, common text editors are Notepad and Wordpad. On a Mac, the default text editor is TextEdit. A good Macintosh text editor for HTML and PHP files is BBEdit.

Applying New Themes to your WordPress Blog

www.screencastcentral.com Changing the appearance of your blog in WordPress can be achieved with a single click of your mouse, by applying a new theme. A theme contains all the styling information for your website, and there a literally thousands of different themes on the internet, that you can download and apply to your blog for free. In this Screencast Tutorial, we show you how to apply a new theme to your WordPress blog, and how to download new themes from the internet, and install them on your site.

wordpress Tutorial – How to Activate a New wordpress Theme

SEE THE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS TUTORIAL HERE: www.youtube.com This Intermediate-level wordpress tutorial shows how to change your theme when your site is hosted on wordpress.com. It also shows you how to find a new theme on a site like themes.wordpress.net, download it to your computer, unzip and upload it to the wp-content – themes folder on your web hosting server, and activate it using Dashboard – Presentation. If you need help with using FTP software (required for this tutorial) just send me a comment.