Web Concepts

Installing plugins within WordPress itself, rather than downloading them and re-uploading them to your hosting space manually has been around for some time now.  However, I don’t think many people have discovered this great feature that WordPress has to offer.  Let me guide you through installing a plugin using WordPress on your blog hosted here at Lunarpages.

Step one would be to login to your WordPress powered blog’s administrator section, usually located at:

http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/

Next, you want to click on the Plugins menu in the sidebar.  Once you are on the Manage Plugins page, check in the sidebar under Plugins for a link that says, “Add New”.  Click that link.

This will take you to the Install Plugins web page.  YOu have several options to choose from here.  The two most noticeable ones are the search box and the popular tags.  Here you can find the plugin you are looking for. 

Now, just search for the plugin type you need.  I typed in, “images” and got this screen returned to me:

There you have plenty of image related plugins to choose from.  Now if you select featured, popular, newest or recently updated – you will be taken to another plugin list that shows that type of plugin.  To install a plugin, just hit the, “Install” link under the action column that lines up with that specific plugin. 

A new window will pop up giving you a description of the plugin, and the ability to install that plugin by hitting the button labeled, “Install Now”.  No need for FTP clients, downloading and re-uploading.  WordPress takes care of it all.  When your done installing, you can then turn around and activate, tweak and configure the plugin you have just installed.

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• Lunarpages September Newsletter – Back to Web Hosting School

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• August Newsletter is Reeking of Awesomeness
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Are you tired of the old boring HTML bullets that may have come with your blog theme, or you want to make them a little more fancy, with a little less work?  If you use Windows Live Writer to update your blog, there is a plugin to give you Fancy Bullets.

After you install this plugin, you will have up to 42 other bullets you can use in your blog postings.  You can pick up the plugin on the Windows Live Gallery or via the official web site for the plugin. 

Related Tips and Tricks:

• Wizzypage &ndash Great (and free!) Web Site Editor
• Image Optimization
• What Does Above the Fold Mean in Site Design?

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Need a way to simplify your desktop to get a little writing done? 

DarkCopy.com provides a simple to use online text editor to help clear your mind and get you back to writing.  The green on black is not just a throw back to the good old PC days either.  It is done to reduce the stress on your eyeballs.

Here is a little more about the web site from the developers:

DarkCopy is for anyone who enjoys the simplicity of a typewriter, and wants to increase productivity by focusing only on writing. It was created as a free, web-based clone of WriteRoom.

Go give a shot, at DarkCopy.com.  Your eyes and editor with both thank you.

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