http://www.getcesigned.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:20:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You'll notice when taking a gander at my custom theme packages, that I reference "Celia's Plugin Pack" quite a bit.  So, to help those that know how to help themselves, I thought I'd give ya'll a list of my "must-have" plugins. 1) WP-DB-Backup: A plugin that will automagically email you backups ... http://www.getcesigned.com/2008/10/celias-plugin-pack/ If you've ever visited my author site, you'll see a little block in the sidebar that contains fun sex facts.  The cool thing about that block is that the facts rotate with each page refresh.  Woot! Today, I'll discuss two different plugins that allow quote rotation and another that allows images ... http://www.getcesigned.com/2008/09/how-do-i-rotate-stuff/ Another question from Jeanne and I'm sure others of you out there have this same question. You can login to wordpress.com to work on your blog in one of two ways: 1) Go to www.yourblog.wordpress.com/wp-login.php 2) Add the Meta widget to your blog and use that link to get to the above address ... http://www.getcesigned.com/2008/09/how-do-i-get-into-wordpresscom-easily/ Shhh...  No laughing.  All ranges of techno-scared persons are welcome here.  Even those who don't know quite how to use photobucket. So, last lesson we discussed how to put a linkable image in your Wordpress sidebar and Jeanne asked how to upload images to photobucket. Here we go.... 1) Register and confirm subscription ... http://www.getcesigned.com/2008/09/how-do-i-upload-to-photobucket/ Jeanne asked how she could put a picture in her wordpress.com sidebar and I'll gladly answer her today. Note:  These instructions work for BOTH a wordpress.com blog AND a self-hosted wordpress site. 1)Upload your image somewhere.  Either to your host space via your wordpress installation or to somewhere like photobucket.  But, it ... http://www.getcesigned.com/2008/09/how-do-i-put-a-picture-in-my-sidebar/ A lot of wordpress blogs/sites (and blogs in general) fall victim to spam and the icky, annoying comments they leave on posts.  One nearly built in way to avoid the yuckiness that is spam is by using Akismet Spam Blocker. Akismet is auto-installed with every new wordpress installation.  It's like magic!  ... http://www.getcesigned.com/2008/09/how-do-i-stop-the-spam/ With every new website comes a set of frequently asked questions.  Today, I'll be addressing inserting a picture into posts/pages. So, lets get to it! Obviously, the first thing we have to do is go to Write > Page (or Post) so that we have somewhere to upload the image to.  When ... http://www.getcesigned.com/2008/09/how-do-i-insert-a-picture/