The FirstSiteGuide Blog
Welcome to the FirstSiteGuide blog where you will find everything you need to know about blogging. It doesn’t matter if you’re an experienced blogger or a total beginner, we cover topics of all levels. This blog also includes extensive sections about WordPress.
In order to access WordPress dashboard, you will have to provide a valid username and a password. When you want to log in, you will have to navigate to the form which is in charge of that. By default, WordPress uses /wp-admin URL to get you to the login form. The form itself, and many […]
Redirections are a standard part of websites, plugins, and themes. Some are happening right in front of eyes, and you might not be even aware what’s going on in the back. Although redirections are usually left for developers, we are going to show you several tips that will let you: Redirect users after successful login […]
Congratulations! You have decided to start a blog, and we are happy to welcome you to the broad family of millions of bloggers spread literally all around the world. Making a decision to start a blog might have been easy, but this is the point where the real decision-making process will start to unfold. Since […]
Similar to categories, tags are a way of grouping WordPress posts and pages. They are usually more specific than categories but are entirely optional. Although you can easily decide not to use tags in your posts, most people in WordPress do tag their posts with at least one word which is the most relevant to the article […]
When browsing the Internet, you probably don’t overthink website speed. If your Internet connection is good enough, you probably have only two conclusions about each and every site regarding the speed – the site is or isn’t fast enough. And that’s how most of the Internet users will see your WordPress site. Even if it’s attractive […]
YouTube is 13 years old and it has definitely changed the way people think about video on the Internet. Although there are few other services which are quite popular among users all over the world, Google’s video service is still number one for many of us. Because of that, WordPress developers made sure that embedding […]
Did you know that there are more than 150 million blogs online? And only a few thousands of those attract a significant and satisfying readership. Building a blog, writing and posting articles is one thing while increasing the blog traffic and maintaining it is quite another. If you have ever wondered how you can increase […]
If you have created a website powered by WordPress, the chances are that you’re are going to publish new content on a daily basis or at least weekly. If so, you will want to hand out your content to users. While many of them will get updates from your site through the site itself and the social media pages you create, you […]
Hi Henry. Could you please introduce yourself and ThemeREX to our audience? Hey, guys. I’m Henry Rise, the ‘commander-in-chief’ of ThemeREX, the power elite author on ThemeForest, which is specialising in producing niche-oriented WordPress themes. For how long have you been online and do you have any side projects that you’re currently involved in? It […]
Having a WordPress website without installing additional extensions is like having a supercar without ever filling it with fuel. That would be crazy, right? Although it is possible to run a site without plugins, you would have to add features manually before activating them on the blog. It would require a lot of skill and […]
Who is Sue B Zimmerman and how she got involved with social media marketing and became The InstagramExpert? Sue B. is a lifelong entrepreneur with over 30 years of business experience driven to help business owners leverage the power of Instagram to meet (and exceed) their business goals. And, with my extensive knowledge and implementation […]
If you are interested in building and launching a website on your own, chances are that WordPress has popped out very frequently in your online searches. This is simply because it is one of the most popular website management systems or blogging systems out there. Why? Because it is very easy to use, has one […]
Font Awesome icons are a set of scalable vector icons which have become a web standard. Instead of creating custom icons or having to find/buy a set of ones for your website, Font Awesome icons allow you to easily install, use and customize different icons from the database. Icons can be freely used by anyone […]
It seems that owning a business website has somewhat become a standard since the benefits so blatantly outweigh the costs. Furthermore, customers and clients tend to trust a business with an online presence more, much in the way you would trust a business that has a phone number more than one that doesn’t. These are […]
Right after search engines, social media are the best way of directing traffic to your website. With social media like Facebook and Twitter, you can easily show people what are you writing about, show them a new video or share any piece of information you want. Those people will share your article if they liked it and thus […]
A simple change of font can point your website in the whole other directions. One font may seem juvenile, while the other one can be perfect for a business website. One will perfectly complement the design of your blog, while the other one can create a disaster. Even if you have purchased one of the […]
Have you ever realized that you had made a mistake while writing a WordPress post just to find out that there’s no easy way to search and replace that typo throughout the entire post? What if you’ve been writing a wrong word, phrase or link for the last few months? Unfortunately, WordPress doesn’t allow you […]
Once you start writing and accumulate more than just a few articles, you will hopefully get more visitors to visit your site. And when they get there, your visitors will want only the best content and that’s only true if they are interested in the topic. So, even if you narrow the field and write […]
Do you know what blogs are? If you don’t, then you’ve come to the right place. In the beginning, a blog was more of a personal diary that people shared online, and it goes back to 1994. In this online journal, you could talk about your daily life or share things you do. But, people […]
Sometimes an online journal, other times an informational website, a blog is the internet’s way of indulging opinionated writers and coaching curious readers. It’s a place within the online universe where individuals (or groups of them) may voice their thoughts and share them with millions. The blog’s definition is somewhat elusive, and the ways to […]
