To create a new WordPress user profile is quite easy. As the Administrator of you site, you may want to add the ability for other people to access the Dashboard and perform various tasks. What each person is allowed to do depends on what Role they are assigned.

To add, manage or delete user profiles you will need to follow the directions below or watch the video above.

First you need to log in to your WordPress site. once you are at the Dashboard click on “Users” located on the left-hand side panel of the page. Then click “Add New.” You’ll now see a page that will allow you to type in the new username, first name, last name, email address, website (not needed), and a password.

Select the Role. Roles listed include subscriber, administrator, editor, author, and contributor.

Each Roll has a distinct function. The Administrator is the highest level of user and can do everything. The Administrator can change all the settings in the blog, as well as switch themes and activate and edit plugins. The Administrator also has the power to edit users and edit files, manage options, and import files. Everything.

An Editor is the second highest role. An Editor can moderate comments and manage categories. An Editor is also allowed to manage links, enter unfiltered html, edit published posts, edit other contributor’s posts, and edit pages. Editors are also able to upload files and publish posts.

Authors are the role who create content through posts on the website,

Then there is the role of Contributor. Contributors can create and edit their own posts; however, they do not have the authority to upload images. Contributors can write a post and save it but they can’t publish it. They have to get the Editor or Administrator to do that. They are able to insert images that have already been uploaded to the media library.

And the final role is the Subscriber. A Subscriber has the ability to read content published on the website, make comments and edit their profile.

So, to create a new WordPress user is very easy once you do it a few times and figure out permission levels or access you want each user to have.

For more information on WordPress User Profiles check out these links below…

How do I add a new user on WordPress? :: Online Tech Support …

Adding additional users to your WordPress blog is a fine example. There’s not just “add a user“, but you can assign them any of six different roles behind the scenes, ranging from making them another administrator to giving them the most …

Publish Date: 11/29/2011 7:39

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/add_a_new_user_on_wordpress_blog.html

WordPress User Roles Defined – Lyrical Biz

It’s pretty easy to add people to your WordPress site, but did you know that you can assign a new user different levels of capability? You may look at these roles in the drop-down box and say, fine and dandy, but what do they …

Publish Date: 09/08/2011 14:16

http://lyricalbiz.com/2011/wordpress-user-roles-defined/

From WordPress.org site… Roles and Capabilities

The steps below and the video above will teach you how to insert and format images in your WordPress websites.

1. In your WordPress Dashboard, on the left column go to Posts or Pages menu, click Add new.
2. By default, the WordPress editor looks very plain. It is just a white box with some small icons on top of it.
3. First, move your mouse cursor and click on the location inside the editor space, where you want the image to be put.
4. Then, move your mouse cursor to the top of the WordPress editor, you will see the words Upload/Insert.
5. Click on the small rectangle icon just next to it on the right side. This is the Add an image icon link.
6. A new pop-up window will be opened. This window has Add media files from your computer on it.
7. Click on the Browse… button
8. Find the image file you want to insert into the editor space.
9. Click Upload.
10. Then the image thumbnail will shown.
11. You may leave the Title field empty if you want to.
12. Click on the None under the Link URL.
13. Select the Alignment and Size you want.
14. Finally, click on the Insert into Post or Insert into Page.
15. The pop-up window will close automatically.
16. You will see that your uploaded image is displayed in the editor area.

If you want to move it to another paragraph or line, you can move your mouse cursor on top of the image, click the left mouse button and hold it. Drag the image to the location you want.

That’s pretty much it. It is very easy for you to insert an image into WordPress.

You can find some more info on how to do this from the sites below…

How to Put Two Pictures Side by Side in WordPress

Learn how to put two pictures side by side in WordPress. Why my dog looks high as a kite will remain a mystery.

Publish Date: 10/16/2011 18:10

http://ibytemedia.com/how-put-two-pictures-side-by-side/

3 Ways to Make Your Site More Visually Appealing — Blog …

Don’t make readers squint to view your photos. Generally speaking, bigger photos are better, as long as they’re properly aligned. Check out the Get Flashy tutorial on Learn.WordPress.com for tips on aligning and resizing …

Publish Date: 10/10/2011 11:20

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/3-ways-to-make-your-site-more-visually-appealing/

No More Mistakes: 10 Step WordPress Blog Post Checklist

I like to wait until I have finished writing before I add images. Once I am ready to add images, I will make sure that they are appropriately sized before I upload them. There is no point uploading a 1000 sq px …

Publish Date: 11/23/2011 5:45

http://wpmu.org/10-step-wordpress-blog-post-checklist/

Making a page in WordPress is very similar to making a post.  When you log in you will be taken to your dashboard. To create a new page, expand the “Pages” menu in the column on the left. Click on “add new.” This will bring you to the screen where you can create your post.

In the bar where it says “Enter title here,” type in the title of your blog post. The box underneath is where you can type the body of your entry. In the toolbar above that box you will see icons that will allow you to do things that any word processing program will allow you to do, such as bold the text, create italics, create bulleted lists, adjust the alignment of the text, insert links, and spell check.

When you are done with your post you can see what it will look like on your blog by clicking on the “preview” button on the right-hand side of the page. When you are happy with your post simply click the “publish” button on the right-hand side of the page and your post will be made public.

Here are a few links to help you some more…

How to Create a New Page in Your WordPress Website – Spark …

Tweet this. Learn how to easily create a new page for your WordPress website, as well as selecting a custom page template and parent page. Log in to your website’s WordPress Dashboard using mydomain.com/wp-admin. …

Publish Date: 02/03/2011 0:00

http://www.sparklogix.com/how-to-create-a-new-page-in-your-wordpress-website/

Create a WordPress Page

This lesson is one in a series on how to create a website using WP. You can find the complete course here. This lesson is very basic and just goes over the fundamentals of making a new page in WordPress and adding an …

Publish Date: 10/25/2011 18:08

http://daryledickens.com/how-create-page-wordpress/

Posting articles, pictures or videos on your WordPress blog is a fairly easy process but there are a few things that you have to know and do in order to get your posts published on your site.  The video above will show you how to get started posting to your blog.

Below you’ll find step by step instructions to help you.

You first need to log in to your site.  You will then be taken to your dashboard.

On the left hand side of the screen under “Dashboard” you have your complete “Menu” for your site.  Look for “Posts”.  Click on that and the “Posts” menu will expand.  Under “Posts” you will now see a few choices. Click on “Add New”.  This will bring up a screen where you’ll now be able to make your post.

Under “Add New Post” there is a blank box with “Enter title here”. Click inside this box and type the title for your post.

After you have made your title click on the larger blank box below it.  This is where you’ll be typing your article post, adding pictures or video.  At the top of that box there are a number of icons. Those icons will allow you to create articles just like any other type of word processing program does like make text bold or italicized, add bullet points or change the allignment of the text.  As well, you can add links and check your spelling with the spell checker.

Start typing and create your masterpiece or whatever you want to write about.

Once you are finished you can click on the “Preview” button on the right hand side of the screen.  This will open up a screen that will show what your post will look like.  If you are happy with how your post looks then go back to your posting page and click “Publish”.

That’s it.  There are other things that you can and should do for posting and we will cover those in the next videos.

Here are some links of other info about making WordPress posts…

<p><strong><a href=’http://www.alt-creative.com/how-to-create-your-first-wordpress-blog-post/’>How To: Create Your <b>First WordPress Blog Post</b> | alt-creative.com</a></strong></p><p>How To: Create Your <em>First WordPress Blog Post</em>. Posted on February 5, 2011 by admin. This month we&#39;re showing you how to create your first WordPress post. Since we are just getting started, feel free to email us topics that you would like to <b>…</b></p><p><b>Publish Date:</b>&nbsp;02/05/2011 9:21</p><p><font color=’007000′>http://www.alt-creative.com/how-to-create-your-first-wordpress-blog-post/</font></p>

<p><strong><a href=’http://ad-blogs.net/?p=5885′>Writing Your <b>First WordPress Blog Post</b> Step-by-Step Guide – the <b>…</b></a></strong></p><p>kingsolutions.org.uk How do you write your <em>first WordPress blog post</em>? This video will show you how. kingsolutions.org.uk for a HD &amp; PDF download. We will cover the QuickPress posting method first followed by the full <b>…</b></p><p><b>Publish Date:</b>&nbsp;11/10/2011 13:31</p><p><font color=’007000′>http://ad-blogs.net/?p=5885</font></p>

<p><strong><a href=’http://wptube.net/wordpress-thesis-tutorial-how-to-write-your-first-blog-post-and-fill-out-seo-details/’><b>Wordpress</b> Thesis Tutorial: How to write your <b>first blog post</b> and <b>…</b></a></strong></p><p>Hello it&#39;s Asher Fergusson here giving you a quick tutorial about how to write a <em>blog post</em> using the <em>WordPress</em> Thesis Theme and to add it to your <em>blog</em>. So here we are at galaxyninja.com and the <em>first</em> thing you&#39;ll need to <b>…</b></p><p><b>Publish Date:</b>&nbsp;11/02/2011 20:27</p><p><font color=’007000′>http://wptube.net/wordpress-thesis-tutorial-how-to-write-your-first-blog-post-and-fill-out-seo-details/</font></p>

One thing you need to do if you want the most traffic possible for your WordPress blog from the search engines is to edit your permalink structure.

The way that you go about doing this is by clicking on, in your WordPress Admin area, Settings on the left vertical menu, and then selecting Permalinks.

You’ll see a number of options:

Default [http://yourdomain.com/?p=123]
Day and name [http://yourdomain.com/2009/02/15/sample-post/]
Month and name [http://yourdomain.com/2009/02/sample-post/]
Numeric [http://yourdomain.com/archives/123]

The above options have to be avoided at all costs. You MUST have your permalinks set so that the name of your post (and hopefully the keywords you’re trying to target) appear inside your URL.

To do this here is a good permalink structure to use. Select CUSTOM and enter:

/%postname%/

And then click SAVE.

Again it ensures that your keywords are going to appear in the URL rather than an arbitrary NUMBER for the name of your post.

The video above will show you how to do this.  Also, the links below will give you some more background on why and how to edit your permalinks.

WordPress Permalinks 101: How, When and Why to Use Them …

This means that, for as long as the blog is live, the link will always point to that content and can be referenced both externally and internally, without fear that the content will change. Permalinks can then be used when …

Publish Date: 11/03/2011 7:57

http://wp.tutsplus.com/articles/wordpress-permalinks-101-what-how-when-and-why-to-use-them/

WordPress: Custom Permalinks | Kegan Quimby

Often times, one of the first things I do to anyone’s site or blog is to change the permalinks (the link to the page/article). The default is this messy link that looks like this yoursite.com?p=214. For starters this is terrible for your …

Publish Date: 09/26/2011 5:07

http://keganquimby.com/tutorials/wordpress-custom-permalinks

How To Change Permalinks In WordPress – Nicole Acosta

Change Your Permalinks In WordPress. Permalinks are very important for Search Engine Optimization, so you want them to be as SEO friendly as you can. It’s funny, I have come across some ” BIG time marketers” or “Gurus” …

Publish Date: 08/25/2011 3:02

http://nicoleacosta.com/how-to-change-permalinks-in-wordpress

If you need to install the WordPress manually follow along with the video and you’ll discover how to do this. It is a little more work but it is fairly straightforward and pretty easy once you know what to look for and what to do.

How To Install WordPress On Your Site Using Cpanel Or FTP …

If you have to manually install WordPress from scratch, you’ll first need to download the files themselves. You can do so … If for some reason you have any trouble, you can also take a look at the online manual for WordPress: …

Publish Date: 10/13/2011 5:08

http://www.multiplestreammktg.com/blog/how-to-install-wordpress-on-your-site-using-cpanel-or-ftp-program/

How to manually install WordPress | NascentStuff – Android …

I have written a post on how to make a free blog on WordPress.com. A free blog is good in that you do not have to do anything like getting a domain name, paying for a hosting service or even setting up a database etc. But if you want to have …

Publish Date: 05/28/2011 20:47

http://www.nascentstuff.com/how-to-manually-install-wordpress

How to Manually Install WordPress on Your Domain | Kkomp.com …

The WordPress Codex has instructions for performing this operation, but people may find it a little too geeky; which is why I decided to write this article.

Publish Date: 02/21/2011 10:39

http://kkomp.com/2011/02/21/how-to-manually-install-wordpress-on-your-domain/

To quickly and easily install WordPress on your website it is highly recommended that you will need to choose a hosting provider that offers cPanel web based management software. If your webhost doesn’t provide you with cPanel, you will need to look at Manual WordPress installation which is much more time consuming a technical.

Below are step-by-step instructions on how to install WordPress with cPanel

1. Log into your cPanel account and search for the Fantastico Icon (Smiley Face) and click on it

2. In the Fantastico navigation menu click WordPress

3. Select New Installation

4. Choose on which domain you wish to Install WordPress. Unless you have a subdomain, there should only be one domain (www.yourdomain.com). If you have Subdomains registered, then you just choose the one you wish to Install WordPress on. Install in directory – leave empty unless you already have WordPress installed on your domain and you want to add a new WordPress directory, for example www.yourdomain.com/blog, just enter blog in the empty space without the “/”. Admin access data – these are you log in details. Base configuration – Choose your admin nickname, e-mail address, site name, description of your site and now Install WordPress.

5. Finish Installation. Fantastico will create a brand new database for you and create the necessary WordPress files.

6.Even if you did write down the admin details, fill in your e-mail address and the details of the WordPress Installation will be e-mailed to you.

7. Go to your Domain to check it out. You should see WordPress installed now with the default WordPress theme.

Here are some more places to check out about learning how to install WordPress…

Installing WordPress on Your Own Site

Before installing live journal on your website a few steps need to be delivered to make it a secure set up. Following are the pre-requsites to some wordpress install To start with, before we start with the installation we need.

Publish Date: 11/07/2011 1:45

http://www.designfixe.net/installing-wordpress-on-your-own-site/

Install WordPress – WordPress Tutorial and WordPress How To Videos

WordPress SEO Tips: Install WordPress – WordPress Tutorial. video.wordpressvideotips.net – Learn how to install WordPress with a step by step video made by Mark Pierce with WordPress Video Tips. In this quick install, we …

Publish Date: 11/07/2011 14:40

http://wptutor.tv/?p=43314

How to Install WordPress on Hostgator Hosting | Daily Tech Tips …

Being WordPress as the best CMS, so everyone should know how to install WordPress. Its not difficult to install wordpress on Hostgator Hosting. It only needs a little care.

Publish Date: 10/22/2011 4:58

http://dailytechtips.org/how-to-install-wordpress-on-hostgator/

You can host as many as you want via an addon domain if you’ve signed up for an account which allows this with your web host. Addon domains let you host different sites on your account with a unique and separate domain name and they share the same space. Subdomains let you host a separate domain in a folder on you main domain.

For example if your primary site is www.yourdomain.com, you could make www.yourotherdomain.com as an addon domain or www.other.yourdomain.com as a subdomain. Whereas both www.yourdomain.com and www.yourotherdomain.com would be totally separate Web sites and visitors wouldn’t know they were in the same account or owned by the same person, if you had a subdomain of www.other.yourdomain.com they would know that it was owned by the same person that owned www.yourdomain.com. It all has to do with what you want to do with your sites and what they are about.

Most decent hosting packages allow this. HostGator, Bluehost and Canadian Web Hosting are good hosts that provide cPanel.

Here are some other articles that will help you learn more about this subject…

add on domains – HostGator Peer Support Forums

I just wanted to provide more information which hopefully will help clarify how you’ll handle the domains in your cPanel. The first article discusses how addon domains work: http://support.hostgator.com/article…n-addon- …

Publish Date: 09/18/2011 3:36

http://forums.hostgator.com/add-domains-t140886.html?p=315859

What Are Addon Domains and Sub Domains And Why use Them?

Addon domains and sub domains are not the same thing. There exists a difference between an addon domain name and a sub domain name. 4 advantages of addon domain.

Publish Date: 10/24/2011 1:16

http://domainnames.nikenya.com/addon-domains-and-sub-domains.html

The difference between sub domains, parked domains and add-on …

I still get confused about the differences between sub domains, parked domains and add-on domains… so here’s a handy reference definition: Sub domain Lets.

Publish Date: 08/21/2011 23:54

http://www.cody1.co.uk/the-difference-between-sub-domains-parked-domains-and-add-on-domains/

WordPress is designed to be set up through your own web host like this one that you are reading now.  But if you do not have a web site, you can get a free account through WordPress.com and they will host it for you.

Although WordPress is an “open source” community, meaning it is derived from and driven by volunteers, they have an active forum and many helpful links to assist you with building and maintaining your own blog.

WordPress is current with today’s web standards and looks much cleaner and professional than some of its competitors. You can change the template over to one that is in the WordPress arsenal.

However, if you blog on freehosts like WordPress.com just be aware your content and your blog is in the hands of others who will decide for the world whether or not your blog should be seen by others.

When starting to blog it is a fine place to start but have as your goal to have your own blog on your own domain and hosting accounts.

The video above will help you to set up your account on WordPress.com so you can get started blogging today.

Have fun.

I woke up Sunday morning to find that my main computer was off. At first I thought it was just in sleep mode. It does that after a short time. Saves energy that way I’m told. Usually, I can just move the mouse or hit one of the keys and it will wake up.

No, not this time.  Damn. No power at all. I tried different electrical outlets with no success. Nothing. Damn, this is going to be a crappy day!

This is my newest computer. The one that would make Tim Allen proud. You know, the one with all the power…Quad core processor, 8 GB of RAM, a skookum video card and all the other bells and whistles to be able to work with video, Skype and a bunch of my other newer software.

I had just started a new series on my blog and it was being being created to have text and videos. Videos that were created on my now dead computer. Okay, not entirely created on that computer but, mostly.  All the final edits and putting it all together.  The parts that matter.

This is what I was going to spend my Sunday morning doing. Didn’t happen though.  Change of plan.

As it was Sunday morning (of course) I had to wait to call my tech repair guy, James.  I wasn’t worried about the data for the long term as I know that can be recovered in most cases.  How do I know that? Well, I used to work for a data recovery software company.  So, that part was not a concern for me.  However, what concerned me and had me swearing a bit (okay a lot) was that I couldn’t access my data – files, videos, emails or Skype right then. I still can’t.

I was able to get over to my tech repair guys place late Sunday and have him look at the computer.  We thought it was the power supply.  It wasn’t. That would have been too easy.

No he found that the mother board had died. No major explanation. It just died. It fell under the category of “shit happens.”

Turns out it will cost more to repair it than to buy a new computer. Great, either way it is $500 – $700 that I wasn’t planning on spending for another year. That was going to be to replace my older computer. No, I’ll be spending that money on the new computer to get a newer computer. Shit happens.

It wouldn’t have been so much of an issue if I had just backed up my files on a regular basis with an external hard drive.  It’s not like I don’t have one to do this. No it is just that I never expected the new computer to give me any troubles so I didn’t bother.  Oops! I could have been working with most of my files / data on my old computer by just unplugging the external hard drive from the new computer and plugging into the old computer. I wouldn’t be able to work on the videos quite as nicely as on the new one but I could have accessed all my other files.  And, I need to access them.

So, I wait.  I wait for the few days or week (or, heaven for bid – more) to get a new computer so that I can put the dead computer’s hard drive in it and power it up.

If you’ve been procastinating or lazy like me I highly recommend that you spend a little time to back up all of your files. If you have a large enough external hard drive then back up everything including programs.

This may never happen to you but then again, it might.  Be smart and back up your computer.