Category: Blog

WordPress themes are collections of files that designate the blog or website’s style and features. Upon installation, your website will have a default theme, which can be found under the themes directory (wp-content folder) on your web server. However, you can install another WordPress theme available on the WordPress Theme Directory.
Each WordPress theme is divided into pieces in the theme folder that is assembled by the WordPress programming system. The following are the usual theme files common in every WordPress theme. …

Backing up your WordPress Blog is as important as backing up your website. It means you can back it up and must do so especially when you are working on on-site changes. Especially when things go wrong, failing to back up means having to work on your website from scratch, which is the one thing you do not want to experience.
Tips for Backing Up WordPress

Back up your WordPress folders and files using your FTP. Place this in a different folder from your live blog copy.
Back up your WordPress database through the MySQL database section. Please refer to your web hosting for more detailed info on…

As one of the most well-known blogging software programs, WordPress is a great start for anyone who wants to start a blog or a website. While today’s web hosting providers, including WordPress itself, offer a one-click blog setup, there are still a ton of benefits in self-installing WordPress.
These benefits include knowing the version you are working with, has full control of the features that can be useful to blogging, and backup options for your database and files.
Before self-installing WordPress, you need to check whether you have PHP v5.2 or updated, MySQL v5.015 or updated, or an Apache mod-rewrite module that is …