How-To Use Filezilla for FTP (Upload/Download Files)

You may ask yourself “What is FTP” and why do I need it?  FTP means File Transfer Protocol and without getting into all the techno-geek, speak, FTP is used to upload or put files from your computer to a remote (web) site or download or copy files from the remote site to your computer.  As an example, when you purchase music…

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IHB #010: How to Upgrade WordPress

Upgrading a hosted WordPress site can seem daunting but watch this video tutorial on how to upgrade your site with a plugin that works wonders.  Also, consider supporting the developer as I have as this is a wonderful plugin. As improvements are made to the WordPress blog platform, the need to update it and gain enhancements will be necessary.  Some…

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IHB #009: How to use NewsGator or Google Reader

Do you spend time going from one website or blog to the next in search of a recent post? Do you know there are easier methods to subscribe and read all your blogs (and possibly podcasts)? An aggregator, is typically an application that allows one to read or subscribe to a news feed (ie blog, podcast, etc). Aggregators, such as…

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IHB #007: Setting up the First Blog on WordPress.com, Part 2

Are you considering setting up a blog at WordPress.com?  We are going to setup another instance of our first blog using WordPress.com’s platform. As with all systems, you’ll need to create an account that is tied to an email address. NOTE: You can have multiple blogs within one account but there can only be one, unique email address registered with…

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IHB #006: Setting up the First Blog: Blogger, Part 1

Demo of setting up the first blog using Google’s Blogger. Demo includes setting up an email/Gmail account too. We are going to setup our first blog using Google’s Blogger platform but do you have a Google or Gmail account? You will need a Google account to use Blogger but the demo guides  you through that process too. Google account To…

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