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WordPress – Moderate Comments ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn to Moderate Comments in WordPress. Comment moderation is a process where, when visitors comment on posts, the comment is not published directly until and unless it is approved by the admin to be posted. It manages your comments so that there is no comment spamming. Step (1) − Click on Settings → Discussion in WordPress. Step (2) − The Discussion Setting page gets displayed. In the Comment Moderation field, enter those words or URLs you do not want any visitor to add comments. Whenever a visitor gives any comments it would be moderated by the admin first and then published. Step (3) − Click on Save Changes. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Edit Links ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to edit link in WordPress. Following are the simple steps to Edit Links in WordPress Step (1) − Click on Pages → All Pages as shown in the following screen. Step (2) − You can view the list of pages. When the cursor hovers on the About Us page, then a few options get displayed below About Us. Click on Edit as shown. Step (3) − Hover on the word Lorem (Link for word Lorem was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Links), and click on the pencil symbol to edit the link as shown in the following screen. Step (4) − You can change or edit your link by selecting the page from the existing list. In this case, we have selected the About Us page. After selecting the particular page or post from the list, then click on Update button. Step (5) − When you hover on the word Lorem then the link tooltip get displayed as seen in the following screen. Click on Update button to update the changes in your page or post. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Add Comments ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn to Add Comments in WordPress. Adding comments allows your visitors to have a discussion with you. Comments are approved by the admin and then posted to be discussed further. Following are the steps to add comments to your blog posts. Step (1) − Click on Pages → All Pages in WordPress. Step (2) − The list of pages created in WordPress will get displayed as seen in the following screen. Select any of the pages you want to add comments to. Here, we are going to add comment in About Us page. Click on About Us. Step (3) − To add a comment on this page, click on Screen options present at the top right hand corner. Step (4) − The dropdown list of Screen Option gets displayed. Check the Discussion and Comments box as shown in the following screen. Step (5) − You can now view the Discussion and Comments box at the bottom of your page. In the Discussion section, there are two options present − Allow Comments − Allows visitors to comment on your blog posts and pages. Allow trackbacks and pingbacks on this page − Allows visitors to give pings and trackbacks. In the Comment section, you can add comments by clicking on Add Comment button. Step (6) − Click on Update button after adding the comment box. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – View Plugins ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to View Plugins in WordPress. It helps you to enable and disable WordPress Plugins. This adds the unique features to an existing web site. Plugins extend and enlarge the functionality of WordPress. Following are the simple steps to View Plugins in WordPress. Step (1) − Click on Plugins → Installed Plugins in WordPress administrator. Step (2) − You will see the list of existing plugins on your site as seen in the following screen. A table of Plugin and Description is displayed. Names of the plugins are defined in Plugin column and a brief description about the plugin is defined under Description column. Toolbar Following functions appear as Plugin toolbar options on the page − Active − Shows the active plugins on the website. Inactive − Shows the installed but inactive plugins on the website. Update Available − Shows, if a new version is available or asks to update now. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Personal Profile ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn how to create a Personal profile in WordPress. Following are the steps to Personal Profile. Step(1) − Click on Users → Your Profile from the left navigation bar. Step (2) − When you click on ‘Your profile’ the following screen will be displayed. The following Personal options appear on the screen − Visual editor − While you are adding posts/pages to your site you can enable this setting if you wish to create, format, or edit your post. If you disable this setting, you won’t be able to use this option. Admin color scheme − You can change the color of your WordPress site by selecting any of the following. Keyboard Shortcuts − If you are too fast at getting your work done and need keyboard shortcuts then you can check this box. Toolbar − If you check this box, you can view the toolbar while using WordPress. Name Username − Enter your user name. First Name/ Last Name − Enter your first name and last name. Nick name − Enter nick names if any. Display name publicly as − Check the box if you want your name to be displayed publicly. Contact Info E-mail − Enter a valid e-mail address. Website − Type in your web address. About yourself Biographical Info − Some details about you. New password − Enter a password of your choice. Repeat password − Re-enter the password for authentication. Password must contain 7 characters. Your photo − You can upload an image of your own from your computer. This will be your profile picture. Step (3) − After you have updated all the changes, click on Update Profile. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Customize Plugins ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to Customize Plugins in WordPress without writing any HTML or CSS. It”s usually a large addition for multi-user sites. This new method allows you to customize your login page by using the WordPress theme customizer (no coding skills required). Following are the simple steps to Customize Plugins in WordPress. Step (1) − Click on Plugins → Add New. Step (2) − Install and activate the Custom Login Page Customizer Plugin. Step (3) − Click on Appearance → Login Customize section. Step (4) − Click on Start Customizing button to proceed further. Step (5) − It will launch the built-in WordPress theme customizer. You can customize the theme and make it look the way you want. Click on the new Login Customizer tab in the side panel. Login customizer page will get displayed. On the login customizer page, you can customize your login page in the same way as you customize your WordPress theme. Step (6) − The customized login page will appear as shown in the following screen. Logo − Upload logo of your choice to replace the default WordPress logo. Background − Add background image or you can choose a background color of your choice. Form Background − Select form background image or color for login form container of your choice. Most of the selections in the customizer panel are transparent. You can check all the selections in the customizer to adjust the setting as per your requirement of your login page. Click on Save and Publish button. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – General Setting ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about General Settings in WordPress. WordPress general setting is used to set the basic configuration settings for your site. In the setting administration screen, it is a default setting screen. Following are the steps to access the general settings − Step 1 − Click on Settings → General option in WordPress. Step 2 − The General Setting page is displayed as shown in the following snapshot. Following are the details of the fields on general settings page. Site Title − It displays the name of the site in the template header. Tagline − Displays a short sentence about your site. WordPress Address (URL) − It is the URL of WordPress directory where your all core application files are present. Site Address(URL) − Enter the site URL which you want your site to display on the browser. E-mail Address − Enter your e-mail address which helps to recover your password or any update. Membership − Anyone can register an account on your site after you check this checkbox. New User Default Role − The default role is set for the newly registered user or members. Timezone − Sets the time zone based on the particular city. Date Format − Sets the date format as you need to display on the site. Time Format − Sets the time format as you need to display on the site. Week Starts On − Select the week day which you prefer to start for WordPress calendar. By default it is set as Monday. Site Language − Sets the language for the WordPress dashboard. Step3 − After filling all the information about general settings, click on Save Changes button. It saves all your general setting information. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Edit Comments ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn about how to Edit comments in WordPress. Editing comments can be done only by the admin. Following are the steps to Edit Comments in WordPress. Step (1) − Click on Comments in WordPress. Step (2) − You can view the comments list for the various pages. Select any comment, you want to edit. Click on edit. Step (3) − The Edit comment page gets displayed. You can edit the comment and click on Update Button. Here you can edit the name, e-mail, URL or the comment from the comment box. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

Discuss WordPress ”; Previous Next WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), which allows the users to build dynamic websites and blog. WordPress is the most popular blogging system on the web and allows updating, customizing and managing the website from its back-end CMS and components.This tutorial will teach you the basics of WordPress using which you can create websites with ease. The tutorial is divided into various sections for convenience. Each of these sections contain related topics with screenshots explaining the WordPress admin screens. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Discussion Setting ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Discussion settings in WordPress. WordPress discussion setting can be defined as the interaction between the blogger and the visitors. These settings are done by the admin to have a control over the posts/pages that come in through users. Following are the steps to access the Discussion setting − Step (1) − Click on Settings → Discussion option in WordPress. Step (2) − The Discussion Settings page is displayed as shown in the following snapshot. Following fields are seen in Discussion settings. Default article settings − These settings are default to the new pages you create or new posts. This contains three more settings. They are − Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article − When you publish articles then it sends a notification (sends pings and trackback) to other blogs. Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) − Accepts pings from other blogs. Allow people to post comments on new articles − You can allow or disallow other people to comment on your article using this setting. You can change the settings as per your will for individual articles. Other Comment Settings − This setting has the following options − Comment author must fill out name and e-mail − When you check this box, it is mandatory for visitors to fill their name and email address. Users must be registered and logged in to comment − If you check this box, only those registered visitors can leave comments, if not checked anyone can leave any number of comments. Automatically close comments on articles older than days − This option allows you to accept comments only for a particular time period as per your wish. Enable threaded (nested) comments − When you check this option, visitors can reply or have a discussion and get responses. Break comments into pages with top level comments per page and the page displayed by default − If your pages are getting a lot of comments then you can split them into different pages by checking this box. Comments should be displayed with the comments at the top of each page − You can arrange the comments in the form of ascending or descending order. Email me whenever − This setting contains two options, namely − Anyone posts a comment − When you check into this box, the author gets an e-mail for every single comment that is posted. A comment is held for moderation − This is used in case you do not want your comment to be updated before it”s moderated by the admin. Before a comment appears − This setting allows how your posts are controlled. There are two more settings as followed − Comment must be manually approved − If you check this box then only the approved comments by the admin can be displayed on the posts or pages. Comment author must have a previously approved comment − This can be checked when you want to approve a comment of an author whose has commented and his e-mail address matches the e-mail address of the previous posted comment. Otherwise the comment is held for moderation. Comment Moderation − Contain only a specific number of links that are allowed into a comment. Comment Blacklist − You can input your own spam words which you do not want your visitors to enter into the comments, URL, e-mail etc.; later it would filter the comments. Avatars − Avatar is a small image that displays at the top-right-hand corner of the dashboard screen beside your name. It is like your profile picture. Here you have a few more options where you can set your avatar for WordPress site. Avatar Display − It displays your avatar besides your name when it is checked. Maximum rating − You have a four other options of avatars you can use. They are G, PG, R and X. This is the age section where you select according to which type of audience you want to display your posts. Default Avatar − In this option, there are few more types of avatars with images; you can keep these avatars according to your visitors e-mail address. Step (3) − Click on Save Changes button to save the changes. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;