Archive for the ‘Screencasts’ Category

Working with the Site Footer on Medinteract.com

The footer on the Medinteract.com website is widgetized. This means you can control its content under “Appearance > Widgets” in the WordPress admin. Watch this screencast to see how:

An Introduction to the Ebenezer-Ministries.org Redesign

The following videos serve as an introduction to the beta version of a redesign I’ve been working on for Ebenezer-Ministries.org. While not an exhaustive review, the videos do serve as a good introduction to many of the main features of the new site:
1) Introduction to Ebenezer-Ministries.org
This video provides a general overview of the newly redesigned [...]

How to save a post as a draft in WordPress

Saving a post as a “draft” is as simple as clicking on the “Save Draft” button under the publish settings when you’re writing a post in WordPress. Watch this screencast to see a visual demonstration of this technique:

How to administer the Aldis Customer Support Portal

The Aldis Customer Support Portal is a WordPress-powered site where Aldis customers and distributors can download files and app notes and also find answers to frequently asked questions. These screencasts show how to administer this portal:
1) New User Registration
This screencast shows how new user registration works from the perspective of a customer coming to the site and [...]

Recognizing Broken Links with the Broken Link Checker Plugin for WordPress

The Broken Link Checker plugin for WordPress adds a strike-through to any invalid links. Watch this screencast to see how you can identify those links and correct them:

How to recover pages and posts from the WordPress Trash

WordPress has a trash feature that allows you to recover pages you accidentally “delete”. Watch this video to see how:

How to link to other posts in your WordPress blog

Watch this video to see a best practice example of linking to other posts in your WordPress blog:

Google Apps: HowTo Create Forwarders and Setup Group Accounts

These two videos show how to solve two common email scenarios in Google Apps:

Forwarding emails to a particular address, and
Creating an account and forwarding that account’s mail to another account.

How to use a group email address to forward mail in Google Apps

How to setup a new mail account and forward that account’s mail in Google [...]

How to change the menu order on the Thesis Theme via drag-and-drop

Sometimes it’s hard to do something until you’ve actually seen an example. In this case, the drag-and-drop feature of the WordPress Thesis theme is sometimes hard to get the hang of. Therefore, I’ve made this video to show my client exactly where to click:

Using a CAPTCHA field to deal with cForms II spam submissions

If you are receiving spam submissions via your cForms II feedback form, you can use a CAPTCHA field to eliminate most robotic spam submissions: