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Build Your Own Author Website—Step 11: Theme Installation
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Build Your Own Author Website—Step 11: Theme Installation

In Build Your Own Author Website–Step 5, I showed you how to check the WordPress Theme Directory for free author themes via your Administration Panel  Dashboard>Appearance>Themes. In Build Your Own Author Website–Step 9 and Build Your Own Author Website–Step 10, I introduced you to the Book-Snapper author theme. Now, it’s time to execute the theme installation of your choice. Did the…

Build Your Own Author Website—Step 8: Playing with Plugins
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Build Your Own Author Website—Step 8: Playing with Plugins

One of the most rewarding things about Self-Hosting with WordPress.org is the ability to install powerful plugins to extend your website’s functionality. Compare it to accessorizing your home with all the latest gadgets and fashions to make it uniquely your own. Plugins are little programs that interact with your WordPress software in all kinds of…

Build Your Own Author Website—Step 5: Administration Panel
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Build Your Own Author Website—Step 5: Administration Panel

This is the day you log into your WordPress.org Administration Panel. For those of you who’d prefer instead to stick with WordPress.com, we part ways here, and I leave you with the following message: WordPress.com is a hosted service, which means that you don’t have to deal with finding a web host or downloading and installing the WordPress software. All is done for you….