Backing up your database is one thing, but you also need to backup your theme and the content files you’ve uploaded, like images, videos, and documents. A common way to do that is through a file transfer program (FTP). Here’s what you need to do once you’ve accessed your server with the FTP program.
WordPress » WordPress 2.6
Currently we’re only covering installed versions of WordPress, but in future we’ll be adding tutorials on the hosted version at WordPress.com.
Videos are classified by WordPress 2.7 or 2.6 mostly because the admin screens look different, so if you don’t see a video on your topic, try looking in the other section or try the alphabetical listing.
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You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
WordPress 2.7 
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
WordPress 2.6 
Administrators Only 
Requires a Plug-in 
Recently Updated
Browser Issues
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adjusting the size of the text editor
The default size of the box for entering and editing the text of posts and pages is fairly small. There are a couple of ways to give yourself more writing area.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Uploading new images
Here’s a detailed look at how you upload images into WordPress.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adding media – overview
Whether it’s an image, a video, a PDF document, here’s a quick look at how you upload them and get them into your WordPress content.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Highlighting quotes or text blocks
If you want to make larger areas of text stand out from all the rest – when quoting someone, for example – then here’s how to do it with “block quoting” in WordPress.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Categories – changing, moving, deleting
Once you have some categories, Wordpress allows you to make all sorts of changes to them, very easily.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Basic text editing functions
Here’s quick look at basics such as bolding text or changing its color.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Passwording pages or posts
You can password particular pages or posts. They’ll show on your blog/website but with a notice saying “Passworded” and a form to submit the password. Once you enter the password, you see the content. Here’s how to do the passwording.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Navigating posts or pages
When you have a lot of posts or pages, here’s how to quickly navigate through them and find what you need.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Writing a page – overview
The basics of creating a new static page in Wordpress.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Breaking up lines within a paragraph
If you want to split up lines within a paragraph using the visual editor in WordPress, you know that hitting the return key just produces a new paragraph, so what to do? Here’s what:
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Changing your home page
The page that people see when they first come to your site can easily be changed in WordPress – here’s how.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Editing images within the text editor
If you’ve got an image already in your post or page, you can manipulate it many ways right in the body of the text.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Text editor – overview
Here’s a quick overview of the text editor in WordPress 2.6, with both Visual or WYSIWYG, and HTML functionality.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Formatting lists
If you’ve got text that you want to format into a list, either with bullets or numbering, it’s a snap in WordPress, and so is your ability to style the list the way you want.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adding images from the Media Library
Once you’ve uploaded an image (or any media) into Wordpress, it’s available to use anywhere on the site. Here’s how to do it.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Categories – Adding New
Want to create a new category or sub-category for your blog? Here’s now in Wordpress 2.6. Also some tips on how to choose your categories.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Private pages or posts
You can make pages or posts private in Wordpress, which means that they aren’t visible on your blog/website. They will still be visible to users with Editor or Administrator status.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Setting a future publishing date for posts or pages
If you want to make a post or a page automatically appear on your site at some future date, here’s how.
You have WP 2.6 if your admin screen looks like this:
Writing a post – overview
Want to write a post in Wordpress? This is the place to start.
