Normally you’d control the look of text links through your theme’s style sheet, but suppose you want one particular link to have it’s own unique colour. You can do this with a bit of CSS in your text editor.
WordPress » WordPress 2.7 » WP 2.7 Advanced
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 
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You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Backing up your database using the WP-DBManager plug-in
WordPress is run through a database and that’s also where all your posts, pages, categories etc. are stored. Backing up that database is made easier with a plugin, and WP-DBManager is a good one for that purpose (it also performs many other functions involving your database). You can download the plug-in here.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adjust the size of the text editor box for all users
The text editor box for posts or pages is set to just 10 lines when you install WordPress. While you can adjust the text box size for an individual post or page, if you want the box to always be larger for all users, you can change that default size – here’s how.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Changing the default text editor size doesn’t work
If you’ve changed the default size of the text editor box in your admin settings, but it’s not taking effect, here’s why.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Hiding comments on all posts or pages
If you don’t want to have the comments box available on any of your posts or pages, you can easily do that with one click in the admin Settings area. Here’s how:
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Custom fields – overview
Custom fields are used by many plugins, but you can create your own as well. Here’s an overview of how to do that and a couple of examples of ways to use them. Creating your own generally requires modification of your theme files, so be warned, there’s some coding involved.
You have WP 2.7 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 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Changing page order in the menu using My Page Order
The default method for changing the order of pages in Wordpress is not very user-friendly, but there’s a great plug-in called My Page Order which works very well. Here’s how to use it (assuming you’ve got it installed – check out our videos on installing plug-ins – click here for automatic installation in WP 2.7 [...]
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Installing plug-ins automatically
Installing plug-ins, which give WordPress added features, was always fairly straightforward, but with WordPress 2.7, it’s very easy. Everything is done for you automatically through the admin panel.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Backing up posts and pages using the Export function
A full back-up of your WordPress installation takes a bit of work, but if you need a quick way to save at least your posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags, then the Export tool is the way to go.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Change the default categories for posts or links
If you forget to assign a category to a post or a link, WordPress automatically assigns them to a default category. Here’s how to control those defaults.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Updating your version of WordPress
Like any software, WordPress is constantly being improved and updated. With WordPress 2.7, the process of updating has been greatly eased.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Hiding comments on individual posts or pages
By default, WordPress displays the comments box on all posts or pages. Here’s how to turn off the comments box for indiviual posts or pages.
You have WP 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Adding existing or new custom fields to posts or pages
Here are the steps for adding an existing custom field or creating a new custom field, for either posts or pages.
You have WP 2.7 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 2.7 if your admin screen looks like this:
Setting the permalinks style
The default URLs for WordPress posts and pages are not meant to be pretty – either for humans or for search engine robots. So you can change the way permalinks or the permanent direct link for a post or page are displayed.
