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Joseph Luis Wiki:General disclaimer

2015-08-31T18:55:30Z

Josephluis: Created page with "Content on this site is for information purposes, without guarantee or responsibility for its use and/or application. When using third-party content, credit is given."

Content on this site is for information purposes, without guarantee or responsibility for its use and/or application. When using third-party content, credit is given.

Linux

2015-08-31T18:50:47Z

Josephluis: /* Parsing text with vim commands */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=Administration=

'''''How to set up a Linux email .forward file correctly'''''

''(by [http://www.eddieoneverything.com/articles/linux-forward-file-not-working-make-sure-you-have-the-permissions-set-correctly.php Eddie])''

1. Create a file called “.forward” in your home directory. If your username is “billg”, the file should (likely) be created at “/home/billg/.forward”. Stick the email address you’d like to forward emails to in that file. You can accomplish this quickly from the command line using the command “echo ‘billg@microsoft.com’ > /home/billg/.forward”

2. After you’ve done this, make sure you set the file so that it’s not world-writeable! (This is the step I overlooked). “chmod 644 /home/billg/.forward”

That’s it – your email should be forwarded correctly.

The reason it doesn’t work when the permissions aren’t set correctly is a security thing – just imagine the risks if anyone was able to write to your .forward file. As a precaution, the system will ignore the .forward file if it is world writeable.''

''Note by Colin: Not only does the file have to have restricted permissions, but the directory containing the file has to have restricted permissions. Sendmail’s log was very helpful in figuring that out.''

=Commands=
===File manipulation===
====Archiving & Compression====
*zip/unzip

*tar
Extract excluding a folder

<pre>
tar -exclude <folder to skip> -xzf file.tar.gz
</pre>

====Copying and moving files====
To include hidden files
<pre>
* .[^.]*
</pre>

====Sort rows in a text alphabetically====

cat file |sort > filealphabetical

====Parsing text with vim commands====

'''From [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9120552/vim-how-do-i-paste-a-column-of-text-after-a-different-column-of-text Vim: How do I paste a column of text after a different column of text?]'''

I have two columns full of text, and I want to get them side-by-side. For example, I have

abc
def
ghi
and

123
456
789
and I want

123 abc
456 def
789 ghi
All I can find is how to paste the same line onto the end of every line in a column. I can't figure out how to paste a multi-line block of text on the end of another column.

''Solution from user clime:''

Use visual block (ctrl-v) to cut the letter column. Then move to the first line of the number column. Move to the end and make one space. Then paste the letter column.

----

'''From [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/569280/vim-search-for-a-pattern-and-if-occurs-delete-to-end-of-line Vim search for a pattern and if occurs delete to end of line]'''

From user mirod

:%s/{pattern}.*//

or from user 55400

Alternatively, the following also works

:g/{pattern}/normal nd$
For what you want, I would go with mirod's suggestion. What I posted is a bit more flexible and might come in handy in similar situations.

Explanation:

On each line, where pattern matches, execute the following normal mode commands 'nd$'. With the cursor at the start of the line, 'n' jumps to the pattern, and 'd$' deletes to the end of the line.

----

'''From [https://somethingididnotknow.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/column-block-insertdelete-on-vim/ Column (block) insert/delete on VIM]'''

I know this is not new information at all, but every time I have to insert some text at some specific index for a group of consecutive strings I have to google something like “column insert VIM” (surprisingly, the title of this post) and search through the first 5 results for the correct solution. Well, the one I happen to understand, anyway…

So, here’s how it’s done:

1) move the cursor to the uppermost character (if you’re selecting lines the way down, bottom if you’re going up) before which you want to insert text

2) enter Visual Block Mode by pressing Ctrl+v (unless you mapped the paste action to it, in which case you probably already know how to column insert)

3) select the column using the arrow keys

4) press Shift+i (switching into Insert Mode)

5) type the text you want to insert (will be displayed only on the first line)

6) press esc two times

Linux

2015-08-31T18:49:26Z

Josephluis: /* Commands */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=Administration=

'''''How to set up a Linux email .forward file correctly'''''

''(by [http://www.eddieoneverything.com/articles/linux-forward-file-not-working-make-sure-you-have-the-permissions-set-correctly.php Eddie])''

1. Create a file called “.forward” in your home directory. If your username is “billg”, the file should (likely) be created at “/home/billg/.forward”. Stick the email address you’d like to forward emails to in that file. You can accomplish this quickly from the command line using the command “echo ‘billg@microsoft.com’ > /home/billg/.forward”

2. After you’ve done this, make sure you set the file so that it’s not world-writeable! (This is the step I overlooked). “chmod 644 /home/billg/.forward”

That’s it – your email should be forwarded correctly.

The reason it doesn’t work when the permissions aren’t set correctly is a security thing – just imagine the risks if anyone was able to write to your .forward file. As a precaution, the system will ignore the .forward file if it is world writeable.''

''Note by Colin: Not only does the file have to have restricted permissions, but the directory containing the file has to have restricted permissions. Sendmail’s log was very helpful in figuring that out.''

=Commands=
===File manipulation===
====Archiving & Compression====
*zip/unzip

*tar
Extract excluding a folder

<pre>
tar -exclude <folder to skip> -xzf file.tar.gz
</pre>

====Copying and moving files====
To include hidden files
<pre>
* .[^.]*
</pre>

====Sort rows in a text alphabetically====

cat file |sort > filealphabetical

====Parsing text with vim commands====

'''From [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9120552/vim-how-do-i-paste-a-column-of-text-after-a-different-column-of-text Vim: How do I paste a column of text after a different column of text?]'''

I have two columns full of text, and I want to get them side-by-side. For example, I have

abc
def
ghi
and

123
456
789
and I want

123 abc
456 def
789 ghi
All I can find is how to paste the same line onto the end of every line in a column. I can't figure out how to paste a multi-line block of text on the end of another column.

''Solution from user clime:''

Use visual block (ctrl-v) to cut the letter column. Then move to the first line of the number column. Move to the end and make one space. Then paste the letter column.

----

'''From [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/569280/vim-search-for-a-pattern-and-if-occurs-delete-to-end-of-line Vim search for a pattern and if occurs delete to end of line]'''

From user mirod

:%s/{pattern}.*//

or from user 55400

Alternatively, the following also works

:g/{pattern}/normal nd$
For what you want, I would go with mirod's suggestion. What I posted is a bit more flexible and might come in handy in similar situations.

Explanation:

On each line, where pattern matches, execute the following normal mode commands 'nd$'. With the cursor at the start of the line, 'n' jumps to the pattern, and 'd$' deletes to the end of the line.

----

'''From [https://somethingididnotknow.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/column-block-insertdelete-on-vim/ Column (block) insert/delete on VIM]'''

I know this is not new information at all, but every time I have to insert some text at some specific index for a group of consecutive strings I have to google something like “column insert VIM” (surprisingly, the title of this post) and search through the first 5 results for the correct solution. Well, the one I happen to understand, anyway…

So, here’s how it’s done:

1) move the cursor to the uppermost character (if you’re selecting lines the way down, bottom if you’re going up) before which you want to insert text
2) enter Visual Block Mode by pressing Ctrl+v (unless you mapped the paste action to it, in which case you probably already know how to column insert)
3) select the column using the arrow keys
4) press Shift+i (switching into Insert Mode)
5) type the text you want to insert (will be displayed only on the first line)
6) press esc two times

Web Servers

2014-10-20T15:19:54Z

Josephluis: /* Apache in Linux */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=Apache on Linux=
==Reload php.ini==

Try to restart the apache service. Alternatively, type in a terminal the following to identify the php process:

ps -ef | grep php

then, restart the php service e.g.

sudo service php53 restart

or force PHP to reload by killing the process

sudo killall php53.cgi

=Ngnix=

Web Servers

2014-10-20T15:19:31Z

Josephluis: /* Reload php.ini */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=Apache in Linux=
==Reload php.ini==

Try to restart the apache service. Alternatively, type in a terminal the following to identify the php process:

ps -ef | grep php

then, restart the php service e.g.

sudo service php53 restart

or force PHP to reload by killing the process

sudo killall php53.cgi

=Ngnix=

Web Servers

2014-10-20T15:19:13Z

Josephluis: Created page with "'''Back to the TOC''' =Apache in Linux= ==Reload php.ini== Try to restart the apache service. Alternatively, type in a terminal the following to identi..."

2014-10-20T15:08:45Z

Josephluis:

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==[[Windows]]==
==[[Mac]]==
==[[Linux]]==
=[[Programming]]=
==[[Python]]==
=[[Web Tools]]=
==[[File Sharing, Syncing and Online Backup]]==
==[[Email Lists]]==
==[[Aggregators]]==

=[[Graphic Design]]=
=[[Web Design]]=
==[[Content Management Systems]]==
===[[Joomla!]]===
====[[Joomla! Admin]]====
====[[Joomla! Themes]]====
====[[Joomla! Extensions]]====
===[[WordPress| WordPress.org]]===
====[[WP in General| WP Admin]]====
====[[WP Themes]]====
====[[WP Plugins]]====
===[[Drupal]]===
====[[Open Atrium]]====
===[[phpBB]]===

==[[CMS Services]]==
===[[WordPress.com]]===

==[[Wiki Platforms]]==
==[[Wiki Services]]==

=[[Domain & Hosting Management]]=
==[[Domains]]==
==[[Hosting]]==
===[[Virtual Private Server - VPS]]===
===[[Creating A Local Domain Using Apache Virtual Hosts]]===
==[[Web Servers]]==
==[[Email]]==

Virtual Private Server - VPS

2014-10-20T12:22:47Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS=
==Background==
To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources hardware I tried a common LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) over Ubuntu 10.04 on a VPS that is [http://www.spotvps.com/#features 128mb RAM, 256mb Burstable RAM, 1 CPU core, 10GB Disk Space, and 500GB on Bandwith].

It was not pretty. Common administration use of WordPress quickly reached the 128mb RAM limit, showing that the configuration above was not an option. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreamhost-memory-usage-on-vps Others have bumped into the same problem].
==The Solution==
Fortunately, I found that with replacements such as Debian instead of Ubuntu or Nginx instead of Apache, WordPress can actually work on a lightweight VPS. Even more, there is a script that will take care of installing all that is required. You can see some comparisons of performance and the original post of the script [http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/wordpress-cheap-vps-lowendscript/ here]. However, the scrip I ended using was an updated version from the [https://github.com/sk33lz/lowendscript GitHub repository] of the original author.

For the Linux OS I used Debian 6.0 32 bit. The script can install WordPress, Drupal 6,7 and Magento too. The MySQL root info can be found in ~root/.my.cnf.

After using this script, the only thing I had to do extra for WordPress to work as usual, was to give ownership of the folders ''wp-content'', ''wp-admin'', ''wp-includes'' to the web server user.
==Notes==
The script takes charge of all the installation steps. If you feel inclined to look at some of the steps of the installation entails (for a WordPress with nginx on Unbuntu 12.04 example) check [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04 this page] or [http://moza74.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/how-to-install-wordpress-3-0-on-ubuntu-10-04/ this one].

Creating A Local Domain Using Apache Virtual Hosts

2014-07-16T21:00:58Z

Josephluis: Created page with "Taken from [http://www.survivethedeepend.com/zendframeworkbook/en/1.0/creating.a.local.domain.using.apache.virtual.hosts here] ''The basic Virtual Host configuration we're se..."

Taken from [http://www.survivethedeepend.com/zendframeworkbook/en/1.0/creating.a.local.domain.using.apache.virtual.hosts here]

''The basic Virtual Host configuration we're seeking is as follows:''
<pre>
# Setup Listening Port
NameVirtualHost *:80

# Ensure "localhost" is preserved unchanged pointed
# to the default document root for our system.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www
</VirtualHost>

# Setup "helloworld.tld" Virtual Host
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName helloworld.tld
DocumentRoot /home/padraic/www/helloworld/public

<Directory /home/padraic/www/helloworld/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
</pre>

and add to /etc/hosts (for this example)

<pre>
127.0.0.1 helloworld.tld
</pre>

2014-07-16T20:55:16Z

Josephluis:

Virtual Private Server - VPS

2014-06-24T23:47:07Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS=
==Background==
To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources hardware I tried a common LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) over Ubuntu 10.04 on a VPS that is [http://www.spotvps.com/#features 128mb RAM, 256mb Burstable RAM, 1 CPU core, 10GB Disk Space, and 500GB on Bandwith].

It was not pretty. Common administration use of WordPress quickly reached the 128mb RAM limit, showing that the configuration above was not an option. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreamhost-memory-usage-on-vps Others have bumped into the same problem].
==The Solution==
Fortunately, I found that with replacements such as Debian instead of Ubuntu or Nginx instead of Apache, WordPress can actually work on a lightweight VPS. Even more, there is a script that will take care of installing all that is required. You can see some comparisons of performance and the original post of the script [http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/wordpress-cheap-vps-lowendscript/ here]. However, the scrip I ended using was an updated version from the [https://github.com/sk33lz/lowendscript GitHub repository] of the original author.

For the Linux OS I used Debian 6.0 32 bit. The script can install WordPress, Drupal 6,7 and Magento too.

After using this script, the only thing I had to do extra for WordPress to work as usual, was to give ownership of the folders ''wp-content'', ''wp-admin'', ''wp-includes'' to the web server user.
==Notes==
The script takes charge of all the installation steps. If you feel inclined to look at some of the steps of the installation entails (for a WordPress with nginx on Unbuntu 12.04 example) check [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04 this page] or [http://moza74.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/how-to-install-wordpress-3-0-on-ubuntu-10-04/ this one].

Give to your WordPress blog a website-looking feeling

2013-07-28T18:52:51Z

Josephluis: /* Reading */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

Transform your present WordPress blog or start from scratch a WordPress site that looks and feels like a general website rather than a blog.

==Pre-considerations ==
You may consider if a multi-site or even a mult-language installation is what you need. WordPress has special installations for those features.

==The process==
Once you have your WordPress site installed there are three general steps to transform it into a website that doesn't look like your typical blog:

* Modify general settings
* Choose an appropriate theme
* Play with the style and formatting

=== Modify general settings ===
On your WP Dashboard do the following changes for the Settings

==== Reading ====

Change the ''Front Page displays:'' option to ''Select a Static Page:'' and choose in the drop down menu the ''Sample Page'' that comes by default with the installation. More about this later.

With this step you are making a Page your front page, instead of the default list of posts.

''Notice: Posts appear automatically on pages where you select (on one of the side boxes of the page editing window) the "Blog template" instead of the "Default template" or any other template. Posts appear on the Home page by default because on Settings > Reading there is a default selection for the Front Page (Home) to display the posts. Pages are for static content, posts for dynamic-temporary content. How does all the above applies in practice? Well, depends on what one wants to do ... Let's say that we want to display posts on a new "A testing page". To do this one can change the template for the page to "Blog template". The result is that, similarly to the Home page, we will have ALL posts displaying now on "A testing page" as well. If we want that a page displays specific posts, not all the posts we can use Categories! ''

==== Discussion ====

In ''Article Settings:'' uncheck ''Allow people to post comments on new articles'' With this your are saving yourself time, avoiding to have to manually remove comments sections on your future pages. Leave it check if you want comments for all the pages you create.

====Permalinks ====
Change the ''Common Settings'' to a format of your link addresses that makes more sense for your website. For example, the ''Post name''
option is fine if you are not planning to have any blog posts at all or you don't mind if they are not organized by date.

===Choose an appropriate theme===

This is and important step for achieving the purpose of giving to your WP site a non-blog looking.

A good place where you can start your search of theme templates is within your Dashboard. Go to ''Appearance/Themes/Add New'' where you are giving Advanced options for a search of the different formats that the themes offer.

If you want a more thorough search and info of these same themes go to the [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ WP Free Themes Directory]. Other sites also offer Premium/Commercial Themes. In fact, some of the free themes can be upgraded to Premium by paying for a license.

A note of caution. A theme is not only worth it for its lookings. That is why, after installing a theme you should spend some time looking at the Theme Options, Widget, Background, Menus and Header sections of the Appearance to find out how user friendly and flexible the theme is for changes in the format.

===Play with the style and formatting===

Once you have made your choice of a theme you can start adding layout and content to it with the ''Pages'' and ''Menus'' sections of the Dasboard. As your website is taking shape you may have to play with the more intricate settings of the style and formatting.

Some themes include a section where you can add your own CSS code to do these changes but sometimes you may have to go to ''Appearance/Edit'' to change the .css and even the .php files of your site. A word of caution here. Developers may update their theme and these updates may override your manual changes into the above mentioned files. The solution to this is "Child Themes". You can find more info on the WP help website.

----

Hope you find the above helpful and good luck with your WP website transformation!

==Checklist==
===Settings===
====General====
*Review Title and set Tagline
*Change Timezone
====Reading====
*Change front page to a static page(if applicable. Use Sample Page if it's a new installation)
*Set Search Engine Visibility
====Discussion====
*Review Commenting options
====Permalinks====
*Review Permalinks options
===Appearance===
====Themes====
*Select theme or configure existent

===Plugins===
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer EWWW Image Optimizer]
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-fonts/ WP Google Fonts]

Give to your WordPress blog a website-looking feeling

2013-07-28T18:44:51Z

Josephluis: /* Reading */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

Transform your present WordPress blog or start from scratch a WordPress site that looks and feels like a general website rather than a blog.

==Pre-considerations ==
You may consider if a multi-site or even a mult-language installation is what you need. WordPress has special installations for those features.

==The process==
Once you have your WordPress site installed there are three general steps to transform it into a website that doesn't look like your typical blog:

* Modify general settings
* Choose an appropriate theme
* Play with the style and formatting

=== Modify general settings ===
On your WP Dashboard do the following changes for the Settings

==== Reading ====

Change the ''Front Page displays:'' option to ''Select a Static Page:'' and choose in the drop down menu the ''Sample Page'' that comes by default with the installation. More about this later.

With this step you are making a Page your front page, instead of the default list of posts.

''Note: Posts appear automatically on pages where you select (on one of the side boxes of the page editing window) the "Blog template" instead of the "Default template" or any other template.Posts appear on the Home page by default because on Settings > Reading there is a default selection for the Front Page (Home) to display the posts. Pages are for static content, posts for dynamic-temporary content. How does all the above applies in practice? Well, depends on what one wants to do ... Let's say that we want to display posts on a new "A testing page". To do this one can change the template for the page to "Blog template". The result is that, similarly to the Home page, we will have ALL posts displaying now on "A testing page" as well. If we want that a page displays specific posts, not all the posts we can use Categories! ''

==== Discussion ====

In ''Article Settings:'' uncheck ''Allow people to post comments on new articles'' With this your are saving yourself time, avoiding to have to manually remove comments sections on your future pages. Leave it check if you want comments for all the pages you create.

====Permalinks ====
Change the ''Common Settings'' to a format of your link addresses that makes more sense for your website. For example, the ''Post name''
option is fine if you are not planning to have any blog posts at all or you don't mind if they are not organized by date.

===Choose an appropriate theme===

This is and important step for achieving the purpose of giving to your WP site a non-blog looking.

A good place where you can start your search of theme templates is within your Dashboard. Go to ''Appearance/Themes/Add New'' where you are giving Advanced options for a search of the different formats that the themes offer.

If you want a more thorough search and info of these same themes go to the [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ WP Free Themes Directory]. Other sites also offer Premium/Commercial Themes. In fact, some of the free themes can be upgraded to Premium by paying for a license.

A note of caution. A theme is not only worth it for its lookings. That is why, after installing a theme you should spend some time looking at the Theme Options, Widget, Background, Menus and Header sections of the Appearance to find out how user friendly and flexible the theme is for changes in the format.

===Play with the style and formatting===

Once you have made your choice of a theme you can start adding layout and content to it with the ''Pages'' and ''Menus'' sections of the Dasboard. As your website is taking shape you may have to play with the more intricate settings of the style and formatting.

Some themes include a section where you can add your own CSS code to do these changes but sometimes you may have to go to ''Appearance/Edit'' to change the .css and even the .php files of your site. A word of caution here. Developers may update their theme and these updates may override your manual changes into the above mentioned files. The solution to this is "Child Themes". You can find more info on the WP help website.

----

Hope you find the above helpful and good luck with your WP website transformation!

==Checklist==
===Settings===
====General====
*Review Title and set Tagline
*Change Timezone
====Reading====
*Change front page to a static page(if applicable. Use Sample Page if it's a new installation)
*Set Search Engine Visibility
====Discussion====
*Review Commenting options
====Permalinks====
*Review Permalinks options
===Appearance===
====Themes====
*Select theme or configure existent

===Plugins===
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer EWWW Image Optimizer]
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-fonts/ WP Google Fonts]

Give to your WordPress blog a website-looking feeling

2013-07-28T18:44:24Z

Josephluis: /* Reading */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

Transform your present WordPress blog or start from scratch a WordPress site that looks and feels like a general website rather than a blog.

==Pre-considerations ==
You may consider if a multi-site or even a mult-language installation is what you need. WordPress has special installations for those features.

==The process==
Once you have your WordPress site installed there are three general steps to transform it into a website that doesn't look like your typical blog:

* Modify general settings
* Choose an appropriate theme
* Play with the style and formatting

=== Modify general settings ===
On your WP Dashboard do the following changes for the Settings

==== Reading ====

Change the ''Front Page displays:'' option to ''Select a Static Page:'' and choose in the drop down menu the ''Sample Page'' that comes by default with the installation. More about this later.

With this step you are making a Page your front page, instead of the default list of posts.

''Note: Posts appear "magically" on pages where you select (on one of the side boxes of the page editing window) the "Blog template" instead of the "Default template" or any other template.Posts appear on the Home page by default because on Settings > Reading there is a default selection for the Front Page (Home) to display the posts. Pages are for static content, posts for dynamic-temporary content. How does all the above applies in practice? Well, depends on what one wants to do ... Let's say that we want to display posts on a new "A testing page". To do this one can change the template for the page to "Blog template". The result is that, similarly to the Home page, we will have ALL posts displaying now on "A testing page" as well. If we want that a page displays specific posts, not all the posts we can use Categories! ''

==== Discussion ====

In ''Article Settings:'' uncheck ''Allow people to post comments on new articles'' With this your are saving yourself time, avoiding to have to manually remove comments sections on your future pages. Leave it check if you want comments for all the pages you create.

====Permalinks ====
Change the ''Common Settings'' to a format of your link addresses that makes more sense for your website. For example, the ''Post name''
option is fine if you are not planning to have any blog posts at all or you don't mind if they are not organized by date.

===Choose an appropriate theme===

This is and important step for achieving the purpose of giving to your WP site a non-blog looking.

A good place where you can start your search of theme templates is within your Dashboard. Go to ''Appearance/Themes/Add New'' where you are giving Advanced options for a search of the different formats that the themes offer.

If you want a more thorough search and info of these same themes go to the [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ WP Free Themes Directory]. Other sites also offer Premium/Commercial Themes. In fact, some of the free themes can be upgraded to Premium by paying for a license.

A note of caution. A theme is not only worth it for its lookings. That is why, after installing a theme you should spend some time looking at the Theme Options, Widget, Background, Menus and Header sections of the Appearance to find out how user friendly and flexible the theme is for changes in the format.

===Play with the style and formatting===

Once you have made your choice of a theme you can start adding layout and content to it with the ''Pages'' and ''Menus'' sections of the Dasboard. As your website is taking shape you may have to play with the more intricate settings of the style and formatting.

Some themes include a section where you can add your own CSS code to do these changes but sometimes you may have to go to ''Appearance/Edit'' to change the .css and even the .php files of your site. A word of caution here. Developers may update their theme and these updates may override your manual changes into the above mentioned files. The solution to this is "Child Themes". You can find more info on the WP help website.

----

Hope you find the above helpful and good luck with your WP website transformation!

==Checklist==
===Settings===
====General====
*Review Title and set Tagline
*Change Timezone
====Reading====
*Change front page to a static page(if applicable. Use Sample Page if it's a new installation)
*Set Search Engine Visibility
====Discussion====
*Review Commenting options
====Permalinks====
*Review Permalinks options
===Appearance===
====Themes====
*Select theme or configure existent

===Plugins===
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer EWWW Image Optimizer]
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-fonts/ WP Google Fonts]

Give to your WordPress blog a website-looking feeling

2013-07-28T18:42:53Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

Transform your present WordPress blog or start from scratch a WordPress site that looks and feels like a general website rather than a blog.

==Pre-considerations ==
You may consider if a multi-site or even a mult-language installation is what you need. WordPress has special installations for those features.

==The process==
Once you have your WordPress site installed there are three general steps to transform it into a website that doesn't look like your typical blog:

* Modify general settings
* Choose an appropriate theme
* Play with the style and formatting

=== Modify general settings ===
On your WP Dashboard do the following changes for the Settings

==== Reading ====

Change the ''Front Page displays:'' option to ''Select a Static Page:'' and choose in the drop down menu the ''Sample Page'' that comes by default with the installation. More about this later.

With this step you are making a Page your front page, instead of the default list of posts.

''Note: Posts appear "magically" on pages where you select (on one of the side boxes of the page editing window) the "Blog template" instead of the "Default template" or any other template.

Posts appear on the Home page by default because on Settings > Reading there is a default selection for the Front Page (Home) to display the posts.

One note here, pages are for static content, posts for dynamic-temporary content.

How does all the above applies in practice? Well, depends on what one wants to do ...

Let's say that we want to display posts on a new "A testing page". To do this one can change the template for the page to "Blog template". The result is that, similarly to the Home page, we will have ALL posts displaying now on "A testing page" as well.

Now, let's say that we want that a page displays specific posts, not all the posts. To achieve this, one can use Categories! ''

==== Discussion ====

In ''Article Settings:'' uncheck ''Allow people to post comments on new articles'' With this your are saving yourself time, avoiding to have to manually remove comments sections on your future pages. Leave it check if you want comments for all the pages you create.

====Permalinks ====
Change the ''Common Settings'' to a format of your link addresses that makes more sense for your website. For example, the ''Post name''
option is fine if you are not planning to have any blog posts at all or you don't mind if they are not organized by date.

===Choose an appropriate theme===

This is and important step for achieving the purpose of giving to your WP site a non-blog looking.

A good place where you can start your search of theme templates is within your Dashboard. Go to ''Appearance/Themes/Add New'' where you are giving Advanced options for a search of the different formats that the themes offer.

If you want a more thorough search and info of these same themes go to the [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ WP Free Themes Directory]. Other sites also offer Premium/Commercial Themes. In fact, some of the free themes can be upgraded to Premium by paying for a license.

A note of caution. A theme is not only worth it for its lookings. That is why, after installing a theme you should spend some time looking at the Theme Options, Widget, Background, Menus and Header sections of the Appearance to find out how user friendly and flexible the theme is for changes in the format.

===Play with the style and formatting===

Once you have made your choice of a theme you can start adding layout and content to it with the ''Pages'' and ''Menus'' sections of the Dasboard. As your website is taking shape you may have to play with the more intricate settings of the style and formatting.

Some themes include a section where you can add your own CSS code to do these changes but sometimes you may have to go to ''Appearance/Edit'' to change the .css and even the .php files of your site. A word of caution here. Developers may update their theme and these updates may override your manual changes into the above mentioned files. The solution to this is "Child Themes". You can find more info on the WP help website.

----

Hope you find the above helpful and good luck with your WP website transformation!

==Checklist==
===Settings===
====General====
*Review Title and set Tagline
*Change Timezone
====Reading====
*Change front page to a static page(if applicable. Use Sample Page if it's a new installation)
*Set Search Engine Visibility
====Discussion====
*Review Commenting options
====Permalinks====
*Review Permalinks options
===Appearance===
====Themes====
*Select theme or configure existent

===Plugins===
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer EWWW Image Optimizer]
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-fonts/ WP Google Fonts]

Virtual Private Server - VPS

2013-07-18T22:14:42Z

Josephluis: /* Notes */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS=
==Background==
To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources hardware I tried a common LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) over Ubuntu 10.04 on a VPS that is [http://www.spotvps.com/#features 128mb RAM, 256mb Burstable RAM, 1 CPU core, 10GB Disk Space, and 500GB on Bandwith].

It was not pretty. Common administration use of WordPress quickly reached the 128mb RAM limit, showing that the configuration above was not an option. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreamhost-memory-usage-on-vps Others have bumped into the same problem].
==The Solution==
Fortunately, I found that with replacements such as Debian instead of Ubuntu or Nginx instead of Apache, WordPress can actually work on a lightweight VPS. Even more, there is a script that will take care of installing all that is required. You can see some comparisons of performance and the original post of the script [http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/wordpress-cheap-vps-lowendscript/ here]. However, the scrip I ended using was an updated version from the [https://github.com/sk33lz/lowendscript GitHub repository] of the original author.

For the Linux OS I used Debian 6.0 32 bit. The script can install too WordPress, Drupal 6,7 and Magento.

After using this script, the only thing I had to do extra for WordPress to work as usual, was to give ownership of the folders ''wp-content'', ''wp-admin'', ''wp-includes'' to the web server user.
==Notes==
The script takes charge of all the installation steps. If you feel inclined to look at some of the steps of the installation entails (for a WordPress with nginx on Unbuntu 12.04 example) check [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04 this page] or [http://moza74.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/how-to-install-wordpress-3-0-on-ubuntu-10-04/ this one].

Virtual Private Server - VPS

2013-07-18T22:05:02Z

Josephluis: /* Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS=
==Background==
To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources hardware I tried a common LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) over Ubuntu 10.04 on a VPS that is [http://www.spotvps.com/#features 128mb RAM, 256mb Burstable RAM, 1 CPU core, 10GB Disk Space, and 500GB on Bandwith].

It was not pretty. Common administration use of WordPress quickly reached the 128mb RAM limit, showing that the configuration above was not an option. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreamhost-memory-usage-on-vps Others have bumped into the same problem].
==The Solution==
Fortunately, I found that with replacements such as Debian instead of Ubuntu or Nginx instead of Apache, WordPress can actually work on a lightweight VPS. Even more, there is a script that will take care of installing all that is required. You can see some comparisons of performance and the original post of the script [http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/wordpress-cheap-vps-lowendscript/ here]. However, the scrip I ended using was an updated version from the [https://github.com/sk33lz/lowendscript GitHub repository] of the original author.

For the Linux OS I used Debian 6.0 32 bit. The script can install too WordPress, Drupal 6,7 and Magento.

After using this script, the only thing I had to do extra for WordPress to work as usual, was to give ownership of the folders ''wp-content'', ''wp-admin'', ''wp-includes'' to the web server user.
==Notes==
The script takes charge of all the installation steps. If you feel inclined to look at some of the steps of the installation entails (for a WordPress with nginx on Unbuntu 12.04 example) check [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04 this].

Virtual Private Server - VPS

2013-07-18T22:03:58Z

Josephluis: /* Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS=

To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources hardware I tried a common LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) over Ubuntu 10.04 on a VPS that is [http://www.spotvps.com/#features 128mb RAM, 256mb Burstable RAM, 1 CPU core, 10GB Disk Space, and 500GB on Bandwith].

It was not pretty. Common administration use of WordPress quickly reached the 128mb RAM limit, showing that the configuration above was not an option. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreamhost-memory-usage-on-vps Others have bumped into the same problem].

Fortunately, I found that with replacements such as Debian instead of Ubuntu or Nginx instead of Apache, WordPress can actually work on a lightweight VPS. Even more, there is a script that will take care of installing all that is required. You can see some comparisons of performance and the original post of the script [http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/wordpress-cheap-vps-lowendscript/ here]. However, the scrip I ended using was an updated version from the [https://github.com/sk33lz/lowendscript GitHub repository] of the original author.

For the Linux OS I used Debian 6.0 32 bit. The script can install too WordPress, Drupal 6,7 and Magento.

After using this script, the only thing I had to do extra for WordPress to work as usual, was to give ownership of the folders ''wp-content'', ''wp-admin'', ''wp-includes'' to the web server user.

The script takes charge of all the installation steps. If you feel inclined to look at some of the steps of the installation entails (for a WordPress with nginx on Unbuntu 12.04 example) check [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-wordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04 this].

Virtual Private Server - VPS

2013-07-18T21:58:46Z

Josephluis: /* Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS=

To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources hardware I tried a common LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) over Ubuntu 10.04 on a VPS that is [http://www.spotvps.com/#features 128mb RAM, 256mb Burstable RAM, 1 CPU core, 10GB Disk Space, and 500GB on Bandwith].

It was not pretty. Common administration use of WordPress quickly reached the 128mb RAM limit, showing that the configuration above was not an option. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreamhost-memory-usage-on-vps Others have bumped into the same].

Fortunately, I found that with replacements such as Debian instead of Ubuntu or Nginx instead of Apache, WordPress can actually work on a lightweight VPS. Even more, there is a script that will take care of installing all that is required. You can see some comparisons of performance and the original post of the script [http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/wordpress-cheap-vps-lowendscript/ here]. However, the scrip I ended using was an updated version from the [https://github.com/sk33lz/lowendscript GitHub repository] of the original author.

For the Linux OS I used Debian 6.0 32 bit. The script can install too WordPress, Drupal 6,7 and Magento.

After using this script, the only thing I had to do extra for WordPress to work as usual, was to give ownership of the folders ''wp-content'', ''wp-admin'', ''wp-includes'' to the web server user.

Virtual Private Server - VPS

2013-07-18T21:58:18Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Install a lightweight web server, software stack, on a lightweight VPS=

To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources hardware I tried a common LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) over Ubuntu 10.04 on a VPS that is [http://www.spotvps.com/#features 128mb RAM, 256mb Burstable RAM, 1 CPU core, 10GB Disk Space, and 500GB on Bandwith].

It was not pretty. Common administration use of WordPress quickly reached the 128mb RAM limit, showing that the configuration above was not an option. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/dreamhost-memory-usage-on-vps Others have bumped into the same].

Fortunately, I found that with replacements such as Debian instead of Ubuntu or Nginx instead of Apache, WordPress can actually work on a lightweight VPS. Even more, there is a script that will take care of installing all that is required. You can see some comparisons of performance and the original post of the script [http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/wordpress-cheap-vps-lowendscript/ here]. However, the scrip I ended using was an updated version from the [https://github.com/sk33lz/lowendscript GitHub repository] of the original author.

For the Linux OS I used Debian 6.0 32 bit. The script can install too WordPress, Drupal 6,7 and Magento.

After using this script, the only thing I had to do extra for WordPress to work as usual was to give ownership of the folders ''wp-content'', ''wp-admin'', ''wp-includes'' to the web server user.

Virtual Private Server - VPS

2013-07-18T20:43:47Z

Josephluis: Created page with "'''Back to the TOC''' =Install a lightweight web platform on a lightweight VPS= To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources ..."

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Install a lightweight web platform on a lightweight VPS=

To test the limits of a WordPress installation over a light resources hardware I tried a common LAMP installation (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) over Ubuntu 10.04 on a VPS that is [http://www.spotvps.com/#features 128mb RAM, 256mb Burstable RAM, 1 CPU core, 10GB Disk Space, and 500GB on Bandwith].

It was not pretty. Common administration use of WordPress quickly reached the 128mb RAM limit, showing that the configuration above was not an option.

Fortunately, I found that with replacements such as Debian instead of Ubuntu or Nginx instead of Apache, WordPress can actually work on a lightweight VPS.

2013-07-18T20:19:46Z

Josephluis: /* Hosting */

PhpBB

2013-07-16T00:48:50Z

Josephluis: /* Creating Categories & Forums */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

=Creating Categories & Forums=

Following [http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=31344 Kevin Clark] explanation:

*The whole thing is the board.
*Inside that are categories.
*Inside those are forums.
*Inside the forums are topics.
*Inside the topics are posts.

----

1) In forum management make a new forum.

----

Type: category

No parent.

'''Here you can choose to copy permissions from another already created forum'''

----

2) Then make another forum.

----

Type:forum

Parent: the category you just made.

'''If you didn't select to copy the permissions settings from another forum when you created your new one, you need to set them manually so everyone can see it'''

Go to

Admin control panel>Permissions>Groups forum permissions.

Set the registered users to be able to see and post in it.

=Making a forum visible on the Board Index to guests but only accessible to Members=

# On the Administration Control Panel go to the Forums tab and then on the left sidebar choose Forum Permissions
# On Forum Permissions choose the forum/forums you want to change and click Submit
# On Groups/Manage Groups section select the group Guests and click in Edit Permissions
# On Setting Permissions select No Access for the role and then click on Advanced Permissions
# On the tabs that open, for the Post tab, change the Can see forum option to Yes and click Apply Permissions

Now, the selected forum/forums is/are listed on the Board Index but the content is only visible to registered users.

Aggregators

2013-05-25T19:22:04Z

Josephluis: /* StumbleUpon= */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=Delicious=
===Export links===
http://export.delicious.com/settings/bookmarks/export

=StumbleUpon=
===Export links===
External tool (eventually may not work)

http://linklusion.com/su.php

Aggregators

2013-05-25T19:21:41Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=Delicious=
===Export links===
http://export.delicious.com/settings/bookmarks/export

=StumbleUpon==
===Export links===
External tool (eventually may not work)
http://linklusion.com/su.php

Web Tools

2013-05-25T19:20:32Z

Josephluis: /* Aggregators */

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=[[File Sharing, Syncing and Online Backup]]=
==[[Online Backup Services |Table of Online Services]]==
=[[Email Lists]]=
==[[Google Groups]]==
=[[Aggregators]]=
==Delicious==
==StumbleUpon==

Aggregators

2013-05-25T19:14:21Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=[[Delicious]]=
===Export links===
http://export.delicious.com/settings/bookmarks/export

Aggregators

2013-05-25T19:12:52Z

Josephluis: Created page with "'''Back to the TOC''' =Delicious== ===Export links=== http://export.delicious.com/settings/bookmarks/export"

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=[[Delicious]]==
===Export links===
http://export.delicious.com/settings/bookmarks/export

Web Tools

2013-05-25T19:11:36Z

Josephluis:

2013-05-25T19:09:52Z

Josephluis: /* Web Tools */

Web Tools

2013-05-25T19:09:20Z

Josephluis:

2013-05-25T19:06:14Z

Josephluis: /* Web Tools */

'''Please only add here the titles of sections, not the Q&A entries themselves. The Q&As can be added in the specific pages of the titles.'''
=[[Computers]]=
==[[Windows]]==
==[[Mac]]==
==[[Linux]]==
=[[Programming]]=
==[[Python]]==
=[[Web Tools]]=
==[[File Sharing, Syncing and Online Backup]]==
==[[Email Lists]]==

=[[Graphic Design]]=
=[[Web Design]]=
==[[Content Management Systems]]==
===[[Joomla!]]===
====[[Joomla! Admin]]====
====[[Joomla! Themes]]====
====[[Joomla! Extensions]]====
===[[WordPress| WordPress.org]]===
====[[WP in General| WP Admin]]====
====[[WP Themes]]====
====[[WP Plugins]]====
===[[Drupal]]===
====[[Open Atrium]]====
===[[phpBB]]===

==[[CMS Services]]==
===[[WordPress.com]]===

==[[Wiki Platforms]]==
==[[Wiki Services]]==

=[[Domain & Hosting Management]]=
==[[Domains]]==
==[[Hosting]]==
==[[Email]]==

Google Groups

2013-05-25T19:04:04Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=Add new members=

# Go to Google groups homepage, log in with your Google account and in My Groups go to the corresponding group page
# On the right hand side there is a menu in grey letters. Click in Manage
# Within Manage, on the left-hand sidebar there is a Members menu with sub-menus to Add, Invite, etc. new members

One can only invite a certain number of email addresses at a time, I think by batches of 10 emails-people.

Google Groups

2013-05-25T18:05:56Z

Josephluis: /* Add new members */

=Add new members=

# Go to Google groups homepage, log in with your Google account and in My Groups go to the corresponding group page
# On the right hand side there is a menu in grey letters. Click in Manage
# Within Manage, on the left-hand sidebar there is a Members menu with sub-menus to Add, Invite, etc. new members

One can only invite a certain number of email addresses at a time, I think by batches of 10 emails-people.

Google Groups

2013-05-25T18:04:10Z

Josephluis: Created page with " =Add new members= 1) Go to Google groups homepage, log in with your Google account and in My Groups go to the corresponding group page 2) On the right hand side there is a ..."

=Add new members=

1) Go to Google groups homepage, log in with your Google account and in My Groups go to the corresponding group page
2) On the right hand side there is a menu in grey letters. Click in Manage
3) Within Manage, on the left-hand sidebar there is a Members menu with sub-menus to Add, Invite, etc. new members

One can only invite a certain number of email addresses at a time, I think by batches of 10 emails-people.

Email Lists

2013-05-25T17:56:55Z

Josephluis: Created page with "'''Back to the TOC''' Google Groups"

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

[[Google Groups]]

Web Tools

2013-05-25T17:52:30Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=[[File Sharing, Syncing and Online Backup]]=
==[[Online Backup Services |Table of Online Services]]==
=[[Email Lists]]=
==[[Google Groups]]==

Give to your WordPress blog a website-looking feeling

2013-05-07T08:31:57Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''

Transform your present WordPress blog or start from scratch a WordPress site that looks and feels like a general website rather than a blog.

==Pre-considerations ==
You may consider if a multi-site or even a mult-language installation is what you need. WordPress has special installations for those features.

==The process==
Once you have your WordPress site installed there are three general steps to transform it into a website that doesn't look like your typical blog:

* Modify general settings
* Choose an appropriate theme
* Play with the style and formatting

=== Modify general settings ===
On your WP Dashboard do the following changes for the Settings

==== Reading ====

Change the 'Front Page displays:' option to 'Select a Static Page:' and choose in the drop down menu the 'Sample Page' that comes by default with the installation. More about this later.

With this step you are making a Page your front page, instead of the default list of posts.

==== Discussion ====

In 'Article Settings:' uncheck 'Allow people to post comments on new articles' With this your are saving yourself time, avoiding to have to manually remove comments sections on your future pages. Leave it check if you want comments for all the pages you create.

====Permalinks ====
Change the 'Common Settings' to a format of your link addresses that makes more sense for your website. For example, the 'Post name'
option is fine if you are not planning to have any blog posts at all or you don't mind if they are not organized by date.

===Choose an appropriate theme===

This is and important step for achieving the purpose of giving to your WP site a non-blog looking.

A good place where you can start your search of theme templates is within your Dashboard. Go to 'Appearance/Themes/Add New' where you are giving Advanced options for a search of the different formats that the themes offer.

If you want a more thorough search and info of these same themes go to the [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ WP Free Themes Directory]. Other sites also offer Premium/Commercial Themes. In fact, some of the free themes can be upgraded to Premium by paying for a license.

A note of caution. A theme is not only worth it for its lookings. That is why, after installing a theme you should spend some time looking at the Theme Options, Widget, Background, Menus and Header sections of the Appearance to find out how user friendly and flexible the theme is for changes in the format.

===Play with the style and formatting===

Once you have made your choice of a theme you can start adding layout and content to it with the 'Pages' and 'Menus' sections of the Dasboard. As your website is taking shape you may have to play with the more intricate settings of the style and formatting.

Some themes include a section where you can add your own CSS code to do these changes but sometimes you may have to go to 'Appearance/Edit' to change the .css and even the .php files of your site. A word of caution here. Developers may update their theme and these updates may override your manual changes into the above mentioned files. The solution to this is "Child Themes". You can find more info on the WP help website.

----

Hope you find the above helpful and good luck with your WP website transformation!

==Checklist==
===Settings===
====General====
*Review Title and set Tagline
*Change Timezone
====Reading====
*Change front page to a static page(if applicable. Use Sample Page if it's a new installation)
*Set Search Engine Visibility
====Discussion====
*Review Commenting options
====Permalinks====
*Review Permalinks options
===Appearance===
====Themes====
*Select theme or configure existent

===Plugins===
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer EWWW Image Optimizer]
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-fonts/ WP Google Fonts]

PhpBB

2013-05-06T21:33:01Z

Josephluis: Created page with "'''Back to the TOC''' =Creating Categories & Forums= Following [http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=31344 Kevin Clark] explanation: *T..."

2013-05-06T21:25:58Z

Josephluis: /* Content Management Systems */

'''Please only add here the titles of sections, not the Q&A entries themselves. The Q&As can be added in the specific pages of the titles.'''
=[[Computers]]=
==[[Windows]]==
==[[Mac]]==
==[[Linux]]==
=[[Programming]]=
==[[Python]]==
=[[Web Tools]]=
==[[File Sharing, Syncing and Online Backup]]==

=[[Graphic Design]]=
=[[Web Design]]=
==[[Content Management Systems]]==
===[[Joomla!]]===
====[[Joomla! Admin]]====
====[[Joomla! Themes]]====
====[[Joomla! Extensions]]====
===[[WordPress| WordPress.org]]===
====[[WP in General| WP Admin]]====
====[[WP Themes]]====
====[[WP Plugins]]====
===[[Drupal]]===
====[[Open Atrium]]====
===[[phpBB]]===

==[[CMS Services]]==
===[[WordPress.com]]===

==[[Wiki Platforms]]==
==[[Wiki Services]]==

=[[Domain & Hosting Management]]=
==[[Domains]]==
==[[Hosting]]==
==[[Email]]==

2013-05-06T21:25:24Z

Josephluis: /* Content Management Systems */

'''Please only add here the titles of sections, not the Q&A entries themselves. The Q&As can be added in the specific pages of the titles.'''
=[[Computers]]=
==[[Windows]]==
==[[Mac]]==
==[[Linux]]==
=[[Programming]]=
==[[Python]]==
=[[Web Tools]]=
==[[File Sharing, Syncing and Online Backup]]==

=[[Graphic Design]]=
=[[Web Design]]=
==[[Content Management Systems]]==
===[[Joomla!]]===
====[[Joomla! Admin]]====
====[[Joomla! Themes]]====
====[[Joomla! Extensions]]====
===[[WordPress| WordPress.org]]===
====[[WP in General| WP Admin]]====
====[[WP Themes]]====
====[[WP Plugins]]====
===[[Drupal]]===
====[[Open Atrium]]====
====[[phpBB]]====

==[[CMS Services]]==
===[[WordPress.com]]===

==[[Wiki Platforms]]==
==[[Wiki Services]]==

=[[Domain & Hosting Management]]=
==[[Domains]]==
==[[Hosting]]==
==[[Email]]==

Drupal

2013-05-06T17:34:31Z

Josephluis: Created page with "'''Back to the TOC''' =Drupal Admin= ==Changing Drupal installation folder name== Following what [http://drupal.org/node/219932 VM] posted, adding the ..."

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=Drupal Admin=

==Changing Drupal installation folder name==

Following what [http://drupal.org/node/219932 VM] posted, adding the running of update.php

*If using clean urls, turn them off
*if using page caching turn it off
*if using css aggregation turn it off
*clear you brwoser cache
*clear your DB cache tables
*rename the folder
*run update.php (e.g. visit yoursite.com/update.php)
*turn clean urls back on (if in use)
*turn page cacheing back on (if in use)
*turn css aggregation back on (if in use)

also note that if you set up a $base_url in settings.php you will have to alter this to reflect the new structure.

=[[Open Atrium]]=

Joomla!

2013-05-06T17:27:19Z

Josephluis:

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=[[Joomla! Admin]]=
=[[Joomla! Themes]]=
=[[Joomla! Extensions]]=

Linux

2013-05-06T17:00:19Z

Josephluis: /* Commands */

Linux

2013-05-06T16:54:22Z

Josephluis: /* Commands */

Python

2013-05-04T01:40:38Z

Josephluis: Created page with "'''Back to the TOC''' =How to percent-encode url parameters in python= <pre> python -c "import urllib, sys; print urllib.quote(sys.argv[1])" æ python -..."

'''[[Table of Contents|Back to the TOC]]'''
=How to percent-encode url parameters in python=
<pre>
python -c "import urllib, sys; print urllib.quote(sys.argv[1])" æ

python -c "import urllib, sys; print urllib.unquote(sys.argv[1])" %C3%A6
</pre>
[http://askubuntu.com/questions/53770/how-can-i-encode-and-decode-percent-encoded-strings-on-the-command-line Stefano Palazzo]

2013-05-04T01:35:52Z

Josephluis:

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Give to your WordPress blog a website-looking feeling

2013-04-30T05:21:24Z

Josephluis: /* Plugins */

Transform your present WordPress blog or start from scratch a WordPress site that looks and feels like a general website rather than a blog.

==Pre-considerations ==
You may consider if a multi-site or even a mult-language installation is what you need. WordPress has special installations for those features.

==The process==
Once you have your WordPress site installed there are three general steps to transform it into a website that doesn't look like your typical blog:

* Modify general settings
* Choose an appropriate theme
* Play with the style and formatting

=== Modify general settings ===
On your WP Dashboard do the following changes for the Settings

==== Reading ====

Change the 'Front Page displays:' option to 'Select a Static Page:' and choose in the drop down menu the 'Sample Page' that comes by default with the installation. More about this later.

With this step you are making a Page your front page, instead of the default list of posts.

==== Discussion ====

In 'Article Settings:' uncheck 'Allow people to post comments on new articles' With this your are saving yourself time, avoiding to have to manually remove comments sections on your future pages. Leave it check if you want comments for all the pages you create.

====Permalinks ====
Change the 'Common Settings' to a format of your link addresses that makes more sense for your website. For example, the 'Post name'
option is fine if you are not planning to have any blog posts at all or you don't mind if they are not organized by date.

===Choose an appropriate theme===

This is and important step for achieving the purpose of giving to your WP site a non-blog looking.

A good place where you can start your search of theme templates is within your Dashboard. Go to 'Appearance/Themes/Add New' where you are giving Advanced options for a search of the different formats that the themes offer.

If you want a more thorough search and info of these same themes go to the [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ WP Free Themes Directory]. Other sites also offer Premium/Commercial Themes. In fact, some of the free themes can be upgraded to Premium by paying for a license.

A note of caution. A theme is not only worth it for its lookings. That is why, after installing a theme you should spend some time looking at the Theme Options, Widget, Background, Menus and Header sections of the Appearance to find out how user friendly and flexible the theme is for changes in the format.

===Play with the style and formatting===

Once you have made your choice of a theme you can start adding layout and content to it with the 'Pages' and 'Menus' sections of the Dasboard. As your website is taking shape you may have to play with the more intricate settings of the style and formatting.

Some themes include a section where you can add your own CSS code to do these changes but sometimes you may have to go to 'Appearance/Edit' to change the .css and even the .php files of your site. A word of caution here. Developers may update their theme and these updates may override your manual changes into the above mentioned files. The solution to this is "Child Themes". You can find more info on the WP help website.

----

Hope you find the above helpful and good luck with your WP website transformation!

==Checklist==
===Settings===
====General====
*Review Title and set Tagline
*Change Timezone
====Reading====
*Change front page to a static page(if applicable. Use Sample Page if it's a new installation)
*Set Search Engine Visibility
====Discussion====
*Review Commenting options
====Permalinks====
*Review Permalinks options
===Appearance===
====Themes====
*Select theme or configure existent

===Plugins===
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer EWWW Image Optimizer]
*[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-google-fonts/ WP Google Fonts]

Give to your WordPress blog a website-looking feeling

2013-04-30T02:26:43Z

Josephluis: /* Plugins */

Give to your WordPress blog a website-looking feeling

2013-04-30T02:26:14Z

Josephluis:

Transform your present WordPress blog or start from scratch a WordPress site that looks and feels like a general website rather than a blog.

==Pre-considerations ==
You may consider if a multi-site or even a mult-language installation is what you need. WordPress has special installations for those features.

==The process==
Once you have your WordPress site installed there are three general steps to transform it into a website that doesn't look like your typical blog:

* Modify general settings
* Choose an appropriate theme
* Play with the style and formatting

=== Modify general settings ===
On your WP Dashboard do the following changes for the Settings

==== Reading ====

Change the 'Front Page displays:' option to 'Select a Static Page:' and choose in the drop down menu the 'Sample Page' that comes by default with the installation. More about this later.

With this step you are making a Page your front page, instead of the default list of posts.

==== Discussion ====

In 'Article Settings:' uncheck 'Allow people to post comments on new articles' With this your are saving yourself time, avoiding to have to manually remove comments sections on your future pages. Leave it check if you want comments for all the pages you create.

====Permalinks ====
Change the 'Common Settings' to a format of your link addresses that makes more sense for your website. For example, the 'Post name'
option is fine if you are not planning to have any blog posts at all or you don't mind if they are not organized by date.

===Choose an appropriate theme===

This is and important step for achieving the purpose of giving to your WP site a non-blog looking.

A good place where you can start your search of theme templates is within your Dashboard. Go to 'Appearance/Themes/Add New' where you are giving Advanced options for a search of the different formats that the themes offer.

If you want a more thorough search and info of these same themes go to the [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ WP Free Themes Directory]. Other sites also offer Premium/Commercial Themes. In fact, some of the free themes can be upgraded to Premium by paying for a license.

A note of caution. A theme is not only worth it for its lookings. That is why, after installing a theme you should spend some time looking at the Theme Options, Widget, Background, Menus and Header sections of the Appearance to find out how user friendly and flexible the theme is for changes in the format.

===Play with the style and formatting===

Once you have made your choice of a theme you can start adding layout and content to it with the 'Pages' and 'Menus' sections of the Dasboard. As your website is taking shape you may have to play with the more intricate settings of the style and formatting.

Some themes include a section where you can add your own CSS code to do these changes but sometimes you may have to go to 'Appearance/Edit' to change the .css and even the .php files of your site. A word of caution here. Developers may update their theme and these updates may override your manual changes into the above mentioned files. The solution to this is "Child Themes". You can find more info on the WP help website.

----

Hope you find the above helpful and good luck with your WP website transformation!

==Checklist==
===Settings===
====General====
*Review Title and set Tagline
*Change Timezone
====Reading====
*Change front page to a static page(if applicable. Use Sample Page if it's a new installation)
*Set Search Engine Visibility
====Discussion====
*Review Commenting options
====Permalinks====
*Review Permalinks options
===Appearance===
====Themes====
*Select theme or configure existent

===Plugins===
*[EWWW Image Optimizer http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer ]