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Getting Started with WordPress

Netfirms WordPress comes with many templates for you to choose from. To start, please follow these steps:

I. Installing WordPress

  1. Login to the Netfirms Members Control Panel at https://controlpanel.netfirms.com
  2. Click Applications
  3. Click WordPress
  4. Follow the onscreen prompts to install WordPress by selecting the domain and location where you wish to install WordPress to
For instructions on how to install WordPress for each of your websites on a single hosting account, click here.

II. Start Building your Website using WordPress

  1. While logged into the Netfirms Members Control Panel, click Applications
  2. Click WordPress
  3. For the WordPress installation you wish to administer, click the corresponding Admin link

Choose a Template:

  1. Click Design, then Themes
  2. Here you can easily style your site with a different Theme. Activate the theme of choice by clicking on Select from the Available Themes section.
  3. Optional: Click Theme Editor
  4. Optional: You can edit the source code of the various files associated with your Themes.Use the "Select theme to edit" drop down menu-option to select the theme whose source code you wish to edit.
  5. Optional:The files associated with the theme you selected from the drop down will be listed to the right of the large text editing box. You can then select a file from that list for editing.
Build Content into your Web Pages:
  1. Click Manage
  2. Chose the page type, Posts, Pages, Links
  3. For each Page Title, click on the title to open and edit.
  4. Follow the onscreen prompts to do rename the Page Title (if applicable) and write content for the Page.
  5. For an unwanted Page Titles, check mark it, then click Delete

For additional tips on using WordPress, click here.


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