1. Login to the Netfirms Control Panel at Control Panel
2. Click Applications
3. Click WordPress
4. For the WordPress installation you wish to administer, click the corresponding Admin link

How to Write/Edit and Publish a Post

1. Upon entering the Administration Panel, WordPress defaults to the Write > Post SubPanel. This is the SubPanel you will use to write new posts and edit existing ones.
2. Input the appropriate information for your Post including the
Title
in the "Title" field as well as the actual content of the Post in the "Post" field. You may use the Quicktag buttons to format the look of your Post.
For example, click-drag to hilight the text you want to format, and click the str button to make that text bold (str for strong).
3. Click "Publish" to publish the blog immediately.
(Or click "Save as Draft" if you wish to publish it at a later time; Click "Save as Private" to allow only registered users to view your Post)

Optional: Include Images in your Post:

1. Click Manage > Files
2. Upoad your images
3. Click Manage > Posts
4. Click Edit to edit the post in which you now wish to add an image.
5. Click "Save"

How to Publish a Post Saved in Draft

1. Upon entering the Administration Panel, WordPress defaults to the Write > Post SubPanel. This is the SubPanel you will use to write new posts and edit existing ones.
2. In the "Your Drafts" section, link to the saved Post that you wish to Publish
3. Review your post and make any edit required.
3. Click "Publish" to publish the Post immediately.

How to Create a New Category for your Posts/Pages:

Each post in WordPress is filed under one or more categories. This aids in navigation and allows posts to be grouped with others of similar content.

Each category may be assigned to a Category Parent so that you may set up a hierarchy within the category structure. In creating categories, recognize that each category name must be unique. Thus, even if two categories have two different parents, they must still have different names.

In the default WordPress installation, links to your categories are shown in two different places on your weblog. First, WordPress lists these category links in your sidebar. Second, WordPress shows all the categories to which a given post belongs under that of that post. When someone viewing your weblog clicks on one of these category links, a page with all the posts belonging to that category will be displayed.

The Manage Categories SubPanel allows you to create new categories, edit or delete existing ones, and organize your categories hierarchically. The table of the categories contains the following columns:

ID - Like posts and pages, categories have a unique identification number. You can't edit it, and there's no need to. The ID numbers are used by WordPress only internally.
Name - The name of the category. Recall each name must be unique.
Description - Categories may have an optional description. By default, the description is shown to viewers when they hover over the category's link.
# Posts - The number of posts which are members of the category.
Action
Edit - This button allows you to modify the category's name, description or parent.
Delete - This button deletes the category. As you are reminded toward the bottom of this SubPanel, deleting a category does not delete the posts it contains. Instead, these posts are moved into the default category, which is defined in bold in the note below the Table of Categories

1. Upon entering the WordPress Administration Panel, Click Manage
2. Click Categories
3. Click "add_new"
4. Enter the name of the Category in the "Name" field
5. Using the "Category parent" pull-down menu option, choose a Category parent or choose Uncategorized.
6. Enter a Description (optional) of the category being created
7. Click "Add Category"

How to Edit an existing Category for your Posts/Pages:"

1. Upon entering the WordPress Administration Panel, Click Manage
2. Click Categories
3. For the category you wish to edit, click "Edit"4. The following fields may be changed:

Category Name
Category slug
Category parent
Description

4. Click "Edit Category"

How to Delete an existing Category for your Posts/Pages:"

1. Upon entering the WordPress Administration Panel, click "Manage"
2. Click "Categories"
3. For the category you wish to delete, click "Delete"

Note: Deleting a category does not delete posts from that category, it will just set them back to the default category Uncategorized.

How to Modify Content found in Comments (Discussion) to your Posts:
1. Upon entering the WordPress Administration Panel, click "Manage"
2. Click "Comments"

Here you, as the Administrator can decide if comments are allowed, if pingbacks and trackbacks are acceptable, and what constitutes Comment Spam. On this SubPanel you also control the circumstances under which your blog sends you e-mail notification of certain events at your site.

Usual settings for an article

Attempt to notify any Weblogs linked to from the article (slows down posting) : If you check this box, WordPress will send out a ping to a site or article you have linked (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink) to in your post. Your mention of their site or article will show up in the comment section of their site, if that site allows pingbacks. The notfication occurs during the process of publishing your article to the internet. An article with many hyperlinks will slow the posting process as WordPress contacts all of the sites before the post is published.

Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) : This setting tells WordPress to accept or decline the pings from other sites which may reference your site or an article on your site. If this box is checked, pingbacks and trackbacks will appear in the comments section of your posts.

Allow people to post comments on the article : If you wish to allow all of your posts to be commented on, then select this option. Remember that this can be overridden on individual articles. Comments can also be controlled by making an article PRIVATE, which requires the appropriate password before a comment is allowed. If you don't wish to allow comments uncheck this option.

Email me whenever... These two settings give you control of when you will receive an email in regards to comments about your articles. Anyone posts a comment: 

Turning this option "on" means every single comment posted will generate an email to you. If you get a lot of comments on your blog, you may find yourself with a very full Inbox. If you wish to micromanage your comments, then by all means, activate this option by checking the box.

A comment is approved or declined: Check this box if you want WordPress to notify you when comments have been approved or declined. This is useful if your blog has multiple authors and each author is authorized to allowed or decline comments. That way, you, the owner of the site, can review what comments are being allowed or denied.

Before a comment appears...

These options give you even more control over the instances of when and how comments are posted.

An administrator must approve the comment (regardless of any matches below): Selecting this option forces comments to be approved by a blog user or owner having the proper User Level to approve comments, even if the comments appear to be spam . See the Comment Moderation options below regarding spam.

User must fill out name and email : This is more useful as a way to force spammers to do a bit of extra work. In reality, the name and email address are not verified in any way prior to the comment being submitted. Most legitimate commenters are more than willing to fill out a name and email address.

Comment author must have a previously approved comment : When this box is checked, comments are only posted if the comment author's email address matches the address of a previously approved comment, otherwise, the comment is held for moderation. Comments from blacklisted email addresses (those listed in the Local Spam Words Text Box) are held for moderation regardless of whitelist status.

Comment Moderation

In the Comment Moderation section you specify these options to help you deal with Comment Spam.

Hold a comment...if it has more than x number of links : Not too long ago, comment spammers would have five, ten, or more hyperlinks in their comment spam. This made it very easy for bloggers to quickly screen comments but spammers recognized that and commonly use only one or two hyperlinks. You can enter a number in this box to tell WordPress how many links you allow in a comment before holding it for moderation.

Comment spam words/Comment moderation : You can add your own spam words which will filter the comments when posted. For an extensive and updated list of frequently used spam words and phrases, check the article on Spam Words and consider adding these to your own list.

Local spam words text box : This is your local list of spam words which you can edit as you wish. You can have IP addresses, keywords, or email addresses in this box; virtually anything that would uniquely identify the comment as an item of spam.

Check past comments against moderation list : This will check previously approved comments against the current moderation list and tell you which comments are suspected to be spam. This is useful if you just changed the moderation list.Comment blacklist : Exactly the same as comment moderation, except comments which match these words will be deleted without warning. You may want to use this as a last resort, as genuine comments can end up deleted (WordPress 1.5 and later)

Update Options button

Click this button to ensure that any changes you have made to your Options get written back to your database. If you find that later on, you are getting spam or email when you thought you had changed your options, you may have forgotten to click on this button. Once you click on it, a confirmation text box will appear at the top of the page telling you that your settings have been updated. If you find your Spam settings or Comment controls are too stringent, they may need to be changed. Revisit this page to make the appropriate changes, then, remember to click the Update Options button to ensure the new settings are saved.

How to Create Links
1. Upon entering the WordPress Administration Panel, click "Links"

Link Categories:
2. If you wish to add links to a specific category, click "Link Categories"
3. In the "Add a Link Category" section enter your Category Options
4. Click "Add Category"

Adding Links:
1. Click "Add Link"

2. In the "Add a link" section, enter the Basics: URI (full URL or web address of link), Link Name, Short Description, Category.
3. Click "Add Link"

Manage Links:
1. Click "Manage Links"
2. From the "Show links in category" section, use the pull-down menu to choose which category to display links from. You may also choose the order in which your links are displayed by using the "Order by" pull-down menu option.

Table of Links
Links are displayed as rows in this table with the following columns.

Name - The name (in bold) of the link and its description.
URI - The destination URI of the link. br>Category - All links must belong to one category. The category to which that link is assigned is shown here.
rel - This column displays all of the XFN (http://gmpg.org/xfn/) relationships for this link. See more at the Add Link SubPanel.
Image - Whether or not there is an image associated with this link: a simple "Yes"/"No".
Visible - Whether or not the link is visible on your site.

Action
Edit - This button takes you into Link Editing Mode so you can edit this link.
Delete - Deletes the link. You get a warning asking you to confirm the deletion because deletion cannot be undone.
* - A check box for use when Managing Multiple Links.

Manage Multiple Links

The items in this box at the bottom of the subpanel allow you to apply changes to many links at once. These changes are applied only to the links whose checkboxes in the Table of Links are checked. The following actions are available.

Assign ownership to [user]: By selecting a user from this dropdown and clicking its "Go" button, all the checked links will be assigned to that user.
Toggle Visibility: Clicking this button toggles the Visibility setting off all checked links, changing "Yes" to "No" and "No" to "Yes".
Move to category [category]: You can move all of the checked links to a specific category by selecting that category in this dropdown and clicking its "Go" button.
Toggle Checkboxes: This link will invert the checkbox selection: all checked checkboxes will be unchecked and all unchecked checkboxes will be checked.

3. Click "Show".

Additional WordPress Resources:

For additional WordPress support and assistance, we recommend visiting the WordPress Support sites at: http://wordpress.org/support/ and http://codex.wordpress.org

For access to the WordPress Forum (which may provide further support tips), visit http://wordpress.org/search/?forums=1 or http://wordpress.org/support/