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In this tutorial I will show you how to add a you tube video to a wordpress blog post.

Step One

First you need to find the video you wish to add to your wordpress blog on Youtube.

When you have found the video you need to highlight and copy the embed code.

Before you copy the code there are some options to choose.

Click the wheel like icon next to the embed code box like this: Youtube More Options Icon

This will drop down some options.

If the include related videos option is ticked (I think it is by default), untick it. This will stop links to related videos coming up when the video is finished.

Choose the colour that best fits your wordpress blog.

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In this tutorial I am going to show you how to schedule a post on a wordpress blog.

There are times when you may wish to schedule when your posts are published to your wordpress blog.

You may be on holiday but want your blog to keep updating with fresh content while you are away or you may want to schedule your content once a week so you don’t have to keep logging in and publishing it.

Whatever the reason this is how you do it.

Step One

Log into your wordpress admin area.

Click Add New under the Posts tab:

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In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create and post an article on a wordpress blog.

Wordpress is a Content Management System (CMS) which basically means it manages your content :-)

A post in wordpress is the place where you publish content (articles, video, audio etc) on your blog they appear in reverse chronological order which means the latest post appears at the top.

Step One

To add a new post click Posts then click Add New

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In this tutorial I will teach you how to install the Google XML sitemap plugin on your wordpress blog.

Having a sitemap for your blog is important because it makes it easier for search engines spider and index the pages and posts of your wordpress blog.

Even though the plugin uses the Google name, the sitemap will be used by all search engines e.g. Yahoo, Bing and Ask.

A sitemap is an xml page of links to all the pages and posts on your blog here is the sitemap for Your Blog Builder.

Step One

Make sure your blog is visible to everyone including search engines. This is a very important setting, if your blog is set to block search engines then it will not be indexed by search engines meaning no free search engine traffic :cry: .

To check this click the settings tab in the admin area of your blog then click privacy:

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In this tutorial I will teach you how to upgrade a wordpress plugin on your blog.

It is important to keep your plugins up to date. There are few reasons why a plugin may have been updated:

Security Issue.

May not work with the latest version of Wordpress.

New features have been added.

Click the following link if you don’t know how to install a wordpress plugin.

Step One

Wordpress have been very helpful and will tell us if there is a newer version of a plugin directly in the plugin screen so you don’t need to keep checking.

You will see a number on the plugin tab telling you if any plugins need updating:

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In this tutorial I will teach you how to install an Aweber lightbox hover on a wordpress blog.

I can’t stress how important it is to build a list of potential customers using an autoresponder to collect email addresses. This gives you the power to build a relationship with your readers. Having a list means you can get traffic to your blog almost instantly, make an offer for your product or affiliate to someone else’s.

I would also advise using a paid service such as aweber.

Step One

Sign into your aweber account (If you have more than one list make sure the correct one is showing in Current List).

Select Web Forms then select Create Web Form.

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In this tutorial I will teach you how to install Google analytics on a wordpress blog.

Step One

You will need a free Google analytics account, you don’t need a gmail email address you can sign up with any email address. If you already have a analytics account login if you need one sign up for free.

Go to the Google analytics home page here.

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In this tutorial I am going to teach you how to change the permalink structure of your Wordpress blog.

Changing the permalink structure of your wordpress blog will help to optimize it for the search engines. It is very important that the title of each post contains the main keywords you are targeting within the post. Otherwise changing the permalink structure will be of no benefit.

If you don’t know what permalink structure is look at the URL of this post. You will see my domain name, followed by the category name, followed by the post title. By default wordpress gives posts and pages a post id. If I hadn’t changed the permalink structure of this blog then the URL would look something like this yourblogbuilder.com/?p=1.

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In this tutorial I will show you how to download, FTP (upload) and install a wordpress plugin.

Most plugins come with a readme.txt file giving instructions on how to install the plugin. It is worth reading that as some plugins have special instructions.

Step One

Download the plugin you wish to install. You can find loads of free wordpress plugins at the Wordpress Plugin Directory.

In this example I am going to download the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin a very useful plugin that makes upgrading wordpress so easy. One of a few plugins I always install first when creating a new blog.

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In this tutorial I will show you how to download, FTP (upload) and install a wordpress theme.

Step One

Download a wordpress theme to your computer. This can either be a free one from the Wordpress theme directory or theme you pay for also known as a premium theme.

In this example I will be downloading a free wordpress theme from the directory called Mystique.

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