WordPress 101 - How to Log In and Out to Make Changes

This tutorial goes over the basics of how to log in and out of a WordPress Website and an overview of the backend user interface known as the Dashboard. At DMuirDesigns.com we build WordPress websites under a /wp folder. This allows us to work on and test a new website without disturbing an existing website. This way there is no down time if there is an existing website.

To make the site active we copy the "index.php" file in the "/wp" folder to the main website folder then modify this copied "index.php" file to look to the "/wp" folder for the website files. We then rename the old "index.htm" file to "index-old.htm" so that the new site becomes active. Using this process allows us to never have any down time for the website and also creates a backdoor should we need to revert to the old website temporarily.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Wordpress
• login
• dashboard
• changes

[TheDroLife]

Thank you, Most tutorials don't explain "where" to actually make changes to WP site. Being new I did not know where to make changes. Now I know it's done on the back end of the website, before I though it was some hidden dashboard the hostings admin panel.

[ryannagy]

Thanks for uploading a tutorial on the latest WordPress version. I needed an updated one for a client. - Ryan

[ryannagy]

Thanks for uploading a tutorial on the latest WordPress version. I needed an updated one for a client. - Ryan

[ryannagy]

Thanks for uploading a tutorial on the latest WordPress version. I need an updated one for a client. - Ryan