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You got your slick new WordPress site ready to go, plugins and theme picked out (Dang page.ly was fast). Now you just want to customize the theme and make it awesome’r. Or maybe you just want to install and customize a Premium theme you picked up from one of the many quality outfits out there.

Now you may be feeling stuck. FTP what where? What are all these funny < tag /> things. I just want to change the header graphic.

Where do you find information or help doing these extra’s?

You have 2 options really:

1. Learn how to do it yourself with “trial by Google”. Click around the search results, read a few forum entries. Apply what you learned, and viola!.. oh wait.
2. Hire a professional to help. Not a bad idea depending on what your time is worth.

We here at page.ly recommend you do and try both options. Getting at least a basic understanding how some of the inner workings of your WordPress website are a must to keep you from feeling helpess and your site humming along. Even though page.ly does much of the hard stuff for you (Backups, Core Upgrades, Setup,etc) the day to day tweaks and customizations you may need fall on your shoulders to take care of.

Professional Help by the Hour.

We highly recommend the folks at WP Help Center for those onesie twosies jobs like helping to install a custom theme, or setting up the real estate plugin, or changing your site header for you. We refer all our customers that need that little extra help to them and they charge reasonable rates by the hour. Need More? They do that too.

Help by the question.

• If you Are a page.ly customer, We are always happy to answer all types of WordPress questions for you. Just submit a ticket.
• WPQuestions can help you with those head scratchers for a little as $5
  

Big Stuff

Feeling Froggy? Talk to the guys at 9seeds.com for your full blown custom theme and plugin development.

Learning on your own.

Taking an hour here or there to watch a few videos or even try your hand at some php code is a great way to understand how your WordPress website works. Here are a few great resources to get you started.

• Page.ly How-to Videos
• WP101 has a great series of How-To Videos
• Get the “dummies” book
• And the Mother load of Videos is at WordPress.tv
• Attend a WordCamp

In a nutshell, WordPress has a learning curve, but fear not as the basics are quickly mastered. Just get a few tricks in your bag of skills and hire a professional when needed and you will be the master of your domain in no time.