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In this tutorial, David will walk you through FileZilla. FileZilla is a free to use, open source FTP Client. It is an easy to use, well updated client. FileZilla supports multiple methods to communicate to your hosting using FTP and SFTP. It even allows TSL over FTP for more secure transfers than plain text FTP.

FileZilla allows you to store multiple hosts / servers so you can easily connect to them at a later date without having to remember all of the connection details. And the Quick Connect feature lets you connect to the last server and directory you were connected to and viewing.

After updating or installing a plugin, theme, or WordPress itself, you may notice your site is just a white page. What caused this? Is my data still there? Did my lack of backing up my database finally catch up to me? Don’t worry! Most white screen errors are simply because the updated resources no longer work with the current version of WordPress.

When WordPress does an update, it adds and changes functions, but most of the time the functions they want to remove will stay as “deprecated” functions until developers have enough time to update their plugins. Now because of this, when the functions are finally removed or changed, and a plugin incorrectly updated their code or lacked updating their code, it throws an error. WordPress hides the error, and PHP kills the execution of the site. Another reason for the white screen could simply be an error in coding in the plugin or theme, and nothing to do with a WordPress Update. Any PHP error will most likely cause a white screen to appear.

WordPress CMS is much more than a blogging platform once you start installing plugins. I’ve once had a Q&A Website built from WordPress, Community Forums, Listing websites and more. And I’ve seen sites built on WordPress that you couldn’t even tell were originally WordPress because the plugins changed it so much.

But to get to my point, installing plugins is very important. Either it be to prevent spam, add contact forms, new media types, or anything else; you need to know how to install plugins.

When having your own site, displaying your style to your visitors is important. Either it be a dark punk rock style for your band website, or a bright cheerful template that your future daycare clients will see. Picking the right template or theme is very important, and can make or break the success of your website.

WordPress and it’s community of users have created thousands of templates for you to use for free. You can surf around various sites finding the perfect one for you. Although there are thousands of free WordPress templates out there, you should also look at some premium templates that are not free also, if it’s in your budget. A lot of premium themes add nice features such as easy advertisement management and more.

In this tutorial, we will install WordPress. If you don’t know what WordPress is, it’s a CMS or Content Management System. CMS’s are scripts you upload and install to your web server. They allow you for you to create large sites quickly without all the programming. For instance, WordPress is a “Blogging” Content Management System. After installing, you can write posts, add categories, and much more.

Installing WordPress will open up a whole new world for your website. Most people see WordPress as a Blogging CMS, since that’s what it was created for. But with the endless amount of plugins either free or premium, you can turn your site into a community, business hub, listing website, and much more.