What WordPress Plugins are Pre-Installed on My Site?

Plugins are tools that can be added to your WordPress blog to enhance or alter the functionality of your WordPress weblog. For your convenience, PressHarbor pre-installs the following Plugins on all sites:

Our WordPress Auto-Update System will install the latest version of these Plugins whenever they are updated. Please do not customize or deactivate any of the pre-installed Plugins as your changes would be erased when our Auto-Update System writes over your revised version of the plugin with an updated version.

How do I upload new Plugins to my WordPress blog?

Plugins are tools that can be added to your WordPress blog to enhance or alter the functionality of your WordPress weblog. Plugins are located in the following path on your web server:
/httpdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/
You can access this directory on your web server using an FTP program like SmartFTP, FileZilla, CuteFTP, or WS_FTP.
We have preinstalled several Plugins on all sites.

How do I upload new Themes to my WordPress blog?

Themes are located in the following path on your web server:
/httpdocs/wordpress/wp-content/themes/
You can access this directory on your web server using an FTP program like SmartFTP, FileZilla, CuteFTP, or WS_FTP.
We have preinstalled several themes on all sites.
To learn more about themes, check out Using Themes in the WordPress Docs.

Where can I get more WordPress Themes?

A treasure trove of WordPress themes is available at the WordPress Theme Viewer at:

http://themes.wordpress.net/

Simply download the themes to your local computer, then upload them to your site.

What WordPress Themes are Pre-Installed on My Site?

For your convenience, PressHarbor pre-installs a variety of themes to your site.
Our WordPress Auto-Update System will install the latest version of these themes whenever they are updated. For this reason, you should not customize any of the pre-installed themes as your changes would be erased when our Auto-Update System writes over your revised version of the theme with an updated version of the original theme.
If you would like to customize one of the pre-installed themes, you should first download a copy of it to your computer. Make your customizations locally, then re-upload the customized version of your theme to a new directory within the themes directory of your web server.

How do I Redirect my RSS feed to FeedBurner?

Feedburner is a service which can provide significant enhancements to your RSS feed, providing you with improved statistics about who is reading your feed as well as making it easier for you to enable your blog’s feed to be compatible with iTunes for podcasting and videoblogging.
Feedburner has provided a Plugin called FeedBurner FeedSmith to redirect your default RSS feed to your new FeedBurner feed, allowing you to track all your RSS subscribers.
Download the plugin and learn how to install it from the Feedburner Quick Start for WordPress page:
http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/help/wordpress_quickstart
You will upload the FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin file using an FTP client to your Plugins directory at:
httpdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/

PressHarbor Sneak Preview Now Available

We’ve had many inquiries about when PressHarbor would become available, and we know that many of you just can’t wait to get your hands on a shiny new WordPress weblog powered by folks you trust.

While we don’t have the website completely finished, not by a longshot, tonight we’re making the PressHarbor Sneak Preview publicly available.

It all works, but it’s just not as pretty as we’d like it to be. So while we’re cleaning up the site, adding content, and enhancing our support resources, please feel free to come on in and join us. Our servers are all ready to go, and eager to host your new WordPress site.

Come on in, the water’s warm and the sun is shining at PressHarbor.