By using the FeedBurner plug-in, you can get better statistics on who is subscribing to your blog feeds and you can also offer email subscriptions for your feed. (more info)

To use the FeedBurner plug-in, you must first activate it. Click on the ‘Plugins’ menu and click on the FeedBurner ‘Activate’ link.

To configure the FeedBurner plug-in, click on the ‘Settings’ menu and then choose the ‘FeedBurner’ submenu. More information about this plug-in can be found here.

1. Click on the arrow on the right side of the ‘Appearance’ menu to display the appearance sub-menus.
2. Click on the ‘Twitter Settings’ sub-menu.
3. Enter the appropriate Twitter username. You do not need to fill in the ‘Number of Tweets’ field.
4. Click ‘Save Changes’.

Currently the Twitter feed is displayed using code written by Tweetboard (http://tweetboard.com/) You must register for a free account with Tweetboard to allow this feature to work.

If you wish to link to files that you have uploaded, such as a PDF file, the process is a little different.

• Click on the ‘Add media’ button:

• If you have not already uploaded the file, click on ‘Browse…’ to locate the file on your computer and click upload.
  If you have already uploaded the file, click on the ‘Media Library’ tab, locate the file you wish to link to and click ‘Show’.
• Make sure the ‘Link URL’ is set to the ‘File URL’ (Click on the ‘File URL’ button)
• Click ‘Insert into post’

The Bent Tree theme, however, allows for a custom header image. Header images should be exactly 900 x 230 pixels and should blend appropriately into the Bent Tree theme. Custom header images should NOT have the Bent Tree badge in the top left corner, as the theme automatically adds this for you.

An example of a custom header image would look like this:

To add the custom header image to your blog:

1. Click on ‘Appearance’ in the main left menu.
2. Click on ‘Custom Image Header’ in the sub-menu that appears below the ‘Appearance’ menu.
3. Click on the ‘Browse…’ button to select an image from your computer.
4. Click on the ‘Upload’ button.
5. If your header image already contains the name of your blog, you can click on the ‘Hide Text’ button to hide the text header.
6. Click ‘Save Changes’

Your resulting blog will look something like this:

Each WordPress blog has its own storage space for uploading images and other files. Your storage space usage is displayed on the Dashboard page when editing your blog:

You can request more space from the Bent Tree communications department.

Media Browser

You can view all of the files you have uploaded by clicking on ‘Media’ in the left-hand main menu. You can upload new files to the Media Library by clicking on ‘Add New.’

Large Images

IMPORTANT: WordPress 2.7 with our hosting company has problems processing uploaded images that are larger than about 1 Megapixel. When an image is uploaded that is too large for WordPress to process, an ‘ERROR 500′ message is displayed. To avoid this problem, resize your images using photo editing or image editing software before uploading. It is recommended that you resize your photographs to 800×600 pixels or smaller.