Create your first WordPress website – an introduction to WordPress
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How to get started with your first WordPress website. Planning, choosing the right version (WordPress.com or a self hosted installation aka WordPress.org), and 5 essential dashboard settings. This presentation was given at WordCamp Seattle on Saturday, June 27th. For more information, contact me at www.rampantwebdesigns.com
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Editor's Notes
- Basic Blog and Website Domain Hosting Services A good host should be reliable, performance flawlessly and fast, be compatible with the most popular WordPress themes and plugins and provide a price that is appealing to customers. Most of the affordable, shared hosting services offer the same things – just the prices vary. You can choose to register your domain from 1 to 5 years. If you’re unsure if your website is one you want to stick with for 5 years, pick 1 year. You can always extend the time later. I use Bluehost, one of our WordCamp sponsors) for my websites. Premium Website Hosting Services Premium hosting usually provides you with personal one-on-one support with a small team who gets to know you and who serves you on a personal level. The cost is more, but you don’t have to share your server with other domains. Some of them also do all the updating and security for you. Premium Themes vs WordPress Themes vs “In the Wild” Free Themes Premium Plugins vs Free Plugins vs “In the Wild” Free Plugins
- Go over the various parts. Call out the update notice.
- As soon as WordPress is installed, log in and check and/or update these screens: In Settings > General Reading Media Permalinks In Users > Your Profile
- As soon as WordPress is installed, log in and check and/or update these screens: In Settings > General Reading Media Permalinks In Users > Your Profile
- In Settings > General Add your site title and tagline. At first, you’ll see the default “just another WordPress website,” and of course your site is unique, hardly “just another” anything! Be sure that “anyone can register” is UNchecked — this is the default. Set your time zone correctly, so the time stamps on posts appear the way you’d like them to. Verify the date/time format. The default is usually fine for US users.
- In Settings > General Add your site title and tagline. At first, you’ll see the default “just another WordPress website,” and of course your site is unique, hardly “just another” anything! Be sure that “anyone can register” is UNchecked — this is the default. Set your time zone correctly, so the time stamps on posts appear the way you’d like them to. Verify the date/time format. The default is usually fine for US users.
- In Settings > General Add your site title and tagline. At first, you’ll see the default “just another WordPress website,” and of course your site is unique, hardly “just another” anything! Be sure that “anyone can register” is UNchecked — this is the default. Set your time zone correctly, so the time stamps on posts appear the way you’d like them to. Verify the date/time format. The default is usually fine for US users.
- In Settings > General Add your site title and tagline. At first, you’ll see the default “just another WordPress website,” and of course your site is unique, hardly “just another” anything! Be sure that “anyone can register” is UNchecked — this is the default. Set your time zone correctly, so the time stamps on posts appear the way you’d like them to. Verify the date/time format. The default is usually fine for US users.
- In Settings > General Add your site title and tagline. At first, you’ll see the default “just another WordPress website,” and of course your site is unique, hardly “just another” anything! Be sure that “anyone can register” is UNchecked — this is the default. Set your time zone correctly, so the time stamps on posts appear the way you’d like them to. Verify the date/time format. The default is usually fine for US users.
- 2. In Settings > Reading Set the correct home page. If you’re planning to create a blog, select “Front page displays your latest posts.” If you’re setting up a website with no blog, select “Front page displays a static page.” For blogs, make sure “For each article in a feed, show:” is set to “full text.”
- 2. In Settings > Reading Set the correct home page. If you’re planning to create a blog, select “Front page displays your latest posts.” If you’re setting up a website with no blog, select “Front page displays a static page.” For blogs, make sure “For each article in a feed, show:” is set to “full text.”
- 2. In Settings > Reading Set the correct home page. If you’re planning to create a blog, select “Front page displays your latest posts.” If you’re setting up a website with no blog, select “Front page displays a static page.” For blogs, make sure “For each article in a feed, show:” is set to “full text.”
- 2. In Settings > Reading Set the correct home page. If you’re planning to create a blog, select “Front page displays your latest posts.” If you’re setting up a website with no blog, select “Front page displays a static page.” For blogs, make sure “For each article in a feed, show:” is set to “full text.”
- 3. In Settings > Media Make sure the image path is specified. It should be wp-content/uploads but is often blank in new installs — this affects how some WordPress Backup plugins operate, as well as media uploads themselves. Also, optionally uncheck the box for month-and-year based folders within uploads. Having so many folders can be a pain for sites that don’t really use much media. They’re useful for sites that upload new pictures/media multiple times per week.
- 4. In Settings > Permalinks Change from the default to ANYTHING with %postname% in it. The default is unfriendly to both humans AND search engines, and having permalinks made from the postnames lets you get search engine-friendly keywords into the page addresses. This setting also lets you edit the page address — called a “slug” — in the Post/Page editing screen.