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GettingStartedwithWordPress
ThisguidewillshowyoutheverybasicsofwhatyouneedtodotoensurethatyourWordPressissetupcorrectly.
Itcontainssomereallyimportantinformationsomakeyousureyoudon'tmissoutanysteps!
KeepingItUpdated
WordPressisoneofthemostusedCMS(ContentManagementSystems)usedintheworld.Whilethisisgreatitalsocausessomeissues.
Thatissueisthatmanyhackerswillwanttoattackyoursiteandgaincontrolofit.Usuallytheydothistoinstallmalware,virusesorsimplytodefaceit.
In order to prevent this youmust make sure you keep yourWordPress up to date. This helpssecureyoursite.
AttheendofthisguideIwillprovideyouwithanumberofimportantlinkstofurthertrainingandtosomesoftwarewhichwillincreasethesecurityofyourWordPresssite.
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StartingTheUpdate
Afterclickingonupdatefromthepreviousscreenyouwillbebroughttothisscreen.
ClickontheUpdateNowbuttontostarttheupdate.
Itshouldtakenomorethan5minutes(morethanlikelyless)forthesitetoupdate.Duringthistimeyoursitemaynotbeaccessible.
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WelcomeScreen
Oncetheupdateisfinishedyouwillseethefollowingscreen.
Ifyouwishyoucanreadmoreabouttheupdate,althoughthisisnotnecessary.
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OtherUpdates-Themes
Youmay have noticed that there is an additional update available. This is for the theme of thewebsite.
A theme is a set of templates thatmakes thewebsiteattractive. Templatesallowyou toquicklymakechangestoyourwholewebsiteinseconds.
Updatingthemesispartofgoodsecurityassometimeshackerswillgainaccesstoyourwebsitebyexploitingissuesinthemes.
Clicking onupdate nowmay generate the followingmessage. Read it carefully and then eitherdecidetoproceedornot.Beawarethatsometimesupdatingathememayaffectelementsofyoursite.Ifunsureaskaprofessional,[email protected]
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ThemeUpdated
Oncethethemehasbeenupdatedthefollowingwillappear.
ClickonClickheretocompletetheupgradeinordertofinishtheupdate.
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UpdatingPlugins
Pluginsaresmalllittle"helper"appsthatgiveextrafunctionalitytoyoursite.Againtheissuewithpluginsisiftheyarenotuptodatetheymayalsocauseyoursitetobetakenoverbyhackers!
Itisimportanttomakesurethatyoukeepthemuptodate.
Asyoucanseefromthescreenshotthereare2pluginsthatneedtobeupdated.
ClickonthewordPlugins.
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PluginUpdate
Youwillseetheavailablepluginsandtheonesthatneedtobeupdated.
Clickonupdatenowoneachofthepluginstoupdatethem.
That'sitfornowwithsecurity;)
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Settings
Nowweneedtomakesurethatallyoursettingsaresetupcorrectly.
Firstlet'slookattheGeneralsettingswhichhelpsuscustomiseoursite.
ClickonGeneral.
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Settings->General
SiteTitle-thisareaallowsyoutoenterinasitetitle-thisisthesitenamethatappearsthroughoutthesite.Dependingonthethemethismayormaynotappearonthewebsitebut it isworth fillingout.
Note it is important to check your site after you add in text here just in case it does not appearcorrectly.
Tagline-thisislikeamottoortaglineyouwilldisplayunderyoursitename.
DateFormat-dependingonwhereyouarelocatedyoumaywanttochangethedateformat.Thisishowthedateisdisplayedonyourpostsandinotherareasofyoursite.
Youcanchangethesesettingsatanytime.
WhenyouarefinishedclickontheSaveChangesbutton(notshown).
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Settings->Writing
Thewritingsettingcontrolssettingsforyourblogposts.
Honestlythereisonlysettingherethatisofinterestanditisonethatyouwillneedsetlateron(youcan'tdoitnow!)however,let'slookatitnow!
ThesettinginquestionisDefaultPostCategory.Let'sfirstunderstandwhataCategoryis.Inanutshellitisawayofcategorisingyourpostssothattheycanbeeasilyfound.
Creatingcategories isreally importantasitallowsyoutotakeadvantageofSEO(SearchEngineOptimisation)andalsotoensurecontentcanbeeasilyfoundbyyourvisitors.
Wewillreturntothisscreeninalaterguide.
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Settings->Reading
TheReadingsettingallowsyoutodecidewhatavisitorseeswhentheyarriveatthehomepageofyoursite.
Therearetwooptions(notedependingonthethemetheymayormaynotappear-WordPresscanbelikethatbutoverallitiseasytouse!)
Notebeforeyoustartanychangesmakesureyoutakeanoteofwhatthecurrentsettingisjustincaseyoumessup;)
Your latest posts- thisoptionallowsyour latestpost (article) toappearon thehomepage. Thiscanbeveryhandydependingonyoursite. Ifyouaregoingtoupdatethesiteonaregularbasisthenthisisideal.
Astaticpage(selectbelow)-withthisoptionyoucanensurethatthesamepageisshowntoeachvisitor, regardless ifyouhavecreatednewpostsornot! Thiscanbeuseful forsites thatmaybeselling a product or service and want to display a page that talks about the company and itsproducts.
Forthisoptionyouselectthepagefromtheeitherofthedropdownmenus.
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Settings->Permalinks
Permalinksarereallyimportant.Thissettingcontrolstheaddressofyourblogposts.Youwanttomakesurethattheaddressofyourblogpostsiseasytoread-thishelpsthevisitorsandalsothesearchengines
IfyouleavethedefaultoptionofPlainyourlinkswillappearas
http://mydomain.com/?p=222whichdoesnotmakealotofsensetoareaderorthesearchengine.
OnesettingyoucanuseisthePostnamethiswillthenchangetheurltohttp://mydomain.com/how-to-set-up-wordpress(mypostnameishowtosetupWordPress).
Thismakesiteasytoreadandalsoidealforthesearchengines.
ItisevenbetterifyouselectCustomStructureandthenmakesurethefollowingstructureisused:
%category%/%postname%/
Usingthisyoururlwillbecome
http://mydomain.com/dev/how-to-set-up-wordpress -devis the category (don'tworry Iwill explainthisinalaterguide).
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Resources
That's it for this firstguide. Ihopeyouenjoyedandfeel freetosharethisguidewithyour friendsandfamily.
Formoreinfoabouthostingandwordpressvisit
http://ebits.ie
AsIpromisedherearesomeresourcesIrecommend
BestSecuritypluginandtrainingforWordPress
Furthertrainingvideosonmanytopics
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