October 23rd, 2007
After configuring the wordpress dashboard general tab, the next one is the writing tab. The writing tab sets the parameters for your “write a post” page where you enter the actual blog post information.
The options for this tab include the size of the post box ,convert emoticons to graphics for display, setting the default post category, post via email and update services.
This tutorial will focus on the size of the post box and update services
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October 22nd, 2007
When you first create a blog, one of your first steps to complete before beginning any posting is to configure the various subtabs found under the Options tab in the Dashboard. This post focus’ on the “General tab” which shows up first in the list from left to right.
The general tab is where you configure your blog title, tagline, add the www to the domain name and set the blog timzone offset.
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October 17th, 2007
When you first create a blog with Wordpress, I highly suggest that the first thing you do after customizing your Wordpress Dashboard Options is to install these 3 Plugins.
A plugin is like a utility for your blog that does something.
There are programmers all over the world who build these plugins to do little jobs for them and then they share them. Most of them are given away free of charge, so feel free to experiment with them if you like.
When I first create a blog for myself or clients, these are the first three I install and activate.
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October 12th, 2007
Where do you store your themes, plugins and files on your web host and how should you store your files on your own client computer? When you install your wordpress blog using either fantastico or by doing it yourself, the file and folder structure is very specific, you can’t really change it, nor do you want to. There is no room for changing the built in structure, leaving you simply having to understand it so you can FTP your files to the proper places.
It’s actually quite easy and there’s really only two places you ever need to be aware of. Having a system of storing files on your own computer is, in my opinion, actually more important than understanding where they go on the server.
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August 16th, 2007
Changing the permalink structure for a wordpress blog may have your inbound links end up as 404 not found errors because they’re pointing at an old link structure. Changing your permalink structure is something you have to consider quite thoroughly before doing. It may not be common sense to future think and know what the impact of such a change would make, but it’s what you have to do. Do not make changes to your permalink structure without knowing the implications. Can it be easy and seamless? I just found out that it can.
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