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How to Install and Configure a WordPress Blog
By Dewald Pretorius | September 27, 2007
Installing and configuring a WordPress blog can be a daunting task when you’re new to WordPress.
It takes a long time to figure out what you need and what you must do. To help you save some time I wrote a mind map (with FreeMind) that leads you through the process one step at a time.
There are also links to recommended plugins to improve the on-page SEO of your blog, and other useful plugins as well.
You can download a PDF version of the mind map here. There are clickable links below the mind map graphic that will take you to the recommended WordPress plugin download pages, etc.
- Create WordPress Blog
- Create blog database
- Create MySQL DB
- Create a separate DB for the blog
- Create MySQL DB user
- Choose strong password
- Add user to DB
- Create MySQL DB
- Create blog email address
- Add an email address to domain in CPanel
- Install WordPress
- Fantastico
- Follow the onscreen instructions
- FTP
- Download WP code
- Create wp-config.php
- Edit wp-config-sample.php
- Edit DB parameters
- Save as wp-config.php
- Upload WP code to site
- Download WP code
- Fantastico
- Install Theme
- Free Themes
- FTP theme folder to /wp-content/themes/
- Install Plugins
- Recommended plugins
- FTP plugins to /wp-content/plugins/
- Configure WordPress
- Configure Users
- Users, Your Profile
- Change password
- Choose Display Name
- Uncheck “Use visual editor”
- Activate plugins
- Don’t activate WP-Cache yet, wait a few months
- Configure Options
- General Options
- Write tagline
- Permalinks Options
- Choose Custom
- /%category%/%postname%/
- Spam Karma
- Uncheck “Automatically insert…”
- DDSitemapGen
- Sitemap page slug: sitemap
- Sitemap navigation method: Pages: 1 2 3 4 5
- General Options
- Presentation
- Click on your Theme to activate
- Manage
- Posts
- Delete default comment
- Delete default post
- Pages
- Delete or modify About page
- Categories
- Add new categories
- Blogroll
- Delete default entries
- Add new links
- Posts
- Configure Users
- Create Standard Pages
- Sitemap page
- Page slug:
- sitemap
- Page content:
- <!-- ddsitemapgen -->
- Page slug:
- Contact page
- Page slug:
- contact
- Page content:
- Code for the contact form
- Page slug:
- Terms and Conditions page
- Privacy Policy page
- Sitemap page
- Start posting on your new blog!
- Create blog database
Tags: blogs, Building Websites, mindmap, websites, wordpress
Topics: Building Websites |
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