WordPress For

BeginnersLesson 3

Settings

General SettingsSite Title: Name of Site

Tagline: Meaning of site

WordPress Address: Does not need “www”

Site Address: URL of site. Doesn’t need “www”

Email Address: Default email of website

Membership: Leave unchecked

New User Default Role: Leave as default to subscriber

Timezone: Will default to time on server or 0UTC time. Chose the timezone you are in

Date Format: How you want the date to be displayed

Time Format: How you want time displayed

Week starts on: Can be any day of the week

Site Language: What the backend of your site will be in

Writing SettingsDefault Post Category- Will be auto-

default to uncategorized. Can choose any category made

Default Post format- (Theme Specific) Typically best to leave as standard and then change when making a post

Post via e-mail

Mail Server (What email platform eg Gmail, hotmail, yahoo etc)

Login Name- Typically your email address

Password - for email

Default Mail Category - what category the posts will go into

Update Services

Your custom content types- (Theme Specific) Can change custom post types

Reading SettingsFront page displays- pick if you want

your latest posts or a static page as the front page

Blog pages show at most- how many blog posts to show on page

Syndication feeds show the most recent- how many posts the syndication shows

For each article in a feed show- choose if you want a summary or full text

Search Engine Visibility- if you want search engines to index your site

Follower Settings

Blog follow email text- gives a default email for when someone subscribes to your blog (Can be changed)

Comment follow up email text-gives a default email to someone who makes a comment on a post or page (Can be changed)

Discussion SettingsDefault Article Settings

Attempt to notify blog links

Trackbacks and pingbacks (not recommended)

Allow comments

Other Comment Settings

Author must fill out name and email, registered, when to close comments

Email Me whenever- posts a comment or held for moderation

Before a comment appears

Must be manually approved (Recommended)

Comment author must have already had a previously approved comment

Comment Moderation - can tailor the moderation to go automatically depending on words or phrases

Comment Blacklist- block words, IP’s email, or name

Avatars

Gravatar Hovercards- show picture or image

Maximum Rating- what language you will allow

Default Avatar- if email does not have a Gravatar account this will be used as a default picture

Media SettingsImage Sizes

Thumbnail Default is 150x150

Medium Size default is 300x300

Large size default is 1024x1024

Uploading Files

By default is set to upload by month and year based folders. Please leave this to make things easier on you later

Permalinks SettingsPermalinks are what is found after the “/” on an URL. Your choices are:

1. Day and name

2. Month and name

3. Numeric

4. Post name (Reccomended)

5. Custom Structure

Optional

You can build custom structure to your permalinks by adding a category base and a tag base.

What is a theme?A theme is a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying design for a website. These file are called template files.

A theme is what makes your website look

is a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying unifying design for a weblog. These files are called template files.

Where can I find themes?Free themes can always be found in the WordPress Theme Repository

found at WordPress.org/themes

You can buy premium themes at many places. Some of my favorites are:

StudioPress

Elegant Themes

iThemes

WooThemes (for e-commerce sites)

Please remember to look at the ratings, when was the last time it was updated, where it has been tested to , and user remarks before choosing a theme.

Installing a Theme1.If Installing from the repository

a. Click on Appearance-Themes

b. Choose “Add New”

c. Pick a theme in the respoitory

d. Click Install

e. Click Activate

f. Your new theme will be live on your site

2.If buying from a third party sitea. Click on Appearance-Themes

b. Choose “Add New”

c. Click on upload theme

d. Choose the theme that has been downloaded to your machine

e. Click activate

f. Your new theme will be live on your site.

The CustomizerThe customizer is where you can edit your theme, change colors, add the menu and much more. The customizer is located in Appearance-Customizer.

What can the customizer doSite Identity

Title and tagline of your website

Header Image

Image at the top of your site (Logo)

Menus

Typically located at the top of a site with clickable words to take you to different parts of a site (Nav bar)

Widgets

What is found in the sidebar of sites. Typically adds, subscription signups, login for membership sites, and more

Static Front Page

This says whether you want a static front page or a blog as your front page

Color Scheme

This allows you to change the colors of your site (Themes Specific)

Site Layout

This allows you to change how the information is laid out (Themes Specific)

Breadcrumbs

This gives a tab on the bottom to say where you are and what to click on to go back steps on the site

Comments and Trackbacks

Comments are what readers leave on posts and pages (Can be turned off)

Trackbacks are methods for alerting blogs you have linked to them

Content Archives

This is a table of contents for your posts

What is a pluginA plugin is what gives the website functionality.

Popular PluginsSecurity

Backups

SEO

Caching

e-commerce

Analytics

and much more

Where can you get pluginsPlugins will always be free at the WordPress Plugin Repository found

at WordPress.org/plugins

Other places to find good pluginsiThemes

WooThemes

CodeCanyon (Pay attention to what you buy from here)

Please remember to check when it was last updates, number of downloads, what it has been tested to and user remarks before choosing a plugin

How to add a plugin1.If Installing from the repository

a. Click on Plugins

b. Choose “Add New”

c. Pick a plugin in the repository

d. Click Install

e. Click Activate

f. Your new theme will be live on your site

2.If buying from a third party sitea. Click on Plugins

b. Choose “Add New”

c. Click on upload plugin

d. Choose the plugin that has been downloaded to your machine

e. Click activate

f. Your new plugin will be live on your site.

Please remember before you start updating your

site, please run a backup and save a copy to your

computer.