How to set up your wordpress blog

Ah ! wordpress blog and installed successfully. The next step after installation is to set up wordpress . Read also tell you how it happens in the wordpress configuration.

Set up your profile: first create your user profile and personal options. Wordpress requires you to only your contact email address and a nickname. Your e -mail address helps you to manage your blog. Only registered users have access to your e -mail so you will be notified when someone adds comments to your post. You can add and update other optional information such as your name, your address and password if necessary . When you configure your user profile , set up as an administrator. If you intend to allow authors to contribute to your blog, add and assign the role to the appropriate permissions.

Implementation Permalinks : The next one is set up permalinks that will give you good visibility in search results and visitors can get an idea on the link they visit. Goto Settings > Permalinks . Among the options available under Common Settings , select the custom structure. You can either use only the title or include category and post title . Enter / % postname % ( after the title alone) or / % category % /% postname % ( when URL includes the category and title ) . People suggest otherwise to select the day and the name to appear in the search results and get more traffic.

Now you can add a few posts and you will learn how to manage your messages from the administration panel .

Configuring security settings: some security settings can make your secure against hackers and spam activities wordpress . They are :

Admin account removal : When you installed wordpress, a default administrator account is created. Remove the default admin account created during the installation to avoid wordpress hackers target your admin account. It is easy to remove your admin account by default. Go to users, hover your mouse over the admin account and click Remove. Your account admin will be deleted.

Hide directories: Use htaccess to prevent people from accessing your directory and add a blank index.html file in each directory so that even if someone gains access to your directory , they will find a blank page with no content to the inside.

Turn off remote publishing : If you do not use an external editor for blog post on a web site or Remote Desktop Client blogging disable XML-RPC and Atom Publishing Protocol found under Settings writing options.

Configuring Thread chat settings are related to your blog, the content of the article and the authors .

Blog comments: There are about seven to eight parameters that are relevant to the blog comments and I recommend that you allow comments on your blog and maintain because they increase the value of the article. Make sure you get the email address and name of the author who wants to comment on the article to avoid spam entries . You can also choose to add closing comments on your older articles to a specific number of days.

Approve blog comments : Either an e -mail alert to tell you whenever someone adds a comment on your article so that you are informed and can respond to comments . You can have the power to approve all comments on your article before it becomes . It is a good practice that will prevent spam and inappropriate content in our comments area .

Installing wordpress theme : Good blog content as well as attractive blog go hand in hand for a successful blog. Wordpress offers free themes that you install a lot at any time easily or you can buy a premium theme . Choose a theme that is compatible with the version of WordPress that you have installed. Installing theme is easy and you can find a multitude of themes in your Wordpress dashboard . Go to Appearance > Themes. Installing theme requires you to download the theme via FTP and activate the same .

Install wordpress plugins : Add appropriate plugins that will help you keep your wordpress blog set , generating traffic to your articles BlogFree reprint , update your version of the current installation automatically and many others.