Hello fellow students! In the previous article, we took a tour of the WordPress admin interface . In this article, I will guide you through the basic configuration steps of wordpress.
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Basic configuration steps for WordPress site
The following are the configuration steps for the wordress page you can do to make the website run correctly, for the setup steps not mentioned in this article you should leave the default.
1. Configuration overview:
Go to menu Settings > Overview
- Website Name: the name of your website
- Slogan: catchphrase aka Slogan
- WordPress Address: The address of the website where you put the wordpress source code
- Website Address: The address of the page you want to display on your website
- Email address: used for website administration purposes
- Members: If you tick the box Anyone can register , you are allowed to register as a member.
- Inner role of new members: after registration, what is their role on the website?
- Site language: The main language of the entire site, including the admin page
- Time zone: select the time zone according to the city
2. Write Configuration
- Default category: new posts, if you don’t select a category, will automatically enter the default category you choose here.
- Default Post Format: Default post style when new posts are posted (a post has different display styles depending on their purpose)
- Post by mail: This option uses your e-mail address to create posts and publish your blog posts via e-mail. To use this feature, you will need to set up a secret e-mail account with POP3 access and any messages received at this address will be posted. This is an advanced feature that will have a tutorial article. Temporarily ignore it!
3. Configuration Read
- Homepage layout: choose how to layout your homepage. If you select the latest posts, the homepage will only show the latest posts. If you design your own homepage, you can select A static page and select the pre-created Home and Posts pages.
- Most visible: if your homepage shows the latest posts, then enter the maximum number of posts you want to display on each page.
- Interact with search engines: tick if you don’t want search engines to index (crawl) your website.
4. Discussion Options
- If you want people to comment on posts, check Allow people to post feedback on new posts .
- In addition, you can configure other response options depending on the requirements for your website.
5. Library Configuration
- WordPress often edits uploaded images into multiple images with different sizes, different purposes on the website. You can set the default size of the image sizes when uploaded.
- You should choose Sort files by folder based on year, month to organize photos more neatly.
6. Static path configuration
Configure the options for the path of the article on the website. Configuration is very important, you should only do it once and use it during the operation of the website. Because later when inserting the link into the content, it cannot be changed.
You should use short, SEO-friendly and user-friendly URLs. Link form like this: https:///ten-bai-viet . You can add an optional suffix, such as .html , using the structure in the Customize box as shown below.
Summary:
Through this article, the basic configuration steps for wordpress to work correctly and stably. In the next article, will guide you to install the theme for wordpress website!
