And the next two points ...
4. Deleting and deactivating the pre-installed plugins
Now you need to repeat the previous step in order to delete the plugins that have been automatically installed by the Wordpress installer. Select "Plugins" from the admin menu, check the box and click the "Delete" link to delete the targeted plugin:
If you have some doubts regarding those pre-installed plugins and you think that you might use some of them, you can simply deactivate them. Choose "Deactivate" from the "Bulk Actions" drop-down menu and finally hit the "Apply" button:
5. Changing the language and the time zone
If you already selected the correct language for your website during the installation process, you don't need to make any further changes at this point. But, it's highly recommended to define the correct time zone for your site (and the desired date & time format) ...
Both options are available on the same page and they can be accessed via "Settings -> General":
Now, the language setting is definitely not something that must be explained, but there is one thing you should know: Wordpress supports both left to right and right to left languages. What does it mean? It means that when you choose a right to left language, the entire interface will switch around as you can see in the following images:
And there is last important thing you need to know about languages ... Once you have selected the desired language, the back-end interface will be instantly and successfully updated, but on the front-end you might see only partial changes - or even some completely crazy things in case that your theme isn't compatible with that language.
Now the time zone could be important for different reasons ... If you are going to display your current time (task that can be fulfilled in many different ways) this option obviously must be configured properly. The second reason: the chosen time zone is the primordial reference point for any scheduled action. When you schedule your posts for example, they will go live according to your time zone.
BUT, the optimal time for publishing your posts is not necessarily your own time zone ... If you live in Somalia and your main target audience can be found in the EST (Eastern Standard Time) zone, your own time zone it's really irrelevant ...
And just to make the things even more complicated: at a certain point most likely you are going to use some sort of scheduling solution (third party software, plugin, service, etc) which could rely - or not! - on this information ... The good news: you can change this parameter anytime you want ...
I have some questions:
The password that WA gives you is necessary to change it, when? In the section of permanent links the last 2 are:
-Name of the post
-Personalized Structure
What is the difference between the two?
If my site has categories, pages and post, which would you choose and why?
Thanks for your help.
Claudio
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Thanks for your time!
So ...
1. As a first step you probably want to create your own personalized, easy-to-rember password. And of course, you should change it every single time when you detect any suspicious activity, for example failed login attempts
2. The name of the post will give you the standard post name based on the slug. The personalized structure will allow you to add other variables top, for example date, etc
3.1 If you are using WordPress as a blog, then you will end up using posts for majority of your site’s content. Posts are content entries listed in reverse chronological order on your blog’s home page. Due to their reverse chronological order, your posts are meant to be timely.
3.2 Pages are meant to be static “one-off” type content such as your about page, privacy policy, legal disclaimers, etc. While the WordPress database stores the published date of the page, pages are timeless entities.
3.3 Categories are meant for broad grouping of your posts. Think of these as general topics or the table of contents for your site. Categories are there to help identify what your blog is really about. It is to assist readers finding the right type of content on your site. Categories are hierarchical, so you can sub-categories.
Hopefully I've managed to answer your questions.
Zed
If I have "categories" in my site What is the type of permanent link that you would choose?
I´m working with Personalize Structure is OK for you?
Hopefully they will :)
Zed
Thank you for taking time and create this training.
I believe this will be useful to our new members.
:)Joe
If you've learned at least one thing, I achieved my goal :)
Yes, those blurry images usually are related to the pre-defined image sizes created by Wordpress.
By default, WordPress offers predetermined image sizes:
Thumbnail size (150px square);
Medium size (maximum 300px width and height);
Large size (maximum 1024px width and height);
Full size (full/original image size you uploaded).
If you are using a given (different) image size for your posts and that image size can't be proportionally resized to these default values, the result is a blurred image.
And before you ask :) You can define the exact size of your images in many ways when you are creating your content, but there are situations where you can't (at least without altering the source code) define the image sizes. One example: when a related post plugin displays thumbnails ...
Zed
Much appreciated
Jennifer
Keep up the very good work and help you are doing here
Jennifer
