And three more points ...
9. Ping services
By default Wordpress uses only one ping service:
So, if you want to expand that list in order to use more services, you'll have to add them manually.
Simply paste the above list into the entry field and click "Save Changes".
What's the point? Well any time when you create a new content piece or something happens on your website, all these services will be automatically notified.
10. Permalink settings
The default Wordpress permalink looks like this:
http://yourdomain.com/p=123
Which doesn't make any sense for your visitors and to the search engines ... So, go to "Settings -> Permalinks", select the "Post name" option and click "Save Changes".
As a result your permalink will look like this ...
http://yourdomain.com/postname
... and choosing the right post names will help you to get more traffic and to rank higher in search engines.
11. Search engine indexing
The point: you need to define the indexing rule for your site.
In case that you don't know, the search engines can - and sooner or later they will - find your site while they are crawling the web. Now, if you don't want to develop your site locally and you are going to have a bunch of drafts and unfinished projects or content pieces on your live site, you need to prevent the search engines from indexing the raw content.
In order to to that, go to "Settings -> Reading" and check the box next to the "Search Engine Visibility" option:
And of course, don't forget to deactivate that box once you're done with the development phase ...
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
Reply
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
