dandelionblog.com

Now let’s set up the General Options for our Wordpress blog. Log into your Wordpress Blog.

Click on Options, then click on the General Tab.

Here is the first half of the General Options page.

The information should be filled in correctly for you here for the kind of install we are doing.

Blog title:

As set up during your install. If you decide you want to change the title, here is where you do it.

Tagline:

The description you set up during your install. You can change it here if you want.

Wordpress Address and Blog Address

Leave the two Url addresses as is. They should be something similar to www.yourdomain.com or www.yourdomain.com/blog

email:

The address you set up when you installed.

Membership and Default User Role:

For now leave the Membership boxes unchecked, and the New User Default Role to subscriber. [Read more →]

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Okay, we set up your blog using Fantastico. This is what your blog looks like now.

Now we want to set up Akismet to protect your blog from spam. Akismet is a plugin, that comes with your Wordpress install. It will greatly reduce spam comments and trackbacks on your blog if you activate it and set it up correctly.

Log into your Wordpress admin panel
www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin

At the top of the admin panel, click on plugins.

On the Plugin Management Screen, you’ll see Akismet. Click on the button that says activate. [Read more →]

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Now we’re ready to install Wordpress using Fantastic. Log into your Cpanel like you did in the last lesson. Your hosting provider will send you information on your user name and password for logging in. You’ll probably access your Cpanel at www.yourdomain.com/cpanel. (or use the information provided by your hosting company).

Here is your Cpanel. Look for the smiley face Fantastico icon. Click on it. (your Cpanel might look slightly different).

Click where it says New Installations. [Read more →]

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First, let’s set you up with email using the Cpanel on your new website. When you register for a website, they’ll send you information on how to log into your cpanel. The login page will probably be at www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/ (if they’ve given you different login information, use it.)

Your Cpanel will look similar to this. Cpanel can have different “skins” so it might look different, but it should have most of the same information in it.

On your cpanel, you’ll see a section like this. Click on the icon that says Email Accounts.

Fill in the information for your email account. Choose an email name. Choose a password. The form will show you how strong your password is. Remember your password! Type in your password again. Click on create.

Write down the information you filled in. We’ll use it when we set up Wordpress.

Prior Wordpress Setup Workshop Lessons:

Pre Wordpress Setup:

1) Setting up a domain and hosting.
2) Download Firefox for use in Modifying your themes.
3) Get an FTP program(optional)

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Okay, we’ve gotten our domain and webhosting. Now before we start to install Wordpress, let’s get set up with a free FTP program…a program that lets you transfer files from your computer to the server where you’ll have your blog.

We’re going to download FileZilla It’s simple and easy to use. Hey, it has a cool name, and it’s free. What more do you want from an FTP program?

Go here and click on the button circled in red. Save it to your computer. Unzip and install. Now you’re ready to be able to transfer files to your blog. We’ll use it later to transfer themes and plugins to your blog.

SKIP THIS NEXT STEP IF YOU’RE USING BLUEHOST OR ANOTHER HOST COMPANY THAT PROVIDES FANTASTICO

If you did as I suggested and got a web host with Fantastico, you can skip this next step. You really, REALLY want a webhost with Fantastico. But, if not, you’ll have to manually download and install Wordpress.

Go to the Wordpress site and download Wordpress.

The directions for manually installing Wordpress are here if you want to work through them now. After I finish our series on installing Wordpress and setting it up with Fantastico’s one click install, I’ll then add a post on manually installing Wordpress without Fantastico.

For those of you with a host with Fantastico, my next post will be on using Fantastico’s one click install for setting up your Wordpress Blog.

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