WordPress 3.0 Setup

WordPress 3.0 Setup

1. Install WordPress with Web Platform Installer


2. Useful WordPress Setting Changes
   
   
   
   1. Settings > Writings > Remote Publishing > XML-RPC Checkbox and Save Changes
   
   
   2. Settings > Discussion > Other comment settings > Automatically close comments older than 14 days Checkbox and Save Changes
   
   
   3. Settings > Privacy > Site Visibility > I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors Select and Save Changes
   
   
   4. Settings > Permalinks > Custom Settings > Custom Structure > Enter /%postname% in the text box for SEO
   
   
   
   


3. Useful WordPress Plugins
   
   
   
   1. Plugins > Add New > Enter Configure SMTP and Click Search Plugins > find Configure SMTP and Install Now > Actions: Activate Plugin
      
      
      
      1. Settings > SMTP > Check Send e-mail via GMail? and enter a real gmail address > Save Changes
      
      
      
      
   
   
   2. Plugins > Add New > Enter Static Toolbar and Click Search Plugins > find Static Toolbar > Actions: Activate Plugin
   
   
   3. Plugins > Front-end Editor > Actions: Activate Plugin
   
   
   4. Plugins > Exclude Pages from Navigation > Actions: Activate Plugin
   
   
   5. Plugins > Featured Content Gallery > Actions:  Activate Plugin (maybe?)
   
   
   6. Plugins > Add New > Enter WordPress File Monitor and Click Search Plugins > find WordPress File Monitor > Actions: Activate Plugin
   
   
   7. Plugins > Add New > Enter Sharedaddy and Click Search Plugins > find Sharedaddy > Actions:  Activate Plugin
   
   
   8. Plugins > Add New > Enter Postie - install and activate
      
      
      
      1. configure with email address, ssl imap, imap.gmail.com, only admins will be able to post until further configs are completed
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   


4. Useful WordPress Widgets to configure
   
   
   
   1. SiteMeter
      
      
      
      1. Appearance > Widgets > Drag a Text Box Widget to a Widget Area > Paste appropriate HTML from sitemeter.com
      
      
      
      
   
   
   2. Tag Cloud
      
      
      
      1. Appearance > Widgets > Drag a Tag Cloud Widget to a Widget Area > Taxonomy:  Categories
      
      
      
      
   
   
   3. Twitter
      
      
      
      1. Appearance > Widgets > Drag a RSS Widget to a Widget Area
         
         
         
         1. RSS Feed URL:  http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/11893692.rss
         
         
         2. Uncheck Display Item Content
         
         
         3. Uncheck Display Item Author If Available
         
         
         4. Check Display Item Date and Save
         
         
         
         
      
      
      
      
   
   
   4. Links
      
      
      
      1. Appearance > Widgets > Drag a Links Widget to a Widget Area