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I’m cataloging the installation of a new Wordpress blog I’m launching. I figure some of this may be of interest, there are lots of tutorials out there and I’ll try to cull the best of the best, because searching Google for 3 hours debugging plug-ins is not my idea of a good time.
Download latest version of Wordpress.
Mark on WordPress has a good site, including patches for previous version so you don’t have to do full reinstall and risk overwriting all your customizations.
Start install. the Wordpress documentation is fine, read it.
Have your database username and password handy.
Image uploading is kind of broken. Fix it here.
Upload outside of WP directory
Edit functions-post.php in wp-includes
// Added to upload outside of WP
// http://wordpress.org/support/topic/68702?replies=5
$siteurl = get_settings(’home’);
$path = get_settings(’upload_path’);
$dir = trailingslashit($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) . $path;
$url = trailingslashit($siteurl) . $path;
Make sure to put /images in default upload directory in Options:miscellaneous.
Keep “Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders� unchecked unless you are super-organized.
Good Plug-ins to start with:
I will keep updating this as new plug-ins are introduced or I find out about improved/better versions of ones I already use.
Activate the following included plugins:
Spam Filtering via Akismet, which is built into Wordpress by default. Turn it on in the Plugins menu. Why? Because 93% of all blog comments are spam.
Live Coment Preview, because it’s fun to see your comment appear on the page without reloading.
Activate Database Backup unless you feel lucky.
Learn about business blog plug-ins at Business Blog Hive.
Download and Install:
Widgets for sidebar.
Intouch contact form
Google Analytics. You’ll need your Analytics account number or sign up.
Related Posts. List a few posts similar to the post people are looking at.
WP-Websnapr. Show thumbnails of the sites you link to. Super helpful. Based on Websnapr, there are new versions coming out often. Check the Websnapr site.
Try XSDSnapper version, which is a plug-in for Wordpress.
Hint: Replace “home� with “siteurl�.
//$Snapr_pluginpath = get_settings(’home’).“/wp-content/plugins/XSD_Snapr/â€?;
$Snapr_pluginpath = get_settings(’siteurl’).“/wp-content/plugins/XSD_Snapr/â€?;
Search Hilite. The Search Hilite Plugin highlites Search-Words, from external Searches over Yahoo,Google, Lycos and Baidu, as well as WordPress internal Searches, on the Search Results-Pages.
Optimal Title. Optimal Title is a WordPress plugin that mirrors the function of wp_title() exactly, but moves the position of the ’separator’ to after the title rather than before. This allows you to have your blog name tacked on to the end of the page title instead of having it appear first.
Home Page Redirect. This plugin allows users to have more control over the uri in which their users access their blog. By doing so, you’re giving search engines and users a consistent link for accessing your content.
Many of these plugins have settings in the Options page.
Thinking about using Wordpress as a Content Management System (CMS)?
Filosofo Home-Page Control creates
Technorati Link Count.
Want to pick up some extra cash?
Read Perry Marshall to get started with Google Adwords. Then sign up for Adsense.
AdSense-Deluxe is a WordPress plugin offering advanced options for managing the automatic insertion of Google AdSense or Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) ads to your WordPress posts.
I wrote about Adisem over at my other blog. If you have even a passing interest in optimizing yourAdWords spend, you should read the post.
Google Sitemap generator for Wordpress.
Pages: single.php is used to display single posts.
Underscore Permalinks. Converts spaces to underlines.
