Configure WordPress In Ten Steps

Once you have a basic WordPress installed here is a basic setup:

1. Create an SEO friendly permalinks custom structure ie:

/%postname%/%post_id%/
/%postname%/

2. Copy and paste (or upload) the mod_rewrite rules  generated by WordPress into your .htaccess file in the root of your web folder.

3. Setup www redirection (if applicable) only if your blog redirects to http://yourdomain rather than http://www.yourdomain

4. Activate the Akismet Comment Spam in Plugins. Obtain a WordPress API key from WordPress.com by signing up for a blog (its free). Then enter it into the Akismet settings.

5. Remove default “Hello World” post and comment

6. Remove default blog link and Blogroll (if not required).

7. Enter new ping list..

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://coreblog.org/ping/

http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc

http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://ping.feedburner.com/

http://api.feedster.com/ping

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php

http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/

8. Start deciding on a theme and upload to /wp-content/themes using FTP

9. Start adding plugins and upload to /wp-content/plugins using FTP.

10. Start posting!

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