Wordpress Setup

WordPress setup for the beginning blogger can be overwhelming.

Sure people claim installs can be done in less than five minutes, but an truly complete install
goes well beyond simply getting the WordPress application installed on your webserver. Settings need to be, well, set! Adjustments, tweaks, plug-ins, and various customizations are an absolute must if you want your newly created blog to look and feel professional-grade.

You might want to get helping making your WordPress setup more SEO friendly. Search engines will have an easier time indexing your content if your WordPress setup is done right. Choosing the right theme for this is an absolute must!

If you’d like to have your own theme created.  Hire a designer to a a PSD design of a site that meets all of your design requirements.  Once the design is finalized, hire a PSD to WordPress company to complete the conversion to a theme.

Once you get your WordPress setup established, you’ll need to perform additional changes to make your blogsite hacker proof, spam proof, idiot proof, etc. And, heaven forbid, should your web host experience data loss you’ll want to rest assured your blogsite is backed up daily.

Are you getting all this? Maybe yes, maybe no. If you’re the type who likes to tinker, by all means take on all these challenges by yourself. However, if you want to spend more time writing blogs and less time messing around with the plumbing, you’ll want to hire a professional to take care of your WordPress setup.

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Now let’s look at WordPress set up. Use themeaid.com for free WordPress setup. There are several themes available and many other options to help you optimize your blog or site. There is one method of use for WordPress setup that can match many bloggers needs. Try using Ubuntu Linux. It has many advantages over other uses. It can be watched live at your computer. If any issue comes up, you can fix it straight away. It does take some work to set up however. It is simple only if you have prior experience.  If you would like to install WordPress on your computer using Linux Ubuntu then follow this guide:

First download WordPress to your Ubuntu Linux desktop. Next install LAMP. Now install Apache with this command line: sudo apt-get install apache2.

Open a browser and test it by entering this into your browser: http://localhost and hit return or enter.

Now install PHP5 with this command: sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5. Test it with this pasted in your browser: sudo gedit /var/www/testphp.php.

Now save this file into the testphp.php file on your desktop. Next run this command: sudo apt-get install mysql-server to remove the MySQL Server restrictions.

Then install MySQL administrator with this command: sudo apt-get install mysql-admin. Now run the following command: killall gnome-panel to test the Gnome panel. Then you must run MySQL administrator for Apache HTTP Server with this command: sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin.

Now you have Linux Ubuntu running live on your computer. You are the god of your blog. Now that you have your Linux Ubuntu WordPRess set up complete, you run the whole enchilada. You must now know how to maintain this. Check out the next installment to learn how to do just that.