WordPress is the most used CMS platform by bloggers, so this post is for those who are new to WordPress, I have created a Blogging Guide videos series to take you through a step by step guide that will show you what exactly you should do after installing WordPress to get your blog ready to go. This Blogging Guide is explaining the tips on the 43 Blogger Tips – What you should do after installing WordPress.
Basically my Blogging Guide is going to cover tips to cover the basic settings, and talk about some ideas to increase your blog traffic, getting your blog indexed faster by Google, and give it a unique look and feel by header banners, and much more. So in this fist video I will talk in this video about the first 4 things you should do after installing WordPress of my post:
- How to Adjust your blog time zone
- Enable threaded (nested) comments
- Get yourself a Gravatar.com avatar image
- Personalize your designed by using header banners
So, let’s starts and learn what you should do after getting a fresh installation of WordPress.
This is he first Video of Blogging Guide series, I will be publishing more videos to cover the whole 43 important tips that you might be interested in, so I hope you enjoy it.
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(15 comments) August 11, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Hi Andrew,
Nice post!It just so happened that I was overhauling my self-hosted wordpress, thanks for the tips! I’ve forgotten to set up my nested comments so I’m going to activate it as soon as my domain is 100% good to go. Thanks again!
(199 comments) August 12, 2010 at 3:05 am
Great! I’m glad the post helped.
Andrew
(15 comments) August 12, 2010 at 3:08 am
Don’t say thanks, it’s me who owe you.^^
Very good information Andrew. especially being a video makes it even more effortless. You know how much us blogger read everyday.
Are you going to charge for the rest of the videos?
(199 comments) March 25, 2010 at 3:12 am
Thanks, Chris.
Charging never entered my mind…but now you mention it….
…no, no…all the videos will be here for free.
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Blogging Guide : How To Write An About Page (video)
(30 comments) March 22, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Threaded Comments are amazing. I never used them until a couple of months ago and I can’t believe how much simpler it has made things.
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(199 comments) March 23, 2010 at 8:29 am
Tom,
Makes it easier for the reader to read as well.
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Fear of blog writing or is it shyness?
(1 comments) March 22, 2010 at 10:25 am
I liked your advise, will do it soon since I have a project in hand which is what brought Me here in the first place..
I will grab this advice and surely to pass it on to others…
Norman Flecha
Straight Talk
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(199 comments) March 23, 2010 at 8:30 am
Thanks, Norman. I hope it helps.
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Fear of blog writing or is it shyness?
(246 comments) March 22, 2010 at 8:39 am
Great points for someone just starting out…..excellent checklist for someone who already knows them but may forget one or two
Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..Would You Like a FREE Banner Ad Position?
(199 comments) March 23, 2010 at 8:31 am
A nice refresher for many (hopefully).
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Fear of blog writing or is it shyness?
(15 comments) March 22, 2010 at 8:32 am
Good post Andrew, this should be a good place to start and helpful for new bloggers.
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(199 comments) March 23, 2010 at 8:31 am
Zack,
I hope so!
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Fear of blog writing or is it shyness?
(116 comments) March 22, 2010 at 8:08 am
Very simple but very useful for newbie bloggers. I love gravatar as it can help us build personal branding on the internet
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(199 comments) March 23, 2010 at 8:32 am
Tinh,
Is that really you – in your gravatar?
Andrew
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(116 comments) March 23, 2010 at 8:15 pm
No, it is my son and my readers are quite familiar with this gravatar then I do not want to change it. Is he cute?
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(199 comments) March 24, 2010 at 3:59 am
Definitely cute.
More handsome than his dad?
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Product Reviews
(116 comments) March 24, 2010 at 4:29 am
You are definitely right!
Tinh´s last blog ..Make Your Blog Faster with MaxCDN for Just $10
(2 comments) March 22, 2010 at 1:55 am
Thnx a lott for well explained article. Planning to switch to WP this month. This will help me a lott
(199 comments) March 23, 2010 at 8:34 am
Sidduz.
I hope you make the transfer – you know where to come for help/advice, when you do!
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..Product Reviews
My Recommendations
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-Digg Digg Plugin ( For all Social buttons)
-Top commentators widget
-changing Permalinks
-create account on top social bookmarking sites
-internal posts linking plugin
- make your blog dofollow
- install poll plugin or use polldaddy.com
that’s it
Dev | Technshare´s last blog ..A Video Marketing Blueprint That Will Knock Your Socks Off
(199 comments) March 22, 2010 at 6:53 am
You may wish to check out the full 43 tips post. This is just the frst video going though the first of the tips.
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..5 Ways to Make a Better and More Well Visited Blog (or just 5 Ways to Increase Traffic)
great i had done all of these things already
(1 comments) March 21, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Nice tutorial vids Andrew! Great job. Keep it up.
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(199 comments) March 22, 2010 at 6:53 am
Thanks, Jack. A few more to come!
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..5 Ways to Make a Better and More Well Visited Blog (or just 5 Ways to Increase Traffic)
(20 comments) March 21, 2010 at 9:17 pm
I installed
1. All in one seo
2. DigDig
3. CommentLuv
4. YARPP
I’d like to refer YARPP for the new bloggers if they are not yet. Its a great way to build inward links and reduce bounce rate!
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(199 comments) March 22, 2010 at 6:55 am
Thanks, Suresh.
Mentioning YARPP is a good shout. How easy is it to use/customize?
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..5 Ways to Make a Better and More Well Visited Blog (or just 5 Ways to Increase Traffic)
(246 comments) March 22, 2010 at 8:34 am
Pretty easy; a bunch of tick boxes.
Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..Would You Like a FREE Banner Ad Position?
(92 comments) March 21, 2010 at 8:24 pm
My recommendations is that you do not always have to to the nested comments in the WordPress admin panel. This is because there are some themes are not done correctly and do not allow for threaded comments. And sometimes even the threaded comments plugins available do not work correctly without a bit of fighting with.
If you have already set it up in your functions.php of your theme, you should be okay and be able to bypass this. Some themes come with it this function, but for others. I will be providing a Nested comments addition to my WPAddict site as a tutorial very soon.
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(52 comments) March 21, 2010 at 10:36 pm
I think if the theme doesn’t have nested commenets then you can easily add it via the WP Threaded Comments Plugin.
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(246 comments) March 22, 2010 at 8:35 am
That’s what I use and it works great! (anyone see a tiger?)
Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..Would You Like a FREE Banner Ad Position?
(5 comments) March 21, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Woo hoo, I was excited that I had done all of these things already – but not right after I installed WordPress – it was brought to my attention by other bloggers. These are very important things – especially threaded comments – if you plan on having comments on your website.
I’d add, adding these plugins after installing:
* All In One SEO Pack
* Tweet Me Me Retweet
* AddToAny: Share/Bookmark/Email Button (or another Share plugin)
* Comment Luv
* and as a drum roll, if you know how to code in PHP and are familiar with WordPress, PHP Execution allows you to write code directly in your posts and pages to do some really cool things
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(199 comments) March 22, 2010 at 6:57 am
Jeremy
Thanks for mentioning PHP Execution – I’m sure many will welcome such a plugin/tool.
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..5 Ways to Make a Better and More Well Visited Blog (or just 5 Ways to Increase Traffic)
(246 comments) March 22, 2010 at 8:37 am
PHP Execution is one I’ll look into as I’m learning it a bit each day, thanks!
Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..Would You Like a FREE Banner Ad Position?
(4 comments) March 21, 2010 at 2:49 pm
this is really awesome tips which has to be done after installation of wordpress. The video tutorial is awesome.
Kevin @Free Vector Graphics´s last blog ..Easter Vector Clipart Mega Collection
(199 comments) March 22, 2010 at 6:58 am
Thanks, Kevin.
Quite a few more videos to come!
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..5 Ways to Make a Better and More Well Visited Blog (or just 5 Ways to Increase Traffic)
These are great tips. Thank you for sharing them…
Using nested comments is a great way to keep everything organized. Thank you for showing how to set it all up.
So many people fail to realize how the images on their site will help or hurt the overall effect that people find. You want something that grabs people’s attention but is not too distracting.
thank you for showing us how to set all this up…
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(199 comments) March 22, 2010 at 6:59 am
James
You are welcome and I’m glad it helps.
Andrew
Andrew @ Blogging Guide´s last blog ..5 Ways to Make a Better and More Well Visited Blog (or just 5 Ways to Increase Traffic)
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