Configure WordPress

This is where it begins: the administrator login for your WordPress Website. 

Here are a few configurations common across all websites:

Type the URL for your domain, then add “/wp-admin” to the end of the line.

Enter the admin username and password.

WordPress Dashboard

The WordPress Dashboard appears on the left side of the screen.

You will use these now:

• Posts
• Pages

Go to “Posts”

Click on the “Title” box to select all posts.

Open “Bulk actions” and “Move to trash.”

• In the General tab:
  • Update the Time Zone (use “New York” in Florida)
  • Click the “Save Changes” button
• In the Reading tab:
  • Click the checkbox if you want a regular home page. Use the pull-down menu to select the “Home” page you’ve already created.
  • THIS IS TEMPORARY:
    • Activate the “Discourage search engines from indexing this site.” option. We’ll renable this option when we publish the site.
    • At this point, we often install a plugin to put the site into maintenance mode.
  • Remember to click the “Save Changes” button
• In the Permalinks tab:
  • Select one other than the first option.
  • We recommend either “Month and name” or simply “Post Name.”
  • Click the “Save Changes” button