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Wordpress Website Secrets
WordPress Secret Weapon
Youve decided you need a static website not a blog. So why should you use WordPress to create one? There are two excellent, time saving, tra!!ic boosting reasons to build your static website with WordPress"
WordPress #rovides the user with a !ull Content Management System $#lus many other !eatures%
WordPress blogs traditionally !are better with &oogle ran'ings and Search (ngines, since they are so highly optimized
)ne other huge WordPress advantage that you can 'ee# and install when you convert your WordPress blog to a static website"
Widgets to instantly allow you to #er!orm com#lex !unctions, such as search your site, log in with #asswords, dis#lay an active calendar to name only a !ew
*ut today, we are going to start creating your static website by !irst setting u# a blog in WordPress on your own domain, using your control #anel $cPanel% and Fantastico DeLuxe, a scri#t that ma'es it ha##en.
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Setting Up
our !ew "log#Website
You will need to 'now how to log in to your control #anel $cPanel%. +! you havent done it be!ore, your web hosts original ,Welcome- letter contains all the details you need to 'now"
cPanel address $the syntax will be li'e this" htt#"..///.///.///.///"0000
Your cPanel username Your cPanel #assword
1+2T" If youve totally lost your welcome letter, just contact your web host and tell them you need the above 3 pieces of information.
$etting Started
3ire u# your com#uter and internet connection, and in the U%L bar o& your browser' type your cPanel address, and hit ()nter.- 4 #o#u# will #rom#t you !or your username and password.
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4nd youre in5
You should see a #age !ull o! gra#hic icons6 slide your eyes down to the lower right hand 7uarter o! the icons, and youll !ind a little ha##y !ace with the words ,Fantastico De Luxe-.
8lic' on the ha##y !ace6
8lic' on the title ,WordPressnear the to# o! the le!t hand column on the #age that o#ens u# next6
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Slide on over to the right and clic' on ,!ew *nstallation-
This next section controls where $on your domain site% your new blog.website will go. *& you want your new blog#website in the root domain' lea+e the (*nstall in directory, text area box blan-.
/*P0 If you want to install it as a subdomain, type the name you want in the blank text area box with the green arrow pointing to it.
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*elow this section, youll !ind an 4dministrator setu# area. 3ill in the blan' sections in the !ollowing diagram, then clic' ,+nstall Word#ress-
$9ost #eo#le use ,admin- as their 1dministrator2 username.
*e sure to choose a strong password, randomly combining letters and numbers.%
3*!/0 The Admin Nickname! is the post signature people will see on your blog " if you keep your signature, that is#
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3*!/0 $ou can set up your new domain email later " but still put your new email address for the moment. It wont matter for now if its not set up.
8lic' on the ,Finish *nstallation- button.
The next #age you will see concludes this stage o! setu#6
"445M1%5 the #age as instructed. The email address you enter here should be your main currently acti+e email address not the one you are going to set u# on your new domain.
8lic' the button ,Send )2mail-.
8lic' on the underlined words ,"ac- to WordPress o+er+iew-6
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)n the #age that a##ears next, next to your blog name, clic' ,6isit Site
8ongratulations5 You have success!ully created your blog5
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This is what you see in your browser, once youve selected ,:isit Site-6
+ts currently showing u# with WordPress de!ault blog theme a##lied. 2ot very exciting, is it?
Youll most li'ely want to choose a new template but well get to that shortly.
2ow to ma'e your brand new WordPress blog loo' li'e a static website6
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Your !irst ste# log in to your new blog. This !irst time, you are going to do it by clic'ing on the ,Log in- lin' in the bottom right hand 7uarter o! your browser #age.
$/*P0 %ll other times, you will log in by entering the &'( you bookmarked into your browser &'( bar. )In our example, this would be htt#"..!oot#rintsnorth.com.w# admin.%
;ight now, enter your Log in Username and Password into the box that a##ears on your screen6
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4s soon as youve logged in, youll see your brand new ,Dashboard-. This is the user !riendly Content Management System that will allow you to do all your customi<ing and adding o! content .
The !irst thing we need to do, however, is to change that basic WordPress Theme5
2otice on the le!t hand side o! your =ashboard you have an expanding +ertical menu. 4ny one o! these menu tabs will ex#and into a dro# down i! you clic' on the little grey arrowhead at the right hand side o! each title. $4bove green arrow.%
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To change our Theme, we are going to clic' on the ,4##earance- tab grey arrowhead6$You can barely see it, but its there6%
This will o#en u# to reveal interior menu tabs.
8lic' on ,1dd !ew /hemes-.
+n the latest version o! WordPress $7.8 at this writing% you may notice the ,Themes- screen is somewhat di!!erent !rom #revious versions, i! you are at all !amiliar with WordPress"
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8lic' on 42Y o! the blue hy#erlin'ed o#tions under the ,+nstall Themesheading, u# T)P6
4nd you will see a selection o! themes you can >ust clic' on and instantly install6
1owever, we are going to install a theme we #ic'ed earlier the P;+2? *ran!ord 9aga<ine.
+! you are on the #age above $with all the gra#hic Theme sam#les% >ust use your bac' button to return to the #revious #age.
Then clic' on the ,Upload- hy#erlin', and you will see this screen"
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+nstalling an inde#endent Theme youve downloaded is usually as sim#le as browsing your com#uter directory till you !ind the <i# !ile you downloaded, and clic'ing ,*nstall now-
+! the install !ails which sometimes ha##ens when a theme is im#ro#erly <i##ed you can install it manually by"
un<i##ing it double clic'ing on the !older to see i! theres an ,extra- version inside the usual cause o! themes not being where theyre su##osed to be
u#loading it to your blogs ,themes- !older, inside ,wp2content-
$That is actually what ha##ened >ust now as + was attem#ting to install our ,"ran&ord Magazine, theme. *y ,extra- version, + mean that you un<i# the !ile, and instead o! >ust an Wordpress Website Secrets Page 14
images !older and P1P !iles being inside the ,Prin<*;423);=- !older, there is another ,Prin<*;423);=- !older 'ind o! a double wra#.%
@#load this last level interior Prin<*;423);= un<i##ed !older via your 3TP #rogram.
;eturn to your =ashboard, and clic' ,/hemes- in your le!t hand ,1ppearance- tab dro# down menu6
Your new theme should now show u# 6 4nd there it is, below5
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Aust clic- on the /heme screenshot to a##ly it to your blog. Your screen will dar'en, youll see a little ,barber #ole- status bar wor'ing6 and then your new theme !ills the #age.
There is one more im#ortant ste# to ta'e when you reach this stage. &o to the to# right corner o! the screen and clic' the ,4ctivate- button.
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4t this #oint, you can clic' on ,:isit Site- on the le!t hand to# area o! your browser, to see what your new theme loo's li'e. When you have admired it and visuali<ed where you want things to go, >ust hit your browsers bac' button to return to the =ashboard.
our Settings
2ow its time to introduce you to the very last but de!initely not least tab on your le!t hand dro# down menu bar" The ,Settings- tab.
8lic' the little arrow to active its dro# down sub menus, and youll see 7uite a variety o! settings you can #lay with. (very time you add a new #lug in, you should always chec' here when youve done everything else, to see i! there are any settings that have to be manually con!igured.
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The !irst tab were going to start o!! with is the ,$eneral- tab.
2ow is your chance to easily change the 1eader and =escri#tion !or your blog.website. Aust re#lace what is ty#ed in the ,"log /itle- and ,/aglineboxes...
2ext, go down to the ,WordPress address 9U%L:- box and the ,"log address 9U%L:- settings. 8142&( the ,htt#"..!oot#rintsnorth.com- to ,htt#" www.!oot#rintsnorth.com.
=o the same !or both @;B settings.
$+n other words, you have >ust manually inserted the ,www- into the @;B addresses above.%
This ste# is not mandatory but it will hel# your Search (ngine )#timi<ation $S()% noticeably and it will ma'e it easier !or #eo#le to !ind you. $+! they
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are guessing at your site name, most #eo#le will ty#e it in with the ,wwwincluded.%
Your to# C settings now loo' li'e this"
=)2T 3);&(T T) S4:( Y)@; 8142&(S5 $*lue button at the bottom o! your screen%
$T+P" $ou will have to log in again " so make sure your username and password is handy.%
Permalin- Settings
4!ter youve logged in again, o#en the ,Settings- dro# down menu and select ,Permalin-s-.
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8lic' on the ,Custom Structure- button. The bar beside it will be blan'. Ty#e into the blan' text area bar" .D#ostnameD.html
Thats it5 $=)2T 3);&(T to save the changes5%
Plugins
Plugins are the #owerhouse engines that drive WordPress and thats true both !or blogs or static websites. 4nd where else could you get high level custom code written !or you, to #er!orm any one o! a variety o! com#lex !unctions all installed with one clic'5
Plugins #er!orm tas's li'e create #er!ectly coded and customi<ed Privacy Policies, build you a customi<ed &oogle Sitema# !rom scratch, #rotect your website !rom s#ammers and s#yware, hel# you run #hoto galleries and videos, o#timi<e your content !or the Search (ngines and a whole host o! other tas's too numerous to mention. Wordpress Website Secrets Page 20
That being saidE let me o!!er one warning" The more #lugins you have, the slower your site will run. Try to stic' with the essentials only.
2 Absolute Must-Have Plugins

&oogle Sitema# and 1-ismet.
+n !act, lets go activate 4'ismet now youll !ind its already sitting there in your =ashboard, ready to be activated. $This will serve as your #lugin installation ,demo-.%
8lic' on the ,Plugins- tab on your le!t hand menu, and when the Plugins #age o#ens u#, youll !ind 4'ismet waiting to be activated. Select it with a chec'mar', and clic' on ,4ctivate-.
2ow this one has an extra step to it6 you need an 1cti+ation 5ey. 8lic' on the words WordPress 4ctivation Fey in the 4'ismet descri#tion, and a
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#age will o#en u# at WordPress.com. Sign u# !or a !ree WordPress.com account, and your #ersonal activation 'ey will be emailed immediately.
T+P" $ou will use the same Activation Key for all your *ord+ress blogs " so make a note of the number.
)nce you have your %ctivation ,ey, go to the ,Plugins- tab on the le!t menu, and you will see that ,1-ismet Con&iguration- has been added to the dro# down menu. This means you have to do something with it in this case, clic' on it, and enter your 4P+ 'ey.
$/*P0 The +lugins! tab will also display a little orange circle when any of your plugins need upgrading " a one-click process.%
4lways chec' either the ,Plugins- dro# down menu, or ,Settings,, to see i! theres !urther action you need to ta'e on any #lugin.
With #revious WordPress versions, you could search more #lugins right !rom the Plugins #age but that !unction seems to be missing on my brand new u#graded WordPress 0.G. So + will include some lin's to my !avorite #lugins. Aust download them, un<i#, and u#load to your site via 3TP. $Put them in your ,plugins- !older, inside ,wp2content-.%
You can also !ind most #o#ular #lugins by searching the Word#ress.org site. Wordpress Website Secrets Page 22
My Fa+orite Plugins
4ll +n )ne S() 2 the name says it all5 8hec' it out !or a !ull list o! !eatures Sociable sites Privacy Policy (ssential i! you are going to moneti<e your site at all adds automatic lin's to your !avorite Social 2etwor'ing
WP Security Scan scans your WordPress installation !or security lea'sE suggests !ixes
&oogle Sitema# a sitema# is essential !or #ro#er S() 4dsense 9anager also handy i! youre thin'ing o! moneti<ing with 4dsense
4nd o! course, weve already dealt with 4'ismet.
Free Wordpress /hemes

While were at it, we may as well ta'e a loo' at some good solid sources o! !ree WordPress Themes. Some are more suited to converting into static websites than others.
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Smashing 9aga<ines H// 3ree WordPress Themes htt#"..themes.word#ress.net. htt#"..www.w#themes!ree.com.
The truth is, there are thousands o! great Themes, both !ree and #aid, out there.
4nd o! course, dont !orget to chec' out the !ree Themes at Word#ress.org itsel!5
%emo+ing /he /ime 1nd Date Stamp

The one thing that still ma'es your website loo' li'e a blog is the time and date stam#. There are a !ew di!!erent ways to remove these !eatures but not all o! them wor' with every tem#late.
The most !ool#roo! method is this"
1. &o bac' to your Dashboard 2. 8lic' on the ,1ppearances- tab in the le!t menu 3. Select ,)ditor-, clic' 4. 3ind ,Single Post- in the list o! !iles on the ;+&1T 142= side o! the new screen, clic' once $its #robably called something li'e ,Single.#h#-% Wordpress Website Secrets Page 24
+mmediately, the code !or that !ile will a##ear in the big text area box"
3ind the code that says"
I?#h# theJtime$Kd 9 YK%E ?L +! it is not in the ,single #ost- !ile, try the ,Page.#h#- !ile. Wordpress Website Secrets Page 25
$3or the Prin< *ran!ord 9aga<ine theme, which we are using, you need to delete"
I?#h# theJtime$JJ$K9 >S, YK,Kbran!ordmaga<ineK%%E ?L M I?#h# Je$K*yK,Kbran!ordmaga<ineK%E?L
$H/th line down in the ,Single.#h#- !ile.%
When you are !inished, clic' the blue ,@#date 3ile- button6
1dding
our Pages
4dding an actual #age is easy. +n your le!t hand menu bar clic' the dro# down menu on the ,Page- tab.
8lic' ,1dd !ew-. 4 very user !riendly screen will o#en u#, and you can begin co#y #asting text $or 'eying it directly in%, adding gra#hics, inserting a title, saving your dra!ts and #reviewing your wor' be!ore you clic' ,#ublish-.
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/*P0 .ont copy text straight from /icrosoft *ord " there is usually hidden formatting that can mess up the look of your page. Instead, either copy it from 0pen 0ffice, or copy paste it from *ord into a plain text editor first as an interim step.
The only other thing youll need to do is scroll to the bottom o! the #age $not shown here% and un2select (allow comments- and ,allow #ings-.
2)T( 4BS) you can change the Permalin-s &or each page by clic'ing ,edit- and substituting whatever !ilename you want, while in ,1dd Page- or ,)dit Page- mode. $You wont need them on a static website.%
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+n the exam#le above, you might want to change the highlighted !ilename ,watching the water- to ,watchingthewater-, to better o#timi<e your 'eyword. $=ont worry about the ,index.html- convention you can easily designate any page you create as your home page with one clic' o! your mouse5%.
4t this #oint, i! we #review it, our new website loo's li'e this"
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!ote that we;+e already loaded our custom header via 3TP to the a##ro#riate s#ot in our ,w# content.themes- !iles. You can have a custom header created !or your theme $or ma'e one yoursel!, as we did here% >ust u#load it into the a##ro#riate s#ot into your images !ile via your 3TP #rogram.
$You may have to hunt a little to !ind the correct header gra#hic to re#lace, i! youre doing it yoursel!. The gra#hic !ile you want to alter or use as a tem#late is usually called ,header.png-, ,header.<pg-6 or maybe ,logo.gi&- or ,logo.<pg-... $You get the idea.%
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+n the case o! our Prin< *ran!ord 9aga<ine theme, however, youll !ind it within the images directory, in the bac'grounds sub directory and its called ,bg=branding.png-. $Thats about as hard to locate as +ve ever seen.%
3inally, be!ore you clic' the ,Publish- button on the right hand u##er side o! your #age, unchec' the ,comments- and ,#ings- boxes down near the bottom o! the =ashboard. You wont need them with a static website.
2ow we want to get rid o! more clues that its a blog.
1. Setting You Home Page
&o to ,Settings- and clic' on the
,'eading- tab in the dro# down. Select ,1 static page- and select the #age you want as your home #age !rom the dro# down menu.
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+! you want to customi<e it !urther, be warned you will need some 'nowledge o! P1P, 8SS and 1T9B. You would need to alter !iles in the ,1ppearance#)ditor- settings. $Be!t menu dro# down tab.% &etting into P1P, 8SS and 1T9B detail is beyond the sco#e o! this S#ecial ;e#ort, but here are some ti#s to hel# you get started..
*e sure to S4:( the original version o! any !ile you edit !irst5 That will save you more grie! than any other #recaution you can ta'e. To do this, Select the whole &ile within the text area box, and paste it into a plain text editor li-e !otepad. Save it onto your des'to# tem#orarily with its original !ilename. $"e sure to select (1LL F*L)S, &rom the !otepad dropdown when you save your bac'u# original !ile5%
3a+e a loo- at each &ile within your =ashboard text area box. See what code you can sa!ely remove. (x#eriment as long as youve saved the original !ile and can co#y #aste it bac' in and ,@#date- it, it wont #ermanently harm your site.
Some clues as to what to remove" 8hec' Page.php and remove any ,comments- coding $ma'ing sure you dont unnecessarily remove bits o! ad>oining code.% @sually a com#lete code command will be contained within brac'ets li'e this" I L
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$+n the Prin< *ran!ord 9aga<ine theme, its not necessary to touch Page.php eliminate sections !rom the Sidebar.php !ile instead, li'e this"
IliL IhNLI?#h# Je$KStay in!ormedK,Kbran!ordmaga<ineK%E?LI.hNL Iul classOP!eedPL IliLIa hre!OPI?#h# blogin!o$Krss0JurlK%E ?LPL(ntries $;SS%I.aLI.liL IliLIa hre!OPI?#h# blogin!o$KcommentsJrss0JurlK%E ?LPL8omments ;SS%I.aLI.liL I.ulL I.liL
3or exam#le, removing the above chun' o! code eliminates the 8omments and ;SS !eeds, along with the heading ,Stay +n!ormed-. 4lso remove any bits o! code dealing with author' date, time o& posting, and comment re!erences. The sort o! code you need to loo' !or would loo' li'e this" IhQLby I?#h# theJauthor$nic'name%E ?L on I?#h# theJtime$3 >S, Y% ? LI.hQL $1eres another exam#le6% IhQLI?#h# commentsJ#o#u#Jlin'$2o 8omments, RH 8omment, RD 8omments%E ?LI.hQL You have to loo' !or similar chun's o! code in all your tem#late !iles. Wordpress Website Secrets Page 32

4gain 8)PY 42= S4:( T1( );+&+24B 3+B( 3+;ST as a bac'u# be!ore you do any editing5 Your success is entirely de#endent on your own abilities, so + ma'e no guarantee5
Widget Mastery
)ne more thing +d li'e to show you how to add a ,widget- to that right hand sidebar, to !ill u# the s#ace weve created there by removing the basic sections. &o to the menu ,1ppearance- tab again, and select ,Widgets-. +n WordPress 0.G, this is what you will see"
You can select !rom the 1+ailable Widgets listed, and drag them over to your sidebar . You can choose !rom such widgets as a search !orm !or your site, lin's, ;SS entries and more.
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)r you can ma'e your own >ust select ,/ext- widget, and drag it $in this theme% over to ,;egular Sidebar- on the right. +t will o#en u#, and you can insert your own code in it. You can write a blurb, or add a logo, or a #hoto anything you li'e5 4nd here is our !inished home #age with all the ,built in- sidebar sections removed, and our own custom ,text- widgets $including gra#hics% re#lacing them"
4nd thats about as !ar as we can go in one sitting5
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+ ho#e this ,how to- #rimer has given you a good start on installing a WordPress blog as well as a good start on turning it into your highly o#timi<ed static website5
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our !ew "log#Website

cPanel address $the syntax will be li'e this" htt#"..///.///.///.///"0000

Your cPanel username Your cPanel #assword

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4nd youre in5

8lic' on the ha##y !ace6

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Slide on over to the right and clic' on ,!ew *nstallation-

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$9ost #eo#le use ,admin- as their 1dministrator2 username.

*e sure to choose a strong password, randomly combining letters and numbers.%

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Wordpress Website Secrets

8lic' on the ,Finish *nstallation- button.

8lic' the button ,Send )2mail-.

8lic' on the underlined words ,"ac- to WordPress o+er+iew-6

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Wordpress Website Secrets

8ongratulations5 You have success!ully created your blog5

Wordpress Website Secrets

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Wordpress Website Secrets

This will o#en u# to reveal interior menu tabs.

8lic' on ,1dd !ew /hemes-.

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Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

u#loading it to your blogs ,themes- !older, inside ,wp2content-

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Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

=o the same !or both @;B settings.

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Wordpress Website Secrets

Your to# C settings now loo' li'e this"

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Wordpress Website Secrets

Thats it5 $=)2T 3);&(T to save the changes5%

Wordpress Website Secrets

2 Absolute Must-Have Plugins

Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

Wordpress Website Secrets

4nd o! course, weve already dealt with 4'ismet.

Free Wordpress /hemes

Wordpress Website Secrets