These step concentrates on the “Settings” Section of WordPress Adminstration

General Settings:

  1. Click on “General” link in the settings section near the bottom of the left side.
  2. Enter Blog Title as provided on the keyword worksheet
  3. Enter Tagline as provided on the keyword worksheet
  4. WordPress address and blog address should already be set
  5. Enter the E-mail address as provided on the keyword worksheet
  6. Everything else can stay as the default.
  7. Click “Save Changes” at the bottom to save settings.

Writing Settings:

  1. Nothing needs to be changed here

Reading Settings:

We are going to be using a static front page. If there is not already a front page, add one now:

  1. In the “Pages” Section, click on “Add New”
  2. Fill in the Title of the new page as provided on the keyword worksheet
  3. The body of the page can remain blank for the time being.
  4. Uncheck “Allow Comments”
  5. Click on “Publish to save the page.

Once a Front page exits:

  1. Click on the “Reading” in the Settings Section
  2. Choose “A static page” From the first 2 radio buttons
  3. From the Drop down list “Front page:” Choose the page you made in the previous step
  4. Leave all other options as they are

Discussion Section: does not need any changes

Media Section: requires no changes

Privacy Section: requires no changes (until site launch)

Permalinks:

  1. Click on “Permalinks” in the Settings Section,
  2. under “Common settings” Choose “Custom Structure” and enter: %postname%.html
    as discussed in the How to Setup Permalink Structure Post
  3. Click on “Save Changes” to save the settings

Miscellaneous Settings:

  1. Click on the “Miscellaneous” link in Settings Section
  2. Uncheck the “organize my uploads into month- and year- based folders” option
  3. Click on “Save Changes”