Chapter 2
Exploring Tools and Settings
IN THIS CHAPTER
Configuring your WordPress general settings
Putting together your personal profile
Formatting your website
As exciting as it is to dig in and start publishing right away, you should attend to a few housekeeping items first, including adjusting the settings that allow you to personalize your website. I cover these settings first in this chapter because they create your readers’ experience with your website.
In this chapter, you explore the Settings menu of the WordPress Dashboard and discover how to configure items such as date and time settings, the title of your website, and email notification settings. This chapter also covers important aspects of your website configuration, such as permalinks, discussion options, and privacy settings.
Some of the menu items, such as those for creating and publishing new posts, are covered in detail in other chapters, but they’re well worth a mention here as well.
Configuring the Settings
At the very bottom of the navigation menu, you find the Settings option. Hover over the Settings link. A menu appears that contains the following links, which I discuss in the sections that follow:
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