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WordPress – Discussion Setting ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Discussion settings in WordPress. WordPress discussion setting can be defined as the interaction between the blogger and the visitors. These settings are done by the admin to have a control over the posts/pages that come in through users. Following are the steps to access the Discussion setting − Step (1) − Click on Settings → Discussion option in WordPress. Step (2) − The Discussion Settings page is displayed as shown in the following snapshot. Following fields are seen in Discussion settings. Default article settings − These settings are default to the new pages you create or new posts. This contains three more settings. They are − Attempt to notify any blogs linked to from the article − When you publish articles then it sends a notification (sends pings and trackback) to other blogs. Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) − Accepts pings from other blogs. Allow people to post comments on new articles − You can allow or disallow other people to comment on your article using this setting. You can change the settings as per your will for individual articles. Other Comment Settings − This setting has the following options − Comment author must fill out name and e-mail − When you check this box, it is mandatory for visitors to fill their name and email address. Users must be registered and logged in to comment − If you check this box, only those registered visitors can leave comments, if not checked anyone can leave any number of comments. Automatically close comments on articles older than days − This option allows you to accept comments only for a particular time period as per your wish. Enable threaded (nested) comments − When you check this option, visitors can reply or have a discussion and get responses. Break comments into pages with top level comments per page and the page displayed by default − If your pages are getting a lot of comments then you can split them into different pages by checking this box. Comments should be displayed with the comments at the top of each page − You can arrange the comments in the form of ascending or descending order. Email me whenever − This setting contains two options, namely − Anyone posts a comment − When you check into this box, the author gets an e-mail for every single comment that is posted. A comment is held for moderation − This is used in case you do not want your comment to be updated before it”s moderated by the admin. Before a comment appears − This setting allows how your posts are controlled. There are two more settings as followed − Comment must be manually approved − If you check this box then only the approved comments by the admin can be displayed on the posts or pages. Comment author must have a previously approved comment − This can be checked when you want to approve a comment of an author whose has commented and his e-mail address matches the e-mail address of the previous posted comment. Otherwise the comment is held for moderation. Comment Moderation − Contain only a specific number of links that are allowed into a comment. Comment Blacklist − You can input your own spam words which you do not want your visitors to enter into the comments, URL, e-mail etc.; later it would filter the comments. Avatars − Avatar is a small image that displays at the top-right-hand corner of the dashboard screen beside your name. It is like your profile picture. Here you have a few more options where you can set your avatar for WordPress site. Avatar Display − It displays your avatar besides your name when it is checked. Maximum rating − You have a four other options of avatars you can use. They are G, PG, R and X. This is the age section where you select according to which type of audience you want to display your posts. Default Avatar − In this option, there are few more types of avatars with images; you can keep these avatars according to your visitors e-mail address. Step (3) − Click on Save Changes button to save the changes. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Delete Category ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about how to Delete Categories in WordPress. Following are the simple steps to delete categories in WordPress. Step (1) − Click on Posts → Categories in WordPress. Step (2) − You can delete Category1 (Category1 was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Category). When the cursor hovers on the Categories, a few options get displayed below the Category name. Click on Delete button as shown in the following screen. When you click on delete, you will get a pop message asking for confirmation to delete the particular category as shown in the following screenshot. You can click on OK button and delete the category permanently. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Optimization ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to Optimize WordPress site. Here are a few simple tips to optimize your WordPress site. Ensure high quality and meaningful content. Have the right names for images. Use short permalinks that contain keywords. Have optimized themes. Sitemap should be in XML format. Connect posts to social networks. Beware of black hat techniques. Delete your trash box. Keep Checking Your Site Statistics Keep checking your plugins. Use CSS and JavaScript effectively. Ensure High Quality and Meaningful Content Any page you create, the most important thing that matters is the content. You must have good content with keywords that can be helpful for users, not for the search engines. Content should be understandable and not complicated or difficult to read. Have the right names for images The names you choose for your images must be unique; consider choosing images keeping the user in mind. Use keywords that might be helpful for the users. Have some specific names for your images and don’t forget to add your alt tags and title tags to your images. For example − If your image is about Chocolate sundae Ice-cream then do not mention the name as DSC12346, instead put it as ‘Chocolate-sundae-High-street-restaurant-new-york.jpg’. This would be much easier to search. Use short permalinks that contain keywords The permalinks you use must be understandable. For example − Use http://www.mywebsite.com/tutorialspoint/telangana/ instead of http://www.mywebsite.com/page-id?5631456325 Have optimized themes Use those themes that are fast and are optimized for WordPress so that when applied to a website, it must not have low speed. Sitemap should be in XML format Google has many tools that can be useful. Tools like Website Optimizer, Webmaster Central, and Google XML sitemaps are very easy to use. Connect posts to social media Social media is a very important aspect today. So have them connected to your blog posts, pages, etc., to have good ranks and popularity. Help promote others posts and pages too and they will do the same in return. Beware of black hat techniques Don’t trick Google as it finds you in no time. Don’t put yourself in trouble and create problems for your site by using black hat techniques. Be sure to use genuine SEO techniques. Delete your trash box Always consider clearing your trash for more speed and to have a good flow with your website. Keep checking your site statistics Size of page matters a lot. The more images, flash, videos or media related posts on your page, the more it would be slower to load. Yslowi> module plugin is recommended to help you get a faster page browsing. Check plugins Having many plugins in WordPress may also be the reason for your page to slow load. So keep a check on your plugins which you’re working on. Consider checking your plugins before you add them. Use CSS and JavaScript effectively Always keep your CSS at the upper side of the page and JavaScript at the bottom. Let CSS load first and then JavaScript. Here is a plugin that will help you get your JavaScript’s at the bottom of the page. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Plugin Setting ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study how to use plugins in your WordPress site. Plugin allows to easily modify, customize or enhance WordPress blog or post. The WordPress Plugin is a software that can be uploaded to expand the functionality of the site. They add services or features to WordPress blog. Plugins are used to make your work easier. Following are the simple steps to add plugins. Step (1) − On the left side bar, Click on Plugins → Installed Plugins as shown in the screen. Step (2) − The following page appears. In this section, you can view the already installed plugins. Step (3) − Click on → Plugins → Add New menu as shown in the following screen. Step (4) − A list of plugins appears that are used in WordPress. Here you can directly install plugins from the available list or you can upload it by clicking on Upload Plugin. When you click on Upload Plugin you”ll get the following page. Click on Browse, it goes back to the page where you can select plugins from WordPress site. And if you click on Choose File, you can add files from your system. Otherwise, you can directly choose the plugin that you need and click on Install now as seen in the following screenshot. When you click on Install Now, the package starts to download and gets installed. Then, click on Activate plugin to active that plugin to use in WordPress as seen in the following screen. After clicking on Activate Plugin you”ll get a message as Plugin activated and you can also find the installed plugin in the list. Below the plugin activated message, you can view few options such as All, Active, Inactive and Update available. When you click on Active the following page appears. Here you can view all the activated plugins. When we click on Inactive, the plugins which are available but are not activated gets displayed. You can activate this plugin by clicking on Activate. When you click on Update available, you”ll get a list of plugins that must be updated. Click on Update and you get a message as Updated. Click on Bulk Actions and select any of the options. Click on Apply button to update, delete, activate or deactivate each of the plugins by checking the boxes. In Search Installed Plugins you can just type your plugin name in the text box that is already installed and click on the Search Installed Plugins button. When you click on the Search installed Plugin button you get the following page with your respective plugin. Step (5) − Click on Plugins → Editor from the side bar. Step (6) − The following page gets displayed. This page lets you edit your plugins. A few options are explained. Select plugin to edit − Allows you to select a plugin from the dropdown and edit it. Documentation − Allows you to select the tools from the dropdown to edit the plugin. Plugin files − Allows you to select files from the list and edit accordingly. Finally, after editing the plugin files, click on Update file. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Theme Management ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn about Theme management. It includes image files, templates, CSS stylesheets, etc. that can help to make your website look great. This chapter discusses how to install, add new, or customize themes in WordPress. Following are the steps for Theme Management. Step (1) − Select Appearance → Themes from the dashboard. Step (2) − The following screen will be displayed. Hover over any theme and click on Theme Details. Step (3) − When you click on Theme Detail the following page appears. It consists of details related to the theme. Details like version, description, tags etc. If you want to add this theme to your page/website then click on Activate, and if you want to just check the theme, then click on Live preview. If you click on activate then you get a pop-up message as − Step (4) − Click on Customize. Step (5) − On the left side of the page, you can customize your theme. Any changes you make or anything new you add is displayed on the right side of the page. We will learn about customizing the appearance of the themes in the next chapter i.e.; WordPress Customize Theme. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Delete Links ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn to Delete links from WordPress. You can remove the unwanted links which you don’t need for your website or article. Following are the steps to Delete Links in WordPress Step (1) − Click on Pages → All Pages in WordPress. Step (2) − You can view the list of pages. When the cursor hovers on the About Us page, then a few options gets displayed. Click on the Edit button as shown in the following screen. Step (3) − Select the word which you had already linked i.e. Lorem (Link for word Lorem was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Links), and click on the Remove Link Symbol as seen in the following screen. Step (4) − When you hover on the word Lorem, there will be no tooltip of the existing URL. The following screenshot shows that the link has been deleted. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Customize Theme ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn how to customize themes. Customizing themes help you to give a new look to your website. Here you can change background images/colors, add titles, and do much more. Following are the steps of Customize theme. Step (1) − Click on Appearance → Customize. Step (2) − The following screen will be displayed. As can be seen, on the left side we have the customizing section, and on the right side we have the theme you have chosen. So any changes you make on the left side will be displayed on the right side of the page. Here are a few options you must know − Active theme − In this section, you can change the current theme just by clicking on ‘Change’. When you click on ‘Change’ you get a list of themes, click on any of the themes, and then click ‘Save & Continue’. Your theme will be saved. Site Title & Tagline − In this section, you can add the site title and tagline you want to add to your website. Add your title name in the ‘Site Title’ section. And your tagline in the ‘Tagline’ box. Colors − You can change your header text color using this section. As you scroll through the colors you find changes happening on the right side of your page. You can even add a color of your own into the box that is situated in between ‘Current color’ and ‘Default’. Header Image − Add a header image either by selecting from the suggestions or you can add an image of your own by clicking on ‘Add new image’. Widgets − Add widgets to your site from here. When you click on the arrow mark the following image appears. Here, there are two options − First is the ‘Main Widget Area’, when you click on this you get another list of widgets that are to be displayed in the footer area. When you click on any of the widgets a dropdown appears where you can edit more or add more. For example − If you want to add categories then the following image appears. In this image, as you can see, you can add your category in the ‘Title’ section. Check any of the required boxes. If you do not want to add any, then say ‘Remove’. Same goes for other widgets too. Secondary Widget − Here you must click on ‘Add a widget’ and you get a side bar with a list of different widgets. Click on any and it adds up to your widget list. If you want to add more widgets then click on ‘Add a widget’ again and you can add as many widgets as you want. Static Front − Select either latest posts or static front page for your site. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Widget Management ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will study about Widget Management. Widgets are small blocks that perform specific functions. These give design and structure control to the WordPress theme. Some specific features of a widget are − They help you add content and features. They can be easily dragged and dropped in widget area. They vary from theme to theme. They are not same for every theme. Step (1) − Click on Appearance → Widgets. Step (2) − The following screen showing available widgets appear. The following functions appear on the page − Available Widgets − You can use these to add into your sidebar main. Inactive Sidebar (not used) − These are not used and can be removed permanently from the widget list. Inactive Widgets − Removes the widgets from sidebar but keep it in the settings. Sidebar Main − Any widget you add here will appear on your site. Manage in Customizer − Takes you back to customization page. Step (3) − Drag and drop in the Sidebar Main. Any widget you add here, shows up on your site. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Delete Tags ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn to Delete tags in WordPress. Following are the steps to delete tags in WordPress. Step (1) − Click on Posts → Tags in WordPress. Step (2) − You can delete tag Food around the world (Food around the world was created in the chapter WordPress – Add Tags), when the cursor hovers on the Tags, then a few options get displayed below the Tags name. Click on Delete in tags section as shown in the following screen. When you click on delete, you will get a pop message asking for confirmation to delete. You can click on OK button and delete the tag permanently. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;

WordPress – Add Links ”; Previous Next In this chapter, we will learn to Add Links in WordPress pages. Link is a connection from one resource to another. Adding links to your pages or blog posts help you to connect to other pages. Following are the simple steps to Add links in WordPress. Step (1) − Click on Pages → All Pages in WordPress. Step (2) − List of pages created in WordPress will get displayed as shown in the following screen. Select any of the pages to add links inside it. Here, we are going to add links in About Us page. Step (3) − Select any of the sentence or word where you want to add link. Here, we will add link to the word Lorem. Step (4) − When you click on the Insert/Edit link symbol then the following pop window gets displayed. Following are the fields present in the Insert/edit link. URL − Enter URL you want to link. Link text − Insert text you want to enter into the link. Open link in a new window/tab − Open your link page into the new tab or window. Check the box as required. Or link to existing account − Add links to an existing content page by selecting the page from the given list. Click on Or link to existing account and the list of pages and posts gets displayed as shown in the following screen. After selecting the particular page or post from the list, the links get created in the URL field as seen in the preceding screen. Click on Add Link. Step (5) − When you hover on the word Lorem then the link tooltip gets displayed as shown in the following screen. Click on Update button to update the changes in your page or post. Print Page Previous Next Advertisements ”;