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Alright, we've succesfully installed WordPress. Now what?

Here's a list of the first 5 things we ought to do:

1. Change the password to something we can remember.

2. Change the tagline.

3. Change the time zone.

4. Customize the permalink structure.

5. Activate Akismet.

I never really fully understood Akismet. What exactly does it do?

What is akismet? Is it important? Also what do you mean by the tagline?

Tag line = "just another WordPress blog."

Akismet = anti-spam plugin. Catches comment spams for you.

demonix wrote:I never really fully understood Akismet. What exactly does it do?

A really good, free, anti-spam system that you really should install.

This I already know..

Brothers wrote:This I already know..

But not everybody know that right, so it was good information shared.

Brothers wrote:This I already know..

yeah, me too, but it's still useful information that some people might not have known.

I have actually seen WordPRess blogs who didn't turn-on their permalinks. Their owners found out too late that they have to turn it on BEFORE making any post.

pebbleworm wrote:I have actually seen WordPRess blogs who didn't turn-on their permalinks. Their owners found out too late that they have to turn it on BEFORE making any post.

Never used wordpress, so its a bit of knowledge for me, is turnning permalink off like making No follow, i.e no backlinks from comments?

Turning on permalinks in WP makes the URL human-readable instead of the usual letters and numbers like p=12345.

I think it is known in Joomla as SEO-friendly URL.

pebbleworm wrote:Turning on permalinks in WP makes the URL human-readable instead of the usual letters and numbers like p=12345.

I think it is known in Joomla as SEO-friendly URL.

Ok I got it now, yea in Joomla se0-friendly url is of great help, thanks Pebble for explaining it clearly.

I normally activate aksimet, so i don't get spammed!