How to configure WordPress for a brand new developer instance and configure the default plugins and pages for a new WordPress Installation
This guide is for setting up a new WordPress Instance, this how to executes directly after you install WordPress.
- Create Home Page
- Create Articles Page
- Create Style Guide Page
- Setup Standard Settings
- Setup Plugin Settings
- Setup SEO Settings
In this example I will be working with www.FirstHomeBuyers.co and www.MortgageRepaymentCalculator.co
This is part of the “How to create a website” professional series, this includes best practices that and processes that we follow to “Make a wordpress website” for building out the IdeasMen – Content Constellation system which allows niche markets such as Financial Broker Networks, Accounting Groups and Medical Practices to dominate SERP’s (Search Engine Ranking Positions) within their local & geographic regions.
Pages -> Setup Home and Article pages
Pages -> Create Articles
Generate Visual Composer Files
- Generate Home Page
- Generate Style Guide
- Potentially generate other Common files
Pages -> Create Home Page
- The page title is the same as the business or main Keyword for the Site
- The URL is irrelevant as soon this will be made the Home Page
- Copy in home page generated code
- Select a base template from Theme X for the Home Page
Pages -> Create Home Page
- The page title is the same as the business or main Keyword for the Site
- The URL is irrelevant as soon this will be made the Home Page
- Copy in home page generated code
- Select a base template from Theme X for the Home Page
Pages -> Create Style Guide
- Title = Style Guide
- URL = style-guide
- Copy in style guide generated code
- Set Template to “No Container | Header, Footer”
- Robots – No Index
- Robots – No Follow
Posts -> Categories -> Setup Default Categories (Article)
Rename Uncategorized to Article
Posts -> Categories -> Edit Category – Set to Article
Appearance -> Widgets
Appearance -> Menus
Setup a Menu for the Home Page
Note: The Custom sections are for responsive scrolling
Setup Menus in Theme X
This video shows how to setup Main Menu for the Website plus creating the Home page menu which allows navigation to the sections on the Home Page
Configure WordPress: Settings -> General
Configure WordPress: Settings -> Writting
Configure WordPress: Settings -> Reading
Configure WordPress: Settings -> Permalink
Configure WordPress: Settings -> Google Analytics
