When you install WordPress, the default permalink structure you have is http://example.com/?p=123 . You can retain this structure if having the shortest URL possible is your priority. Else, you need to change this for better SEO. The most used custom WordPress permalink structure is http://example.com/postname/ . This is OK if your site will have only [...]
Blogger is closing its FTP publishing soon. Those who want to stay with Blogger custom domain or blogspot can wait for their Migration tool. I recently migrated a client’s site from Blogger FTP publishing to WordPress and it was a learning experience. Here is a brief migration guide: 1. Create a beta site in WordPress. [...]
WordPress tips which I personally found useful: * Bulk delete spam comments * Category feeds plugin for Feedburner * How to fix if your stats plugin keeps showing zero visits? * WordPress page specific header images * To speed up WordPress, add the following to your wp-config.php: // Enable the WordPress Object Cache: define(ENABLE_CACHE, true);
How to install a self-hosted WordPress blog? Many of my Tamil blogging friends have started moving to self-hosted WordPress blogs. Most of them think that they need to install / setup WordPress manually. No need. Follow the steps below. Installation Control Panel -> Fantastico deluxe -> WordPress – New installation. If you are going to [...]