How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes in Setting Up Your WordPress Blog

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My Presentation at BlogWorld Expo NYC 2012: You’ve heard that WordPress is one of the easiest, user-friendly blogging platforms out there. And it can be—if you know what to think about before you start. With thousands of themes, plugins and tutorials on the Web, you risk spending hours and hours and just getting more confused. Bob, who has trained hundreds of people in WordPress over the last three years, will show you some simple steps that will get you moving in the right direction.

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How to Avoid the Most
Common Mistakes in
Setting Up Your
WordPress Blog

Bob Dunn ~ aka bobwp

themes?
plugins?
what happened?

WordPress
WTF?

it’s so easy my 90-year-old
grandmother can set up a blog
bobwp.com

the confusion of
wordpress.com vs wordpress.org

bobwp.com

the confusion of
wordpress.com vs self-hosted

bobwp.com

1, 524 themes on
WordPress.org

108,000,000
search results
for WordPress
themes on
Google
bobwp.com

free vs premium themes
stability
support
costs
features

bobwp.com

mobile

responsive design themes
or
plugins

bobwp.com

the temptation
of plugins
and widgets

bobwp.com

security
change admin user
strong password
keep updated
watch those free themes freedigitalphotos.net

bobwp.com

a couple ways to do this

backup ﬁles using an ftp software
back up database using
wp-db-backup plugin

or use a premium plugin
like backupbuddy to do it all
bobwp.com

a few more plugins
WordPress SEO by Yoast

Google XML Sitemaps

WP Super Cache

Ultimate Tiny MCE
bobwp.com

a few overlooked
settings & tools

bobwp.com

“If you hold a cat by the tail
you learn things you cannot
learn any other way.”

bobwp.com

bobwp.com
bob dunn
WordPress trainer & coach

bobwpstarters.com

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How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes in Setting Up Your WordPress Blog

1. How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes in Setting Up Your WordPress Blog Bob Dunn ~ aka bobwp

2. themes? plugins? what happened? WordPress WTF? it’s so easy my 90-year-old grandmother can set up a blog bobwp.com

3. the confusion of wordpress.com vs wordpress.org bobwp.com

4. the confusion of wordpress.com vs self-hosted bobwp.com

5. pros & cons bobwp.com

6. hosting bobwp.com

7. 1, 524 themes on WordPress.org 108,000,000 search results for WordPress themes on Google bobwp.com

8. free vs premium themes stability support costs features bobwp.com

9. bobwp.com

10. bobwp.com

11. bobwp.com

12. mobile responsive design themes or plugins bobwp.com

13. the temptation of plugins and widgets bobwp.com

14. quality vs. quantity bobwp.com

15. that &$#!@ SPAM akismet bobwp.com

16. BTW, WTF is RSS? bobwp.com

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18. sharing bobwp.com

19. security bobwp.com

20. security change admin user strong password keep updated watch those free themes freedigitalphotos.net bobwp.com

21. backing-up bobwp.com

22. a couple ways to do this backup ﬁles using an ftp software back up database using wp-db-backup plugin or use a premium plugin like backupbuddy to do it all bobwp.com

23. a few more plugins WordPress SEO by Yoast Google XML Sitemaps WP Super Cache Ultimate Tiny MCE bobwp.com

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