Comments on: Wordpress Basics for Newbies

By: Dunn

Dunn — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:49:05 +0000

Hi Bobby! Great post! This is a must read for newbie wordpress users, like me.

By: bokjae

bokjae — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:37:05 +0000

Hey bobby thanks for the the great tips! I am new to wordpress!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:17 +0000

Hi, Bobby
Thanks for Gravatar tip. I just went and signed up for one a minute ago. I’m always learning new stuff from your blog

By: Revellian

Revellian — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:38:08 +0000

@Steve: It’s a good idea to use the right structure.

@Victoria: I don’t like using a category in a permalink because I often change and or delete categories – the flexibility is nice to have.

@Ruby: Thanks! What I mean by adding to the htaccess file, is a 301 redirect – only if the permalinks are changed. The permalinks are permanent links to your posts and should really never be changed. When you start a WP blog and don’t do anything to the permalinks, you are automatically using the default, which is fine – they should not be changed at all once posts have been written and you have inbound links to them.
If you write a post with the same title, it is automatically assigned a unique post id. However, to be safe, I like having post name, post id as the permalink

@Andy: Most people may glance through the codex, but don’t spend the necessary hours there to learn anything. I don’t understand everything, but I am definetly on my way. I unistalled all of my plug ins when I moved to a new server, and I will reinstall comment luv shortly

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:25:04 +0000

I agree with what you say about visiting the codex, everything I have ever learned (well 99% of it) I got from the codex and wp forums, the forums are particularly good for getting an answer quickly

By: ruby

ruby — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:01:45 +0000

Ah, that’s another great post from you Bobby. I also wished to have a tutorial like this when I first installed wordpress, I’m glad I had a friend helping me with the permalink, it kept saying I should update something in the htaccess file I don’t understand these stuffs at all.
And also great way to use the title only permalink, I didn’t look at it this way. I thought if I used title only I might have prob later if I have a new post with same title.
Really great when this post will rank on top when “newbies” will search about permalinks, they’ll save a LOT of time trying to figure these out.

By: Adventure Victoria

Adventure Victoria — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:01:05 +0000

I do not preffer, nor recommend anyone to use %postid% in URL. The best & SEO Friendly URL IMHO is %category%/%postname%

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:44:34 +0000

Perhaps permalinks is the worst thing which we should do at the beginning and most of us don’t know that(In beginning all of us are not expert at it, I have even seen a “dummies” book for wordpress). I have just upgraded all my blogs to 2.6 without a single problem.

By: Revellian

Revellian — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:59:05 +0000

@Eric: It’s not how attractive a blog is, it’s how cool the header is

@Teeni: Hahaha…that’s funny. I know just how little I know, and how an experienced designer would easily know it. That’s how it is…10% of bloggers are really experts, the rest of us (like me) know only a little more than a complete novice

@Michelle: I used to use drupal at a company I worked for. Basically, it’s like slackware linux, where your core files don’t get messed with, and all the features like themes etc. are modules that plug in and out. So, it’s not nearly as flexible as wordpress but is stable. Wordpress is so customizable – it’s a wonder few people have problems. For someone into design, wordpress is really the only choice. Drupal is drupal, and it’s core is the same on all drupal sites, so it does have an advantage in general stability.

By: Revellian

Revellian — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:41:52 +0000

@Madhur: I’d like to change mine. I’m just glad I didn’t use the default. I’ve noticed that it’s not just the permalinks structure that is important, but every template can be built differently, meaning the heirarchy and way things are wrapped vary so much – if you change templates, it can have much more effect than expected.

@Pearl: I found another great tutorial that shows how to build a site with photo shop 1st, then the coding here: http://themetation.com/how-to-create-wordpress-themes-from-scratch-part-1/. I’m starting to understand that css, php and html are like one, not separate…I have a long way to go!