User Guide

General

Menu > Settings > General

Site Title! ! ! the title of your site.

Tagline! ! ! a secondary strap line for your site.

WordPress address ! how your website is accessed in a browser.

Site address (URL) !! entered if you want your homepage to be in a

! ! ! ! different directory than where you installed

! ! ! ! WordPress.

Email address ! ! the email address of the person responsible for the

! ! ! ! site (usually the same as the administrator’s).

Membership ! ! do you want anyone to be able to register?

New User Default Role ! when a person registers on the site, what will be

! ! ! ! their default role (typically Subscriber)?

Timezone ! ! ! set your local time zone.

Date Format ! ! how will dates be displayed?

Time Format ! ! how will times be displayed?

Week Starts On ! ! on which day does your week begin?

Writing

Menu > Settings > Writing

Various settings for writing blogs, including:

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the size of the post box area

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whether emoticons (smilies) are converted to graphical versions

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