Comments on: John’s Toolbox: WordPress Settings http://www.johntmeyer.com/2010/02/johns-toolbox-wordpress-settings/ The search for today's hottest ideas. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris Prendergast http://www.johntmeyer.com/2010/02/johns-toolbox-wordpress-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Chris Prendergast Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:25:09 +0000 http://www.johntmeyer.com/?p=291#comment-153 Thanks for the guest-blog offer, but I'm not much of a writer. Instead, I would point you and your readers to this screencast from Chris Coyier: http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/25-designing-for-wordpress-part-one/ This is how I learned to install Wordpress in the first place. It's a bit old, (still using Wordpress 2.5,) but the information is still relevant and the steps are still the same. Thanks for the guest-blog offer, but I’m not much of a writer. Instead, I would point you and your readers to this screencast from Chris Coyier:

http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/25-designing-for-wordpress-part-one/

This is how I learned to install WordPress in the first place. It’s a bit old, (still using WordPress 2.5,) but the information is still relevant and the steps are still the same.

]]> By: johntmeyer http://www.johntmeyer.com/2010/02/johns-toolbox-wordpress-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-80 johntmeyer Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:45:57 +0000 http://www.johntmeyer.com/?p=291#comment-80 Hey Chris! Dang, you're a smart guy. I am using some automatic install tools and that's probably the problem. I should stick with the Famous 5-minute. Maybe you can do a guest blog on steps for efficient Wordpress install? Hey Chris! Dang, you’re a smart guy. I am using some automatic install tools and that’s probably the problem. I should stick with the Famous 5-minute. Maybe you can do a guest blog on steps for efficient WordPress install?

]]> By: Chris Prendergast http://www.johntmeyer.com/2010/02/johns-toolbox-wordpress-settings/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Chris Prendergast Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:08:49 +0000 http://www.johntmeyer.com/?p=291#comment-79 What method did you use to install Wordpress? Because the standard, "Famous 5-Minute Install" specifically asks you about this preference when you set it up. See the first screenshot here, "Allow my blog to appear in search engines like Google and Technorati": http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Finishing_installation Perhaps an automatic install tool bypasses that option and defaults to a private blog. What method did you use to install WordPress? Because the standard, “Famous 5-Minute Install” specifically asks you about this preference when you set it up. See the first screenshot here, “Allow my blog to appear in search engines like Google and Technorati”:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Finishing_installation

Perhaps an automatic install tool bypasses that option and defaults to a private blog.

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