by Edward Chung | May 21, 2014 | How to Create A Website ... |
Learning Objectives Level: beginners Target: anyone using WordPress as the CMS for their websites In this How to Create A Website: Building A Secure WordPress Website tutorial, you will learn how all the essential action steps to make your website secure after the WordPress website software has been installed on your web hosting account with the 1-click WordPress installation wizard. If you don’t currently have a website, you are advised to take a look at the How to Create A Website Guide to follow the steps to create your first ever website within one hour. Don’t worry, if you know how to use a browser (e.g. I.E., Chrome, Firefox or Safari) to browse a website as you are currently doing, you will be able to create your own website following this guide as the How to Create A Website Guide is written in everyday English and is jargon free. How to Create A Website With Security in Mind What is Website Security and Why is Security Essential? Website security is concerned about allowing only authorized access to your website while identifying and blocking unauthorized access that might bring about harmful changes or leakage of information. In short, website security allows you as the website owner / developer to ensure that the website is under your control. Website security is of top priority as a website owner/developer as: You don’t want others to gain access to your sensitive data or information; You don’t want to have your website deleted or amended out of a sudden; You don’t want your website to spread viruses to your visitors unaware; You don’t want search engines to blacklist your website as security...
by Edward Chung | May 20, 2014 | How to Create A Website ... |
Learning Objectives Level: beginners Target: anyone using WordPress as the CMS for their websites In this How to Create A Website: Configuring WordPress After Installation tutorial, you will learn how all the essential steps to go through after the WordPress website software has been installed on your web hosting account with the 1-click WordPress installation wizard. If you have not yet registered for your own website domain and subscribed to a web hosting plan, you are advised to take a look at the How to Create A Website Guide first. Tricks of Every WordPress Professional Developers Upon successful installation of the WordPress, you will be able to see immediately a website at your own domain. However, this website contains a lot of irrelevant or useless materials and is not tuned. Every WordPress professional developer will do the following steps to make the website look “pro” in no time. There are 4 simple steps to take to make right the 4 issues as indicated in the following screen capture: Change the default Site Title and Tagline Remove the placeholder Post and Comment Remove the placeholder Page Make the URL address readable You will need to perform the following actions in the Admin Area of WordPress. To access the admin area, you can either: click “log in” at the lower left part of the web page; OR add “/wp-admin” to the URL of your website homepage address, e.g. for the website at “http://wplearner.org” the admin area address is “http://wplearner.org/wp-admin” 1. Set the Site Title as well as the Tagline On the menu bar on the left, hover over “Settings” and click “General“. The first two...
