Lesson 4. Configuring Your Blog Settings

In this lesson, you learn the various options to configure the global settings on your blog to determine how people and other systems use it.

Before you start creating content, it pays to ensure you have your blog configured to best meet your needs and those of your visitors. The information you entered when you set up your account was a good start, but there is more. Many of the default settings work fine, but in some cases customizing settings can help you and your readers use the system more effectively. The system settings control how the system behaves for everyone who uses it—from the way the time and date are displayed to the way you are notified when a comment is made.

The Settings section on ...

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