Configure WordPress

Blogger and other non-WordPress users: Read this step.

With WordPress correctly installed, it’s time for us to start configuring the default installation. Log into your admin section again by appending /wp-admin to the URL of your blog and submitting the credentials for the WordPress account you created during the setup stage.

Once logged in, you should see a series of menu entries in the left sidebar, as shown in Figure 7, WordPress's admin interface. We’ll start from the top and work our way down to the bottom to perform an initial configuration.

Posts Menu

Blogger and other non-WordPress users: Skip this step.

Click the Posts menu in the sidebar. In the main area of the screen you should see a sample “Hello, World!” ...

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