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WordPress All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition
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WordPress All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition

by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
February 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
608 pages
14h 45m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 2

Exploring Tools and Settings

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Configuring your WordPress general settings

Bullet Putting together your personal profile

Bullet Formatting your website

As exciting as it is to dig in and start publishing right away, you should attend to a few housekeeping items first, including adjusting the settings that allow you to personalize your website. I cover these settings first in this chapter because they create your readers’ experience with your website.

The navigation menu is located on the left side of every screen of the WordPress Dashboard. You find it there everywhere you go; like a loyal friend, it’s always there for you when you need it!

The navigation menu is divided into nine menus (not counting the Dashboard menu, which I discuss in Book 3, Chapter 1). Hover your mouse pointer over a menu, and another menu flies out to the right to reveal a submenu of items. The submenu items take you to areas on your Dashboard that allow you to perform such tasks as publishing a new post, configuring your site settings, and managing your comments.

The settings that allow you to personalize your site are the first ones that I cover in the next part of this chapter. Sections with ...

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